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Bob Cerv
Robert Henry Cerv

Bats Right, Throws Right
School University of Nebraska

Debut August 1, 1951
Final Game July 29, 1962
Born May 5, 1926 in Lincoln, NE

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 25 NYY AL  12   28    4    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   4   6  .214  .313  .250   56    7   0           0   1
 1952 26 NYY AL  36   87   11   21   3  2   1    8   0  1   9  22  .241  .313  .356   91   31   0           0   0
 1953 27 NYY AL   8    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .143  .000  -58    0   0           0   0
 1954 28 NYY AL  56  100   14   26   6  0   5   13   0  2  11  17  .260  .330  .470  121   47   0   1       0   3
 1955 29 NYY AL  55   85   17   29   4  2   3   22   4  0   7  16  .341  .411  .541  156   46   1   0   0   3   1
 1956 30 NYY AL  54  115   16   35   5  6   3   25   0  1  18  13  .304  .396  .530  146   61   1   1   0   0   3
 1957 31 KCA AL 124  345   35   94  14  2  11   44   1  1  20  57  .272  .312  .420   98  145   2   3   1   1  13
 1958 32 KCA AL 141  515   93  157  20  7  38  104   3  3  50  82  .305  .371  .592  159  305   0   2  10   5  19 MVP-4,AS
 1959 33 KCA AL 125  463   61  132  22  4  20   87   3  2  35  87  .285  .332  .479  119  222   1  11   5   3  13
 1960 34 TOT AL 110  294   46   74  12  2  14   40   0  0  40  53  .252  .346  .449  118  132   0   1   3   3   8
         KCA AL  23   78   14   20   1  1   6   12   0  0  10  17  .256  .337  .526  130   41   0   1   1   0   2
         NYY AL  87  216   32   54  11  1   8   28   0  0  30  36  .250  .349  .421  114   91   0   0   2   3   6
 1961 35 TOT AL  75  175   20   41   8  1   8   26   1  0  13  25  .234  .289  .429   90   75   1   1   0   1  10
         LAA AL  18   57    3    9   3  0   2    6   0  0   1   8  .158  .169  .316   21   18   1   1   0   0   4
         NYY AL  57  118   17   32   5  1   6   20   1  0  12  17  .271  .344  .483  124   57   0   0   0   1   6
 1962 36 TOT     33   48    3    9   1  0   2    3   0  0   4  13  .188  .264  .333   64   16   0   0   0   1   2
         NYY AL  14   17    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .118  .250  .176   19    3   0   0   0   1   0
         HOU NL  19   31    2    7   0  0   2    3   0  0   2  10  .226  .273  .419   89   13   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     829 2261  320  624  96 26 105  374  12 10 212 392  .276  .340  .481  122 1087   6  20  19  17  73
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        442   63  122  19  5  21   73   2  2  41  77  .276  .340  .481  122  212   1   4   4   3  14
 Career High    141  515   93  157  22  7  38  104   4  3  50  87  .305  .371  .592  159  305   2  11  10   5  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 25 NYY AL   32   23    2   2.3    99| .214  .263| .313  .343| .250  .385| .563  .728|  56  .231  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1952 26 NYY AL   96   67    9   3.6    91| .241  .253| .313  .332| .356  .369| .669  .701|  91  .439  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1953 27 NYY AL    7    6    0   0.0   100| .000  .266| .143  .342| .000  .392| .143  .733| -58  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1954 28 NYY AL  112   80   15   5.0    96| .260  .262| .330  .337| .470  .383| .800  .720| 121  .575   2.6   0.3   0%
 1955 29 NYY AL   96   58   20   9.2   102| .341  .265| .411  .345| .541  .395| .952  .739| 156  .783   6.5   0.6 100%
 1956 30 NYY AL  135   86   24   7.5   104| .304  .264| .396  .345| .530  .402| .926  .747| 146  .691   7.5   0.7   0%
