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Thurman Munson
Thurman Lee Munson (Tugboat, Squatty Body, or The Wall)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 191 lb.
School Kent State University

Debut August 8, 1969
  vs. OAK 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 1, 1979
Born June 7, 1947 in Akron, OH
Died August 2, 1979 in Canton, OH

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        1st Yank capt since Gehrig. 7-time All-Star in 10 years, Thurm was one of game's greatest clutch hitters. Stats & awards don't do his career justice. Still loved decades after his death. Many Yanks achieved more but none meant more to team and fans.

Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 22 NYY AL  26   86    6   22   1  2   1    9   0  1  10  10  .256  .330  .349   94   30   0   1   1   0   5
 1970 23 NYY AL 132  453   59  137  25  4   6   53   5  7  57  56  .302  .386  .415  126  188   5   4   6   7  13 MVP-19,RoY-1
 1971 24 NYY AL 125  451   71  113  15  4  10   42   6  5  52  65  .251  .335  .368  105  166   4   3   1   7  10 AS
 1972 25 NYY AL 140  511   54  143  16  3   7   46   6  7  47  58  .280  .343  .364  114  186   4   2   5   3  13
 1973 26 NYY AL 147  519   80  156  29  4  20   74   4  6  48  64  .301  .362  .487  141  253   1   4   4   4  12 MVP-12,AS
 1974 27 NYY AL 144  517   64  135  19  2  13   60   2  0  44  66  .261  .316  .381  101  197   1   8  12   1  14 MVP-26,AS
 1975 28 NYY AL 157  597   83  190  24  3  12  102   3  2  45  52  .318  .366  .429  126  256   3  10   8   6  23 MVP-7,AS
 1976 29 NYY AL 152  616   79  186  27  1  17  105  14 11  29  38  .302  .337  .432  125  266   1  10   6   9  17 MVP-1,AS
 1977 30 NYY AL 149  595   85  183  28  5  18  100   5  6  39  55  .308  .351  .462  121  275   0   2   8   2  18 MVP-7,AS
 1978 31 NYY AL 154  617   73  183  27  1   6   71   2  3  35  70  .297  .332  .373  101  230   1  10   6   3  20 MVP-22,AS
 1979 32 NYY AL  97  382   42  110  18  3   3   39   1  2  32  37  .288  .340  .374   95  143   1   4   2   0  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1423 5344  696 1558 229 32 113  701  48 50 438 571  .292  .346  .410  116 2190  21  58  59  42 160
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        608   79  177  26  4  13   80   5  6  50  65  .292  .346  .410  116  249   2   7   7   5  18
 Career High    157  617   85  190  29  5  20  105  14 11  57  70  .318  .386  .487  141  275   5  10  12   9  23
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 22 NYY AL   97   71    9   3.4    91| .256  .250| .330  .326| .349  .377| .679  .702|  94  .405  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1970 23 NYY AL  526  345   72   5.6    93| .302  .252| .386  .325| .415  .385| .801  .710| 126  .619  19.3   2.0  41%
 1971 24 NYY AL  517  360   57   4.2    87| .251  .248| .335  .319| .368  .368| .703  .687| 105  .525   4.0   0.4  54%
 1972 25 NYY AL  567  394   62   4.2    81| .280  .243| .343  .311| .364  .351| .707  .662| 114  .570   8.8   1.0  46%
 1973 26 NYY AL  576  386   89   6.2    91| .301  .256| .362  .324| .487  .376| .849  .701| 141  .657  27.7   2.8  40%
 1974 27 NYY AL  571  405   61   4.0    88| .261  .257| .316  .322| .381  .370| .697  .691| 101  .491   0.7   0.1 100%
 1975 28 NYY AL  661  445   90   5.4    92| .318  .257| .366  .326| .429  .377| .795  .704| 126  .605  20.8   2.1  60%
 1976 29 NYY AL  665  469   85   4.9    86| .302  .256| .337  .320| .432  .361| .769  .681| 125  .593  18.0   1.9  56%
 1977 30 NYY AL  638  438   90   5.5    99| .308  .265| .351  .329| .462  .403| .813  .732| 121  .578  16.1   1.6  45%
 1978 31 NYY AL  666  468   73   4.2    91| .297  .258| .332  .322| .373  .380| .705  .702| 101  .484   1.6   0.2  40%
 1979 32 NYY AL  419  294   46   4.2   100| .288  .267| .340  .332| .374  .405| .714  .736|  95  .445  -2.2  -0.2  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5903 4075  734   4.8    91| .292  .256| .346  .323| .410  .377| .756  .700| 116  .561 114.2  11.8  48%

