Red Munger

Full Name: George David Munger	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: May 1, 1943
Birthdate: October 4, 1918	Final Game: September 23, 1956
Birthplace: Houston, Texas	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: July 23, 1996
Deathplace: Houston, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 4, 1918 in Houston, Texas, Red Munger (George David Munger) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 10 year career. Munger broke into the bigs on May 1, 1943 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.95 ERA in 93.1 innings pitched in 1943, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Red Munger's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1947, when he posted a 3.37 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 123 batters. However, others believe that it was 1944, when he posted a 1.34 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 55 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1943	STL	N	32	9	9	5	3.95	45	47	41	5	0	2	93.1	101	2	42	0	2	0
1944	STL	N	21	12	11	3	1.34	55	23	18	7	2	2	121	92	2	41	0	0	2
1946	STL	N	10	7	2	2	3.33	28	19	18	2	0	1	48.2	47	0	12	0	1	0
1947	STL	N	40	31	16	5	3.37	123	94	84	13	6	3	224.1	218	12	76	0	4	2
1948	STL	N	39	25	10	11	4.50	72	91	83	7	2	0	166	179	13	74	0	2	1
1949	STL	N	35	28	15	8	3.87	82	86	81	12	2	2	188.1	179	13	87	0	3	2
1950	STL	N	32	20	7	8	3.90	61	73	67	5	1	0	154.2	158	15	70	0	1	3
1951	STL	N	23	11	4	6	5.32	44	58	56	3	0	0	94.2	106	13	46	0	1	0
1952	STL	N	1	1	0	1	12.46	1	6	6	0	0	0	4.1	7	2	1	0	0	1
1952	PIT	N	5	4	0	3	7.18	8	21	21	0	0	0	26.1	30	6	10	0	0	0
1952	TOT	N	6	5	0	4	7.92	9	27	27	0	0	0	30.2	37	8	11	0	0	1
1956	PIT	N	35	13	3	4	4.04	45	56	48	0	0	2	107	126	8	41	6	3	0
Total			273	161	77	56	3.83	564	574	523	54	13	12	1228.2	1243	86	500	6	17	11

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1943	STL	N	P	32	3	24	1	3	.964
1944	STL	N	P	21	8	33	2	5	.953
1946	STL	N	P	10	1	16	0	3	1.000
1947	STL	N	P	40	5	55	2	1	.968
1948	STL	N	P	39	8	37	0	5	1.000
1949	STL	N	P	35	4	38	1	2	.977
1950	STL	N	P	32	3	32	0	2	1.000
1951	STL	N	P	23	7	25	1	2	.970
1952	STL	N	P	1	0	3	0	0	1.000
1952	PIT	N	P	5	1	9	0	3	1.000
1952	TOT	N	P	6	1	12	0	3	1.000
1956	PIT	N	P	35	4	16	2	1	.909
Total			P	273	44	288	9	27	.974

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1943	STL	N	32	28	3	6	0	3	.214	.241	.286	2	0	1	5	0	0	1
1944	STL	N	21	44	2	5	0	0	.114	.114	.136	1	0	0	4	0	0	0
1946	STL	N	10	16	1	4	0	3	.250	.333	.250	0	0	2	3	0	0	0
1947	STL	N	40	81	3	15	0	7	.185	.233	.222	3	0	4	28	1	3	2
1948	STL	N	39	50	2	8	0	2	.160	.222	.220	1	1	4	15	0	2	2
1949	STL	N	35	66	6	17	1	10	.258	.300	.333	2	0	4	16	0	5	3
1950	STL	N	32	51	4	7	0	1	.137	.170	.157	1	0	2	10	0	3	1
1951	STL	N	23	29	2	5	0	2	.172	.200	.207	1	0	1	4	0	1	0
1952	STL	N	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	PIT	N	5	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
1952	TOT	N	6	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
1956	PIT	N	35	28	2	3	0	2	.107	.194	.143	1	0	2	11	1	2	0
Total			273	402	25	70	1	30	.174	.217	.216	12	1	20	100	2	17	9

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1937).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bill Werle (May 3, 1952).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 17, 1956).

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