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Red Munger

George David Munger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 4, 1918 in Houston, TX
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1943
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates 1943-1956

Final Game: September 23, 1956
Died: July 23, 1996 in Houston, TX
Buried: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, TX
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1943 24 STL NL 32 29 28 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 .214 .241 .286 .527 48 8 1 0 0 1
1944 25 STL NL 21 44 44 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .114 .114 .136 .250 -31 6 0 0 0 1 AS
1946 27 STL NL 10 18 16 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 64 4 0 0 0 1
1947 28 STL NL 40 89 81 3 15 3 0 0 7 0 4 28 .185 .233 .222 .455 19 18 2 1 3 1 AS
1948 29 STL NL 39 56 50 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 4 15 .160 .222 .220 .442 17 11 2 0 2 1
1949 30 STL NL 35 75 66 6 17 2 0 1 10 0 4 16 .258 .300 .333 .633 67 22 3 0 5 1 AS
1950 31 STL NL 32 56 51 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 10 .137 .170 .157 .327 -15 8 1 0 3 1
1951 32 STL NL 23 31 29 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .172 .200 .207 .407 10 6 0 0 1 1
1952 33 TOT NL 6 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /1
1952 33 STL NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1952 33 PIT NL 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /1
1956 37 PIT NL 35 33 28 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .107 .194 .143 .336 -6 4 0 1 2 0 0 1
10 Yrs 273 441 402 25 70 12 1 1 30 0 0 20 100 .174 .217 .216 .433 16 87 9 2 17 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 262 239 15 42 7 1 1 18 0 12 59 .174 .217 .216 .433 16 52 5 1 10
STL (9 yrs) 233 400 367 23 67 11 1 1 28 0 0 18 85 .183 .223 .226 .449 20 83 9 1 14
PIT (2 yrs) 40 41 35 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .086 .158 .114 .272 -24 4 0 1 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1943 24 STL NL 32 29 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1944 25 STL NL 21 44 -7 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .483 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1 AS
1946 27 STL NL 10 18 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .512 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1947 28 STL NL 40 89 -10 0 0 0 10 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1 AS
1948 29 STL NL 39 56 -6 -0 0 0 6 -0 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1949 30 STL NL 35 75 -4 -1 -0 0 8 4 0.3 3 6 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $ 1 AS
1950 31 STL NL 32 56 -9 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1951 32 STL NL 23 31 -4 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1952 33 STL NL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .466 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1952 33 PIT NL 5 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .478 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1956 37 PIT NL 35 33 -4 0 0 0 4 0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.1 1 $ 1
10 Seasons 273 441 -49 -1 0 0 46 -3 -0.3 15 12 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 -0.0 12 $
STL (9 yrs) 233 400 -43 -1 0 0 42 -2 -0.2 13 12 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 12 $
PIT (2 yrs) 40 41 -6 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -0.1 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1943 24 STL NL 29 23 2 2.4 94 .261 .214 .272 .241 .341 .286 .368 .527 .710 48 .279 -1.9 -0.2 .391 .107 .071
1944 25 STL NL 44 39 1 0.7 97 .125 .114 .272 .114 .339 .136 .381 .250 .720 -31 .035 -7.8 -0.8 .154 .023 .023
1946 27 STL NL 18 12 1 2.2 96 .308 .250 .267 .333 .343 .250 .374 .583 .717 64 .252 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .125 .000
1947 28 STL NL 89 71 4 1.5 109 .283 .185 .279 .233 .355 .222 .413 .455 .768 19 .112 -9.7 -1.0 .338 .086 .037
1948 29 STL NL 56 46 2 1.2 107 .229 .160 .276 .222 .351 .220 .408 .442 .760 17 .078 -6.2 -0.6 .341 .140 .060
