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Thurman Munson League
8-6-2254
John Sun Third Base
Retired (1967, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .241 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .690 Status Deceased (2002) Option Years 0  
H 278 Age at Death 69 Date of Birth 11-15-1933
HR 34 Drafted Round 5, Pick 65
(1952)
Majors Svc Time 9 years
(147 games)
RBI 160
SB 19
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 1
1B D- (4.8%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B D- (10.1%) CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 3
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1952 Minors 19 64.00 9 / 9 10 / 10 4 / 9 9 / 13 4 / 5 8 / 8 10 / 10 54 / 64
1953 Minors 20 72.00 7 / 8 7 / 7 6 / 8 6 / 10 8 / 15 9 / 9 14 / 15 57 / 72
1954 Minors 21 36.00 4 / 5 4 / 5 2 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 4 4 / 7 8 / 8 23 / 36
1955 Minors 22 12.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 2 9 / 12
1955 Majors 22 8.86 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 8
1956 Majors 23 20.04 3 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 2 12 / 20
1957 Majors 24 16.93 2 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 1 2 / 3 10 / 16
1958 Majors 25 20.25 1 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 5 1 / 4 0 / 1 4 / 20
1959 Majors 26 6.26 0 / 0 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 6
1960 Majors 27 11.56 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 11
1961 Majors 28 8.65 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 8
1962 Majors 29 7.11 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 7
1963 Majors 30 10.17 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 10
1964 Majors 31 9.32 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 9
1965 Minors 32 14.00 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 14
1965 Majors 32 2.93 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 2
1966 Minors 33 16.00 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 4 4 / 16
1967 Majors 34 6.56 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 6
Total 0 0 0 28 / 41 26 / 44 17 / 48 19 / 48 20 / 53 28 / 44 43 / 59 181 / 337
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01John Sun has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1967-05-22The Kansas City Killers have waived John Sun.
1967-05-12The Kansas City Killers have designated John Sun for assignment.
1967-04-18The Kansas City Killers have promoted John Sun to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Bobby Miller to the minors.
1967-04-18The Kansas City Killers have acquired John Sun from the waiver wire.
1967-04-01The Chicago Meat Packers have waived John Sun.
1965-08-25The Chicago Meat Packers have designated John Sun for assignment.
1965-06-27The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted John Sun to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Dick Wagner to the minors.
1965-04-01The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Dick Wagner to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have designated John Sun for assignment.
1957-04-01The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted John Sun to the major league team.
1957-04-01The Chicago Meat Packers have sent John Sun to the minors.
1955-08-22The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted John Sun to the major league team.
1955-06-03The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Floyd Dibble to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent John Sun to the minors.
1955-03-25The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted John Sun to the major league team.
1954-06-08A trade has been completed between the New York Mets and the Chicago Meat Packers. The Chicago Meat Packers receive Ryan Moore, John Sun from the New York Mets in exchange for Garland Brown.
1952-04-22The New York Mets have renamed Danny Cox to John Sun.