Van Mungo

Van Mungo

1931–1945 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'2", 185 lb · b. 1911 Pageland, SC

Career 120–115 · 3.47 ERA · 1,242 SO · 2113.0 IP · 410 G · 174 H · 74 RBI · .221 AVG

Seasons leading his league

6

2 best in baseball 4 league only

16 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1935 Best season

Spanning 1934–1937, peaking at 2 titles in 1935.

Led in Strikeouts / 9 for 3 straight seasons (1935–1937) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

326th League titles 6
392nd Best in baseball 2
690th Top-5 finishes 16

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

246th Shutouts 20
313th Complete Games 123
369th Strikeouts 1,242
389th Innings Pitched 2113.0
416th Earned Run Average 3.47
449th Wins 120

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Strikeouts / 9	3	1st	3 yrs (1935–1937)	1935 NL 6.00 1936 NL 6.87 1937 NL 6.82 1945 #2
Shutouts	1	1st	—	1935 NL 4
Innings Pitched	1	1st	—	1934 315.1 1936 #2
Strikeouts	1	1st	—	1936 238 1934 #2 1935 #3
Complete Games	—	#3	—	1936 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1937	1	K/9 6.82
1936	2	SO 238 K/9 6.87
1935	2	K/9 6.00 SHO 4
1934	1	IP 315.1

Pitching

14 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1931	BRO	NL	3	1	2.32	5	4	0	31.0	27	8	0	13	12	1.29
1932	BRO	NL	13	11	4.43	39	33	2	223.1	224	110	9	115	107	1.52
1933	BRO	NL	16	15	2.72	41	28	0	248.0	223	75	7	84	110	1.24
1934	BRO	NL	18	16	3.37	45	38	3	315.1	300	118	15	104	184	1.28
1935	BRO	NL	16	10	3.65	37	26	2	214.1	205	87	13	90	143	1.38
1936	BRO	NL	18	19	3.35	45	37	3	311.2	275	116	8	118	238	1.26
1937	BRO	NL	9	11	2.91	25	21	3	161.0	136	52	3	56	122	1.19
1938	BRO	NL	4	11	3.92	24	18	0	133.1	133	58	11	72	72	1.54
1939	BRO	NL	4	5	3.26	14	10	0	77.1	70	28	7	33	34	1.33
1940	BRO	NL	1	0	2.45	7	0	1	22.0	24	6	1	10	9	1.55
1941	BRO	NL	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	1.50
1942	NY1	NL	1	2	5.94	9	5	0	36.1	38	24	4	21	27	1.62
1943	NY1	NL	3	7	3.91	45	13	2	154.1	140	67	7	79	83	1.42
1945	NY1	NL	14	7	3.20	26	26	0	183.0	161	65	4	71	101	1.27
Career	—	—	120	115	3.47	364	259	16	2113.0	1,957	815	89	868	1,242	1.34

Batting

14 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1931	BRO	NL	5	12	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.250	.417	.667
1932	BRO	NL	39	79	3	16	2	0	0	2	3	20	0	.203	.232	.228	.460
1933	BRO	NL	41	84	2	15	1	1	0	4	2	12	0	.179	.198	.214	.412
1934	BRO	NL	46	121	10	30	5	0	0	10	4	26	0	.248	.272	.289	.561
1935	BRO	NL	44	90	9	26	3	0	0	19	1	10	0	.289	.297	.322	.619
1936	BRO	NL	50	123	11	22	2	0	0	11	1	26	0	.179	.186	.195	.381
1937	BRO	NL	28	64	4	16	3	0	0	9	3	16	0	.250	.284	.297	.581
1938	BRO	NL	32	47	5	9	1	0	0	4	7	14	1	.192	.296	.213	.509
1939	BRO	NL	29	29	5	10	3	0	0	4	3	8	0	.345	.406	.448	.855
1940	BRO	NL	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1941	BRO	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1942	NY1	NL	9	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	.214	.214	.214	.429
1943	NY1	NL	49	44	1	7	1	0	0	2	1	14	0	.159	.178	.182	.360
1945	NY1	NL	28	73	4	17	3	2	0	9	4	10	0	.233	.282	.329	.611
Career	—	—	410	787	56	174	24	4	0	74	29	164	1	.221	.250	.262	.512

Fielding by Position

Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
P	364	99	448	23	22	.960
OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000