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Red Munger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 4, 1918 in Houston, TX us

Died: July 23, 1996 in Houston, TX

Buried: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: Sam Houston HS (Houston, TX)

Debut: May 1, 1943 (Age 24-209d, 9,445th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1956 (Age 37-355d)
vs. BRO 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: George David Munger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.2

ERA

3.83

273

161

1228.2

564

WHIP

1.419

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 85 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 9 tying, 26 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	71
PIT	13

Platoon
vs RHB	53
vs LHB	31

Home/Road
Away	50
Home	34

Outs
2	29
1	28
0	27

7 Opps
PIT	17
CIN	15
NYG	13
PHI	12
CHC	10
BRO	9
BSN	8

61 Batters
Ralph Kiner	7
Sid Gordon	4
Eddie Miller	3
Dick Sisler	2
Johnny Mize	2
Del Ennis	2
Andy Seminick	2
Hank Sauer	2
Jackie Robinson	2
Hank Greenberg	2
Gil Hodges	2
Hank Edwards	2
Johnny Wyrostek	2
Bill Nicholson	2
Earl Torgeson	2
Gene Baker	1
Carl Furillo	1
Willie Mays	1
Eddie Miksis	1
Grady Hatton	1
Wally Westlake	1
Tommy Holmes	1
Del Wilber	1
Roy Campanella	1
Walker Cooper	1
Danny O'Connell	1
Wes Westrum	1
Duke Snider	1
Ted Kluszewski	1
Johnny Blatnik	1
Curt Simmons	1
Sam Jethroe	1
Willie Jones	1
Jim Russell	1
Gus Bell	1
Billy Cox	1
Babe Young	1
Roy Smalley	1
Mel Ott	1
Andy Pafko	1
Frank Baumholtz	1
Daryl Spencer	1
Connie Ryan	1
Ab Wright	1
Phil Cavarretta	1
Frank Robinson	1
Spider Jorgensen	1
Bill Howerton	1
Buddy Blattner	1
Roy McMillan	1
George Strickland	1
Ed Bailey	1
Eddie Lukon	1
Don Mueller	1
Joe Lafata	1
Bobby Thomson	1
Eddie Bockman	1
Tom Saffell	1
Bob Elliott	1
Bobby Adams	1
Roy Hartsfield	1

8 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	29
Forbes Fld (PIT)	16
Polo Grounds (NYC)	10
Crosley Fld (CIN)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	6
Braves Fld (BOS)	3

Where Hit
7	26
9	22
8	5
78	4
89	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	18
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	52
1--	17
12-	5
123	5
-2-	3
--3	1
1-3	1

132 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	52
1 on	21
2 on	6
3 on	5
Any on	32

Inning
1	6
2	10
3	10
4	15
5	8
6	10
7	11
8	6
9	7
Extra	1

1-3	26
4-6	33
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	5
+2	7
+1	9
Tied	22
-1	11
-2	6
-3	4
-4..	12

Ahead	29
Tied	22
Behind	33

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	15
1B	14
CF	11
RF	11
3B	10
SS	9
C	7
2B	6
P	1

