Thurman Munson
Thurman Lee Munson (Tugboat, Squatty Body or The Wall)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 191 lb.

Born: June 7, 1947 in Akron, OH
High School: Lehman (Canton, OH)
School: Kent State University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1969
Final Game: August 1, 1979
Died: August 2, 1979 in Canton, OH
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1969 NYY AL 22 C 25 24 218.0 139 119 18 2 0 .986 1.0 5.5 1 5.66 5.48 .987 6.65 5.59 5 9 6 7 54%
1970 NYY AL 23 C 125 119 1092.2 719 631 80 8 11 .989 9.0 9.9 9 5.86 5.69 .988 6.65 5.82 10 24 31 33 52% MVP-19,RoY-1
1971 NYY AL 24 C 117 114 1019.0 615 547 67 1 4 .998 6.0 7.1 6 5.42 5.25 .988 6.37 5.63 9 45 23 36 61% AS
1971 NYY AL 24 OF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00 AS
1971 NYY AL 24 RF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70 AS
1972 NYY AL 25 C 132 132 1160.0 661 575 71 15 11 .977 -2.0 -2.1 -2 5.01 4.89 .985 6.48 5.66 9 42 32 29 48%
1973 NYY AL 26 C 142 142 1246.0 765 673 80 12 11 .984 9.0 8.7 9 5.44 5.30 .985 6.05 5.29 10 41 50 47 48% AS,MVP-12,GG
1973 NYY AL 26 DH 1 AS,MVP-12,GG
1974 NYY AL 27 C 137 137 1202.2 840 743 75 22 10 .974 -4.0 -4.0 -4 6.12 5.97 .983 5.89 5.01 6 41 72 38 35% AS,MVP-26,GG
1974 NYY AL 27 DH 4 AS,MVP-26,GG
1975 NYY AL 28 C 130 129 1131.2 818 700 95 23 14 .972 8.0 8.5 8 6.32 6.12 .983 6.00 5.04 9 37 59 60 50% AS,MVP-7,GG
1975 NYY AL 28 DH 22 AS,MVP-7,GG
1975 NYY AL 28 1B 2 2 17.0 20 20 0 0 1 1.000 -0.6 -42.4 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 10.59 10.00 .990 9.85 8.30 AS,MVP-7,GG
1975 NYY AL 28 OF 2 2 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 35.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.65 2.50 .980 2.38 2.10 AS,MVP-7,GG
1975 NYY AL 28 3B 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.80 AS,MVP-7,GG
1975 NYY AL 28 LF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.14 1.80 AS,MVP-7,GG
1975 NYY AL 28 RF 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 80.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 4.00 4.00 .975 2.10 1.80 AS,MVP-7,GG
1976 NYY AL 29 C 121 118 1062.0 627 537 78 12 8 .981 2.0 2.3 2 5.21 5.08 .981 5.75 4.90 12 34 91 50 35% AS,MVP-1
1976 NYY AL 29 DH 21 AS,MVP-1
1976 NYY AL 29 OF 11 9 83.0 11 9 0 2 0 .818 -2.3 -33.3 -2.3 -0.7 -1.6 0 0.98 0.82 .982 2.47 2.21 AS,MVP-1
1976 NYY AL 29 RF 9 7 62.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -1.3 -25.2 -1.3 -0.5 -0.8 0 1.16 0.89 .978 2.21 1.92 AS,MVP-1
1976 NYY AL 29 LF 2 2 21.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1.0 -57.1 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 0.43 0.50 1.000 2.23 1.90 AS,MVP-1
1977 NYY AL 30 C 136 136 1158.2 742 657 73 12 4 .984 -2.0 -2.1 -2 5.67 5.37 .986 6.01 5.06 10 35 76 50 40% AS,MVP-7
1977 NYY AL 30 DH 10 AS,MVP-7
1978 NYY AL 31 C 125 126 1063.0 737 666 61 10 4 .986 3.0 3.4 3 6.16 5.82 .983 5.53 4.86 8 34 61 50 45% AS,MVP-22
1978 NYY AL 31 DH 14 AS,MVP-22
1978 NYY AL 31 OF 13 13 118.0 33 32 0 1 0 .970 0.3 3.1 1.3 1.7 -0.4 -1 2.44 2.46 .979 2.47 2.13 AS,MVP-22
1978 NYY AL 31 RF 13 13 118.0 35 34 0 1 0 .971 0.3 3.1 1.3 1.7 -0.4 -1 2.59 2.62 .977 2.24 1.85 AS,MVP-22
1979 NYY AL 32 C 88 88 754.2 459 405 44 10 5 .978 4.0 6.4 4 5.35 5.10 .982 5.46 4.69 5 20 32 27 46%
1979 NYY AL 32 DH 5
1979 NYY AL 32 1B 3 3 19.0 23 23 0 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -18.9 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 10.89 7.67 .991 10.09 8.87
11 Seasons C 1278 1265 11108.1 7122 6253 742 127 82 .982 34.0 3.7 34 5.67 5.47 .985 6.05 5.22 93 362 533 427 44%
7 Seasons DH 77
4 Seasons OF 27 24 218.2 49 46 0 3 0 .939 -1.5 -8.2 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 -1 1.89 1.70 .980 2.47 2.16
4 Seasons RF 24 21 189.2 48 46 0 2 0 .958 -0.4 -2.5 0.6 1.2 -0.6 -1 2.18 1.92 .977 2.23 1.87
2 Seasons 1B 5 5 36.0 43 43 0 0 3 1.000 -0.9 -30.0 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 0 10.75 8.60 .991 9.98 8.64
2 Seasons LF 3 3 29.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1.1 -45.5 -1.1 -0.2 -0.9 0 0.62 0.67 1.000 2.20 1.87
1 Season 3B 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.80
