Bio
- Debut
- 1943
Bio
- Debut
- 1943
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 273
- W
- 77
- L
- 56
- ERA
- 3.83
- IP
- 1228.2
- K
- 564
- BB
- 500
- WHIP
- 1.42
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | STL | 32 | 9 | 5 | 3.95 | 93.1 | 45 | 42 | 1.53 |
| 1944 | STL | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1.34 | 121.0 | 55 | 41 | 1.10 |
| 1946 | STL | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3.33 | 48.2 | 28 | 12 | 1.21 |
| 1947 | STL | 40 | 16 | 5 | 3.37 | 224.1 | 123 | 76 | 1.31 |
| 1948 | STL | 39 | 10 | 11 | 4.50 | 166.0 | 72 | 74 | 1.52 |
| 1949 | STL | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3.87 | 188.1 | 82 | 87 | 1.41 |
| 1950 | STL | 32 | 7 | 8 | 3.90 | 154.2 | 61 | 70 | 1.47 |
| 1951 | STL | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5.32 | 94.2 | 44 | 46 | 1.61 |
| 1952 |  STL/PIT | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7.92 | 30.2 | 9 | 11 | 1.57 |
| 1956 | PIT | 35 | 3 | 4 | 4.04 | 107.0 | 45 | 41 | 1.56 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.00
- IP
- 9.0
- K
- 2
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.33
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 54
- SHO
- 13
- K/9
- 4.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | STL | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | STL | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | STL | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | STL/PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Red Munger's career stats?
Red Munger played 10 seasons for the Cardinals and the Pirates. He had 77 wins and 564 strikeouts with a 3.83 ERA over 1,228.2 innings. His best season was 1947: 16 wins, a 3.37 ERA and 123 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1 postseason, 1943 to 1956
Championships ×2
- 1944 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
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