1949 30 STL NL 75 57 7 3.3 107 .327 .258 .275 .300 .349 .333 .412 .633 .761 67 .353 -3.3 -0.3 .500 .136 .076 .0
1950 31 STL NL 56 48 1 0.6 111 .171 .137 .274 .170 .352 .157 .425 .327 .777 -15 .020 -8.8 -0.9 .222 .059 .020
1951 32 STL NL 31 25 1 1.1 103 .200 .172 .268 .200 .342 .207 .405 .407 .747 10 .068 -3.8 -0.4 .292 .069 .034
1952 33 TOT NL 10 10 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .263 .000 .337 .000 .392 .000 .728 -100 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1952 33 STL NL 2 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .262 .000 .334 .000 .389 .000 .724 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1952 33 PIT NL 8 8 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .264 .000 .337 .000 .393 .000 .730 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1956 37 PIT NL 33 27 1 1.0 100 .176 .107 .260 .194 .327 .143 .411 .336 .738 -6 .060 -4.2 -0.4 .280 .107 .036
10 Yrs 441 358 20 1.5 105 .229 .174 .273 .217 .347 .216 .405 .433 .751 16 .118 -49.0 -5.0 .320 .092 .042 .0
162 Game Avg. 262 212 12 1.5 105 .229 .174 .273 .217 .347 .216 .405 .433 .751 16 .118 -49.0 -5.0 .320 .092 .042
STL (9 yrs) 400 323 19 1.6 105 .235 .183 .274 .223 .348 .226 .404 .449 .753 20 .128 -42.9 -4.3 .330 .093 .044 .0
PIT (2 yrs) 41 35 1 0.8 100 .150 .086 .261 .158 .329 .114 .408 .272 .736 -24 .039 -6.1 -0.6 .219 .086 .029

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 27 STL NL WS BOS W 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1944 STL NL 25 DNP
1947 STL NL 28 DNP
1949 STL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1943 24 STL NL 29 0.0% 17.2% 3.5% 6.9% 33% 5.00 5.6 9.3 79%
1944 25 STL NL 44 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 2.3% 20% 11.0 91%
1946 27 STL NL 18 0.0% 16.7% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 1.50 5.3 5.3 72%
1947 28 STL NL 89 0.0% 31.5% 4.5% 3.4% 20% 7.00 2.9 11.6 60%
1948 29 STL NL 56 0.0% 26.8% 7.1% 3.6% 25% 3.75 3.3 25.0 5.33 63%
1949 30 STL NL 75 1.3% 21.3% 5.3% 4.0% 18% 4.00 4.1 66.0 6.6 1.42 65%
1950 31 STL NL 56 0.0% 17.9% 3.6% 1.8% 14% 5.00 5.1 51.0 4.80 73%
1951 32 STL NL 31 0.0% 12.9% 3.2% 3.2% 20% 4.00 7.3 14.5 0.89 81%
1952 33 TOT NL 10 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3 1.00 50%
1952 33 STL NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1952 33 PIT NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8 38%
1956 37 PIT NL 33 0.0% 33.3% 6.1% 3.0% 33% 5.50 2.5 14.0 1.60 52%
10 Yrs 441 0.2% 22.7% 4.5% 3.2% 20% 5.00 4.0 402.0 13.4 2.08 68%
MLB Averages 1.7% 10.0% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.06 8.9 51.1 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1943 24 STL NL -1.9 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 25 STL NL -7.8 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 27 STL NL -0.7 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 28 STL NL -9.7 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 STL NL -6.2 -0.6 31 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 1.05 -0.4 -0.1 -5.4 -0.5 0.99 -4.7 0
1949 30 STL NL -3.3 -0.3 50 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 1.22 -0.4 -0.1 -6.5 -0.6 1.10 -4.3 0
1950 31 STL NL -8.8 -0.9 45 -0.6 0.2 -0.9 .88 -0.6 -0.1 -7.7 -0.7 0.87 -6.8 0
1951 32 STL NL -3.8 -0.4 28 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .97 -0.2 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.92 -1.7 0
1952 33 TOT NL -2.5 -0.3 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .78 -0.2 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.86 -2.1 0
1952 33 STL NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .80 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.78 -0.6 0
1952 33 PIT NL -1.9 -0.2 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .78 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.89 -1.5 0
1956 37 PIT NL -4.2 -0.4 27 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 .85 -0.4 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.82 -3.6 0
