MLB / Players

Thurman Munson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 190 lb

BornJune 7, 1947 · Akron, OH, USA

MLB debutAugust 8, 1969

Final gameAugust 1, 1979

Seasons11 (1969–1979)

New York Yankees 1969–1979

Percentile snapshot

1978 season — qualified batters

154

69.8

666

80.6

617

88.5

51.8

183

94.2

61.2

4.3

24.5

RBI

54.7

18.7

44.6

12.9

74.8

.297

85.6

OBP

.332

38.1

SLG

.373

26.6

OPS

.705

28.1

wRC+

99.1

30.9

OPS+

101.9

wOBA

.321

27.3

sWAR

3.1

58.3

of 140 qualified 1978 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

116.0

73.4

OPS+

116.6

73.9

sWAR

42.1

98.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1969	26	97	86	6	22	1	2	1	9	10	10	0	1	.256	.330	.349	.679	94.7	94.8	.317	0.5
1970	132	526	453	59	137	25	4	6	53	57	56	5	7	.302	.386	.415	.801	130.2	127.1	.369	4.8
1971	125	517	451	71	113	15	4	10	42	52	65	6	5	.251	.335	.368	.703	104.8	100.7	.333	3.2
1972	140	567	511	54	143	16	3	7	46	47	58	6	7	.280	.343	.364	.707	117.1	114.3	.334	4.5
1973	147	576	519	80	156	29	4	20	74	48	64	4	6	.301	.362	.487	.849	142.2	142.4	.384	6.2
1974	144	571	517	64	135	19	2	13	60	44	66	2	0	.261	.316	.381	.697	96.1	102.3	.315	2.9
1975	157	661	597	83	190	24	3	12	102	45	52	3	2	.318	.366	.429	.795	125.6	127.2	.362	5.2
1976	152	665	616	79	186	27	1	17	105	29	38	14	11	.302	.337	.432	.769	124.0	126.7	.352	5.0
1977	149	638	595	85	183	28	5	18	100	39	55	5	6	.308	.351	.462	.813	121.5	122.9	.359	4.9
1978	154	666	617	73	183	27	1	6	71	35	70	2	3	.297	.332	.373	.705	99.1	101.9	.321	3.1
1979	97	419	382	42	110	18	3	3	39	32	37	1	2	.288	.340	.374	.714	96.8	96.1	.325	1.9

Career totals

1,423

5,903

5,344

696

1,558

229

113

RBI

701

438

571

.2915

370th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3465

SLG

.4098

OPS

.7563

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1977-05-08	ATH @ NYY Gameday	5	4	4	0	1	1	1	0	9
1974-08-31	NYY @ CWS Gameday	5	2	4	1	0	1	5	1	8
1970-07-08	NYY @ BAL Gameday	4	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	8
1970-07-28	NYY @ LAA Gameday	4	3	4	1	0	1	2	0	8
1977-05-19	BAL @ NYY Gameday	5	2	3	0	1	1	4	0	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

3× Gold Glove1× Rookie of the Year1× Most Valuable Player7× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.