Eric Munson

Positions: Third Baseman, Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: October 3, 1977 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount Carmel HS (San Diego, CA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Mount Carmel HS (San Diego, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: July 18, 2000 (Age 22-289d, 17,716th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 2009 (Age 31-353d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Eric Walter Munson

Twitter: @TheERICMUNSON

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.4

1056

226

.214

RBI

147

OBP

.289

SLG

.394

OPS

.683

OPS+

Summary of 49 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 16 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	40
HOU	9

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	11

Home/Road
Home	26
Away	23

Outs
1	18
2	17
0	14

19 Opps
CHW	6
MIN	5
CLE	5
KCR	4
BOS	4
COL	3
NYY	3
ATL	3
TBD	2
OAK	2
SEA	2
PHI	2
MIL	2
ARI	1
TEX	1
SDP	1
DET	1
LAD	1
TOR	1

45 Pitchers
Jon Garland	2
Derek Lowe	2
Esteban Loaiza	2
Jason Davis	2
Dan Wright	1
Mike Timlin	1
Justin Speier	1
Óscar Villarreal	1
Orlando Hernández	1
Brandon Villafuerte	1
Cole Hamels	1
Travis Smith	1
Joe Roa	1
David Riske	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Dave Bush	1
Mike Mussina	1
Tim Wakefield	1
Brett Myers	1
Darrell May	1
Gil Meche	1
Keith Foulke	1
Johan Santana	1
Barry Zito	1
Jason Jennings	1
CC Sabathia	1
José Lima	1
Seth McClung	1
Neal Cotts	1
Brian Anderson	1
Rick Reed	1
Eric Milton	1
Joe Mays	1
Tim Hudson	1
Jamie Walker	1
Tim Stauffer	1
Javier Vázquez	1
Scott Elarton	1
Pat Hentgen	1
Nick Bierbrodt	1
Chris Reitsma	1
Sean Lowe	1
Joaquín Benoit	1
José Capellán	1
Jake Westbrook	1

15 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	22
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	5
Guaranteed (CHI)	5
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
9	37
8	5
89	5
7	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	11
2	9
4	7
7+	7
6	6
1	6
5	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	43
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	8
12-	5
-2-	4
--3	2
-23	1

75 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	29
1 on	14
2 on	6
Any on	20

Inning
2	8
3	8
4	8
5	4
6	5
7	8
8	4
9	4

1-3	16
4-6	17
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	4
+2	1
+1	6
Tied	10
-1	7
-2	8
-3	4
-4..	9

Ahead	11
Tied	10
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	8
2-2	7
0-0	6
1-1	6
1-0	5
2-1	5
0-1	4
2-0	4
1-2	2
0-2	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	36
C	9
1B	2
PH/DH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
7th	25
8th	14
9th	4
5th	3
6th	3

