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Nomar Garciaparra League
4-1-2332
Bill Munson First Base
Retired (1971, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .283 Total Rating 71   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .781 Status Deceased (2003) Option Years 0  
H 1090 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 11-06-1935
HR 118 Drafted Round 1, Pick 14
(1953)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(116 games)
RBI 573
SB 133
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 79 Contact vs. L 92 Endurance 55   Ldrship 41
Power vs. R 62 Power vs. L 69 Velocity 31   Mentor vR 93
Speed 73 Bunt 13 Control 3   Mentor vL 98
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 60 WS Rings 0
1B 100 (100%) LF --- Arm 51 WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health 16 LCS Appearances 2
3B 2 (2.4%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 75% 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 
1953 Minors 18 56.00 6 / 9 4 / 5 5 / 8 6 / 11 7 / 8 5 / 5 10 / 10 43 / 56
1954 Minors 19 50.00 1 / 1 8 / 8 2 / 6 10 / 11 8 / 8 9 / 9 7 / 7 45 / 50
1955 Minors 20 62.00 2 / 6 7 / 12 4 / 8 8 / 13 2 / 4 11 / 11 8 / 8 42 / 62
1956 Minors 21 54.00 7 / 12 4 / 7 2 / 6 4 / 6 1 / 8 6 / 6 9 / 9 33 / 54
1957 Minors 22 53.00 4 / 8 4 / 7 1 / 5 2 / 11 4 / 7 7 / 9 6 / 6 28 / 53
1958 Minors 23 41.00 2 / 5 5 / 6 4 / 10 1 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 5 3 / 6 19 / 41
1959 Minors 24 63.00 2 / 8 3 / 10 1 / 9 2 / 12 2 / 10 5 / 8 4 / 6 19 / 63
1959 Majors 24 3.33 7 6 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3
1960 Majors 25 20.57 155 0 7 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 4 3 / 20
1961 Majors 26 62.44 162 101 0 1 / 11 4 / 11 0 / 6 4 / 13 4 / 8 1 / 5 1 / 8 15 / 62
1962 Majors 27 48.24 162 71 0 0 / 6 3 / 6 3 / 6 0 / 8 2 / 6 2 / 7 3 / 9 13 / 48
1963 Majors 28 69.53 162 128 0 2 / 12 1 / 5 1 / 7 1 / 11 3 / 15 0 / 7 7 / 12 15 / 69
1964 Majors 29 59.34 149 109 13 2 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 12 1 / 8 1 / 8 5 / 59
1965 Majors 30 69.04 162 130 0 1 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 17 0 / 13 0 / 5 2 / 13 0 / 3 3 / 69
1966 Majors 31 36.41 162 40 0 0 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 36
1967 Majors 32 45.89 162 62 0 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 45
1968 Majors 33 59.73 162 93 0 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 9 2 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 6 2 / 59
1969 Majors 34 56.99 162 90 0 -2 / 9 -6 / 9 -3 / 11 -5 / 6 -5 / 1 -3 / 5 -3 / 15 -27 / 56
1970 Majors 35 33.99 103 64 23 -2 / 10 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 6 -2 / 2 -3 / 1 -4 / 4 -11 / 33
1971 Majors 36 25.72 162 13 0 -4 / 3 -3 / 6 -2 / 2 -4 / 3 -5 / 2 -4 / 6 -3 / 3 -25 / 25
Total 1872 907 43 22 / 138 36 / 134 18 / 137 32 / 162 25 / 121 42 / 128 50 / 143 225 / 963
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Bill Munson has retired from the San Francisco Bay Shrimp
1970-06-28Bill Munson of the San Francisco Bay Shrimp is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1964-05-22Bill Munson of the San Francisco Bay Shrimp is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1960-08-19Bill Munson of the San Francisco Bay Shrimp is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1959-09-24The San Francisco Bay Shrimp have promoted Bill Munson to the major league team. The San Francisco Bay Shrimp have sent Bo Durham to the minors.
1958-06-25The San Francisco Bay Shrimp have acquired Bill Munson from the waiver wire.
1958-06-08The Texas Stars have waived Bill Munson.
1951-05-03A trade has been completed between the New York Crimes and the Texas Stars. The Texas Stars receive Draft Pick 1954 Round 1 NYA (Con Munoz), Draft Pick 1953 Round 1 BOS (Bill Munson), Draft Pick 1953 Round 1 NYA (Chuck McGowan) from the New York Crimes in exchange for Jim Johnson.
1950-04-01A trade has been completed between the Arizona and the New York Crimes. The New York Crimes receive Draft Pick 1953 Round 1 BOS (Bill Munson) from the Arizona in exchange for Tom Flynn.
1950-04-01A trade has been completed between the Boston Braves and the Arizona . The Arizona receive Earle Molyneaux, Draft Pick 1953 Round 1 BOS (Bill Munson), Draft Pick 1952 Round 1 BOS (George Rickert), Draft Pick 1951 Round 1 BOS (Lefty Riley) from the Boston Braves in exchange for Pasqual McGowan, Frank Kraemer.