 1957 31 KCA AL  371  270   42   4.2   100| .272  .264| .312  .337| .420  .399| .732  .735|  98  .480  -2.4  -0.2  50%
 1958 32 KCA AL  572  382  106   7.4   100| .305  .264| .371  .333| .592  .401| .963  .734| 159  .731  39.2   3.9  50%
 1959 33 KCA AL  513  358   72   5.4   100| .285  .263| .332  .334| .479  .401| .811  .736| 119  .593  11.3   1.1  60%
 1960 34 TOT AL  338  229   46   5.4    98| .252  .258| .346  .331| .449  .395| .795  .726| 118  .584   7.5   0.8   0%
         KCA AL   89   61   14   6.2   101| .256  .263| .337  .337| .526  .403| .863  .740| 130  .642   2.9   0.3   0%
         NYY AL  249  168   32   5.1    96| .250  .256| .349  .329| .421  .392| .770  .721| 114  .561   4.7   0.5   0%
 1961 35 TOT AL  191  146   20   3.6   104| .234  .264| .289  .339| .429  .411| .718  .749|  90  .391  -3.4  -0.4 100%
         LAA AL   60   54    2   1.0   113| .158  .276| .169  .353| .316  .430| .485  .783|  21  .056  -6.9  -0.7   0%
         NYY AL  131   92   18   5.2   100| .271  .258| .344  .332| .483  .401| .827  .734| 124  .553   3.6   0.3 100%
 1962 36 TOT      53   41    4   2.6    98| .188  .261| .264  .329| .333  .399| .597  .728|  64  .266  -2.6  -0.3   0%
         NYY AL   20   15    1   1.8   100| .118  .260| .250  .331| .176  .404| .426  .735|  19  .153  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         HOU NL   33   26    3   3.1    97| .226  .261| .273  .328| .419  .397| .692  .724|  89  .329  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2516 1746  360   5.5   100| .276  .262| .340  .335| .481  .398| .821  .733| 122  .601  62.0   6.1  54%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 25 NYY AL OF 9 14 0 2 0 .875 .979 1.56 2.23 0 0 9 1952 26 NYY AL OF 27 52 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.96 2.18 15 12 0 1954 28 NYY AL OF 24 25 1 3 0 .897 .977 1.08 2.17 24 0 0 1955 29 NYY AL OF 20 25 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.30 2.08 13 7 1 1956 30 NYY AL OF 44 59 4 1 2 .984 .978 1.43 2.04 2.17 2.34 30 261.3 LF 30 33 3 0 1 1.000 .978 1.20 1.69 2.01 2.10 21 161.3 CF 15 28 1 1 1 .967 .983 1.93 2.50 2.61 2.79 9 100.0 1957 31 KCA AL OF 89 157 6 6 1 .964 .980 1.83 1.97 2.13 2.24 77 690.3 LF 41 57 4 2 0 .968 .981 1.49 1.70 2.06 2.10 28 267.0 CF 34 59 1 2 0 .968 .984 1.76 2.40 2.34 2.72 28 230.3 RF 23 40 1 2 1 .953 .976 1.78 1.68 1.91 1.93 21 193.0 1958 32 KCA AL LF 136 298 13 5 3 .984 .979 2.29 1.62 2.43 2.09 135 1151.0 AS 1959 33 KCA AL LF 119 231 8 5 2 .980 .980 2.01 1.68 2.13 2.06 119 1009.7 1960 34 TOT AL OF 72 140 10 3 1 .980 .982 2.08 1.95 2.34 2.25 65 576.7 TOT AL LF 71 136 10 3 1 .980 .984 2.06 1.67 2.30 2.14 65 570.7 KCA AL LF 21 38 4 1 1 .977 .984 2.00 1.67 2.16 2.14 21 175.0 NYY AL OF 51 101 6 2 0 .982 .982 2.10 1.95 2.40 2.25 44 401.7 LF 50 98 6 2 0 .981 .984 2.08 1.67 2.37 2.14 44 395.7 1B 3 22 2 1 3 .960 .992 8.00 8.03 10.29 9.60 3 21.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.98 0 5.0 1961 35 TOT AL OF 45 72 2 2 0 .974 .978 1.64 1.98 2.01 2.25 38 331.3 TOT AL LF 43 73 1 2 0 .974 .969 1.72 1.62 2.03 2.00 38 327.3 LAA AL LF 15 21 0 1 0 .955 .968 1.40 1.62 1.60 2.00 14 118.3 NYY AL OF 30 55 2 1 0 .983 .978 1.90 1.98 2.41 2.25 24 213.0 LF 28 52 1 1 0 .981 .969 1.89 1.62 2.28 2.00 24 209.0 1B 3 24 3 0 2 1.000 .989 9.00 8.30 10.57 9.47 3 23.0 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 2.25 2.70 0 4.0 1962 36 TOT OF 9 8 1 1 0 .900 .978 1.00 1.83 1.23 2.11 8 66.0 NYY AL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.70 1.64 2.00 3 22.0 HOU NL LF 6 5 2 1 0 .875 .972 1.17 1.37 1.43 1.82 5 44.