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Eric Munson

Eric Walter Munson

Positions: Third Baseman, Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 3, 1977 in San Diego, CA
High School: Mount Carmel (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 2000
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Astros/DevilRays/Athletics 2000-2009

Final Game: September 21, 2009 vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
1999	21	DET-min	A,A+	69	306	258	42	69	16	1	14	45	3	1	38	48	.267	.379	.500	.879		129	4	9	0	1	3	WMI,LAK · MIDW,FLOR
2000	22	DET-min	AA	98	428	365	52	92	21	4	15	68	5	2	39	96	.252	.348	.455	.803		166	8	18	0	6	5	JCK · SOUL
2000	22	DET	AL	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2001	23	DET-min	AA	142	620	519	88	135	35	1	26	102	0	3	84	141	.260	.371	.482	.853		250	6	11	0	6	6	ERI · EL
2001	23	DET	AL	17	69	66	4	10	3	1	1	6	0	1	3	21	.152	.188	.273	.461	23	18	2	0	0	0	0	3
2002	24	DET-min	AAA	136	569	477	77	125	30	4	24	84	1	3	77	114	.262	.367	.493	.860		235	9	7	0	8	5	TOL · IL
2002	24	DET	AL	18	67	59	3	11	0	0	2	5	0	0	6	11	.186	.269	.288	.557	54	17	1	1	0	1	0	/3
2003	25	DET	AL	99	357	313	28	75	9	0	18	50	3	0	35	61	.240	.312	.441	.753	103	138	4	1	1	7	1	5
2004	26	DET	AL	109	357	321	36	68	14	2	19	49	1	1	29	90	.212	.289	.445	.735	92	143	1	6	1	0	3	5/2
2005	27	TBD-min	AAA	100	425	382	67	109	22	0	25	71	1	1	38	81	.285	.351	.539	.891		206	11	2	1	2	4	DHM · IL
2005	27	TBD	AL	11	24	18	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.167	.333	.222	.556	54	4	2	1	0	1	0	/53
2006	28	HOU-min	AAA	9	37	32	6	8	1	0	2	8	0	0	3	4	.250	.351	.469	.820		15	1	2	0	0	0	RRK · PCL
2006	28	HOU	NL	53	156	141	10	28	6	0	5	19	0	0	11	32	.199	.269	.348	.617	57	49	2	3	0	1	1	2/3
2007	29	HOU-min	AAA	50	201	173	28	49	18	0	7	26	1	1	24	34	.283	.368	.509	.877		88	1	1	0	3	1	RRK · PCL
2007	29	HOU	NL	50	150	132	14	31	4	0	4	15	0	0	16	15	.235	.313	.356	.669	73	47	8	0	0	2	1	2/3

2009	31	OAK-min	AAA	99	415	351	50	93	22	2	13	68	0	1	54	71	.265	.362	.450	.812		158	10	3	1	6	2	SAC · PCL
2009	31	OAK	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	32	SDP-min	AAA	47	165	134	14	27	3	0	7	20	0	1	26	35	.201	.352	.381	.732		51	3	5	0	0	1	POR · PCL
9 Seasons				361	1186	1056	97	226	37	3	49	147	4	2	104	234	.214	.289	.394	.683	80	416	20	12	2	12	6
162 Game Avg.				162	532	474	44	101	17	1	22	66	2	1	47	105	.214	.289	.394	.683	80	187	9	5	1	5	3

DET (5 yrs)				246	855	764	71	164	26	3	40	111	4	2	73	184	.215	.287	.414	.701	87	316	8	8	2	8	4
HOU (2 yrs)				103	306	273	24	59	10	0	9	34	0	0	27	47	.216	.291	.352	.642	65	96	10	3	0	3	2
TBD (1 yr)				11	24	18	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.167	.333	.222	.556	54	4	2	1	0	1	0
OAK (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				258	880	783	73	167	27	3	40	113	4	2	77	187	.213	.288	.409	.697	86	320	10	9	2	9	4
NL (2 yrs)				103	306	273	24	59	10	0	9	34	0	0	27	47	.216	.291	.352	.642	65	96	10	3	0	3	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2000	22	DET	AL	5	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/3
2001	23	DET	AL	69	-8	-1	0	0	-2	-1	2	-10	-1.0	-8	-0.8	-0.2	$	3
2002	24	DET	AL	67	-4	0	-1	0	-0	-2	2	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$	/3
2003	25	DET	AL	357	0	0	0	0	-11	1	12	2	0.2	13	1.3	-1.1	$1,700,000	5
2004	26	DET	AL	357	-5	0	0	2	-8	0	13	2	0.2	10	1.0	-0.8	$1,487,500	5/2
2005	27	TBD	AL	24	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/53
2006	28	HOU	NL	156	-10	-2	-1	0	-1	2	4	-8	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$350,000	2/3
2007	29	HOU	NL	150	-5	0	1	-2	-4	2	4	-4	-0.4	0	0.0	-0.4	$	2/3

