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Eric Munson 3B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
12 1186 .214 .289 .394 92 1.0
Birth Date10-3-1977
Height6' 3"
Weight220 lbs
Age46 years, 6 months, 21 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2000 DET 22 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 70 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 DET 23 17 69 10 3 1 1 3 21 0 0 1 .152 .188 .273 51 -4.0 -0.1 -0.7 -0.4
2002 DET 24 18 67 11 0 0 2 6 11 1 0 0 .186 .269 .288 79 -1.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
2003 DET 25 99 357 75 9 0 18 35 61 1 3 0 .240 .312 .441 106 3.8 1.1 -9.8 0.6
2004 DET 26 109 357 68 14 2 19 29 90 6 1 1 .212 .289 .445 94 -1.9 -1.1 5.1 1.4
2005 TBA 27 11 24 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 .167 .333 .222 85 -0.4 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1
2006 HOU 28 53 156 28 6 0 5 11 32 3 0 0 .199 .269 .348 77 -4.0 -1.2 -5.4 -0.4
2007 HOU 29 50 150 31 4 0 4 16 15 0 0 0 .235 .313 .356 98 0.3 -0.3 -7.4 -0.1
2009 OAK 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 85 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career3611186226373491042341242.214.289.39492-7.9-2.6-18.11.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1999 WMI A MDW 0 298 .000 .000 .000 .277 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 LAK A+ FSL 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .400 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 DET MLB AL 3 5 .284 .354 .440 .000 83 -1.7 0.2 -0.1 70 10 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2000 JAX AA SOU 0 422 .000 .000 .000 .303 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 DET MLB AL 17 69 .261 .330 .412 .205 101 -8 2.1 -1.3 51 15 -0.7 -0.1 -4.0 -0.4
2001 ERI AA EAS 142 620 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 DET MLB AL 18 67 .259 .319 .418 .191 98 -3.7 1.9 -1.2 79 11 0.1 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1
2002 TOL AAA INT 136 569 .000 .000 .000 .298 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 DET MLB AL 99 357 .261 .326 .418 .237 97 3.8 9.7 1.4 106 13 -9.8 1.1 3.8 0.6
2004 DET MLB AL 109 357 .272 .336 .434 .231 103 -4.7 10.6 1.2 94 14 5.1 -1.1 -1.9 1.4
2005 TBA MLB AL 11 24 .268 .321 .430 .188 102 -1.3 0.7 -0.2 85 11 -0.1 -0.6 -0.4 -0.1
2005 DUR AAA INT 100 425 .267 .332 .421 .303 104 1.9 5.4 -3.3 127 0 -9.5 -1.0 14.0 0.5
2006 HOU MLB NL 53 156 .267 .334 .429 .219 96 -7.7 4.7 2 77 10 -5.4 -1.2 -4.0 -0.4
2006 ROU AAA PCL 9 37 .245 .311 .378 .231 91 1.6 1.4 -0.2 122 0 -0.7 0.0 1.6 0.2
2007 HOU MLB NL 50 150 .261 .330 .409 .235 102 -4.4 4.5 2.4 98 11 -7.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.1
2007 ROU AAA PCL 50 201 .278 .345 .435 .318 97 9.8 6.0 1.3 122 0 -2.0 -1.0 6.2 1.0
2008 NAS AAA PCL 27 102 .267 .344 .424 .217 104 -7.3 3.1 -0.4 53 0 -1.2 -1.2 -6.5 -0.6
2009 OAK MLB AL 1 1 .267 .337 .479 .000 98 -0.3 0.0 0 85 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 SAC AAA PCL 99 415 .274 .343 .427 .299 90 16.2 12.3 3.4 121 0 -9.9 1.0 11.5 1.8
2010 POR AAA PCL 47 165 .274 .346 .413 .217 88 4 5.0 -1.9 93 0 -0.8 -0.2 -0.8 0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1999 LAK A+ FSL 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .000 0 0
1999 WMI A MDW 298 252 42 67 16 1 14 127 44 37 47 3 1 .266 .379 .504 .238 0 0
2000 DET MLB AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2000 JAX AA SOU 422 365 52 92 21 4 15 166 68 39 96 5 2 .252 .353 .455 .203 0 0
2001 DET MLB AL 69 66 4 10 3 1 1 18 6 3 21 0 1 .152 .188 .273 .121 0 0
2001 ERI AA EAS 620 519 88 135 35 1 26 250 102 84 141 0 3 .260 .375 .482 .222 0 0
2002 TOL AAA INT 569 477 77 125 30 4 24 235 84 77 114 1 3 .262 .373 .493 .231 0 0
2002 DET MLB AL 67 59 3 11 0 0 2 17 5 6 11 0 0 .186 .269 .288 .102 1 0
2003 DET MLB AL 357 313 28 75 9 0 18 138 50 35 61 3 0 .240 .312 .441 .201 7 1
2004 DET MLB AL 357 321 36 68 14 2 19 143 49 29 90 1 1 .212 .289 .445 .234 0 1
2005 DUR AAA INT 425 382 67 109 22 0 25 206 71 38 81 1 1 .285 .352 .539 .254 1 1
2005 TBA MLB AL 24 18 2 3 1 0 0 4 2 4 3 0 0 .167 .333 .222 .056 1 0
2006 HOU MLB NL 156 141 10 28 6 0 5 49 19 11 32 0 0 .199 .269 .348 .149 1 0
2006 ROU AAA PCL 37 32 6 8 1 0 2 15 8 3 4 0 0 .250 .351 .469 .219 0 0
2007 HOU MLB NL 150 132 14 31 4 0 4 47 15 16 15 0 0 .235 .313 .356 .121 2 0
2007 ROU AAA PCL 201 173 28 49 18 0 7 88 26 24 34 1 1 .283 .374 .509 .225 0 0
2008 NAS AAA PCL 102 85 7 14 5 0 1 22 12 14 24 0 1 .165 .297 .259 .094 0 0
2009 SAC AAA PCL 415 351 50 93 22 2 13 158 68 54 71 0 1 .265 .367 .450 .185 1 1
2009 OAK MLB AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2010 POR AAA PCL 165 134 14 27 3 0 7 51 20 26 35 0 1 .201 .352 .381 .179 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2009 4 1.0000 0.7500 0.6667 0.7500 0.0000 0.6667 0.0000 0.3333 0.0006
Career41.00000.75000.66670.75000.00000.66670.00000.33330.0006

