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Thurman
Munson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 206
 
Born: June 7, 1948 in Usa, OH, AKRON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980    1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 31 CHA JL $ 7,000,000 7 6 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 7
1980 32 CHA JL $ 7,000,000 7 6 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 7,000,000 7 6 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 7 6 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 7
                                             
  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
1981 33 GRE JL $ 7,000,000   14 14 14 11 9 10 9 11 10 5 6 6 14 14 14
1982 34 GRE JL $ 2,100,000   15 15 15 11 9 9 9 11 11 5 6 5 15 14 14
1983 35 DM FL $ 2,100,000   16 16 16 11 9 10 10 12 11 5 6 6 14 14 14
1984 36 DM FL $ 2,100,000   15 15 15 11 9 10 10 12 11 5 6 5 14 14 14
1985 37 DM FL $ 2,100,000   14 14 15 11 9 10 9 10 10 5 6 5 14 14 14
1986 38 DM FL $ 1,350,000   14 14 15 11 10 10 9 10 10 5 6 5 14 14 14
1987 39 DM FL $ 1,350,000   14 14 14 11 10 10 8 10 10 5 6 5 13 13 13
1988 40 QUE FL $ 500,000   14 14 14 11 9 10 8 10 10 5 6 5 13 13 13
1989 41 QUE FL $ 500,000   12 12 12 9 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 5 11 11 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 500,000   12 12 12 9 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 5 11 11 11
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   16 16 16 11 10 10 10 12 11 5 6 6 15 14 14
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 31 CHA JL 144 522 59 144 28 3 17 74 0 1 26 68 .276 .310 .439 .748 65.6 11.6
1980 32 CHA JL 149 544 69 173 20 5 13 75 2 0 26 65 .318 .348 .445 .793 80.8 14.4
1981 33 GRE JL 145 485 42 132 26 0 3 42 0 1 22 70 .272 .305 .344 .649 50.0 5.7
1982 34 GRE JL 132 476 57 135 14 4 9 58 0 1 16 66 .284 .307 .387 .694 52.2 6.5
1983 35 LOU JL 17 62 8 18 4 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 .290 .328 .355 .683 7.2 1.2
  DM FL 83 295 26 86 15 1 5 43 0 0 16 43 .292 .326 .400 .726 37.9 6.6
  TOT   100 357 34 104 19 1 5 48 0 0 20 52 .291 .326 .392 .718 45.1 7.9
    AAA   46 174 25 52 9 0 8 28 3 2 17 26 .299 .361 .489 .850 29.5  
1984 36 DM FL 141 507 64 159 25 2 11 68 1 1 28 87 .314 .347 .436 .783 73.2 12.1
1985 37 DM FL 147 538 63 155 32 2 13 85 1 1 20 103 .288 .313 .428 .740 65.7 10.5
1986 38 DM FL 110 220 27 74 16 1 7 34 0 2 8 38 .336 .361 .514 .874 37.1 6.8
1987 39 DM FL 97 178 23 46 6 0 7 24 1 0 11 35 .258 .302 .410 .712 21.6 2.1
1988 40 QUE FL 99 275 37 76 16 3 6 30 0 0 9 35 .276 .297 .422 .719 33.0 5.8
1989 41 QUE FL 53 185 19 57 10 1 2 30 0 0 8 32 .308 .338 .405 .744 23.4 4.0
11 Years Sim 1317 4287 494 1255 212 22 93 568 5 7 194 651 .293 .323 .418 .740 547.7 87.3
1 Years AAA 46 174 25 52 9 0 8 28 3 2 17 26 .299 .356 .489 .844 29.5  
162 Game Average 527 60 154 26 2 11 69 0 0 23 80 .293 .323 .418 .740 67.4  
Career Highs 149 544 69 173 32 5 17 85 2 2 28 103 .336 .361 .514 .874 80.8  
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   2830 329 805 139 13 55 351 2 5 135 441 .284 .316 .401 .717 342.1
vs LH   1457 165 450 73 9 38 217 3 2 59 210 .309 .336 .450 .786 204.9
Home 652 2107 223 611 94 6 48 282 3 6 101 324 .290 .324 .409 .732 263.9
Away 665 2180 271 644 118 16 45 286 2 1 93 327 .295 .322 .426 .748 283.1
RISP   1100 0 319 51 8 27 457 0 0 57 167 .290 .317 .425 .741 144.8
Pinch Hitting   222 30 72 12 1 9 47 1 1 15 27 .324 .368 .509 .877 38.2
Close/Late   583 71 163 27 3 13 82 0 0 33 94 .280 .319 .403 .723 72.2
Mar/Apr 225 799 98 230 40 2 17 107 1 1 31 123 .288 .313 .407 .720 96.6
May 232 728 75 219 40 3 14 91 1 1 37 114 .301 .333 .422 .755 96.7
June 221 706 78 197 35 6 17 99 0 3 28 111 .279 .307 .418 .724 85.1
July 215 727 86 197 25 5 16 94 0 0 33 105 .271 .303 .385 .688 82.1
August 216 700 71 212 35 3 11 87 2 1 32 105 .303 .333 .409 .742 89.7
Sep/Oct 208 627 86 200 37 3 18 90 1 1 33 93 .319 .351 .474 .825 96.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 31 CHA JL C 141 131 1188.0 896 65 15 4 .985 7.28 159 43 .270 3 5.4
1980 32 CHA JL C 140 125 1162.7 843 55 13 4 .986 6.95 164 36 .220 6 4.8
1981 33 GRE JL C 136 127 1122.0 761 91 11 2 .987 6.83 195 66 .338 9 5.3
1982 34 GRE JL C 129 129 1075.0 656 87 16 2 .979 6.22 203 61 .300 3 2.7
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 35 LOU JL C 16 16 150.0 113 9 1 0 .992 7.32 21 6 .286 1 0.7
  DM FL C 79 78 705.0 529 42 7 2 .988 7.29 96 27 .281 2 2.3
  TOT   C 95 94 855.0 642 51 8 2 .989 7.29 117 33 .282 3 3.1
1984 36 DM FL C 134 127 1145.7 835 81 12 1 .987 7.20 183 58 .317 2 6.1
1985 37 DM FL C 140 131 1169.3 792 67 10 1 .988 6.61 182 41 .225 7 4.5
1986 38 DM FL C 52 46 403.3 346 29 5 2 .987 8.37 61 23 .377 3 2.5
1987 39 DM FL C 34 33 279.7 216 16 2 1 .991 7.47 34 11 .324 4 1.6
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 40 QUE FL C 74 59 552.3 392 28 6 1 .986 6.84 74 16 .216 3 2.3
1989 41 QUE FL C 53 51 457.3 314 23 0 1 1.000 6.63 66 17 .258 0 1.3
  C 1128 1053 9410.3 6693 593 98 21 .987 6.97 1438 405 .282 43 39.5
  3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1130 1053 9414.3 6695 594 98 21 .987 6.97 1438 405 .282 43 39.5
Career Highs   141 131 1188.0 896 91 16 4 1.000 8.37 203 66 .377 9  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1980-6-.318
1984-8-.314
 Singles
1980-4-135
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Rey Ditch (944)
  2. Harry Drusak (935)
  3. Billy Brubaker (927)
  4. Steve Amich (920)
  5. Michael Reyes (915)
  6. Tom Rasmussen (913)
  7. Troy Rowe (900)
  8. Jeff Gould (897)
  9. Jack Parkman (894)
  10. Matthew Callahan (893)
History
Signed as a free agent by Charlotte on 2/1/1979 to a 3-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1979, hitting .326 with 6 HR, 21 RBI
 
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