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1969 22 NYY AL   C   25    119   18    2    0  .986  .987  5.48  5.59  5.66  6.65   24  218.0   5   9    6   7
 1970 23 NYY AL   C  125    631   80    8   11  .989  .988  5.69  5.82  5.86  6.65  119 1092.7  10  24   31  33
 1971 24 NYY AL   C  117    547   67    1    4  .998  .988  5.25  5.63  5.42  6.37  114 1019.0   9  45   23  36 AS
                 RF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.57    0    0.7                  AS
 1972 25 NYY AL   C  132    575   71   15   11  .977  .985  4.89  5.66  5.01  6.48  132 1160.0   9  42   32  29
 1973 26 NYY AL   C  142    673   80   12   11  .984  .985  5.30  5.29  5.44  6.05  142 1246.0  10  41   50  47 GG,AS
                 DH    1 AS
 1974 27 NYY AL   C  137    743   75   22   10  .974  .983  5.97  5.01  6.12  5.89  137 1202.7   6  41   72  38 GG,AS
                 DH    4 AS
 1975 28 NYY AL   C  130    700   95   23   14  .972  .983  6.12  5.04  6.32  6.00  129 1131.7   9  37   59  60 GG,AS
                 DH   22 AS
                 1B    2     20    0    0    1 1.000  .990 10.00  8.30 10.59  9.85    2   17.0                  AS
                 OF    2      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  2.50  2.10  2.65  2.38    2   17.0                  AS
                 RF    1      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  1.80  4.00  2.10    1    9.0                  AS
                 LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.80  1.12  2.14    1    8.0                  AS
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.80  0.00  3.15    1    4.0                  AS
 1976 29 NYY AL   C  121    537   78   12    8  .981  .981  5.08  4.90  5.21  5.75  118 1062.0  12  34   91  50 AS
                 DH   21 AS
                 OF   11      9    0    2    0  .818  .978  0.82  2.21  0.98  2.47    9   83.0                  AS
                 RF    9      8    0    1    0  .889  .976  0.89  1.92  1.16  2.21    7   62.0                  AS
                 LF    2      1    0    1    0  .500 1.000  0.50  1.90  0.43  2.23    2   21.0                  AS
 1977 30 NYY AL   C  136    657   73   12    4  .984  .986  5.37  5.06  5.67  6.01  136 1158.7  10  35   76  50 AS
                 DH   10 AS
 1978 31 NYY AL   C  125    666   61   10    4  .986  .983  5.82  4.86  6.16  5.53  126 1063.0   8  34   61  50 AS
                 DH   14 AS
                 RF   13     34    0    1    0  .971  .977  2.62  1.85  2.59  2.24   13  118.0                  AS
 1979 32 NYY AL   C   88    405   44   10    5  .978  .982  5.10  4.69  5.35  5.46   88  754.7   5  20   32  27
                 DH    5
                 1B    3     23    0    0    2 1.000  .991  7.67  8.87 10.89 10.09    3   19.0                 

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

 1975 28 NYY AL  1B    2     20    0    0    1 1.000  .990 10.00  8.30 10.59  9.85    2   17.0                 
 1979 32 NYY AL  1B    3     23    0    0    2 1.000  .991  7.67  8.87 10.89 10.09    3   19.0                 

 1975 28 NYY AL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.80  0.00  3.15    1    4.0                 

 1969 22 NYY AL   C   25    119   18    2    0  .986  .987  5.48  5.59  5.66  6.65   24  218.0   5   9    6   7
 1970 23 NYY AL   C  125    631   80    8   11  .989  .988  5.69  5.82  5.86  6.65  119 1092.7  10  24   31  33
 1971 24 NYY AL   C  117    547   67    1    4  .998  .988  5.25  5.63  5.42  6.37  114 1019.0   9  45   23  36
 1972 25 NYY AL   C  132    575   71   15   11  .977  .985  4.89  5.66  5.01  6.48  132 1160.0   9  42   32  29
 1973 26 NYY AL   C  142    673   80   12   11  .984  .985  5.30  5.29  5.44  6.05  142 1246.0  10  41   50  47
 1974 27 NYY AL   C  137    743   75   22   10  .974  .983  5.97  5.01  6.12  5.89  137 1202.7   6  41   72  38
 1975 28 NYY AL   C  130    700   95   23   14  .972  .983  6.12  5.04  6.32  6.00  129 1131.7   9  37   59  60
 1976 29 NYY AL   C  121    537   78   12    8  .981  .981  5.08  4.90  5.21  5.75  118 1062.0  12  34   91  50
 1977 30 NYY AL   C  136    657   73   12    4  .984  .986  5.37  5.06  5.67  6.01  136 1158.7  10  35   76  50
 1978 31 NYY AL   C  125    666   61   10    4  .986  .983  5.82  4.86  6.16  5.53  126 1063.0   8  34   61  50
 1979 32 NYY AL   C   88    405   44   10    5  .978  .982  5.10  4.69  5.35  5.46   88  754.7   5  20   32  27

 1973 26 NYY AL  DH    1
 1974 27 NYY AL  DH    4
 1975 28 NYY AL  DH   22
 1976 29 NYY AL  DH   21
 1977 30 NYY AL  DH   10
 1978 31 NYY AL  DH   14
 1979 32 NYY AL  DH    5

 1975 28 NYY AL  LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.80  1.12  2.14    1    8.0                 
 1976 29 NYY AL  LF    2      1    0    1    0  .500 1.000  0.50  1.90  0.43  2.23    2   21.0                 

