Gehrig
08-13-01, 06:48 AM
Thurman Munson...
Like many other great Yankees of the past, he was consistent.
A lifetime .292 hitter, he hit .300 and drove in 100 runs from '75 to '77. The last player to do that was Frank White.
In the '76 World Series he batted .529 and in the '77 & '78 WS he hit .320. He was a lifetime .379 hitter in WS play...
Munson hit safely in his last six official at bats in the '76 WS to tie the record set by Goose Goslin of the '24 Senators. In his first AB in the '77 WS he hit safely to break the record...
In Post- Season play he hit safely in 27 of 30 games !!. When it came to clutch performances, Munson was:
C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T
Much like Roberto Clemente, who hit safely in ALL 14 WS games that he played and another Yankee, who hit safely in a RECORD 17 games...
Who was that other Yankee, who played the game just as hard as Munson-in the clutch-and just as consistantly ?
Like many other great Yankees of the past, he was consistent.
A lifetime .292 hitter, he hit .300 and drove in 100 runs from '75 to '77. The last player to do that was Frank White.
In the '76 World Series he batted .529 and in the '77 & '78 WS he hit .320. He was a lifetime .379 hitter in WS play...
Munson hit safely in his last six official at bats in the '76 WS to tie the record set by Goose Goslin of the '24 Senators. In his first AB in the '77 WS he hit safely to break the record...
In Post- Season play he hit safely in 27 of 30 games !!. When it came to clutch performances, Munson was:
C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T
Much like Roberto Clemente, who hit safely in ALL 14 WS games that he played and another Yankee, who hit safely in a RECORD 17 games...
Who was that other Yankee, who played the game just as hard as Munson-in the clutch-and just as consistantly ?