Thurman Munson

Thurman Lee Munson
Born: June 7, 1947
Akron, OH USA
Deceased: 1979
Summit County, OH USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, 3B, RF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190
College: Kent State University
Career: 1969-1979
Draft: Round 1 (1968 June Amateur Draft, New York Yankees)
School: Kent State
Minor League Statistics

Thurman Munson compiled a career batting average of .292 with 113 home runs and 701 RBI in his 1423-game career with the New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1969 season and last took the field during the 1979 campaign.

New York Yankees

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1969	AL	New York Yankees	26	97	86	6	22	1	2	1	9	0	1	10	10	.256	.330	.349	.679	30	5	0	0	1	1
1970	AL	New York Yankees	132	526	453	59	137	25	4	6	53	5	7	57	56	.302	.386	.415	.801	188	13	7	5	4	6
1971	AL	New York Yankees	125	517	451	71	113	15	4	10	42	6	5	52	65	.251	.335	.368	.703	166	10	7	4	3	1
1972	AL	New York Yankees	140	567	511	54	143	16	3	7	46	6	7	47	58	.280	.343	.364	.707	186	13	3	4	2	5
1973	AL	New York Yankees	147	576	519	80	156	29	4	20	74	4	6	48	64	.301	.362	.487	.849	253	12	4	1	4	4
1974	AL	New York Yankees	144	571	517	64	135	19	2	13	60	2	0	44	66	.261	.316	.381	.697	197	14	1	1	8	12
1975	AL	New York Yankees	157	661	597	83	190	24	3	12	102	3	2	45	52	.318	.366	.429	.795	256	23	6	3	10	8
1976	AL	New York Yankees	152	665	616	79	186	27	1	17	105	14	11	29	38	.302	.337	.432	.769	266	17	9	1	10	6
1977	AL	New York Yankees	149	638	595	85	183	28	5	18	100	5	6	39	55	.308	.351	.462	.813	275	18	2	0	2	8
1978	AL	New York Yankees	154	666	617	73	183	27	1	6	71	2	3	35	70	.297	.332	.373	.705	230	20	3	1	10	6
1979	AL	New York Yankees	97	419	382	42	110	18	3	3	39	1	2	32	37	.288	.340	.374	.714	143	15	0	1	4	2
Totals			1423	5903	5344	696	1558	229	32	113	701	48	50	438	571	.292	.346	.410	.756	2190	160	42	21	58	59

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
1969	AL	New York Yankees	C	25	24	218.0	119	18	2	0	.986	5.656	5.480	5	9	6	7	53.8
1970	AL	New York Yankees	C	125	119	1093.0	631	80	8	11	.989	5.855	5.688	10	0	31	33	51.6
1971	AL	New York Yankees	C	117	114	1019.0	547	67	1	4	.998	5.423	5.248	9	0	23	36	61.0
1971	AL	New York Yankees	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1972	AL	New York Yankees	C	132	132	1160.0	575	71	15	11	.977	5.012	4.894	9	0	32	29	47.5
1973	AL	New York Yankees	C	142	142	1246.0	673	80	12	11	.984	5.439	5.303	10	0	50	47	48.5
1974	AL	New York Yankees	C	137	137	1202.7	743	75	22	10	.974	6.121	5.971	6	0	72	38	34.5
1975	AL	New York Yankees	C	130	129	1131.7	700	95	23	14	.972	6.323	6.115	9	0	59	60	50.4
1975	AL	New York Yankees	1B	2	2	17.0	20	0	0	1	1.000	1.588	1.000	0	0	0	0
1975	AL	New York Yankees	OF	2	2	17.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.647	2.500	0	0	0	0
1975	AL	New York Yankees	3B	1	1	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1976	AL	New York Yankees	C	121	118	1062.0	537	78	12	8	.981	5.212	5.083	12	0	91	50	35.5
1976	AL	New York Yankees	OF	11	9	83.0	9	0	2	0	.818	.976	.818	0	0	0	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	C	136	136	1158.7	657	73	12	4	.984	5.670	5.368	10	0	76	50	39.7
1978	AL	New York Yankees	C	125	126	1063.0	666	61	10	4	.986	6.155	5.816	8	0	61	50	45.0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	OF	13	13	118.0	32	0	1	0	.970	2.441	2.462	0	0	0	0
1979	AL	New York Yankees	C	88	88	754.7	405	44	10	5	.978	5.355	5.102	5	0	32	27	45.8
1979	AL	New York Yankees	1B	3	3	19.0	23	0	0	2	1.000	1.895	7.667	0	0	0	0
Totals				1311	1295	11367.7	6342	742	130	85	.982	5.609	5.404	93	9	533	427	44.5

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SF	IBB
1976	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	5	23	23	3	10	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	.435	.435	.522	.957	12	1	0	0
1976	AL	New York Yankees	WS	4	17	17	2	9	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.529	.529	.529	1.059	9	0	0	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	5	22	21	3	6	1	1	5	0	0	0	2	.286	.273	.476	.749	10	0	1	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	6	27	25	4	8	2	1	3	0	0	2	8	.320	.370	.520	.890	13	1	0	1
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	4	18	18	2	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.500	.778	9	1	0	0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	6	28	25	5	8	3	0	7	1	0	3	7	.320	.393	.440	.833	11	1	0	0
Totals				30	135	129	19	46	9	3	22	1	1	5	19	.357	.378	.496	.874	64	4	1	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
1976	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	C	5	5	44.0	18	6	2	0	.923	4.909	4.800	1
1976	AL	New York Yankees	WS	C	4	4	34.7	21	7	0	0	1.000	7.269	7.000	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	C	5	5	44.0	24	4	0	0	1.000	5.727	5.600	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	C	6	6	55.0	40	5	0	0	1.000	7.364	7.500	1
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	C	4	4	35.0	22	4	0	0	1.000	6.686	6.500	1
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	C	6	6	52.0	33	5	0	1	1.000	6.577	6.333	0
Totals					30	30	264.7	158	31	2	1	.990	6.427	6.300	3

Awards

1970 - AL Rookie of the Year
1973 - AL Gold Glove C
1973 - AL TSN All-Star C
1974 - AL Gold Glove C
1974 - AL TSN All-Star C
1975 - AL Gold Glove C
1975 - AL TSN All-Star C
1975 - AL Player of the Week Week of 1975-05-01
1976 - AL TSN Player of the Year
1976 - AL Player of the Week Week of 1976-07-23
1976 - AL Most Valuable Player
1976 - AL TSN All-Star C

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