Thurman Munson Catcher Born: Akron, OH Bats: Right Birthday: Jun 7, 1947 Throws: Right Died at 31 in 1979 Height: 5-11 Debut: 8/8/1969 Weight: 191 Final Game: 8/1/1979 Nickname(s): Tugboat, Squatty Body

Career Batting Record Year Age Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS 1979 32 NYY 97 382 42 110 18 3 3 39 32 2 37 1 2 1 0 15 .288 .340 .374 .714 1978 31 NYY 154 617 73 183 27 1 6 71 35 6 70 2 3 1 3 20 .297 .332 .373 .705 1977 30 NYY 149 595 85 183 28 5 18 100 39 8 55 5 6 0 2 18 .308 .351 .462 .813 1976 29 NYY 152 616 79 186 27 1 17 105 29 6 38 14 11 1 9 17 .302 .337 .432 .769 1975 28 NYY 157 597 83 190 24 3 12 102 45 8 52 3 2 3 6 23 .318 .366 .429 .795 1974 27 NYY 144 517 64 135 19 2 13 60 44 12 66 2 0 1 1 14 .261 .316 .381 .697 1973 26 NYY 147 519 80 156 29 4 20 74 48 4 64 4 6 1 4 12 .301 .362 .487 .849 1972 25 NYY 140 511 54 143 16 3 7 46 47 5 58 6 7 4 3 13 .280 .343 .364 .707 1971 24 NYY 125 451 71 113 15 4 10 42 52 1 65 6 5 4 7 10 .251 .335 .368 .703 1970 23 NYY 132 453 59 137 25 4 6 53 57 6 56 5 7 5 7 13 .302 .386 .415 .801 1969 22 NYY 26 86 6 22 1 2 1 9 10 1 10 0 1 0 0 5 .256 .330 .349 .679 Career 1423 5344 696 1558 229 32 113 701 438 59 571 48 50 21 42 160 .292 .346 .410 .756 1978 WS NYY 6 25 5 8 3 0 0 7 3 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 .320 .393 .440 .833 1978 ALCS NYY 4 18 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .278 .500 .778 1977 WS NYY 6 25 4 8 2 0 1 3 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 .320 .370 .520 .890 1977 ALCS NYY 5 21 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .273 .476 .749 1976 WS NYY 4 17 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .529 .529 .529 1.058 1976 ALCS NYY 5 23 3 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .435 .435 .522 .957 Playoffs 30 129 19 46 9 0 3 22 5 1 19 1 1 0 0 4 .357 .378 .496 .874 Career Fielding Record Year Age Team P G GS Inn A PO DP E Pct. RF A/G DP/G PB SBA SB/9 CS% 1979 32 NYY C 88 83 755 44 405 5 10 .978 5.47 0.50 0.06 5 1979 32 NYY 1B 3 0 5 0 23 2 0 1.000 41.40 0.00 0.67 1978 31 NYY RF 13 3 43 0 32 0 1 .970 6.80 0.00 0.00 1978 31 NYY C 125 123 1110 61 666 4 10 .986 5.97 0.49 0.03 8 1977 30 NYY C 136 134 1209 73 657 4 12 .984 5.52 0.54 0.03 10 1976 29 NYY RF 11 1 25 0 9 0 2 .818 3.86 0.00 0.00 1976 29 NYY C 121 118 1067 78 537 8 12 .981 5.29 0.64 0.07 12 1975 28 NYY LF 2 0 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 13.50 0.00 0.00 1975 28 NYY C 130 128 1155 95 700 14 23 .972 6.37 0.73 0.11 9 1975 28 NYY 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 1975 28 NYY 1B 2 0 3 0 20 1 0 1.000 54.00 0.00 0.50 1974 27 NYY C 137 135 1218 75 743 10 22 .974 6.21 0.55 0.07 6 1973 26 NYY C 142 141 1270 80 673 11 12 .984 5.42 0.56 0.08 10 1972 25 NYY C 132 130 1173 71 575 11 15 .977 5.07 0.54 0.08 9 1971 24 NYY RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 1971 24 NYY C 117 114 1031 67 547 4 1 .998 5.37 0.57 0.03 9 1970 23 NYY C 125 123 1110 80 631 11 8 .989 5.83 0.64 0.09 10 1969 22 NYY C 25 16 159 18 119 0 2 .986 7.87 0.72 0.00 5 Career C 1278 1245 11260 742 6253 82 127 .982 5.69 0.58 0.06 93 434 0.18 48% Career 1B 5 0 8 0 43 3 0 1.000 46.44 0.00 0.60 Career 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 Career LF 2 0 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 13.50 0.00 0.00 Career RF 25 4 71 0 41 0 3 .932 5.58 0.00 0.00