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Thurman Munson

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High Level

MLB

Years

1969-1979 (1969-1979)

Proper Name

Thurman Lee Munson

Positions

C (1278) ... DH (77) ... OF (27) ... RF (23) ... 1B (5) ... LF (3) ... 3B (1)

Height / Weight

5-11 / 190

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

Death Date

August 2,1979 Age: 32.056

Place

High School

Lehman (Canton,OH)

Colleges

Kent State University (Kent,OH)

Drafted/Signed

1968-1-4-New York Yankees

Signing Bonus

$ 75,000

MLB Debut

MLBAM ID

Retrosheet#

munst101

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Honored in Yankees Monument Park [1967] Most Valuable Player (Cape Cod League) ... Thurman Munson Award (Cape Cod League) [1968] 1st Round Draft Pick (#4 overall) by the New York Yankees [1970] Topps All-Star Rookie [1976] Named team captain of the Yankees [1977] World Series Champion with New York Yankees [1978] World Series Champion with New York Yankees [1979] His #15 was retired by the Yankees on August 3,1979 [1980] Inducted into the Kent State University Athletics Hall of Fame [2000] Inducted into the Cape Cod League Hall of Fame

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1969	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	22	C		26	86	6	22	1	2	1	9	0	1	10	10	0	0	1	1	5	30	97	4	18	.256	.330	.349	.679	.198	.093	.276	10.31	10.31	1.00	86.00
1970	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	23	C	112	132	453	59	137	25	4	6	53	5	7	57	56	7	5	4	6	13	188	526	35	102	.302	.386	.415	.801	.234	.113	.332	10.84	10.65	0.98	75.50
1971	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	24	C	104	125	451	71	113	15	4	10	42	6	5	52	65	7	4	3	1	10	166	517	29	84	.251	.335	.368	.703	.235	.117	.272	10.06	12.57	1.25	45.10
1972	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	25	C	106	140	511	54	143	16	3	7	46	6	7	47	58	3	4	2	5	13	186	567	26	117	.280	.343	.364	.707	.174	.084	.304	8.29	10.23	1.23	73.00
1973	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	26	C	118	147	519	80	156	29	4	20	74	4	6	48	64	4	1	4	4	12	253	576	53	103	.301	.362	.487	.849	.276	.186	.310	8.33	11.11	1.33	25.95
1974	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	27	C	98	144	517	64	135	19	2	13	60	2	0	44	66	1	1	8	12	14	197	571	34	101	.261	.316	.381	.697	.209	.120	.274	7.71	11.56	1.50	39.77
1975	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	28	C	112	157	597	83	190	24	3	12	102	3	2	45	52	6	3	10	8	23	256	661	39	151	.318	.366	.429	.795	.188	.111	.328	6.81	7.87	1.16	49.75
1976	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	29	C	110	152	616	79	186	27	1	17	105	14	11	29	38	9	1	10	6	17	266	665	45	141	.302	.337	.432	.769	.182	.130	.296	4.36	5.71	1.31	36.24
1977	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	30	C	109	149	595	85	183	28	5	18	100	5	6	39	55	2	0	2	8	18	275	638	51	132	.308	.351	.462	.813	.218	.154	.315	6.11	8.62	1.41	33.06
1978	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	31	C	100	154	617	73	183	27	1	6	71	2	3	35	70	3	1	10	6	20	230	666	34	149	.297	.332	.373	.705	.131	.076	.321	5.26	10.51	2.00	102.83
1979	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	15	32	C	99	97	382	42	110	18	3	3	39	1	2	32	37	0	1	4	2	15	143	419	24	86	.288	.340	.374	.714	.168	.086	.309	7.64	8.83	1.16	127.33
Tot:	MLB (11 yrs)		MLB						1423	5344	696	1558	229	32	113	701	48	50	438	571	42	21	58	59	160	2190	5903	374	1184	.292	.346	.410	.756	.200	.118	.306	7.42	9.67	1.30	47.29
Tot:	AL (11 yrs)		AL						1423	5344	696	1558	229	32	113	701	48	50	438	571	42	21	58	59	160	2190	5903	374	1184	.292	.346	.410	.756	.200	.118	.306	7.42	9.67	1.30	47.29
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1971	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1973	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
1974	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	27	1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	.667	.334	.333	25.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1975	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	28	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	.000	.000	.500	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1976	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1976	New York Yankees	Championship Series	Playoffs	29	5	23	3	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	23	2	8	.435	.435	.522	.957	.087	.087	.455	0.00	4.35	0.00	0.00
1976	New York Yankees	World Series	Playoffs	29	4	17	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	17	0	9	.529	.529	.529	1.058	.000	.000	.563	0.00	5.88	0.00	0.00
1977	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
1977	New York Yankees	Championship Series	Playoffs	30	5	21	3	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	21	2	4	.286	.286	.476	.762	.190	.190	.278	0.00	9.52	0.00	4.76
1977	New York Yankees	World Series	Playoffs	30	6	25	4	8	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	13	27	3	5	.320	.370	.520	.890	.280	.200	.438	7.41	29.63	4.00	3.70
1978	New York Yankees	Championship Series	Playoffs	31	4	18	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	18	2	3	.278	.278	.500	.778	.222	.222	.235	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.56
1978	New York Yankees	World Series	Playoffs	31	6	25	5	8	3	0	0	7	1	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	28	3	5	.320	.393	.440	.833	.280	.120	.444	10.71	25.00	2.33	0.00
Tot:	AllStar (6 Yrs)		AllStar		6	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	12	1	1	.200	.333	.300	.633	.200	.100	.250	8.33	16.67	2.00
Tot:	Playoffs (3 Yrs)		Playoffs		30	129	19	46	9	0	3	22	1	0	5	19	0	0	0	0	0	64	134	12	34	.357	.381	.496	.877	.186	.140	.402	3.73	14.18	3.80	43.00

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