2009	31	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
9 Seasons				1186	-35	-3	-1	0	-26	2	38	-26	-2.6	1	0.1	-2.7	$3,537,500

DET (5 yrs)				855	-19	-1	-1	2	-21	-2	29	-13	-1.3	8	0.8	-2.1	$3,187,500
HOU (2 yrs)				306	-15	-2	0	-2	-4	4	8	-12	-1.2	-7	-0.7	-0.5	$350,000
TBD (1 yr)				24	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$
OAK (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2000	DET	AL	22	1B	3				17	16	0	1	2	.941	-0					5.33	.993		9.27
2001	DET	AL	23	1B	17				157	142	14	1	14	.994	-2					9.18	.993		9.31
2002	DET	AL	24	1B	4				33	29	3	1	3	.970	-0					8.00	.993		9.22
2002	DET	AL	24	DH	13	13
2003	DET	AL	25	3B	91				237	68	150	19	13	.920	-11	-3				2.40	.955		2.64
2004	DET	AL	26	3B	94				244	51	177	16	17	.934	-8	-10				2.43	.951		2.62
2004	DET	AL	26	C	1				0	0	0	0	0		0	0				0.00			7.10	0		0	0
2004	DET	AL	26	DH	1	1
2005	TBD	AL	27	3B	2				2	1	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-1				1.00	.955		2.75
2005	TBD	AL	27	1B	1				3	3	0	0	1	1.000	0	0				3.00	.993		9.50
2005	TBD	AL	27	OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0				1.00	.990		2.30
2005	TBD	AL	27	DH	3	3
2005	TBD	AL	27	LF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	120	0	9.00	1.00	.990	1.80	2.10
2006	HOU	NL	28	C	37				208	197	10	1	2	.995	-1	0				5.59	.992		7.32	4		15	8	35%
2006	HOU	NL	28	1B	4				30	29	1	0	4	1.000	0	0				7.50	.994		9.35
2006	HOU	NL	28	DH	1	1
2007	HOU	NL	29	C	43				231	215	14	2	2	.991	-4	-5				5.33	.991		7.36	2		26	3	10%
2007	HOU	NL	29	1B	5				11	11	0	0	0	1.000	0	0				2.20	.993		9.16
	3 Seasons			3B	187				483	120	328	35	30	.928	-20	-14				2.40	.953		2.63
	3 Seasons			C	81				439	412	24	3	4	.993	-5	-5				5.38	.991		7.34	6		41	11	21%
	6 Seasons			1B	34				251	230	18	3	24	.988	-1	0				7.29	.993		9.29
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	120	0	9.00	1.00	.990	1.80	2.10
	1 Season			OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0		0		1.00	.990		2.30
	9 Seasons			TOT	303				1174	763	370	41	58	.965	-26	-19				3.74	.976		4.63	6		41	11	21%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 2003 AL 19 (3rd) 2004 AL 16 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y 2004 AL 2.77 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2003 AL 19 (3rd)
2004 AL 16 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2004 AL 2.77 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1999.
December 21, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 18, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
March 27, 2005: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
April 3, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
October 7, 2005: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
December 22, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
January 4, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 15, 2007: Selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Houston Astros.
October 1, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
March 27, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 15, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
February 25, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
July 6, 2010: Released by the San Diego Padres.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2003	25	Detroit Tigers	$1,700,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	26	Detroit Tigers	$1,487,500	4/7/04 AP

2006	28	Houston Astros	$350,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,537,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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