# Red Munson

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{{short description|American baseball player (1883-1957)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Red Munson
|image=
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|bats=Unknown
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1883|7|31}}
|birth_place=[Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati%2C_Ohio)
|death_date={{death date and age|1957|2|19|1883|7|31}}
|death_place=[Mishawaka, Indiana](/source/Mishawaka%2C_Indiana)
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 28
|debutyear=1905
|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 7
|finalyear=1905
|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.115
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=2
|teams=
*[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{mlby|1905}})
}}
'''Clarence Hanford "Red" Munson''' (July 31, 1883 – February 19, 1957) was a [catcher](/source/catcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball). He played for the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) in 1905.<ref name="statistics">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/munsore01.shtml "Red Munson Statistics and History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-18.</ref>

In February prior to the 1905 season, Munson was [ice skating](/source/ice_skating) on the [Ohio River](/source/Ohio_River) to keep in shape when he saved the life of an elderly man who had fallen through the ice.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ball Player Proved Himself a Hero |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-ball-player-prov/189047364/ |access-date=16 January 2026 |work=[The Cincinnati Enquirer](/source/The_Cincinnati_Enquirer) |date=10 February 1905 |pages=4}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Major League Baseball catchers
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