Player

Thurman Munson

Player Info
Full Name
Thurman Lee
Born
June 7, 1947
Akron, OH, USA
Died
August 2, 1979
Size
5'11" / 190 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
August 8, 1969
Final Game
August 1, 1979
Career
11 years
Teams
Honors
7 x All-Star
1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1971
1976 - Sporting News Player of the Year (AL)
1976 - Sporting News All-Star (AL)
1976 - Player of the Week (AL)
1976 - Most Valuable Player (AL)
1975 - Sporting News All-Star (AL)
1975 - Player of the Week (AL)
1975 - Gold Glove (AL)
1974 - Sporting News All-Star (AL)
1974 - Gold Glove (AL)
1973 - Sporting News All-Star (AL)
... and 2 more
Career Batting
1,423
G
.292
AVG
1,558
H
113
HR
701
RBI
.755
OPS
116
OPS vs Lg
Qualified for career rate leaderboards · about these stats
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1979 New York Yankees 97 382 110 18 3 3 42 .288
1978 New York Yankees 154 617 183 27 1 6 73 .297
1977 New York Yankees 149 595 183 28 5 18 85 .308
1976 New York Yankees 152 616 186 27 1 17 79 .302
1975 New York Yankees 157 597 190 24 3 12 83 .318
1974 New York Yankees 144 517 135 19 2 13 64 .261
1973 New York Yankees 147 519 156 29 4 20 80 .301
1972 New York Yankees 140 511 143 16 3 7 54 .280
1971 New York Yankees 125 451 113 15 4 10 71 .251
1970 New York Yankees 132 453 137 25 4 6 59 .302
1969 New York Yankees 26 86 22 1 2 1 6 .256
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1979 AL 419 .086 .309 7.6 8.8 94 3.0
1978 AL 666 .076 .321 5.3 10.5 99 6.0 ✓
1977 AL 638 .155 .315 6.1 8.6 121 18.0 ✓
1976 AL 665 .130 .296 4.4 5.7 125 17.3 ✓
1975 AL 661 .111 .328 6.8 7.9 125 12.2 ✓
1974 AL 571 .120 .274 7.7 11.6 101 13.0 ✓
1973 AL 576 .187 .310 8.3 11.1 139 20.0 ✓
1972 AL 567 .084 .304 8.3 10.2 118 7.3 ✓
1971 AL 517 .118 .272 10.1 12.6 107 10.0 ✓
1970 AL 526 .113 .332 10.8 10.6 129 6.0 ✓
1969 AL 97 .093 .276 10.3 10.3 97 1.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
C 1,278 6,253 742 127 82 .982
OF 27 46 0 3 0 .939
1B 5 43 0 0 3 1.000
3B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1979 New York Yankees 1B 3 23 0 0 2 1.000
1979 New York Yankees C 88 405 44 10 5 .978
1978 New York Yankees C 125 666 61 10 4 .986
1978 New York Yankees OF 13 32 0 1 0 .970
1977 New York Yankees C 136 657 73 12 4 .984
1976 New York Yankees C 121 537 78 12 8 .981
1976 New York Yankees OF 11 9 0 2 0 .818
1975 New York Yankees 1B 2 20 0 0 1 1.000
1975 New York Yankees 3B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 New York Yankees C 130 700 95 23 14 .972
1975 New York Yankees OF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000
1974 New York Yankees C 137 743 75 22 10 .974
1973 New York Yankees C 142 673 80 12 11 .984
1972 New York Yankees C 132 575 71 15 11 .977
1971 New York Yankees C 117 547 67 1 4 .998
1971 New York Yankees OF 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1970 New York Yankees C 125 631 80 8 11 .989
1969 New York Yankees C 25 119 18 2 0 .986
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 30 129 46 3 22 .357
1978 AL Championship Series New York Yankees 4 18 5 1 2 .278
1978 World Series New York Yankees 6 25 8 0 7 .320
1977 AL Championship Series New York Yankees 5 21 6 1 5 .286
1977 World Series New York Yankees 6 25 8 1 3 .320
1976 AL Championship Series New York Yankees 5 23 10 0 3 .435
1976 World Series New York Yankees 4 17 9 0 2 .529