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 34 NYY AL 1B 3 22 2 1 3 .960 .992 8.00 8.03 10.29 9.60 3 21.0 1961 35 NYY AL 1B 3 24 3 0 2 1.000 .989 9.00 8.30 10.57 9.47 3 23.0 1956 30 NYY AL CF 15 28 1 1 1 .967 .983 1.93 2.50 2.61 2.79 9 100.0 1957 31 KCA AL CF 34 59 1 2 0 .968 .984 1.76 2.40 2.34 2.72 28 230.3 1960 34 NYY AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1961 35 NYY AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 2.25 2.70 0 4.0 1956 30 NYY AL LF 30 33 3 0 1 1.000 .978 1.20 1.69 2.01 2.10 21 161.3 1957 31 KCA AL LF 41 57 4 2 0 .968 .981 1.49 1.70 2.06 2.10 28 267.0 1958 32 KCA AL LF 136 298 13 5 3 .984 .979 2.29 1.62 2.43 2.09 135 1151.0 1959 33 KCA AL LF 119 231 8 5 2 .980 .980 2.01 1.68 2.13 2.06 119 1009.7 1960 34 TOT AL LF 71 136 10 3 1 .980 .984 2.06 1.67 2.30 2.14 65 570.7 KCA AL LF 21 38 4 1 1 .977 .984 2.00 1.67 2.16 2.14 21 175.0 NYY AL LF 50 98 6 2 0 .981 .984 2.08 1.67 2.37 2.14 44 395.7 1961 35 TOT AL LF 43 73 1 2 0 .974 .969 1.72 1.62 2.03 2.00 38 327.3 LAA AL LF 15 21 0 1 0 .955 .968 1.40 1.62 1.60 2.00 14 118.3 NYY AL LF 28 52 1 1 0 .981 .969 1.89 1.62 2.28 2.00 24 209.0 1962 36 HOU NL LF 6 5 2 1 0 .875 .972 1.17 1.37 1.43 1.82 5 44.0 1951 25 NYY AL OF 9 14 0 2 0 .875 .979 1.56 2.23 0 0 9 1952 26 NYY AL OF 27 52 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.96 2.18 15 12 0 1954 28 NYY AL OF 24 25 1 3 0 .897 .977 1.08 2.17 24 0 0 1955 29 NYY AL OF 20 25 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.30 2.08 13 7 1 1956 30 NYY AL OF 44 59 4 1 2 .984 .978 1.43 2.04 2.17 2.34 30 261.3 1957 31 KCA AL OF 89 157 6 6 1 .964 .980 1.83 1.97 2.13 2.24 77 690.3 1958 32 KCA AL OF 136 311 13 5 3 .985 .982 2.38 1.94 2.53 2.27 135 1151.0 1959 33 KCA AL OF 119 231 8 5 2 .980 .980 2.01 1.96 2.13 2.22 119 1009.7 1960 34 TOT AL OF 72 140 10 3 1 .980 .982 2.08 1.95 2.34 2.25 65 576.7 KCA AL OF 21 39 4 1 1 .977 .982 2.05 1.95 2.21 2.25 21 175.0 NYY AL OF 51 101 6 2 0 .982 .982 2.10 1.95 2.40 2.25 44 401.7 1961 35 TOT AL OF 45 72 2 2 0 .974 .978 1.64 1.98 2.01 2.25 38 331.3 LAA AL OF 15 17 0 1 0 .944 .977 1.13 1.98 1.29 2.25 14 118.3 NYY AL OF 30 55 2 1 0 .983 .978 1.90 1.98 2.41 2.25 24 213.0 1962 36 TOT OF 9 8 1 1 0 .900 .978 1.00 1.83 1.23 2.11 8 66.0 NYY AL OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.93 1.64 2.21 3 22.0 HOU NL OF 6 4 1 1 0 .833 .980 0.83 1.78 1.02 2.07 5 44.0 1957 31 KCA AL RF 23 40 1 2 1 .953 .976 1.78 1.68 1.91 1.93 21 193.0 1960 34 NYY AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.98 0 5.0 1962 36 NYY AL RF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.70 1.64 2.00 3 22.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF* 594 1094 47 28 9 .976 .980 1.92 1.99 472 4086.3 498 71 37# LF* 446 833 41 18 7 .980 .979 1.96 1.65 411 3531.0 CF* 52 88 2 3 1 .968 .984 1.73 2.42 37 335.3 RF* 27 44 1 2 1 .957 .976 1.67 1.68 24 220.0 1B* 6 46 5 1 5 .981 .990 8.50 8.17 6 44.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 600 1140 52 29 14 .976 .981 1.99 2.05
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    NYY BRO     L   5  16   1   2  0  0  1   1   0   4  .125  .125  .313   0  0   0   0   0 
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1960   WS    NYY PIT     L   4  14   1   5  0  0  0   0   0   3  .357  .357  .357   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  10  31   2   8  0  0  1   1   0   7  .258  .258  .355   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1958   KCA AL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .667  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1958 (LF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1958-AL-4-0.49
Car-433-0.49 shares

