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Thurman Munson played 11 major-league seasons (1969-1979) as a C (1,278), OF (27), 1B (5), 3B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 11 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 22 | NYA | 26 | 86 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .256 | .679 | 97 |
| 1970 | 23 | NYA | 132 | 453 | 59 | 137 | 6 | 53 | 5 | 57 | 56 | .302 | .801 | 129 |
| 1971 | 24 | NYA | 125 | 451 | 71 | 113 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 52 | 65 | .251 | .703 | 107 |
| 1972 | 25 | NYA | 140 | 511 | 54 | 143 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 47 | 58 | .280 | .707 | 118 |
| 1973 | 26 | NYA | 147 | 519 | 80 | 156 | 20 | 74 | 4 | 48 | 64 | .301 | .849 | 138 |
| 1974 | 27 | NYA | 144 | 517 | 64 | 135 | 13 | 60 | 2 | 44 | 66 | .261 | .697 | 100 |
| 1975 | 28 | NYA | 157 | 597 | 83 | 190 | 12 | 102 | 3 | 45 | 52 | .318 | .795 | 125 |
| 1976 | 29 | NYA | 152 | 616 | 79 | 186 | 17 | 105 | 14 | 29 | 38 | .302 | .769 | 125 |
| 1977 | 30 | NYA | 149 | 595 | 85 | 183 | 18 | 100 | 5 | 39 | 55 | .308 | .813 | 120 |
| 1978 | 31 | NYA | 154 | 617 | 73 | 183 | 6 | 71 | 2 | 35 | 70 | .297 | .705 | 99 |
| 1979 | 32 | NYA | 97 | 382 | 42 | 110 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 32 | 37 | .288 | .714 | 93 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | C | 25 | 24 | 119 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970 | C | 125 | 119 | 631 | 80 | 8 | 11 |
| 1971 | C | 117 | 114 | 547 | 67 | 1 | 4 |
| 1971 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | C | 132 | 132 | 575 | 71 | 15 | 11 |
| 1973 | C | 142 | 142 | 673 | 80 | 12 | 11 |
| 1974 | C | 137 | 137 | 743 | 75 | 22 | 10 |
| 1975 | C | 130 | 129 | 700 | 95 | 23 | 14 |
| 1975 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1975 | OF | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | C | 121 | 118 | 537 | 78 | 12 | 8 |
| 1976 | OF | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | C | 136 | 136 | 657 | 73 | 12 | 4 |
| 1978 | C | 125 | 126 | 666 | 61 | 10 | 4 |
| 1978 | OF | 13 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | C | 88 | 88 | 405 | 44 | 10 | 5 |
| 1979 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Thurman Munson won: Rookie of the Year 1970 (AL), Gold Glove 1973 (AL), TSN All-Star 1973 (AL), Gold Glove 1974 (AL), TSN All-Star 1974 (AL), Gold Glove 1975 (AL), TSN All-Star 1975 (AL), MVP 1976 (AL), TSN All-Star 1976 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1970.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 15 / 336 | 0 |
| 1970 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | AL | 1 | 23 / 24 | 23 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 43 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 28 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 69 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 304 / 336 | 18 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 70 / 392 | 1 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 9 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.