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Bob Muncrief
Robert Cleveland Muncrief

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 30, 1937
Final Game April 20, 1951
Born January 28, 1916 in Madill, OK
Died February 6, 1996 in Duncanville, TX

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1937 21 SLB AL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    2.0    3    2    1   1    2    0   0   0    12       0  4.50  4.81  107 2.500
 1939 23 SLB AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    3.0    7    5    5   1    3    1   0   0    18       0 15.00  4.85   32 3.333
 1941 25 SLB AL  13   9  36  24  12   2   8  1  214.3  221   95   87  18   53   67   5   2   898       0  3.65  4.31  118 1.278
 1942 26 SLB AL   6   8  24  18   7   1   2  0  134.3  149   61   58  11   31   39   0   2   572       0  3.89  3.69   95 1.340
 1943 27 SLB AL  13  12  35  27  12   3   5  1  205.0  211   80   64  13   48   80   2   3   856       0  2.81  3.33  118 1.263
 1944 28 SLB AL  13   8  33  27  12   3   5  1  219.3  216   83   75  11   50   88   3   3   905       0  3.08  3.60  117 1.213 MVP-34,AS
 1945 29 SLB AL  13   4  27  15  10   0  11  1  145.7  132   51   44   8   44   54   2   1   608       1  2.72  3.53  130 1.208 MVP-22
 1946 30 SLB AL   3  12  29  14   4   1   4  0  115.3  149   75   64   6   31   49   0   2   514       0  4.99  3.71   74 1.561
 1947 31 SLB AL   8  14  31  23   7   0   6  0  176.3  210  108   96  14   51   74   2   3   770       0  4.90  3.89   79 1.480
 1948 32 CLE AL   5   4  21   9   1   1   8  0   72.3   76   37   32   8   31   24   0   0   309       0  3.98  4.07  102 1.479
 1949 33 TOT NL   6  11  47   7   2   0  22  5  110.7  124   69   63  17   44   47   1   3   489       0  5.12  4.09   80 1.518
         PIT NL   1   5  13   4   1   0   5  3   35.7   44   27   25   8   13   11   0   0   159       0  6.31  4.20   67 1.598
         CHC NL   5   6  34   3   1   0  17  2   75.0   80   42   38   9   31   36   1   3   330       0  4.56  4.04   89 1.480
 1951 35 NYY AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    5    3    3   0    4    2   0   0    17       0  9.00  3.83   43 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .494  80  82 288 165  67  11  72  9 1401.3 1503  669  592 108  392  525  15  19  5968       1  3.80  3.79  100 1.352
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  43  24  10   1  10  1  210.3  225  100   88  16   58   78   2   2   895   0   0  3.80  3.79  100 1.352
 Career High     13  14  47  27  12   3  22  5  219.3  221  108   96  18   53   88   5   3   905   0   1  2.72  4.31  130 1.208

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 25 SLB AL  36   76    8   18   1  1   0    5   0  1   3  14  .237  .266  .276   42   21   5           0   3
 1942 26 SLB AL  24   45    2    5   0  1   0    3   0  0   3   8  .111  .167  .156  -10    7   1           0   2
 1943 27 SLB AL  35   66    5   10   1  0   0    2   0  0   3   9  .152  .188  .167    3   11   8           0   4
 1944 28 SLB AL  33   78    4   18   2  0   0   10   1  0   3  16  .231  .259  .256   44   20   5           0   1 MVP-34,AS
 1945 29 SLB AL  28   45    4    3   1  1   0    0   0  0   1   6  .067  .087  .133  -38    6   8           0   1 MVP-22
 1946 30 SLB AL  29   32    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  18  .031  .061  .031  -74    1   2           0   0
 1947 31 SLB AL  31   57    2    6   0  0   0    4   0  0   4  23  .105  .164  .105  -25    6   4           0   1
 1948 32 CLE AL  21   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   6  .111  .200  .111  -15    2   2           0   1
 1949 33 TOT NL  47   21    1    5   0  1   0    1   0      1   7  .238  .273  .333   63    7   4           0   0
         PIT NL  13    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .143  .143  .143  -24    1   3           0   0
         CHC NL  34   14    1    4   0  1   0    1   0      1   6  .286  .333  .429  105    6   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     289  438   27   68   5  4   0   25   1  1  21 107  .155  .194  .185    5   81  39   0   0   0  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        246   15   38   3  2   0   14   1  1  12  60  .155  .194  .185    5   45  22   0   0   0   7
 Career High     47   78    8   18   2  1   0   10   1  1   4  23                          21   8   0   0   0   4

