Red Munger
Portrait of Red Munger, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. Bowman series. Printed on front: "George 'Red' Munger." Printed on back: "George 'Red' Munger. Pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals. Born: Houston, Tex., Oct. 4, 1918. Height: 6-2. Weight: 210. Bats: right. Throws: right. Appeared in 32 game in 1950. Won 7, lost 8. Spent 6 seasons in minors before coming to Cardinals for the 1943 campaign. In 1944, won 11, while losing 3. Led National League pitchers with an amazingly low earned run average of 1.34. Spent 1945 and part of 1946 in service. Record in 1947, 16-5; in 1948, 10-11; in 1949, 15-8. Red's .652 percentage in 1949 was the fifth best in the league. No. 11 in the 1951 series baseball picture cards. [Copyright] 1951 Bowman Gum, Inc., Phila., Pa., U.S.A."
- Resource ID:
- hr001611
- Subject:
- Munger, Red (George David), 1918-1996
- Pitchers (Baseball)--Missouri--Saint Louis
- St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Bowman Gum, Inc.
- Date:
- 1951
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 3.25 x 2 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1951-Munger, Red
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.