Red Munger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1918
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 23-Jul-1996
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Red Munger
- George David "Red" Munger (October 4, 1918 – July 23, 1996) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who spent a decade in Major League Baseball for the St.
- Louis Cardinals (1943–44; 1946–52) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1952; 1956).
- The native of Houston, Texas, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg). Munger pitched a complete game, 12–3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the 1946 World Series at Fenway Park.
- He gave up nine hits, including a home run by future Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr, but only one run was earned.
- Munger's victory in his only World Series appearance was the only Cardinal win not registered by teammate Harry Brecheen, whose three triumphs propelled the Redbirds to a seven-game World Series championship over the Red Sox.A three-time National League All-Star, Munger worked in 273 regular-season Major League games during his career, winning 77 and losing 56 (.583) with an earned run average of 3.83.
- He struck out 564 batters in 1,228?2/3 innings pitched.
- In 1944, he won 11 of 14 decisions in 21 games, 12 as a starter, with a 1.34 earned run average.
- He entered the United States Army for World War II service during the middle of that campaign, and did not qualify for the National League's ERA title.
- He also missed the 1944 World Series, which delivered another Cardinal championship. Munger took a regular turn in the Cardinal starting rotation from mid-1946 through 1950, then was traded to the Pirates in May 1952.
- Pittsburgh sent Munger to their top minor league affiliate, the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, and he responded with 17- and 23-win seasons in 1954–55.
- During the latter year, at age 36, he registered 25 complete games and an ERA of 1.85.
- The standout season brought Munger to the Major Leagues for one last campaign, as a relief pitcher and occasional starter for the 1956 Pirates.
- All told, as a minor leaguer, Munger won 152 games; as a professional, he compiled a 229–174 (.568) record during a career that stretched from 1937 to 1958. Munger died in 1996, in Houston, aged 77.
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