Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Thurman
Munson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 201
 
Born: June 7, 1947 in Usa, OH, AKRON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1977   
All-Star Selections 1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1970 23 BSN NL     7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1971 24 BSN NL     7 7 8 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8
1972 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 8 9
1973 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 4 4 9 8 9
1974 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 4 9 8 9
1975 28 CLE AL $ 350,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 5 9 8 9
1976 29 CLE AL $ 394,286   7 7 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 9
1977 30 CLE AL $ 1,342,857   7 7 7 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 9 8 8
1978 31 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 8
1979 32 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 7 7
1980 33 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
1981 34 CLE AL $ 2,200,000   6 6 7 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 7 6 6
1982 35 CLE AL $ 2,200,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
1983 36 PIT NL $ 2,200,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 22 BSN NL 83 281 34 76 8 2 4 31 4 1 15 44 .270 .314 .356 .670 27.5 2.6
    AAA   26 104 9 25 1 0 3 10 2 2 7 14 .240 .288 .337 .625 10.1  
1970 23 AAA   137 499 75 166 20 2 19 70 9 8 39 49 .333 .381 .495 .876 86.7  
1971 24 AAA   112 320 57 109 14 2 10 44 4 6 31 31 .341 .399 .491 .889 57.1  
1972 25 BSN NL 67 229 24 61 8 0 2 17 0 3 15 19 .266 .314 .328 .642 20.7 3.0
    AAA   77 270 40 88 13 1 10 36 5 3 24 28 .326 .381 .493 .874 47.4  
1973 26 BSN NL 139 530 66 134 20 3 5 57 3 0 29 37 .253 .290 .330 .620 46.8 4.0
1974 27 CLE AL 39 118 13 22 2 0 2 14 0 0 6 12 .186 .232 .254 .486 6.3 0.0
1975 28 CLE AL 46 109 16 35 5 0 2 16 3 1 7 11 .321 .364 .422 .786 16.7 3.2
1976 29 CLE AL 135 479 61 134 24 0 5 55 2 6 40 39 .280 .341 .361 .702 53.5 6.5
1977 30 CLE AL 141 517 57 140 31 5 8 88 7 4 33 38 .271 .317 .397 .713 61.8 8.3
1978 31 CLE AL 138 508 52 125 20 3 5 42 8 5 29 53 .246 .290 .327 .616 46.5 4.6
1979 32 CLE AL 129 440 37 124 14 3 6 56 3 2 28 47 .282 .326 .368 .694 50.7 8.3
1980 33 CLE AL 139 526 54 158 22 3 4 61 4 3 27 61 .300 .338 .376 .714 61.1 11.8
1981 34 CLE AL 69 249 41 78 4 2 3 34 3 0 13 37 .313 .348 .382 .730 30.6 5.1
1982 35 CLE AL 77 235 27 78 10 3 5 28 0 0 14 31 .332 .373 .464 .837 37.6 9.2
1983 36 PIT NL 134 460 42 106 18 1 0 22 3 3 13 91 .230 .255 .274 .529 25.9 0.0
13 Years Sim 1336 4681 524 1271 186 25 51 521 40 28 269 520 .272 .314 .355 .669 485.6 66.7
4 Years AAA 352 1193 181 388 48 5 42 160 20 19 101 122 .325 .379 .479 .859 201.3  
162 Game Average 567 63 154 22 3 6 63 4 3 32 63 .272 .314 .355 .669 58.9  
Career Highs 141 530 66 158 31 5 8 88 8 6 40 91 .332 .373 .464 .837 61.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3115 323 808 112 18 29 324 28 18 147 361 .259 .296 .335 .631 293.4
vs LH   1566 201 463 74 7 22 197 12 10 122 159 .296 .349 .394 .743 206.8
Home 663 2296 263 610 88 17 25 249 17 13 133 263 .266 .308 .351 .660 239.3
Away 673 2385 261 661 98 8 26 272 23 15 136 257 .277 .319 .358 .677 260.9
