Joe Munson

Joseph Martin Napoleon Munson (November 6, 1899 – February 24, 1991; born Joseph Martin Napoleon Carlson) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1925 and 1926. Listed at and , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Biography Munson attended Lehigh University, where he played college baseball. He then played in the minor leagues from 1918 through 1932, For the Tulsa Oilers in the Western League, he batted .383 in 1927, won the batting title with .385 in 1928, and then hit .369 in 1929. In 1925, he played in nine games, batting .371 (13-for-35) with three RBIs. Defensively, he played 21 games in right field and 16 games in left field, with a .922 fielding average. On his draft registration card of February 1942, he listed his employer as the Union Tank Car Company in Philadelphia. He died at the age of 91 in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, and was buried under his birth name.