 1971 24 NYY AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.00  0.00  2.57    0    0.7                 
 1975 28 NYY AL  OF    2      5    0    0    0 1.000  .980  2.50  2.10  2.65  2.38    2   17.0                 
 1976 29 NYY AL  OF   11      9    0    2    0  .818  .978  0.82  2.21  0.98  2.47    9   83.0                 
 1978 31 NYY AL  OF   13     32    0    1    0  .970  .979  2.46  2.13  2.44  2.47   13  118.0                 

 1971 24 NYY AL  RF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.57    0    0.7                 
 1975 28 NYY AL  RF    1      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00  1.80  4.00  2.10    1    9.0                 
 1976 29 NYY AL  RF    9      8    0    1    0  .889  .976  0.89  1.92  1.16  2.21    7   62.0                 
 1978 31 NYY AL  RF   13     34    0    1    0  .971  .977  2.62  1.85  2.59  2.24   13  118.0                 

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C*1278   6253  742  127   82  .982  .985  5.47  5.22  5.67  6.05 1265 11108.3  93 362  533 427
                 DH   77   Games not counted in Overall Total below                             
                 OF*  27     46    0    3    0  .939  .979  1.70  2.16  1.89  2.47   24  218.7                     3    0   24#
                 RF*  24     46    0    2    0  .958  .977  1.92  1.87  2.18  2.23   21  189.7                 
                 1B*   5     43    0    0    3 1.000  .991  8.60  8.64 10.75  9.97    5   36.0                 
                 LF*   3      2    0    1    0  .667 1.000  0.67  1.87  0.62  2.20    3   29.0                 
                 3B*   1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.80  0.00  3.15    1    4.0                 
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total      1311   6342  742  130   85  .982  .985  5.40  5.17  5.61  5.99 1295  11367
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   5  23   3  10  2  0  0   3   0   1  .435  .435  .522   0  1   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY CIN     L   4  17   2   9  0  0  0   2   0   1  .529  .529  .529   0  0   0   0   0 
 1977   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   5  21   3   6  1  0  1   5   0   2  .286  .273  .476   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     W   6  25   4   8  2  0  1   3   2   8  .320  .370  .520   0  0   0   0   0 
 1978   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   4  18   2   5  1  0  1   2   0   0  .278  .278  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     W   6  25   5   8  3  0  0   7   3   7  .320  .393  .440   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0  14  62   8  21  4  0  2  10   0   3  .339  .333  .500   0  1   0   1   0 
  3 World Series        2-1  16  67  11  25  5  0  1  12   5  16  .373  .417  .493   1  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   5-1  30 129  19  46  9  0  3  22   5  19  .357  .378  .496   1  1   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1971   NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1973   NYY AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1974   NYY AL   *   3   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1975   NYY AL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   1 Starting C 
 1976   NYY AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1977   NYY AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1978   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/7      3  10   1   2  1  0  0   0   1   2   0  0   0   0   1  .200  .333  .300 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1971 *
1973 *
1974 (C)
1975 (C)
1976 (C)
1977 *
1978

Awards
1970-AL-ROY
1976-AL-MVP

Gold Gloves
1973-AL--C
1974-AL--C
1975-AL--C
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1970-AL-19-0.04
1973-AL-12-0.13
1974-AL-26-0.02
1975-AL-7-0.21
1976-AL-1-0.90
1977-AL-7-0.18
1978-AL-22-0.02
Car-142-1.50 shares

Batting Average
1970 AL-.302-8
1973 AL-.301-6
1975 AL-.318-3
1976 AL-.302-9
1978 AL-.297-10

On-base %
1970 AL-.386-9

Slugging %
1973 AL-.487-6

OPS
1973 AL-.849-10

Games
1975 AL-157-8

At Bats
1975 AL-597-7
1976 AL-616-6
1978 AL-617-8

Hits
1975 AL-190-3
1976 AL-186-4
1978 AL-183-4

Total Bases
1973 AL-253-10
1976 AL-266-6

Doubles
1973 AL-29-6

RBI
1975 AL-102-5
1976 AL-105-2

Singles
1972 AL-117-7
1975 AL-151-1
1976 AL-141-3
1977 AL-132-9
1978 AL-149-2

Adjusted OPS+
1973 AL-141-7

Extra-Base Hits
1973 AL-53-5

Times on Base
1975 AL-241-8

Offensive Win%
1973 AL-.657-10

Hit By Pitch
1970 AL-7-10
1971 AL-7-7
1976 AL-9-4

Sac. Flies
1974 AL-8-8
1975 AL-10-2
1976 AL-10-5
1978 AL-10-5

Intentional Walks
1974 AL-12-5
1977 AL-8-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1975 AL-23-4
1976 AL-17-8
1978 AL-20-4

Power/Speed Number
1976 AL-15.4-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1975 AL-11.5-10
1976 AL-16.2-2

Outs
1976 AL-469-9
1978 AL-468-9

        

Gray Ink: Batting - 46 (528) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.9 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 89.5 (178) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft.

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Uniforms 
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