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Van Mungo
Van Lingle Mungo

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 7, 1931
Final Game September 2, 1945
Born June 8, 1911 in Pageland, SC
Died February 12, 1985 in Pageland, SC

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1931 20 BRO NL   3   1   5   4   2   1   1  0   31.0   27    9    8   0   13   12   1   0   126       0  2.32  3.82  165 1.290
 1932 21 BRO NL  13  11  39  33  11   1   2  2  223.3  224  122  110   9  115  107   6   5   989       0  4.43  3.80   86 1.518
 1933 22 BRO NL  16  15  41  28  18   3   8  0  248.0  223   89   75   7   84  110   0   7  1047       0  2.72  3.20  118 1.238
 1934 23 BRO NL  18  16  45  38  22   3   6  3  315.3  300  137  118  15  104  184   3   6  1329       1  3.37  3.90  116 1.281 MVP-23,AS
 1935 24 BRO NL  16  10  37  26  18   4  10  2  214.3  205  100   87  13   90  143   2   4   920       1  3.65  3.98  109 1.376
 1936 25 BRO NL  18  19  45  37  22   2   8  3  311.7  275  137  116   8  118  238   3  10  1313       0  3.35  4.14  123 1.261 MVP-14,AS
 1937 26 BRO NL   9  11  25  21  14   0   4  3  161.0  136   65   52   3   56  122   3   2   665       2  2.91  4.02  138 1.193 AS
 1938 27 BRO NL   4  11  24  18   6   2   6  0  133.3  133   78   58  11   72   72   2   8   592       1  3.92  3.90  100 1.538
 1939 28 BRO NL   4   5  14  10   1   0   3  0   77.3   70   36   28   7   33   34   3   2   335       0  3.26  4.03  124 1.332
 1940 29 BRO NL   1   0   7   0   0   0   2  1   22.0   24    6    6   1   10    9   0   0    96       0  2.45  4.00  163 1.545
 1941 30 BRO NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    1    1    1   0    2    0   0   0     9       0  4.50  3.67   82 1.500
 1942 31 NYG NL   1   2   9   5   0   0   0  0   36.3   38   32   24   4   21   27   0   2   162       0  5.94  3.35   56 1.624
 1943 32 NYG NL   3   7  45  13   2   2  10  2  154.3  140   68   67   7   79   83   6   3   679       0  3.91  3.44   88 1.419
 1945 34 NYG NL  14   7  26  26   7   2   0  0  183.0  161   77   65   4   71  101   4   3   771       0  3.20  3.91  122 1.268 AS
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .511 120 115 364 259 123  20  61 16 2113.0 1957  957  815  89  868 1242  33  52  9033       5  3.47  3.82  110 1.337
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  12  39  28  13   2   6  1  230.3  213  104   88   9   94  135   3   5   985   0   0  3.47  3.82  110 1.337
 Career High     18  19  45  38  22   4  10  3  315.3  300  137  118  15  118  238   6  10  1329   0   2  2.72  4.14  138 1.193

