Red Munger
1943–1956 · bats R / throws R · NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
273G
.174AVG
.217OBP
.216SLG
More career statistics
70H
1HR
30RBI
0SB
77–56W–L
1,228.2IP
564K
3.83ERA
161GS
12SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 100 | 101 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,287 | 5,303 |
| Pitching · p cg | 54 | 53 |
| Pitching · p er | 523 | 524 |
| Pitching · p hr | 85 | 84 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,686 | 3,685 |
| Pitching · p k | 564 | 570 |
| Pitching · p w | 500 | 504 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | 441 | 402 | 25 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 87 | .174 | .217 | .216 | .433 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,228.7 | 273 | 161 | 54 | 77 | 56 | 12 | 1,243 | 574 | 523 | 85 | 500 | 564 | 0 | 0 | 3.83 | 1.419 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1949-07-17 to 1949-08-07
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1947-04-30 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1949-09-13 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1949-05-26 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 148 | 216 | 38 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 44 | .192 | .222 | .247 |
| Away | 125 | 225 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 57 | .157 | .187 | .186 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .143 | .206 | .143 |
| May | 53 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | .194 | .211 | .236 |
| June | 59 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | .131 | .151 | .167 |
| July | 53 | 82 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 22 | .244 | .268 | .333 |
| August | 47 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | .111 | .159 | .143 |
| September | 44 | 86 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 14 | .197 | .233 | .224 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 48 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 17 | .200 | .237 | .256 |
| new-york-giants | 41 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | .241 | .267 | .278 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 41 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | .209 | .259 | .233 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 39 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | .143 | .177 | .214 |
| chicago-cubs | 32 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | .140 | .156 | .163 |
| cincinnati-reds | 30 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .130 | .155 | .148 |
| boston-braves | 30 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | .167 | .179 | .222 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 28 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .214 | 93 | 45 |
| 1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 44 | 5 | – | – | – | .114 | 121 | 55 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 16 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .250 | 48 | 28 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 81 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .185 | 224 | 127 |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 50 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .160 | 166 | 73 |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 66 | 17 | 1 | 10 | – | .258 | 188 | 82 |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 51 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .137 | 154 | 62 |
| 1951 | St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 29 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .172 | 94 | 44 |
| 1952 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 30 | 9 |
| 1956 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 28 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .107 | 107 | 45 |