11 Seasons TOT 1311 1295 11367.0 7214 6342 742 130 85 .982 31.5 3.3 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 -1 0 34 5.61 5.40 .967 5.99 5.17 93 362 533 427 44%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1969 NYY AL 22 26 24 26 26 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 NYY AL 23 132 119 132 132 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1971 NYY AL 24 125 114 125 125 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1972 NYY AL 25 140 132 140 140 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1973 NYY AL 26 147 142 147 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1974 NYY AL 27 144 140 144 137 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1
1975 NYY AL 28 157 155 157 134 0 130 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 21 2 0
1976 NYY AL 29 152 148 152 128 0 121 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 11 21 4 0
1977 NYY AL 30 149 146 149 136 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
1978 NYY AL 31 154 153 154 139 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 14 1 0
1979 NYY AL 32 97 96 97 91 0 88 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
11 Seasons 1423 1369 1423 1330 0 1279 5 0 1 0 3 0 24 27 74 51 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1969 NYY AL 22 900 2.56 2.77 17 94% 0 0 120 5 0 3 112 18 9 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1970 NYY AL 23 4668 3.10 3.67 64 95% 0 1 628 33 4 27 564 82 15 6 0 10 8 2 1 5 0 11 1 2 4 12 92%
1971 NYY AL 24 4420 3.47 4.05 64 97% 0 0 551 42 2 15 492 70 17 2 1 11 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 15 87%
1972 NYY AL 25 4943 3.03 3.40 79 91% 0 0 572 46 9 15 502 69 21 4 2 6 15 0 2 13 1 12 0 4 5 26 77%
1973 NYY AL 26 5406 3.43 3.99 70 96% 0 0 672 46 9 17 600 83 23 1 0 9 12 1 2 9 1 13 0 4 6 14 86%
1974 NYY AL 27 5220 3.18 3.76 69 97% 0 2 742 38 6 22 675 80 18 3 1 6 22 1 3 18 1 10 1 0 2 14 100%
1975 NYY AL 28 4901 3.33 3.81 66 97% 3 0 696 39 4 25 628 97 20 0 1 5 23 0 7 16 0 15 0 1 2 10 100%
1976 NYY AL 29 4537 3.10 3.47 49 100% 0 0 538 37 4 18 479 77 10 1 1 9 12 0 2 10 0 8 0 1 2 5 100%
1977 NYY AL 30 5052 3.68 4.09 55 96% 0 1 656 32 5 21 598 73 14 1 1 7 12 1 2 9 0 4 0 1 2 8 88%
1978 NYY AL 31 4593 3.40 3.78 54 85% 0 1 664 29 1 24 610 63 5 1 0 10 10 0 3 7 2 4 0 0 1 7 57%
1979 NYY AL 32 3220 3.60 3.94 29 93% 0 0 403 17 3 12 371 45 9 0 0 4 9 0 3 6 1 5 0 1 2 8 88%
11 Seasons 47860 3.31 3.77 616 95% 3 5 6242 364 47 199 5631 757 161 19 7 78 126 6 26 94 6 86 3 14 28 125 87%
MLB Averages 3.69 4.17 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1969 NYY AL 22 5 9 316 6 7 7 54% 5 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 28 8 1.99 1.97
1970 NYY AL 23 10 24 1651 31 33 32 52% 29 30 2 2 0 1 1 0 92 52 1.26 1.10
1971 NYY AL 24 9 45 1616 23 36 34 61% 19 33 2 2 2 1 1 0 99 41 1.21 1.11
1972 NYY AL 25 9 42 1831 32 29 27 48% 27 26 4 2 1 1 3 0 106 35 1.07 1.11
1973 NYY AL 26 10 41 1901 50 47 42 48% 45 44 4 2 1 1 5 1 144 59 1.12 1.04
1974 NYY AL 27 8 41 1922 72 38 35 35% 67 34 3 1 2 3 8 0 178 48 1.16 1.44
1975 NYY AL 28 10 37 1761 59 60 57 50% 56 51 3 4 0 5 7 1 148 69 1.34 1.25
1976 NYY AL 29 12 34 1537 91 50 48 35% 87 45 4 4 0 1 8 0 181 61 1.43 1.42
1977 NYY AL 30 10 35 1787 76 50 45 40% 74 46 2 3 0 1 1 0 155 56 1.27 1.34
1978 NYY AL 31 8 34 1589 61 50 44 45% 57 46 4 2 0 2 2 1 117 53 1.17 1.32
1979 NYY AL 32 5 20 1104 32 27 24 46% 30 27 2 0 0 0 1 0 78 31 1.37 1.33
11 Seasons 96 362 17015 533 427 395 44% 496 387 31 22 6 18 38 3 1326 513 1.27 1.27
MLB Averages 36% 1.28 1.25

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 50% 67% 0% 0
1975 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 41 56% 78% 39% 5 80%
1976 NYY AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 269 57% 84% 29% 23 35%
1978 NYY AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 0 13 3 23.1% 10 0 0.0% 0 504 45% 78% 29% 55 62%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 4 0 21 6 28.6% 15 0 0.0% 0 820 50% 80% 30% 83 55%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 NYY AL 28 92 52% 84% 23% 4 75% 0 20 2 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYY AL 32 79 67% 85% 28% 2 50% 0 23 0 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 171 59% 84% 25% 6 67% 0 43 2 40 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 41% 72% 45% 4 25%
1976 NYY AL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 85 67% 80% 29% 6 17%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 114 61% 78% 33% 10 20%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.8% 60% 78% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 NYY AL 28 15 33% 87% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 15 33% 87% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 66%

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