RISP   1188 0 339 45 8 18 450 0 0 76 127 .285 .326 .382 .708 145.0
Pinch Hitting   122 14 30 8 0 1 23 1 0 7 8 .246 .290 .336 .626 11.4
Close/Late   602 58 160 24 3 8 71 0 0 34 74 .266 .308 .355 .663 63.5
Mar/Apr 191 729 83 203 27 6 7 85 5 5 38 66 .278 .318 .361 .679 79.0
May 223 769 73 225 43 2 8 82 4 3 42 100 .293 .333 .385 .718 92.4
June 199 690 75 185 29 4 8 98 8 4 50 77 .268 .320 .357 .677 77.2
July 235 817 86 215 26 2 10 74 8 3 43 91 .263 .302 .337 .639 81.0
August 247 842 110 218 36 4 11 97 7 7 50 109 .259 .304 .350 .654 85.5
Sep/Oct 241 834 97 225 25 7 7 85 8 6 46 77 .270 .309 .342 .650 85.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1969 22 BSN NL C 81 70 641.7 355 36 2 0 .995 5.48 45 24 .533 2 3.8
1972 25 BSN NL C 18 10 119.7 61 7 0 1 1.000 5.11 6 2 .333 0 0.6
1973 26 BSN NL C 5 1 22.3 10 0 1 0 .909 4.03 2 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 27 CLE AL C 30 28 253.7 178 10 2 0 .989 6.67 24 7 .292 3 1.7
1975 28 CLE AL C 27 23 210.0 114 11 2 0 .984 5.36 27 8 .296 2 0.9
1976 29 CLE AL C 133 127 1130.3 706 55 5 0 .993 6.06 137 38 .277 3 5.1
1977 30 CLE AL C 135 125 1124.3 714 66 11 2 .986 6.24 124 44 .355 2 8.5
1978 31 CLE AL C 132 127 1144.7 655 48 10 1 .986 5.53 109 24 .220 9 3.5
1979 32 CLE AL C 128 122 1096.0 628 48 7 0 .990 5.55 103 26 .252 8 4.4
1980 33 CLE AL C 137 131 1195.0 730 44 6 2 .992 5.83 110 27 .245 7 4.9
1981 34 CLE AL C 63 58 531.3 317 17 3 0 .991 5.66 67 11 .164 3 1.4
1982 35 CLE AL C 68 58 528.0 308 19 7 1 .979 5.57 57 13 .228 6 1.8
1983 36 PIT NL C 134 130 1150.0 621 50 10 1 .985 5.25 113 30 .265 9 4.5
  C 1091 1010 9147.0 5397 411 66 8 .989 5.71 924 254 .275 54 41.1
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1092 1010 9148.0 5397 411 66 8 .989 5.71 924 254 .275 54 41.1
Career Highs   137 131 1195.0 730 66 11 2 1.000 6.67 137 44 .533 9  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 27 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 32 CLE AL 4 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .286 .552
1980 33 CLE AL 5 20 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .350 .381 .350 .731
1982 35 CLE AL 6 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .125 .222 .125 .347
Career Post-Season Batting 16 51 6 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 11 .235 .291 .255 .546
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ron Pruitt (975)
  2. Ron Hodges (947)
  3. Jay Johnstone (944)
  4. Jim Sundberg (943)
  5. Dave Roberts (941)
  6. Bill Fahey (940)
  7. Frank House (936)
  8. Dick Brown (936)
  9. J.C. Martin (933)
  10. Moe Berg (931)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1969
Had first career hit on 5/3/1969, off Dick Selma (CLE)
Injured on 5/24/1969 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/22/1969, off Mike Kekich (MON)
Injured on 8/22/1973 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Toronto on 9/9/1973
Traded from Boston (N) to Cleveland (A) on 4/2/1974 (Going to BSN: P Don Sutton, C Carlton Fisk. Going to CLE: C Thurman Munson, CF Jorge Orta)
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $394,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1977
9/22/1980: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $2,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/19/1981 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.