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2001-10-03	DET		MIN	Eric Milton	behind 3-5	b 4	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BFBSBX	2	9	3	0.227	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Rivera Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2002-09-07	DET	@	NYY	Mike Mussina	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	5,(2-2) BCFBX	1	6	3	0.104	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	2002-09-09	DET	@	MIN	Rick Reed	behind 1-3	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	DH	0.113	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2003-04-02	DET		MIN	Joe Mays	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	7,(2-2) CBFFFBX	1	7	5	0.092	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	2	1	2003-04-04	DET	@	CHW	Esteban Loaiza	behind 0-4	t 5	1	-2-	7,(3-2) BTCFBBX	2	7	5	0.106	23%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); C. Peña Scores
6	6	3	1	2003-05-10	DET	@	TBD	Seth McClung	behind 0-2	t 7	1	---	6,(2-2) BCBSFX	1	7	5	0.114	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	4	1	2003-05-11	DET	@	TBD	Nick Bierbrodt	ahead 6-0	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	1	7	5	0.023	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
8	8	5	1	2003-05-17	DET		SEA	Jamie Moyer	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	5	0.102	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	6	1	2003-05-25	DET	@	CHW	Dan Wright	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.111	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
10	10	7	1	2003-06-14	DET		COL	Justin Speier	behind 4-5	b 6	0	12-	3,(1-1) .CBX	3	7	5	0.296	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Witt Scores; C. Monroe Scores
11	11	8	1	2003-06-17	DET		CLE	David Riske	behind 3-7	b 8	2	---	11,(3-2) .SBSFBFFFBFX	1	6	PH/DH	0.023	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	9	1	2003-06-18	DET		CLE	Jason Davis	behind 0-4	b 9	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	5	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	10	1	2003-06-20	DET	@	COL	Scott Elarton	ahead 4-3	t 6	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	5	0.161	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Young Scores
14	14	11	1	2003-07-04	DET	@	KCR	Sean Lowe	behind 7-9	t 9	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	5	0.027	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	12	1	2003-07-06	DET	@	KCR	José Lima	behind 1-2	t 4	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	6	5	0.115	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
16	16	13	1	2003-07-19	DET	@	CHW	Jon Garland	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	5	0.220	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Peña Scores
17	17	14	1	2003-07-20	DET	@	CHW	Esteban Loaiza	behind 0-7	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	5	0.018	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
18	18	15	1	2003-07-22	DET	@	BOS	Derek Lowe	behind 0-3	t 5	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	7	5	0.127	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Peña Scores
19	19	16	1	2003-08-06	DET		OAK	Tim Hudson	behind 2-6	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	5	0.056	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	17	1	2003-08-07	DET		OAK	Barry Zito	behind 0-2	b 4	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	5	0.349	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Monroe Scores/unER; C. Peña Scores/unER; E. Munson Scores/unER
21	21	18	1	2003-08-11	DET	@	TEX	Joaquín Benoit	behind 1-7	t 7	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	5	0.032	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); C. Peña Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2004-04-07	DET	@	TOR	Pat Hentgen	behind 1-3	t 2	2	12-	4,(2-1) BFBX	3	9	5	0.250	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Guillén Scores/unER; C. Monroe Scores/unER; E. Munson Scores/unER
23	23	2	1	2004-04-08	DET		MIN	Joe Roa	ahead 9-4	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .FBX	1	9	5	0.003	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	2004-04-23	DET		CLE	Jason Davis	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	5	0.139	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); C. Peña Scores
25	25	4	1	2004-05-21	DET	@	SEA	Gil Meche	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) BBSFX	1	8	5	0.111	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
26	26	5	1	2004-05-31	DET		KCR	Darrell May	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	2	8	5	0.145	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Higginson Scores
27	27	6	2	2004-05-31	DET		KCR	Brian Anderson	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	8	5	0.072	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	7	1	2004-06-09	DET		ATL	Travis Smith	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	1--	8,(2-2) B1CF>FB1FF>X	2	8	5	0.180	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); C. Guillén Scores
29	29	8	1	2004-06-17 (1)	DET	@	PHI	Brett Myers	behind 1-3	t 7	2	---	4,(1-2) BSFX	1	7	5	0.105	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	9	1	2004-06-26	DET		ARI	Brandon Villafuerte	tied 6-6	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	8	5	0.357	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
31	31	10	1	2004-06-29	DET		CLE	Jake Westbrook	behind 2-3	b 4	1	12-	4,(1-2) SS*BX	3	9	5	0.286	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Guillén Scores; C. Monroe Scores
32	32	11	1	2004-07-03	DET	@	COL	Jason Jennings	tied 4-4	t 5	1	---	7,(3-2) BFBSBFX	1	7	5	0.132	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	12	1	2004-07-11	DET	@	MIN	Johan Santana	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	8	5	0.183	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Difelice Scores
34	34	13	1	2004-07-16	DET		NYY	Javier Vázquez	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	--3	7,(3-2) BSFFBBX	2	7	5	0.110	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Guillén Scores
35	35	14	1	2004-07-17	DET		NYY	Orlando Hernández	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	4,(2-1) 1BBCX	2	8	5	0.187	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. White Scores
36	36	15	1	2004-08-07	DET		BOS	Keith Foulke	behind 3-7	b 9	2	---	6,(2-2) BCFBFX	1	8	5	0.003	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	16	1	2004-08-08	DET		BOS	Tim Wakefield	tied 2-2	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	5	0.106	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	17	2	2004-08-08	DET		BOS	Mike Timlin	behind 7-11	b 8	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	0.066	10%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); C. Peña Scores
39	39	18	1	2004-09-16	DET	@	CLE	CC Sabathia	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	0.192	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Thames Scores
40	40	19	1	2004-09-28	DET		CHW	Neal Cotts	behind 3-4	b 7	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	5	0.427	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Peña Scores; C. Monroe Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2006-05-01	HOU	@	MIL	José Capellán	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---	8,(3-2) FBBBFFFX	1	7	2	0.192	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	2	1	2006-06-11	HOU		ATL	Óscar Villarreal	ahead 7-3	b 3	0	---	6,(2-2) CBSBFX	1	7	2	0.039	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	3	2	2006-06-11	HOU		ATL	Chris Reitsma	ahead 11-4	b 6	0	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Wilson Scores; J. Lane Scores
44	44	4	1	2006-06-26	HOU	@	DET	Jamie Walker	behind 3-6	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	5	2	0.062	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	5	1	2006-08-19	HOU	@	MIL	Dave Bush	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.068	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	2007-06-09	HOU	@	CHW	Jon Garland	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.104	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
47	47	2	1	2007-07-04	HOU		PHI	Cole Hamels	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	8	2	0.117	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
48	48	3	1	2007-07-25	HOU		LAD	Derek Lowe	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.117	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
49	49	4	1	2007-07-29	HOU		SDP	Tim Stauffer	behind 0-12	b 3	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	2	0.000	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)