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-06-17 2010-07-03 Minors 16 0 Not Disclosed -
2010-04-20 2010-04-27 Minors 7 0 Right Foot Contusion -
2005-06-30 2005-08-03 15-DL 34 28 Trunk Contusion Ribs -
2003-08-12 2003-09-29 60-DL 48 46 Left Thumb Fracture Thumb -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 SDN $525,000
2007 HOU $425,000
2004 DET $1,475,500
2003 DET $1,700,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$4,125,500
4 yrTotal$4,125,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 82 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from OAK 2/25/10 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 10/8/09 contract purchased 9/11/09 signed as a free agent from MIL 3/27/09 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 3/26/08 re-signed 12/11/07 (avoided arbitration), 1 year/$0.525M (08)
  • claimed off waivers from HOU 10/15/07
  • contract purchased 6/2/07
  • 1 year/$0.425M (07) sent outright to Triple-A 10/06 contract purchased 9/06 designated for assignment, sent sent outright to Triple-A 8/06 contract purchased 4/06 signed as a free agent from TB 12/05 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 8/05 contract purchased 6/05 signed as a free agent from TB 4/05 (minor-league contract) released 3/05 signed as a free agent from DET 1/05 (minor-league contract) non-tendered 12/04 re-signed 2/03, 1 year/$1.4755M (04)
  • 1 year/$1.7M (03)
  • recalled 9/02 optioned to Triple-A 3/02 recalled 9/01
  • signed guaranteed 4 year/$6.75M contract (99-02) incl $3.5M signing bonus, in `99
  • must stick in majors in spring 03

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2011-12-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Did the Rangers really screw up by not trading one of Salty, Ramirez and Teagarden when their values were all high?
(rwinter from Boston)		In the sense that they didn't trade prospects who flopped, sure. You could say that about every team and every prospect who flopped. Did the Angels err in not trading Brandon Wood when he was a top-10 prospect? In retrospect, of course, but there was no way of knowing that.

The fact that all three of those players flopped in their own ways supports the decision to keep all of them, though, instead of treating them as depth. Catchers have a brutal attrition rate. Baseball America's top 100 in 2000 included six catchers: Eric Munson, Ben Petrick, Matt LeCroy, Jayson Werth (Orioles), Steve Lomasney, Ryan Christianson. In 2001: Joe Lawrence, Dane Sardinha, Brandon Inge, J.R. House. In 2002: Mauer, Josh Phelps, House, John Buck, Werth (Blue Jays), Victor Martinez. In 2003: Mauer, Martinez, Jeff Mathis, Justin Huber, Buck.

In 2007, when the Rangers had to make this decision, Kevin Goldstein ranked the catchers in the minors. He named 17 players. These are the 17:

Jeff Clement
Bryan Anderson
J.R. Towles
Teagarden
Hank Conger
John Jaso
Ramirez
Nick Hundley
Tony Recker
Jesus Montero
Brett Hayes
Francisco Hernandez
Lou Palmisano
Landon Powell
Shawn Riggans
Jamie Skelton
Brian Jeroloman

Out of those 17, there are basically one and a half every day catchers, maaaaaaybe another one in Hank Conger, and a DH. We thought the Rangers had three catchers, plus Gerald Laird. In fact, they had Gerald Laird.

Also:
2007 Baseball Prospectus Annual: "When Teagarden is behind the dish, he's one of the top defensive catchers around. If he can stay there, he's Mickey Tettleton with defensive chops."
2008 Baseball Prospectus Annual: "If you want to get really dreamy and optimistic, think Mickey Tettleton with Gold Glove-level skills, and you get the picture."

This is why comps are the best/worst. (Sam Miller)


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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2004 mlb -.002 0.0 0 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 5.1
2005 aaa .000 0.0 6 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -9.5
2006 mlb -.012 -4.3 1407 .001 -0.3 20 .009 .002 -0.1 -5.0 -5.4
2006 aaa .001 0.0 80 .001 0.0 2 .011 .002 0.0 0.0 -0.7
2007 aaa -.006 -2.2 1456 .000 -0.1 30 -.016 .002 0.3 -2.1 -2.0
2007 mlb -.014 -5.5 1514 .001 -0.3 27 .074 .000 -1.3 -7.3 -7.4
2008 aaa -.003 -0.3 383 .002 -0.2 12 .007 .006 -0.1 -0.7 -1.2
2009 aaa -.006 -4.7 3206 .002 -2.1 60 .036 .000 -1.4 -8.9 -9.9

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