OrderPos
4th	20
5th	16
3rd	12
2nd	11
7th	8
8th	7
6th	6
1st	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1943-05-01	Eddie Miller	CIN	@	STL	ahead 5-3	t 9	1	1--	2	2	6	5%	99%		Home Run; L. Frey Scores/unER
2	2	2	1	1943-09-19 (1)	Bill Nicholson	CHC	@	STL	ahead 3-0	t 7	1	-2-	2	4	9
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1944-05-27	Mel Ott	NYG		STL	behind 3-6	b 7	2	---	1	3	5	7%	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1944-07-07	Ab Wright	BSN	@	STL	tied 4-4	t 7	1	1--	2	4	9
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1947-04-16	Eddie Miller	CIN		STL	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	8	6	15%	69%		Home Run
6	6	2	1	1947-04-23	Billy Cox	PIT	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 2	2	123	4	1	6	29%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Westlake Scores; R. Jarvis Scores; K. Heintzelman Scores
7	7	3	1	1947-05-11 (1)	Hank Greenberg	PIT		STL	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---	1	4	3	9%	32%		Home Run
8	8	4	1	1947-05-28	Eddie Miller	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 7	2	---	1	6	6	19%	43%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	5	1	1947-06-09 (2)	Andy Seminick	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	2	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	6	1	1947-06-28	Babe Young	CIN	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 3	2	1--	2	4	3	16%	35%		Home Run; G. Hatton Scores
11	11	7	1	1947-07-10	Bobby Thomson	NYG		STL	behind 2-7	b 6	0	---	1	3	8	4%	10%		Home Run
12	12	8	1	1947-07-28	Earl Torgeson	BSN	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 4	0	1--	2	5	3	12%	28%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Elliott Scores
13	13	9	1	1947-08-15	Ralph Kiner	PIT		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	18%	70%		Home Run; F. Gustine Scores
14	14	10	2	1947-08-15	Ralph Kiner	PIT		STL	behind 2-7	b 8	0	1--	2	4	7	5%	9%		Home Run; F. Gustine Scores
15	15	11	1	1947-08-17	Hank Greenberg	PIT		STL	behind 4-6	b 8	2	---	1	5	3	11%	20%		Home Run
16	16	12	1	1947-09-07 (1)	Eddie Lukon	CIN	@	STL	behind 1-9	t 6	0	---	1	6	7	1%	2%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1948-04-29	Johnny Wyrostek	CIN		STL	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	8	8%	84%		Home Run
18	18	2	2	1948-04-29	Hank Sauer	CIN		STL	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---	1	4	7	31%	60%		Home Run
19	19	3	1	1948-05-18	Spider Jorgensen	BRO		STL	behind 0-2	b 5	2	1--	2	2	5	26%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Branca Scores
20	20	4	1	1948-05-23 (1)	Johnny Blatnik	PHI		STL	behind 0-4	b 3	2	-2-	2	3	7	14%	27%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ashburn Scores
21	21	5	1	1948-06-07	Dick Sisler	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	3	18%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Blatnik Scores
22	22	6	2	1948-06-07	Dick Sisler	PHI	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1--	2	4	3	13%	84%		Home Run (Pop Fly); J. Blatnik Scores
23	23	7	1	1948-06-19	Johnny Mize	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	8	2	1948-06-19	Sid Gordon	NYG		STL	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	5	13%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	9	1	1948-07-02	Johnny Wyrostek	CIN		STL	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	---	1	1	8	4%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	10	2	1948-07-02	Grady Hatton	CIN		STL	ahead 5-0	b 3	0	---	1	3	5	2%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	11	1	1948-07-22 (2)	Johnny Mize	NYG	@	STL	behind 5-6	t 8	0	---	1	4	3	24%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	12	1	1948-08-04 (1)	Walker Cooper	NYG		STL	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---	1	6	2	13%	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	13	1	1948-08-21	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	STL	behind 1-8	t 7	1	---	1	3	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1949-05-05	Bill Nicholson	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	2	2	1949-05-05	Andy Seminick	PHI		STL	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	11%	82%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	3	1	1949-05-13	Eddie Bockman	PIT		STL	tied 2-2	b 9	0	---	1	7	5	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
33	33	4	1	1949-05-26	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	12-	3	4	7	15%	82%		Home Run; P. Castiglione Scores; W. Westlake Scores
34	34	5	1	1949-06-21	Joe Lafata	NYG	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 6	2	123	4	7	3	46%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hausmann Scores; B. Thomson Scores; S. Gordon Scores
35	35	6	1	1949-06-30	Hank Edwards	CHC	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 4	2	---	1	5	9
36	36	7	2	1949-06-30	Hank Edwards	CHC	@	STL	ahead 6-2	t 7	2	1--	2	5	9
37	37	8	1	1949-07-17	Sid Gordon	NYG		STL	behind 0-7	b 6	1	---	1	6	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
38	38	9	1	1949-07-27	Buddy Blattner	PHI	@	STL	behind 0-6	t 4	2	1--	2	8	4
39	39	10	2	1949-07-27	Willie Jones	PHI	@	STL	behind 2-6	t 6	1	---	1	7	5
40	40	11	1	1949-08-07	Sid Gordon	NYG	@	STL	behind 1-9	t 9	0	---	1	6	5	0%	0%		Home Run
41	41	12	1	1949-08-13	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	12%	47%		Home Run (LF-CF)
42	42	13	1	1949-09-27	Tom Saffell	PIT		STL	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	123	4	2	8	23%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); M. Basgall Scores; C. McCullough Scores/unER; S. Rojek Scores; T. Saffell Scores