Batting Average
1958 AL-.305-6
1959 AL-.285-10

Slugging %
1958 AL-.592-2
1959 AL-.479-9

OPS
1958 AL-.963-4

Runs
1958 AL-93-5

Total Bases
1958 AL-305-2

Triples
1958 AL-7-6

Home Runs
1958 AL-38-4

RBI
1958 AL-104-4
1959 AL-87-10

Strikeouts
1958 AL-82-8
1959 AL-87-8

Adjusted OPS+
1958 AL-159-4

Runs Created
1958 AL-106-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1958 AL-39-5

Batting Wins
1958 AL-3.9-5

Extra-Base Hits
1958 AL-65-3

Offensive Win%
1958 AL-.731-5

Hit By Pitch
1958 AL-5-10

Sac. Flies
1959 AL-11-2

Intentional Walks
1958 AL-10-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1958 AL-19-4
1959 AL-13-9

At Bats per Home Run
1958 AL-13.6-3

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 30 (771) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.5 (1093) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

October 15, 1956: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the New York Yankees.

May 19, 1960: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Yankees for Andy Carey.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the New York Yankees in the 1960 expansion draft.

May 8, 1961: Traded by the Los Angeles Angels with Tex Clevenger to the New York Yankees for Lee Thomas, Ryne Duren, and Johnny James.

June 26, 1962: Purchased by the Houston Colt .45's from the New York Yankees.

July 30, 1962: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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