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Red Munger
George David Munger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut May 1, 1943
Final Game September 23, 1956
Born October 4, 1918 in Houston, TX
Died July 23, 1996 in Houston, TX

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1943 24 STL NL   9   5  32   9   5   0  14  2   93.3  101   47   41   2   42   45   0   2   412       0  3.95  3.37   85 1.532
 1944 25 STL NL  11   3  21  12   7   2   8  2  121.0   92   23   18   2   41   55   2   0   479       0  1.34  3.54  264 1.099 AS
 1946 27 STL NL   2   2  10   7   2   0   1  1   48.7   47   19   18   0   12   28   0   1   199       0  3.33  3.45  104 1.212
 1947 28 STL NL  16   5  40  31  13   6   6  3  224.3  218   94   84  12   76  123   2   4   936       0  3.37  4.15  123 1.311 AS
 1948 29 STL NL  10  11  39  25   7   2   3  0  166.0  179   91   83  13   74   72   1   2   738       0  4.50  4.07   91 1.524
 1949 30 STL NL  15   8  35  28  12   2   4  2  188.3  179   86   81  13   87   82   2   3   802       0  3.87  4.16  108 1.412 AS
 1950 31 STL NL   7   8  32  20   5   1   4  0  154.7  158   73   67  15   70   61   3   1   682       1  3.90  4.31  110 1.474
 1951 32 STL NL   4   6  23  11   3   0   5  0   94.7  106   58   56  13   46   44   0   1   425       0  5.32  3.96   74 1.606
 1952 33 TOT NL   0   4   6   5   0   0   0  0   30.7   37   27   27   8   11    9   1   0   139       0  7.92  3.95   50 1.565
         STL NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    4.3    7    6    6   2    1    1   1   0    21       0 12.46  3.69   30 1.846
         PIT NL   0   3   5   4   0   0   0  0   26.3   30   21   21   6   10    8   0   0   118       0  7.18  3.99   56 1.519
 1956 37 PIT NL   3   4  35  13   0   0   6  2  107.0  126   56   48   8   41   45   0   3   475   6   0  4.04  3.77   93 1.561
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .579  77  56 273 161  54  13  51 12 1228.7 1243  574  523  86  500  564  11  17  5287   6   1  3.83  3.96  103 1.419
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   8  42  25   8   2   7  1  192.3  194   89   81  13   78   88   1   2   828   0   0  3.83  3.96  103 1.419
 Career High     16  11  40  31  13   6  14  3  224.3  218   94   84  15   87  123   3   4   936   6   1  1.34  4.31  264 1.099

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 24 STL NL  32   28    3    6   2  0   0    3   0      1   5  .214  .241  .286   49    8   0           0   1
 1944 25 STL NL  21   44    2    5   1  0   0    0   0      0   4  .114  .114  .136  -30    6   0           0   0 AS
 1946 27 STL NL  10   16    1    4   0  0   0    3   0      2   3  .250  .333  .250   64    4   0           0   0
 1947 28 STL NL  40   81    3   15   3  0   0    7   0      4  28  .185  .233  .222   19   18   3           1   2 AS
 1948 29 STL NL  39   50    2    8   1  1   0    2   0      4  15  .160  .222  .220   17   11   2           0   2
 1949 30 STL NL  35   66    6   17   2  0   1   10   0      4  16  .258  .300  .333   66   22   5           0   3 AS
 1950 31 STL NL  32   51    4    7   1  0   0    1   0      2  10  .137  .170  .157  -15    8   3           0   1
 1951 32 STL NL  23   29    2    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   4  .172  .200  .207    9    6   1           0   0
 1952 33 TOT NL   6    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
         STL NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         PIT NL   5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
 1956 37 PIT NL  35   28    2    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  11  .107  .194  .143   -6    4   2   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     273  402   25   70  12  1   1   30   0  0  20 100  .174  .217  .216   16   87  17   0   0   2   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        239   15   42   7  1   1   18   0  0  12  59  .174  .217  .216   16   52  10   0   0   1   5
 Career High     40   81    6   17   3  1   1   10   0  0   4  28                          22   5   0   0   1   3

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 24 STL NL   29   23    2   2.4    93| .214  .270| .241  .340| .286  .367| .527  .707|  49  .279  -1.9  -0.2     
 1944 25 STL NL   44   39    1   0.7    96| .114  .270| .114  .338| .136  .380| .250  .718| -30  .035  -7.8  -0.8     
 1946 27 STL NL   18   12    1   2.2    96| .250  .267| .333  .343| .250  .374| .583  .717|  64  .252  -0.7  -0.1     
 1947 28 STL NL   89   71    4   1.5   109| .185  .279| .233  .355| .222  .413| .455  .768|  19  .112  -9.7  -1.0     
 1948 29 STL NL   56   46    2   1.2   107| .160  .276| .222  .351| .220  .408| .442  .760|  17  .078  -6.2  -0.6     
 1949 30 STL NL   75   57    7   3.3   108| .258  .276| .300  .351| .333  .413| .633  .764|  66  .353  -3.4  -0.3     
 1950 31 STL NL   56   48    1   0.6   112| .137  .275| .170  .353| .157  .427| .327  .780| -15  .020  -8.9  -0.9     
 1951 32 STL NL   31   25    1   1.1   104| .172  .269| .200  .343| .207  .407| .407  .750|   9  .068  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1952 33 TOT NL   10   10    0   0.0    98| .000  .263| .000  .337| .000  .392| .000  .728|-100  .000  -2.5  -0.3   0%
         STL NL    2    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .262| .000  .334| .000  .389| .000  .724|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL    8    8    0   0.0    99| .000  .264| .000  .337| .000  .393| .000  .730|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1956 37 PIT NL   33   27    1   1.0   101| .107  .262| .194  .328| .143  .413| .337  .741|  -6  .060  -4.2  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      441  358   20   1.5   105| .174  .273| .217  .347| .216  .405| .433  .752|  16  .118 -49.1  -5.0     

