Peter Daniel Munro (born June 14, 1975) is an American former

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in Major League Baseball. He played with the Toronto Blue Jays (–) and

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(–). He batted and threw right-handed.

Career

After being selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the

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, Munro was sent by Boston to the Toronto Blue Jays in in the same transaction which brought catcher

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to the Red Sox. Munro debuted with Toronto in 1999. He pitched in a combined 40 games in his two seasons with Toronto. After pitching in parts of two seasons, the Blue Jays sent Munro to the Texas Rangers as the player to be named later traded for Dave Martinez. He re-signed with the Rangers for the 2001 season. Munro signed with the

before the 2002 season and split time between AAA and the majors, pitching to a career low 3.57 ERA in 19 games (14 starts). His career highlight came on June 11, , when he combined with Houston pitchers Roy Oswalt, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge,

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, and Billy Wagner to throw the first

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against the New York Yankees in 45 years. The Astros sextet also set a major league record for the highest number of pitchers to throw a no-hitter. In 2003, Munro pitched the majority of the season out of the bullpen, appearing in 40 games while making 2 spot starts during the season. In his final season with Houston, he went 4–7 with a 5.15 ERA. Another highlight in Munro's career was in the

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, when he got the ball in Game 2 and Game 6 (In Game 6, he was picked to start over 7-time

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winner Roger Clemens). After the season, he signed with the

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on a minor league deal. Munro started pitching for the

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, the Triple-A affiliate of the

. He signed with Uni-President Lions of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League in March , and was selected to the CPBL All-Star Game in July. Munro signed with the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League for the season, but was released after sustaining an injury.

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