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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
Schools: 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 Batting

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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 Awards
1969 22 NYY AL 26 97 86 6 22 1 2 1 9 0 1 10 10 .256 .330 .349 .679 94 30 5 0 0 1 1 2
1970 23 NYY AL 132 526 453 59 137 25 4 6 53 5 7 57 56 .302 .386 .415 .801 126 188 13 7 5 4 6 *2 MVP-19,RoY-1
1971 24 NYY AL 125 517 451 71 113 15 4 10 42 6 5 52 65 .251 .335 .368 .703 105 166 10 7 4 3 1 *2/9 AS
1972 25 NYY AL 140 567 511 54 143 16 3 7 46 6 7 47 58 .280 .343 .364 .707 114 186 13 3 4 2 5 *2
1973 26 NYY AL 147 576 519 80 156 29 4 20 74 4 6 48 64 .301 .362 .487 .849 141 253 12 4 1 4 4 *2/D AS,MVP-12,GG
1974 27 NYY AL 144 571 517 64 135 19 2 13 60 2 0 44 66 .261 .316 .381 .697 101 197 14 1 1 8 12 *2/D AS,MVP-26,GG
1975 28 NYY AL 157 661 597 83 190 24 3 12 102 3 2 45 52 .318 .366 .429 .795 126 256 23 6 3 10 8 *2D/3579 AS,MVP-7,GG
1976 29 NYY AL 152 665 616 79 186 27 1 17 105 14 11 29 38 .302 .337 .432 .769 125 266 17 9 1 10 6 *2D/97 AS,MVP-1
1977 30 NYY AL 149 638 595 85 183 28 5 18 100 5 6 39 55 .308 .351 .462 .813 121 275 18 2 0 2 8 *2D AS,MVP-7
1978 31 NYY AL 154 666 617 73 183 27 1 6 71 2 3 35 70 .297 .332 .373 .705 101 230 20 3 1 10 6 *2D9 AS,MVP-22
1979 32 NYY AL 97 419 382 42 110 18 3 3 39 1 2 32 37 .288 .340 .374 .714 95 143 15 0 1 4 2 2/D3
11 Seasons 1423 5903 5344 696 1558 229 32 113 701 48 50 438 571 .292 .346 .410 .756 116 2190 160 42 21 58 59
162 Game Avg. 162 672 608 79 177 26 4 13 80 5 6 50 65 .292 .346 .410 .756 116 249 18 5 2 7 7

Postseason Batting

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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
1976 29 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 23 23 3 10 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 .435 .435 .522 .957 12 1 0 0 0 0
1976 29 NYY AL WS CIN L 4 17 17 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .529 .529 .529 1.059 9 0 0 0 0 0
1977 30 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 5 22 21 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .286 .273 .476 .749 10 0 0 0 1 0
1977 30 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 27 25 4 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 8 .320 .370 .520 .890 13 1 0 0 0 1
1978 31 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 4 18 18 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .500 .778 9 1 0 0 0 0
1978 31 NYY AL WS LAD W 6 28 25 5 8 3 0 0 7 1 0 3 7 .320 .393 .440 .833 11 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 30 135 129 19 46 9 0 3 22 1 1 5 19 .357 .378 .496 .874 64 4 0 0 1 1
3 ALCS 14 63 62 8 21 4 0 2 10 0 1 0 3 .339 .333 .500 .833 31 2 0 0 1 0
3 WS 16 72 67 11 25 5 0 1 12 1 0 5 16 .373 .417 .493 .909 33 2 0 0 0 1

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1971 *
1973 *
1974 (C)
1975 (C)
1976 (C)
1977 *
1978

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1970-AL-Rookie of the Year
1976-AL-MVP

Gold Gloves
1973-AL-C
1974-AL-C
1975-AL-C
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-AL-19-4%
1973-AL-12-13%
1974-AL-26-2%
1975-AL-7-21%
1976-AL-1-90%
1977-AL-7-18%
1978-AL-22-2%
1 MVP
1.50 Career Shares (142nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1970 AL--.302--8th
1973 AL--.301--6th
1975 AL--.318--3rd
1976 AL--.302--9th
1978 AL--.297--10th

On-Base% s c a p y
1970 AL--.386--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1973 AL--.487--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1973 AL--.849--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1975 AL--157--8th

At Bats s c a p y
1975 AL--597--7th
1976 AL--616--6th
1978 AL--617--8th

Hits s c a p y
1975 AL--190--3rd
1976 AL--186--4th
1978 AL--183--4th

Total Bases s c a p y
1973 AL--253--10th
1976 AL--266--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1973 AL--29--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1975 AL--102--5th
1976 AL--105--2nd

Singles s c a p y
1972 AL--117--7th
1975 AL--151--1st
1976 AL--141--3rd
1977 AL--132--9th
1978 AL--149--2nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1973 AL--141--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1973 AL--53--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1975 AL--241--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1973 AL--.657--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL--7--10th
1971 AL--7--7th
1976 AL--9--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1974 AL--8--8th
1975 AL--10--2nd
1976 AL--10--5th
1978 AL--10--5th
Career--58--216th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 AL--12--5th
1977 AL--8--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1975 AL--23--4th
1976 AL--17--8th
1978 AL--20--4th
Career--160--211th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1976 AL--15.4--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1975 AL--11.481--10th
1976 AL--16.211--2nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1976 AL--469--9th
1978 AL--468--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 46 (533), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 90 (181), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (595), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft.

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