10 Yrs -49.0 -5.0 189 -2.3 1.5 -3.8 1.00 -2.1 -0.2 -25.4 -2.5 0.95 -23.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 29 STL NL 0 0 17% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1949 30 STL NL 2 0 25% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1950 31 STL NL 1 0 44% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1951 32 STL NL 1 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 33 TOT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 33 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 33 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 37 PIT NL 1 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 5 0 26% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21% 7 4 2 4 3 0 3 2 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 29 STL NL 56 45% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 2 22% 10 0 0% 22 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1949 30 STL NL 75 46% 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 167% 10 3 30% 11 5 45% 48 5 10% 5 2 40% 2 2 100% 0
1950 31 STL NL 56 43% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 9 1 11% 10 2 20% 24 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1951 32 STL NL 31 32% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 4 1 25% 15 2 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1952 33 TOT NL 10 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1952 33 STL NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1952 33 PIT NL 8 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 37 PIT NL 33 26% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 261 39% 70 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 11 17 155% 38 9 24% 41 9 22% 122 7 6% 8 2 25% 4 2 50% 0
MLB Averages 50% 158% 18% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 24 32 29 28 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 .214 .241 .286 .527 48 8 1 0 0
1944 25 53 73 72 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 1 9 .153 .164 .194 .359 0 14 1 0 0
1945 26 53 73 72 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 1 9 .153 .164 .194 .359 0 14 1 0 0
1946 27 63 91 88 6 15 3 0 0 6 0 3 12 .170 .198 .205 .402 12 18 1 0 0
1947 28 103 180 169 9 30 6 0 0 13 0 7 40 .178 .215 .213 .428 16 36 3 1 3
1948 29 142 236 219 11 38 7 1 0 15 0 11 55 .174 .216 .215 .431 16 47 5 1 5
1949 30 177 311 285 17 55 9 1 1 25 0 15 71 .193 .236 .242 .478 28 69 8 1 10
1950 31 209 367 336 21 62 10 1 1 26 0 17 81 .185 .226 .229 .455 21 77 9 1 13
1951 32 232 398 365 23 67 11 1 1 28 0 0 18 85 .184 .224 .227 .451 20 83 9 1 14
1952 33 238 408 374 23 67 11 1 1 28 0 0 18 89 .179 .219 .222 .441 18 83 9 1 15
1953 34 238 408 374 23 67 11 1 1 28 0 0 18 89 .179 .219 .222 .441 18 83 9 1 15
1954 35 238 408 374 23 67 11 1 1 28 0 0 18 89 .179 .219 .222 .441 18 83 9 1 15
1955 36 238 408 374 23 67 11 1 1 28 0 0 18 89 .179 .219 .222 .441 18 83 9 1 15
1956 37 273 441 402 25 70 12 1 1 30 0 0 20 100 .174 .217 .216 .433 16 87 9 2 17 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1943 24 33 30 29 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 .207 .233 .276 .509 2 32
1944 25 22 46 46 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .130 .130 .152 .283 1 21
1946 27 10 19 17 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .235 .316 .235 .551 1 10
1947 28 42 93 85 3 16 3 0 0 7 0 4 29 .188 .233 .224 .457 4 40
1948 29 41 57 51 2 7 1 1 0 2 0 4 16 .137 .200 .196 .396 2 39
1949 30 36 77 68 6 17 2 0 1 9 0 4 17 .250 .292 .324 .615 6 35
1950 31 33 57 52 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 10 .115 .148 .135 .283 1 32
1951 32 24 32 30 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 .167 .194 .200 .394 1 23
1952 33 6 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1956 37 37 36 30 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 11 .133 .235 .167 .402 1 35
10 Yrs 284 457 417 26 71 12 1 1 29 0 21 103 .170 .214 .211 .425 19 273
162 Game Avg. 162 261 238 15 41 7 1 1 17 0 12 59 .170 .214 .211 .425 11 273

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games
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