Thurman Munson

C/DH · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1969–1979 BORN: AKRON, USA
ROY 1970 MVP 1976 All-Star ×7 Gold Glove ×3
Career
1558 H · 113 HR · 701 RBI · 48 SB
.292 AVG · .756 OPS · 1423 G
1979 Season
.288 AVG · 3 HR · 39 RBI · 1 SB
.340 OBP · .374 SLG · .714 OPS
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Thurman Munson was a catcher in MLB history. Across 1423 career games, with a .292 batting average and 113 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 NYY 26 86 6 22 1 2 1 9 0 10 10 .256 .330 .349 .679
1970 NYY 132 453 59 137 25 4 6 53 5 57 56 .302 .386 .415 .801
1971 NYY 125 451 71 113 15 4 10 42 6 52 65 .251 .335 .368 .703
1972 NYY 140 511 54 143 16 3 7 46 6 47 58 .280 .343 .364 .707
1973 NYY 147 519 80 156 29 4 20 74 4 48 64 .301 .362 .487 .849
1974 NYY 144 517 64 135 19 2 13 60 2 44 66 .261 .316 .381 .697
1975 NYY 157 597 83 190 24 3 12 102 3 45 52 .318 .366 .429 .795
1976 NYY 152 616 79 186 27 1 17 105 14 29 38 .302 .337 .432 .769
1977 NYY 149 595 85 183 28 5 18 100 5 39 55 .308 .351 .462 .813
1978 NYY 154 617 73 183 27 1 6 71 2 35 70 .297 .332 .373 .705
1979 NYY 97 382 42 110 18 3 3 39 1 32 37 .288 .340 .374 .714
Career Totals 1423 5344 696 1558 229 32 113 701 48 438 571 .292 .346 .410 .756
Awards & Achievements
  • Gold Glove (3): 1973, 1974, 1975
  • Most Valuable Player (1): 1976
  • Player of the Week (2): 1975, 1976
  • Rookie of the Year (1): 1970
  • TSN All-Star (4): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
  • TSN Player of the Year (1): 1976
All-Star Selections

1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.