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 25 SLB AL   84   67    5   2.0   109| .237  .279| .266  .356| .276  .411| .542  .768|  42  .170  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1942 26 SLB AL   49   43    1   0.6    95| .111  .267| .167  .341| .156  .373| .323  .715| -10  .030  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1943 27 SLB AL   77   68    2   0.8    89| .152  .258| .188  .333| .167  .356| .355  .690|   3  .055  -8.4  -0.9   0%
 1944 28 SLB AL   86   66    5   2.0    96| .231  .275| .259  .343| .256  .375| .515  .718|  44  .224  -6.0  -0.6 100%
 1945 29 SLB AL   54   51    1   0.5    92| .067  .267| .087  .340| .133  .363| .220  .704| -38  .026  -8.4  -0.9   0%
 1946 30 SLB AL   35   33    0   0.0   100| .031  .269| .061  .345| .031  .387| .092  .732| -74  .000  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1947 31 SLB AL   65   56    1   0.5    98| .105  .265| .164  .345| .105  .381| .269  .726| -25  .019  -9.9  -1.0   0%
 1948 32 CLE AL   22   19    0   0.0   104| .111  .270| .200  .355| .111  .391| .311  .746| -15  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1949 33 TOT NL   26   20    2   2.7   103| .238  .269| .273  .342| .333  .402| .606  .744|  63  .271  -1.3  -0.1     
         PIT NL   10    9    0   0.0   106| .143  .273| .143  .347| .143  .408| .286  .755| -24  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
         CHC NL   16   11    2   4.9   101| .286  .267| .333  .340| .429  .399| .762  .739| 105  .527  -0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      498  423   17   1.1    98| .155  .269| .194  .344| .185  .381| .379  .725|   5  .077 -58.6  -6.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1937 21 SLB AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.10  0.00  2.25    1    2.0
 1939 23 SLB AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00  0.00  1.80    0    3.0
 1941 25 SLB AL   P   36     13   36    2    2  .961  .961  1.36  1.16  2.06  2.14   24  214.3
 1942 26 SLB AL   P   24      9   25    0    2 1.000  .958  1.42  1.30  2.28  2.31   18  134.3
 1943 27 SLB AL   P   35     10   28    1    2  .974  .962  1.09  1.27  1.67  2.27   27  205.0
 1944 28 SLB AL   P   33     16   35    1    1  .981  .960  1.55  1.14  2.09  2.09   27  219.3 AS
 1945 29 SLB AL   P   27      9   22    2    1  .939  .954  1.15  1.28  1.91  2.24   15  145.7
 1946 30 SLB AL   P   29      7   13    2    1  .909  .952  0.69  1.01  1.56  2.01   14  115.3
 1947 31 SLB AL   P   31      6   29    0    2 1.000  .956  1.13  0.95  1.79  1.92   23  176.3
 1948 32 CLE AL   P   21      4   10    0    2 1.000  .966  0.67  0.91  1.74  2.02    9   72.3
 1949 33 TOT NL   P   47      5   22    0    1 1.000  .954  0.57  0.91  2.20  2.04    7  110.7
         PIT NL   P   13      0   12    0    0 1.000  .952  0.92  0.91  3.03  2.04    4   35.7
         CHC NL   P   34      5   10    0    1 1.000  .955  0.44  0.91  1.80  2.04    3   75.0
 1951 35 NYY AL   P    2      1    2    1    0  .750  .968  1.50  1.00  9.00  2.10    0    3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1937 21 SLB AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.10  0.00  2.25    1    2.0
 1939 23 SLB AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00  0.00  1.80    0    3.0
 1941 25 SLB AL   P   36     13   36    2    2  .961  .961  1.36  1.16  2.06  2.14   24  214.3
 1942 26 SLB AL   P   24      9   25    0    2 1.000  .958  1.42  1.30  2.28  2.31   18  134.3
 1943 27 SLB AL   P   35     10   28    1    2  .974  .962  1.09  1.27  1.67  2.27   27  205.0
 1944 28 SLB AL   P   33     16   35    1    1  .981  .960  1.55  1.14  2.09  2.09   27  219.3
 1945 29 SLB AL   P   27      9   22    2    1  .939  .954  1.15  1.28  1.91  2.24   15  145.7
 1946 30 SLB AL   P   29      7   13    2    1  .909  .952  0.69  1.01  1.56  2.01   14  115.3
 1947 31 SLB AL   P   31      6   29    0    2 1.000  .956  1.13  0.95  1.79  1.92   23  176.3
 1948 32 CLE AL   P   21      4   10    0    2 1.000  .966  0.67  0.91  1.74  2.02    9   72.3
 1949 33 TOT NL   P   47      5   22    0    1 1.000  .954  0.57  0.91  2.20  2.04    7  110.7
         PIT NL   P   13      0   12    0    0 1.000  .952  0.92  0.91  3.03  2.04    4   35.7
         CHC NL   P   34      5   10    0    1 1.000  .955  0.44  0.91  1.80  2.04    3   75.0
 1951 35 NYY AL   P    2      1    2    1    0  .750  .968  1.50  1.00  9.00  2.10    0    3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 288     80  222    9   14  .971  .958  1.05  1.09  1.94  2.13  165 1401.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       288     80  222    9   14  .971  .958  1.05  1.09  1.94  2.13  165   1401