* 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 ------+
 1943 24 STL NL   P   32      3   24    1    3  .964  .961  0.84  1.16  2.60  2.27    9   93.3
 1944 25 STL NL   P   21      8   33    2    5  .953  .960  1.95  1.09  3.05  2.14   12  121.0 AS
 1946 27 STL NL   P   10      1   16    0    3 1.000  .960  1.70  1.01  3.14  2.24    7   48.7
 1947 28 STL NL   P   40      5   55    2    1  .968  .966  1.50  0.91  2.41  2.12   31  224.3 AS
 1948 29 STL NL   P   39      8   37    0    5 1.000  .964  1.15  0.91  2.44  2.11   25  166.0
 1949 30 STL NL   P   35      4   38    1    2  .977  .952  1.20  0.91  2.01  2.04   28  188.3 AS
 1950 31 STL NL   P   32      3   32    0    2 1.000  .962  1.09  0.97  2.04  2.12   20  154.7
 1951 32 STL NL   P   23      7   25    1    2  .970  .961  1.39  0.96  3.04  2.14   11   94.7
 1952 33 TOT NL   P    6      1   12    0    3 1.000  .956  2.17  0.98  3.82  2.18    5   30.6
         STL NL   P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.00  6.28  2.09    1    4.3
         PIT NL   P    5      1    9    0    3 1.000  .952  2.00  0.98  3.42  2.19    4   26.3
 1956 37 PIT NL   P   35      4   16    2    1  .909  .966  0.57  0.83  1.68  2.05   13  107.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1943 24 STL NL   P   32      3   24    1    3  .964  .961  0.84  1.16  2.60  2.27    9   93.3
 1944 25 STL NL   P   21      8   33    2    5  .953  .960  1.95  1.09  3.05  2.14   12  121.0
 1946 27 STL NL   P   10      1   16    0    3 1.000  .960  1.70  1.01  3.14  2.24    7   48.7
 1947 28 STL NL   P   40      5   55    2    1  .968  .966  1.50  0.91  2.41  2.12   31  224.3
 1948 29 STL NL   P   39      8   37    0    5 1.000  .964  1.15  0.91  2.44  2.11   25  166.0
 1949 30 STL NL   P   35      4   38    1    2  .977  .952  1.20  0.91  2.01  2.04   28  188.3
 1950 31 STL NL   P   32      3   32    0    2 1.000  .962  1.09  0.97  2.04  2.12   20  154.7
 1951 32 STL NL   P   23      7   25    1    2  .970  .961  1.39  0.96  3.04  2.14   11   94.7
 1952 33 TOT NL   P    6      1   12    0    3 1.000  .956  2.17  0.98  3.82  2.18    5   30.6
         STL NL   P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.00  6.28  2.09    1    4.3
         PIT NL   P    5      1    9    0    3 1.000  .952  2.00  0.98  3.42  2.19    4   26.3
 1956 37 PIT NL   P   35      4   16    2    1  .909  .966  0.57  0.83  1.68  2.05   13  107.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 273     44  288    9   27  .974  .961  1.22  0.96  2.43  2.12  161 1228.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       273     44  288    9   27  .974  .961  1.22  0.96  2.43  2.12  161   1229

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9     9   1   3   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   1   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   0  0   1   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   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1947   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1949   STL NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   1   0  0   0  0   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   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1947   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1949   STL NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/3      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
1947
1949 *

Wins
1947 NL-16-8
1949 NL-15-8

Won-Loss %
1943 NL-.643-10
1944 NL-.786-2
1947 NL-.762-2
1949 NL-.652-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1949 NL-8.55-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1947 NL-3.05-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1947 NL-4.93-2

Innings
1947 NL-224.3-10

Strikeouts
1947 NL-123-4

Games Started
1947 NL-31-7

Comp. Games
1947 NL-13-9

Shutouts
1947 NL-6-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1949 NL-87-9

SO to Walk
1947 NL-1.62-7

Games Finished
1943 NL-14-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 35 (669) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 21.0 (576) (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 1937 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
May 3, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Werle.
October 17, 1956: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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 1947 1949 *	Wins 1947 NL-16-8 1949 NL-15-8	Won-Loss % 1943 NL-.643-10 1944 NL-.786-2 1947 NL-.762-2 1949 NL-.652-7	Hits Allowed/9IP 1949 NL-8.55-9	Bases on Balls/9IP 1947 NL-3.05-9	Strikeouts/9IP 1947 NL-4.93-2
Innings 1947 NL-224.3-10	Strikeouts 1947 NL-123-4	Games Started 1947 NL-31-7	Comp. Games 1947 NL-13-9	Shutouts 1947 NL-6-2	Bases On Balls Allow. 1949 NL-87-9
SO to Walk 1947 NL-1.62-7	Games Finished 1943 NL-14-8