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Red Munger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 4, 1918 in Houston, TX us

Died: July 23, 1996 in Houston, TX

Buried: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: Sam Houston HS (Houston, TX)

Debut: May 1, 1943 (Age 24-209d, 9,445th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1956 (Age 37-355d)
vs. BRO 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: George David Munger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.2

ERA

3.83

273

161

1228.2

564

WHIP

1.419

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-24 / in Starts: 5-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 6

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	239	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5			99	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.37	5												4			0		0
2	240	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.00	7.04	7	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.001	.21	0.00%	0.04	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	241	12	May 1	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	9-9	H(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	5.64	3	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.040	2.80	0.06%	0.16	9b --- 0 out a2	9b -2- 2 out a2
4	242	13	May 2	PIT	@	STL	L,9-10	9-10	L(0-1)	0	1.1	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	5.40	6.17	9	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	-0.003	11.64	-0.01%	0.06	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 12- 1 out a1
5	243	22	May 13(1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9	6-6		10	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	5.54	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.051	3.14	0.07%	0.46	6t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d1
6	244	23	May 13 susp	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	6-7		-1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	4.87	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.017	.41	0.03%	0.92	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d4
7	245	27	May 19	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	GS-		5	4.1	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.38	4.40	21						38						18			0		0
8	246	32	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	8-GF	S(1)	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	4.20	4	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.186	4.65	0.28%	1.21	8b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 3
9	247	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	4-4		3	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.37	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.047	2.55	-0.10%	-0.90	4t --- 0 out d3	4t -23 1 out d3
10	248	37	May 30(2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	4-9		0	6.0	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.15	3.77	25	10	7	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.43	0.313	4.34	0.57%	1.77	4t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	249	40	Jun 2	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	2	6.0	8	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.12	3.60	29	8	6	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.57	0.111	6.65	0.28%	0.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
12	250	43	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7			2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.56	3												3			0		0
13	251	45	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.96	3.76	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.008	.73	-0.02%	-0.41	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 12- 1 out d3
14	252	47	Jun 9	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	5-5		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.86	3.85	5	1	1	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.46	-0.001	1.98	0.00%	0.45	5b 12- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d5
15	253	54	Jun 17(2)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	3-6		7	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	3.61	13	2	9	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	.21	0.045	1.02	0.13%	2.19	3t 1-3 0 out d4	6t 3 out d5
16	254	56	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,3-5			1	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.62	3.48	8												8			0		0
17	255	58	Jun 21	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	6-7		1	2.0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.22	3.58	13	5	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	.16	-0.052	.61	-0.12%	-2.08	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
18	256	61	Jun 24(2)	PIT		CHC	W,1-0			2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	3.57	1												1			0		0
19	257	64	Jun 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.1	7	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.07	3.53	30	12	7	0	0	7	54			0	1	0	26	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.34	0.338	2.58	0.39%	2.83	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
20	258	66	Jun 30	PIT		NYG	L,4-6			1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	3.50	4												4			0		0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	259	68	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	7-8	H(2)	0	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.28	3.46	6	1	3	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.93	0.119	1.95	0.07%	0.57	7t 123 1 out a3	8t 12- 2 out a2
22	260	71	Jul 4(2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-4	GS-		2	4.2	7	4	2	0	2	1	0	3.33	3.54	22						40						22			0		0
23	261	79	Jul 14(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-7		9	7.0	9	4	4	1	5	2	0	3.55	3.72	30	5	12	0	1	7	47			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.015	.66	-0.01%	-0.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
24	262	84	Jul 18	PIT	@	STL	T,1-1	GS-7		3	7.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.31	3.55	29	8	8	3	1	7	61			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	0.185	.32	0.03%	2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
25	263	87	Jul 22(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-6	3-GF	W(2-1)	3	7.0	9	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.48	3.78	30	10	8	2	1	9		0	0	0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.137	.48	-0.03%	-0.50	3b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
26	264	93	Jul 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.0	11	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.29	3.62	33	8	10	0	4	11	51			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.011	.26	0.00%	0.86	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
27	265	98	Jul 31	PIT		STL	L,0-7	GS-5	L(2-2)	3	4.1	8	7	6	3	1	0	0	3.76	3.64	22	6	4	0	0	8	19			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.280	.01	0.00%	-3.84	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	266	106	Aug 8	PIT		BRO	W,8-5	GS-9	W(3-2)	7	8.1	10	5	3	3	5	0	0	3.72	3.51	38	13	13	4	0	4	49			0	0	0	35	1	2	0	1	0	1	.82	0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.76	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out a4
29	267	113	Aug 14(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-11	GS-2	L(3-3)	5	1.1	6	6	5	1	2	0	0	4.15	3.48	12	2	1	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.344	.00	0.00%	-4.98	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d5
30	268	116	Aug 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-4	L(3-4)	2	4.0	4	2	2	1	0	2	0	4.16	3.74	15	7	3	0	0	4	45			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	.89	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
31	269	123	Aug 23(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-6		5	5.0	5	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.13	3.72	21	5	6	1	2	5	48			1	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.02	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	270	136	Sep 3(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	GS-3		10	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.10	3.67	12	3	6	3	0	0	50			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.56	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
33	271	146	Sep 16(1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	8-8	BS(1)	12	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.67	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.98	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8t 1-3 2 out a1	8t 3 out tie
34	272	148	Sep 18	PIT		MLN	L,4-6	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	3.65	3	0	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.46	6t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d1
35	273	152	Sep 23 susp	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	4-4		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	3.65	2	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.02	4t 1-- 1 out d1	4t 1-3 2 out d1
							10-24		W-L:3-4,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:2	3.0	107.0	126	56	48	41	45	8	0	4.04	3.65	475	0.97		7%	6%	92	44	13	31%	2	2	0	422	16	6	5	12	2	5	1.13	0.367	1.53	1.63%	0.75

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