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 20 BRO NL   5   12    1    3   0  1   0    0   0      0   2  .250  .250  .417   77    5   0           0    
 1932 21 BRO NL  39   79    3   16   2  0   0    2   0      3  20  .203  .232  .228   25   18   4           0    
 1933 22 BRO NL  41   84    2   15   1  1   0    4   0      2  12  .179  .198  .214   20   18   4           0   2
 1934 23 BRO NL  46  121   10   30   5  0   0   10   0      4  26  .248  .272  .289   54   35   1           0   1 MVP-23,AS
 1935 24 BRO NL  44   90    9   26   3  0   0   19   0      1  10  .289  .297  .322   68   29   1           0   1
 1936 25 BRO NL  50  123   11   22   2  0   0   11   0      1  26  .179  .185  .195    2   24   4           0   4 MVP-14,AS
 1937 26 BRO NL  28   64    4   16   3  0   0    9   0      3  16  .250  .284  .297   57   19   0           0   0 AS
 1938 27 BRO NL  32   47    5    9   1  0   0    4   1      7  14  .191  .296  .213   41   10   4           0   0
 1939 28 BRO NL  29   29    5   10   3  0   0    4   0      3   8  .345  .406  .448  126   13   1           0   0
 1940 29 BRO NL   8    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1942 31 NYG NL   9   14    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      0   5  .214  .214  .214   25    3   0           0   0
 1943 32 NYG NL  49   44    1    7   1  0   0    2   0      1  14  .159  .178  .182    4    8   2           0   0
 1945 34 NYG NL  28   73    4   17   3  2   0    9   0      4  10  .233  .282  .329   69   24   0           1   3 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     410  787   56  174  24  4   0   74   1  0  29 164  .221  .250  .262   40  206  21   0   0   1  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        311   22   69   9  2   0   29   0  0  11  65  .221  .250  .262   40   81   8   0   0   0   4
 Career High     50  123   11   30   5  2   0   19   1  0   7  26                          35   4   0   0   1   4
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 20 BRO NL   12    9    1   3.0   102| .250  .284| .250  .343| .417  .401| .667  .743|  77  .309  -0.6  -0.1     
 1932 21 BRO NL   86   67    4   1.6   102| .203  .282| .232  .334| .228  .408| .460  .742|  25  .123  -8.3  -0.8     
 1933 22 BRO NL   90   75    4   1.4    88| .179  .270| .198  .322| .214  .369| .412  .690|  20  .128  -8.9  -0.9     
 1934 23 BRO NL  126   93   10   2.9   100| .248  .281| .272  .335| .289  .399| .561  .735|  54  .285  -7.8  -0.8     
 1935 24 BRO NL   92   66    9   3.6   102| .289  .283| .297  .338| .322  .403| .619  .741|  68  .387  -4.2  -0.4     
 1936 25 BRO NL  128  109    4   1.0   104| .179  .287| .185  .346| .195  .402| .380  .748|   2  .055 -17.3  -1.7     
 1937 26 BRO NL   67   48    5   2.8   103| .250  .282| .284  .344| .297  .400| .581  .745|  57  .292  -3.9  -0.4     
 1938 27 BRO NL   58   42    3   1.9   100| .191  .277| .296  .341| .213  .394| .509  .736|  41  .180  -3.7  -0.4     
 1939 28 BRO NL   33   20    5   6.7   107| .345  .285| .406  .351| .448  .407| .854  .759| 126  .667   1.3   0.1     
 1940 29 BRO NL    7    7    0   0.0   103| .000  .279| .000  .344| .000  .401| .000  .745|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2     
 1942 31 NYG NL   14   11    1   2.4    88| .214  .257| .214  .329| .214  .357| .428  .686|  25  .308  -1.4  -0.2     
 1943 32 NYG NL   47   39    1   0.7    90| .159  .266| .178  .335| .182  .361| .360  .696|   4  .039  -5.6  -0.6     
 1945 34 NYG NL   78   59    7   3.2    97| .233  .275| .282  .344| .329  .379| .611  .723|  69  .367  -3.5  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      838  645   54   2.2    99| .221  .279| .250  .338| .262  .393| .512  .731|  40  .219 -65.8  -6.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1931 20 BRO NL   P    5      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  1.00  1.20  1.45  2.21    4   31.0
 1932 21 BRO NL   P   39     15   48    2    4  .969  .957  1.62  1.21  2.54  2.29   33  223.3
 1933 22 BRO NL   P   41     15   55    3    1  .959  .964  1.71  1.28  2.54  2.36   28  248.0
 1934 23 BRO NL   P   45     14   67    3    3  .964  .960  1.80  1.12  2.31  2.27   38  315.3 AS
 1935 24 BRO NL   P   37     10   45    2    1  .965  .958  1.49  1.18  2.31  2.31   26  214.3
 1936 25 BRO NL   P   45     11   67    8    7  .907  .950  1.73  1.16  2.25  2.32   37  311.7 AS
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.20                            0    0    1 AS
 1937 26 BRO NL   P   25     12   41    0    0 1.000  .958  2.12  1.20  2.96  2.39   21  161.0 AS
 1938 27 BRO NL   P   24      4   31    0    2 1.000  .964  1.46  1.13  2.36  2.21   18  133.3
 1939 28 BRO NL   P   14      4   10    0    0 1.000  .959  1.00  1.09  1.63  2.19   10   77.3
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                            0    0    1
 1940 29 BRO NL   P    7      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.43  1.10  1.23  2.21    0   22.0
 1941 30 BRO NL   P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.10  4.50  2.25    0    2.0
 1942 31 NYG NL   P    9      2    6    0    2 1.000  .964  0.89  1.17  1.98  2.36    5   36.3
 1943 32 NYG NL   P   45      5   36    0    1 1.000  .960  0.91  1.16  2.39  2.27   13  154.3
 1945 34 NYG NL   P   26      6   34    5    1  .889  .964  1.54  1.06  1.97  2.18   26  183.0 AS

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1936 25 BRO NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.20                            0    0    1
 1939 28 BRO NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                            0    0    1