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   2   0   1.35  0  1  0  0   6.2   5   1   4   4 
 1948   WS    CLE BSN     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   3   0   1.04  0  1  0  0   8.2   6   1   4   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1948   WS    CLE BSN     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1944   SLB AL      0  0  0   1.1   1   0   0   0   1  0   0  1   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1944   SLB AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1944 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1944-AL-34-0.00
1945-AL-22-0.02
Car-1327-0.02 shares

Wins
1941 AL-13-10

Won-Loss %
1944 AL-.619-7
1945 AL-.765-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1941 AL-1.278-7
1944 AL-1.213-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1941 AL-2.23-3
1943 AL-2.11-4
1944 AL-2.05-8
1947 AL-2.60-4

Games
1941 AL-36-7
1949 NL-47-5

Saves
1949 NL-5-6

Innings
1941 AL-214.3-10

Games Started
1943 AL-27-9

Shutouts
1941 AL-2-10
1943 AL-3-5
1944 AL-3-4

Home Runs Allow.
1941 AL-18-4
1943 AL-13-5
1944 AL-11-10

Hits Allowed
1943 AL-211-9
1947 AL-210-9

SO to Walk
1941 AL-1.26-8
1943 AL-1.67-4
1944 AL-1.76-3
1947 AL-1.45-7

Losses
1947 AL-14-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1947 AL-96-6

Hit Batsmen
1941 AL-5-3

Games Finished
1949 NL-22-7

Adjusted ERA+
1941 AL-118-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 30 (769) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1327) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (908) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1934 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
Before 1935 Season: Sent from the St. Louis Cardinals to the St. Louis Browns in an unknown transaction.
November 20, 1947: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Wally Judnich to the Cleveland Indians for Dick Kokos, Bryan Stephens, Joe Frazier, and $25,000.
November 20, 1948: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cleveland Indians for $20,000.
June 6, 1949: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
November 16, 1950: Drafted by the New York Yankees from the Chicago Cubs in the 1950 rule 5 draft.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1944 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1944-AL-34-0.00 1945-AL-22-0.02 Car-1327-0.02 shares	Wins 1941 AL-13-10	Won-Loss % 1944 AL-.619-7 1945 AL-.765-1	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1941 AL-1.278-7 1944 AL-1.213-9	Bases on Balls/9IP 1941 AL-2.23-3 1943 AL-2.11-4 1944 AL-2.05-8 1947 AL-2.60-4
Games 1941 AL-36-7 1949 NL-47-5	Saves 1949 NL-5-6	Innings 1941 AL-214.3-10	Games Started 1943 AL-27-9	Shutouts 1941 AL-2-10 1943 AL-3-5 1944 AL-3-4	Home Runs Allow. 1941 AL-18-4 1943 AL-13-5 1944 AL-11-10
Hits Allowed 1943 AL-211-9 1947 AL-210-9	SO to Walk 1941 AL-1.26-8 1943 AL-1.67-4 1944 AL-1.76-3 1947 AL-1.45-7	Losses 1947 AL-14-7	Earned Runs Allow. 1947 AL-96-6	Hit Batsmen 1941 AL-5-3	Games Finished 1949 NL-22-7
Adjusted ERA+ 1941 AL-118-10