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Eric Munson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.
School University of Southern California

Debut July 18, 2000
  vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Born October 3, 1977 in San Diego, CA

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2000 22 DET AL   3    5    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 23 DET AL  17   66    4   10   3  1   1    6   0  1   3  21  .152  .188  .273   24   18   0   0   0   0   2
 2002 24 DET AL  18   59    3   11   0  0   2    5   0  0   6  11  .186  .269  .288   54   17   0   1   0   1   1
 2003 25 DET AL  99  313   28   75   9  0  18   50   3  0  35  61  .240  .312  .441  102  138   1   7   1   1   4
 2004 26 DET AL 109  321   36   68  14  2  19   49   1  1  29  90  .212  .289  .445   92  143   1   0   3   6   1
 2005 27 TBD AL  11   18    2    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   4   3  .167  .333  .222   54    4   0   1   0   1   2
 2006 28 HOU NL  53  141   10   28   6  0   5   19   0  0  11  32  .199  .269  .348   57   49   0   1   1   3   2
 2007 29 HOU NL  50  132   14   31   4  0   4   15   0  0  16  15  .235  .313  .356   74   47   0   2   1   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      360 1055   97  226  37  3  49  147   4  2 104 234  .214  .289  .394   80  416   2  12   6  12  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        475   44  102  17  1  22   66   2  1  47 105  .214  .289  .394   80  187   1   5   3   5   9
 Career High    109  321   36   75  14  2  19   50   3  1  35  90  .240  .312  .445  102  143   1   7   3   6   8
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2000 22 DET AL    5    5    0   0.0   111| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .434| .000  .777|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 2001 23 DET AL   69   59    3   1.4   101| .152  .259| .188  .325| .273  .416| .461  .740|  24  .083  -7.3  -0.7   0%
 2002 24 DET AL   67   50    5   2.7    98| .186  .255| .269  .321| .288  .410| .557  .730|  54  .245  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 2003 25 DET AL  357  250   46   4.9   101| .240  .259| .312  .324| .441  .415| .753  .739| 102  .490   1.5   0.1 100%
 2004 26 DET AL  357  256   43   4.5   105| .212  .264| .289  .332| .445  .425| .734  .756|  92  .435  -5.0  -0.5  50%
 2005 27 TBD AL   24   18    1   1.5   104| .167  .267| .333  .330| .222  .423| .555  .753|  54  .101  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 2006 28 HOU NL  156  116   14   3.2   113| .199  .272| .269  .343| .348  .442| .617  .785|  57  .302  -9.6  -0.9   0%
 2007 29 HOU NL  150  111   14   3.4   110| .235  .272| .313  .341| .356  .434| .669  .775|  74  .323  -5.1  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1185  865  126   3.9   105| .214  .264| .289  .331| .394  .424| .683  .755|  80  .381 -31.7  -3.1  66%

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

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Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2000 22 DET AL 1B 3 16 0 1 2 .941 .994 5.33 8.17 12.00 9.38 1 12.0 2001 23 DET AL 1B 17 142 14 1 14 .994 .993 9.18 8.27 9.62 9.39 17 146.0 2002 24 DET AL DH 14 1B 4 29 3 1 3 .970 .994 8.00 8.03 8.47 9.32 4 34.0 2003 25 DET AL 3B 91 68 150 19 13 .920 .955 2.40 2.35 2.51 2.67 88 781.0 DH 2 2004 26 DET AL 3B 94 51 177 16 17 .934 .951 2.43 2.34 2.77 2.64 87 740.7 DH 7 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.20 0.00 7.20 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2005 27 TBD AL DH 3 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.50 1.38 2.77 1 13.0 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 9.00 9.60 0 3.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 2006 28 HOU NL C 37 198 9 1 1 .995 .992 5.59 6.36 6.77 7.37 30 275.3 4 16 15 8 1B 4 29 1 0 4 1.000 .993 7.50 8.05 10.80 9.40 2 25.0 DH 1 2007 29 HOU NL C 43 215 14 2 2 .991 .991 5.33 6.51 6.66 7.39 36 309.3 2 16 26 3 1B 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 .991 2.20 7.84 9.25 9.17 0 10.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 22 DET AL 1B 3 16 0 1 2 .941 .994 5.33 8.17 12.00 9.38 1 12.0 2001 23 DET AL 1B 17 142 14 1 14 .994 .993 9.18 8.27 9.62 9.39 17 146.0 2002 24 DET AL 1B 4 29 3 1 3 .970 .994 8.00 8.03 8.47 9.32 4 34.0 2005 27 TBD AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 9.00 9.60 0 3.0 2006 28 HOU NL 1B 4 29 1 0 4 1.000 .993 7.50 8.05 10.80 9.40 2 25.0 2007 29 HOU NL 1B 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 .991 2.20 7.84 9.25 9.17 0 10.7 2003 25 DET AL 3B 91 68 150 19 13 .920 .955 2.40 2.35 2.51 2.67 88 781.0 2004 26 DET AL 3B 94 51 177 16 17 .934 .951 2.43 2.34 2.77 2.64 87 740.7 2005 27 TBD AL 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.50 1.38 2.77 1 13.0 2004 26 DET AL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.20 0.00 7.20 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2006 28 HOU NL C 37 198 9 1 1 .995 .992 5.59 6.36 6.77 7.37 30 275.3 4 16 15 8 2007 29 HOU NL C 43 215 14 2 2 .991 .991 5.33 6.51 6.66 7.39 36 309.3 2 16 26 3 2002 24 DET AL DH 14 2003 25 DET AL DH 2 2004 26 DET AL DH 7 2005 27 TBD AL DH 3 2006 28 HOU NL DH 1 2005 27 TBD AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 2005 27 TBD AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 9.00 2.70 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total 3B* 187 120 328 35 30 .928 .953 2.40 2.35 2.63 2.66 176 1534.7 C* 81 413 23 3 3 .993 .991 5.38 6.44 6.70 7.38 66 585.7 6 32 41 11 1B* 34 230 18 3 23 .988 .993 7.29 8.14 9.67 9.37 24 230.7 DH 27 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 303 764 369 41 56 .965 .976 3.74 4.09 4.34 4.49 266 2352
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Transactions 

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1999.

December 21, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 18, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

March 27, 2005: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

April 3, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

October 7, 2005: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

December 22, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

January 4, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 15, 2007: Selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Detroit Tigers$1,700,000
2004Detroit Tigers$1,487,500
2006Houston Astros$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,537,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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