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1950-05-03	Jackie Robinson	BRO	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	4	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	2	1	1950-05-26	Ted Kluszewski	CIN		STL	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	5	3	20%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	3	1	1950-05-30 (2)	Wally Westlake	PIT		STL	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	8
46	46	4	1	1950-06-05	Del Ennis	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	5	1	1950-06-16	Roy Campanella	BRO		STL	ahead 4-3	b 4	0	---	1	7	2	10%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	6	1	1950-06-23	Roy Hartsfield	BSN		STL	behind 0-1	b 6	2	---	1	1	4	20%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	7	2	1950-06-23	Tommy Holmes	BSN		STL	tied 1-1	b 7	2	---	1	5	9	24%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	8	3	1950-06-23	Earl Torgeson	BSN		STL	behind 2-3	b 9	1	1--	2	3	3	79%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); S. Jethroe Scores
51	51	9	1	1950-06-28	Roy Smalley	CHC		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	2	7	6	19%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Edwards Scores
52	52	10	2	1950-06-28	Phil Cavarretta	CHC		STL	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	12-	3	3	3	15%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Ramazzotti Scores; R. Walker Scores
53	53	11	1	1950-07-08	Ralph Kiner	PIT		STL	behind 0-4	b 4	1	---	1	4	7	7%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	12	1	1950-07-26	Jim Russell	BRO		STL	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	---	1	2	7	5%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	13	1	1950-09-03	Danny O'Connell	PIT		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	10%	62%		Home Run
56	56	14	2	1950-09-03	Ralph Kiner	PIT		STL	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	---	1	3	7	9%	71%		Home Run
57	57	15	1	1950-09-15	Duke Snider	BRO		STL	behind 1-4	b 7	2	---	1	3	8	7%	16%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1951-04-22	Andy Pafko	CHC	@	STL	behind 3-4	t 6	1	1-3	3	5	8
59	59	2	1	1951-05-05	Del Wilber	PHI		STL	behind 0-2	b 4	1	1--	2	7	2	23%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hamner Scores
60	60	3	1	1951-05-25	Connie Ryan	CIN	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 11	2	123	4	2	4	45%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Stallcup Scores; T. Kluszewski Scores; G. Hatton Scores
61	61	4	1	1951-06-05	Gil Hodges	BRO		STL	behind 0-2	b 7	0	---	1	5	3	14%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	5	1	1951-06-24	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	STL	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	-2-	2	5	7	10%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Elliott Scores
63	63	6	1	1951-07-01	Bill Howerton	PIT	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 4	0	1--	2	5	8
64	64	7	1	1951-07-06	George Strickland	PIT		STL	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	6	11%	67%		Home Run
65	65	8	1	1951-07-13	Wes Westrum	NYG		STL	ahead 3-1	b 3	1	123	4	8	2	13%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Lockman Scores; W. Mays Scores; H. Thompson Scores
66	66	9	2	1951-07-13	Don Mueller	NYG		STL	ahead 7-1	b 4	1	---	1	3	9	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	10	1	1951-08-02	Sam Jethroe	BSN	@	STL	ahead 4-3	t 9	2	---	1	2	8	10%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	11	2	1951-08-02	Bob Elliott	BSN	@	STL	ahead 5-3	t 9	2	1--	2	4	5	7%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Torgeson Scores
69	69	12	1	1951-08-08	Gus Bell	PIT	@	STL	ahead 9-5	t 9	0	---	1	5	9
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1952-04-19	Hank Sauer	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	7	22%	80%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Fondy Scores; F. Baumholtz Scores
71	71	2	2	1952-04-19	Frank Baumholtz	CHC		STL	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	1--	2	3	9	4%	98%		Home Run; D. Fondy Scores
72	72	3	1	1952-05-22	Curt Simmons	PHI		PIT	ahead 3-0	b 6	1	12-	3	9	1	6%	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; J. Mayo Scores; E. Waitkus Scores
73	73	4	1	1952-05-28	Roy McMillan	CIN	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	---	1	8	6	9%	80%		Home Run
74	74	5	2	1952-05-28	Bobby Adams	CIN	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 5	1	---	1	2	5	6%	90%		Home Run
75	75	6	1	1952-06-03	Jackie Robinson	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	--3	2	4	4	14%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Snider Scores
76	76	7	2	1952-06-03	Carl Furillo	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 4-0	t 6	2	---	1	7	9	4%	95%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1956-04-27	Gil Hodges	BRO		PIT	ahead 6-2	b 8	1	---	1	5	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	2	1	1956-07-04 (2)	Del Ennis	PHI	@	PIT	behind 0-6	t 4	2	---	1	4	7
79	79	3	1	1956-07-14 (2)	Eddie Miksis	CHC		PIT	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	7	8	12%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
80	80	4	2	1956-07-14 (2)	Gene Baker	CHC		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	12-	3	2	4	18%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); H. Chiti Scores; D. Hoak Scores
81	81	5	1	1956-07-22 (1)	Frank Robinson	CIN		PIT	behind 3-5	b 5	2	---	1	2	7	12%	35%		Home Run (LF-CF)
82	82	6	2	1956-07-22 (1)	Ed Bailey	CIN		PIT	behind 5-6	b 8	0	---	1	5	2	30%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
83	83	7	1	1956-08-17	Daryl Spencer	NYG		PIT	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	6	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
84	84	8	2	1956-08-17	Willie Mays	NYG		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	8	10%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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