Thurman Munson

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: June 7, 1947 in Akron, OH us

Died: August 2, 1979 in Summit County, OH

Buried: Sunset Hills Cemetery, Canton, OH

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (4th) of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kent State University (Kent, OH).

High School: Lehman HS (Canton, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Debut: August 8, 1969 (Age 22-062d, 12,872nd in major league history)
vs. OAK 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 1979 (Age 32-055d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Thurman Lee Munson

Nicknames: Tugboat, Squatty Body or The Walrus

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.1

5344

1558

113

.292

696

RBI

701

OBP

.347

SLG

.410

OPS

.756

OPS+

116

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 13 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 15	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
6	7	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
7	8	Apr 18	NYY	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
8	9	Apr 19	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	10	Apr 20	NYY	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	11	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	12	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
12	13	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	14	Apr 26	NYY		MIL	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	C
14	15	Apr 27 (1)	NYY		MIL	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
15	17 (1)	Apr 28	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
16	18	Apr 29	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
17	19	Apr 30	NYY		BAL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	20	May 1	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
19	21	May 2	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	22	May 3	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
21	23	May 4	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-11	GS	34	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	24	May 5	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	25	May 7	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	26	May 9	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
25	27	May 10	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
26	28	May 11	NYY	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
27	29	May 13	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	C
28	30	May 14	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	31	May 16	NYY		OAK	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	32	May 17	NYY		OAK	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	35 (2)	May 20	NYY		KCR	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
32	36	May 21	NYY		KCR	L,1-4	CG	39	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
33	37	May 23	NYY		TEX	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
34	38	May 24	NYY		TEX	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
35	39	May 25	NYY		TEX	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	40	May 26	NYY	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	46	10.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	41	May 27	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
38	42	May 28	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	43	May 29	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
40	45 (1)	May 31	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	46	Jun 1	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	47	Jun 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	48	Jun 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	49	Jun 5	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	50	Jun 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	6	0	2	8	0	C
46	52 (1)	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
47	53	Jun 9	NYY		CAL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
48	54	Jun 10	NYY		CAL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	C
49	55	Jun 11	NYY		MIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
50	56	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	57	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	58	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	59	Jun 16	NYY		MIL	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	60	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	62 (1)	Jun 18	NYY		MIL	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
56	63	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
57	64	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
58	65	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
59	67 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	68	Jun 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	69	Jun 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
62	70	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
63	71	Jun 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-9	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	72	Jun 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	73	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	74	Jun 30	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	76 (1)	Jul 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	1	1	4	1	C
68	77	Jul 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	78	Jul 4	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	79	Jul 5	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
71	80	Jul 6	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	81	Jul 7	NYY		TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
73	82	Jul 8	NYY		TEX	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
74	83	Jul 9	NYY		TEX	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
75	84	Jul 10	NYY		MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
76	85	Jul 11 (1)	NYY		MIN	L,1-11	GS	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	87 (1)	Jul 12 susp	NYY		MIN	W,8-7	CG	69	16.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
78	88	Jul 17	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
79	89	Jul 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
80	90	Jul 19	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	93 (2)	Jul 21	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
82	94	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	95	Jul 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	98 (2)	Jul 26	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
85	99	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	100	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
87	102 (1)	Jul 29	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	103	Jul 30	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	104	Aug 1	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
90	105	Aug 2	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
91	106	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,12-1	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
92	108 (1)	Aug 4	NYY	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
93	109	Aug 5	NYY	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	110	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
95	111	Aug 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	C
96	112	Aug 8	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
97	113	Aug 9	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
98	114	Aug 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	11	1	0	12	0	C
99	115	Aug 11	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
100	116	Aug 12	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
101	117	Aug 13	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
102	119 (1)	Aug 15	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
103	120	Aug 16	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
104	121	Aug 17	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	122	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	L,6-7	CG	47	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
106	123	Aug 20	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	124	Aug 21	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
108	125	Aug 22	NYY		CAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
109	126	Aug 23	NYY		CAL	W,12-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
110	127	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		CAL	L,0-9	GS	37	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
111	129 (1)	Aug 26	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
112	130	Aug 27	NYY		OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
113	131	Aug 28	NYY		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
114	132	Aug 29	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
115	133	Aug 30	NYY		KCR	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
116	134	Aug 31	NYY		KCR	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	135	Sep 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B C
118	136	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	137	Sep 3	NYY	@	DET	W,8-0	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
120	138	Sep 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
121	139	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
122	141 (1)	Sep 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS	38	8.1	6	2	0	8	0	C
123	142	Sep 7	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
124	145 (2)	Sep 10	NYY		MIL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
125	146	Sep 11	NYY		MIL	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
126	147	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
127	148	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
128	149	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
129	151 (1)	Sep 17	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
130	152	Sep 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
131	155 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
132	156	Sep 22	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
133	157	Sep 27 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
134	158	Sep 27 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
							135gm		1169.2	725	95	23	843	15