 1931 20 BRO NL   P    5      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  1.00  1.20  1.45  2.21    4   31.0
 1932 21 BRO NL   P   39     15   48    2    4  .969  .957  1.62  1.21  2.54  2.29   33  223.3
 1933 22 BRO NL   P   41     15   55    3    1  .959  .964  1.71  1.28  2.54  2.36   28  248.0
 1934 23 BRO NL   P   45     14   67    3    3  .964  .960  1.80  1.12  2.31  2.27   38  315.3
 1935 24 BRO NL   P   37     10   45    2    1  .965  .958  1.49  1.18  2.31  2.31   26  214.3
 1936 25 BRO NL   P   45     11   67    8    7  .907  .950  1.73  1.16  2.25  2.32   37  311.7
 1937 26 BRO NL   P   25     12   41    0    0 1.000  .958  2.12  1.20  2.96  2.39   21  161.0
 1938 27 BRO NL   P   24      4   31    0    2 1.000  .964  1.46  1.13  2.36  2.21   18  133.3
 1939 28 BRO NL   P   14      4   10    0    0 1.000  .959  1.00  1.09  1.63  2.19   10   77.3
 1940 29 BRO NL   P    7      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.43  1.10  1.23  2.21    0   22.0
 1941 30 BRO NL   P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.10  4.50  2.25    0    2.0
 1942 31 NYG NL   P    9      2    6    0    2 1.000  .964  0.89  1.17  1.98  2.36    5   36.3
 1943 32 NYG NL   P   45      5   36    0    1 1.000  .960  0.91  1.16  2.39  2.27   13  154.3
 1945 34 NYG NL   P   26      6   34    5    1  .889  .964  1.54  1.06  1.97  2.18   26  183.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 364     99  448   23   22  .960  .959  1.50  1.17              259 2113.0
                 OF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  2.20                            0    0    2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       366    100  448   23   22  .960  .959  1.50  1.17
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1945   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1934   BRO NL      0  1  0   1     4   4   4   2   1  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1936   BRO NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   BRO NL      0  0  0   2     2   2   2   2   1  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/4      0  0  1  0   3     6   6   6   4   2  0   0  0   0  0  2  0  0  18.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1934   BRO NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1936   BRO NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   BRO NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/4      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
1934 *
1936
1937 *
1945

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1934-NL-23-0.01
1936-NL-14-0.06
Car-993-0.07 shares

ERA
1933 NL-2.72-7
1934 NL-3.37-10
1936 NL-3.35-7
1937 NL-2.91-6

Wins
1933 NL-16-10
1934 NL-18-7
1935 NL-16-10
1936 NL-18-4
1945 NL-14-9

Won-Loss %
1945 NL-.667-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1934 NL-1.281-9
1936 NL-1.261-8
1937 NL-1.193-7
1945 NL-1.268-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1933 NL-8.09-5
1934 NL-8.56-4
1935 NL-8.61-7
1936 NL-7.94-2
1937 NL-7.60-1
1943 NL-8.16-8
1945 NL-7.92-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1932 NL-4.31-8
1933 NL-3.99-6
1934 NL-5.25-4
1935 NL-6.00-1
1936 NL-6.87-1
1937 NL-6.82-1
1943 NL-4.84-4
1945 NL-4.97-2

Games
1933 NL-41-9
1934 NL-45-9
1936 NL-45-5
1943 NL-45-4

Saves
1936 NL-3-9
1937 NL-3-8

Innings
1934 NL-315.3-1
1936 NL-311.7-2

Strikeouts
1932 NL-107-7
1933 NL-110-6
1934 NL-184-2
1935 NL-143-3
1936 NL-238-1
1937 NL-122-7
1945 NL-101-4

Games Started
1932 NL-33-2
1934 NL-38-1
1936 NL-37-1

Comp. Games
1933 NL-18-10
1934 NL-22-4
1935 NL-18-9
1936 NL-22-3

Shutouts
1933 NL-3-9
1934 NL-3-5
1935 NL-4-1
1936 NL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1934 NL-15-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1932 NL-115-1
1933 NL-84-3
1934 NL-104-1
1935 NL-90-3
1936 NL-118-1
1943 NL-79-7

Hits Allowed
1934 NL-300-1
1936 NL-275-4

SO to Walk
1934 NL-1.77-10
1936 NL-2.02-6
1937 NL-2.18-7
1945 NL-1.42-7

Losses
1933 NL-15-7
1934 NL-16-6
1936 NL-19-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1932 NL-110-3
1934 NL-118-2
1936 NL-116-4

Wild Pitches
1932 NL-5-7
1933 NL-7-4
1934 NL-6-7
1936 NL-10-2
1938 NL-8-4

Hit Batsmen
1932 NL-6-3
1943 NL-6-1

Batters Faced
1934 NL-1329-1
1936 NL-1313-1

Adjusted ERA+
1933 NL-118-8
1936 NL-123-7
1937 NL-138-4

Youngest Player
1931 NL-20-1
1932 NL-21-5
1933 NL-22-8

        

Black Ink: Pitching - 12 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 112 (175) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 12.0 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 31.0 (414) (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.


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  4. Ted Lyons (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Bagby (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Howard Ehmke (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobo Newsom (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bobo Newsom (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Earl Whitehill (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 23, 1946: Released by the New York Giants.

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