Scott Munter

Infobox MLB player


width = 250px
name=Scott Munter

position=Relief pitcher
team=San Francisco Giants
number=
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1980|3|7
debutdate=May 11
debutyear=2005
debutteam=San Francisco Giants
statyear=2007
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=2-1
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.76
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=19
teams=
*San Francisco Giants (by|2005-by|2007)

Scott Michael Munter (born March 7, 1980 in Norfolk, Nebraska) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization. He attended St. James/Seton grade school and Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha, Nebraska. He then attended University of Oklahoma where he played first base after which transferring to Butler County Community College in Kansas where he starting pitching.

Munter split the 2005 season between the Giants and their AAA affiliate, the Fresno Grizzlies. With the Giants, he posted a 2-0 record with a 2.56 ERA in 45 appearances, all of them in relief.

Munter was not offered a new contract by the Giants and became a free agent on December 12, 2007.

On January 25, by|2008, Munter was signed to a minor league contract by the Tampa Bay Rays and was invited to Spring Training.

On June 3, by|2008, Munter was re-signed by the Giants after being released by the Rays AAA organization.

Munter bats and throws right-handed. He throws a heavy sinker as hard as 95 MPH, dubbed by his former manager Felipe Alou as a "bowling-ball sinker," and is very difficult to hit in the air. Munter lacks a breaking pitch, however, and, despite his velocity, does not strike out a lot of hitters. His nickname is "Mad Dog" because of the fact he is 6'6" and over 250 pounds.

External links

*baseball-reference|id=m/muntesc01
*espn mlb|id=7530|name=Scott Munter
* [http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=434639 San Francisco Giants Player File]