Bob Cerv
Robert Henry Cerv
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right

Born: May 5, 1926 in Lincoln, NE
High School: Weston (Weston, NE)
School: University of Nebraska
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1951
Final Game: July 29, 1962
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1951 NYY AL 25 OF 9 16 14 0 2 0 .875 1.56 .981 2.23 0-0-9
1952 NYY AL 26 OF 27 53 52 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 .979 2.18 15-12-0
1954 NYY AL 28 LF 24 21 169.2 30 26 1 3 0 .900 -2.7 -19.1 -1.7 0.0 -1.7 -1 1.43 1.13 .980 2.26 1.93
1954 NYY AL 28 OF 24 21 169.2 29 25 1 3 0 .897 -2.7 -19.1 -1.7 0.0 -1.7 -1 1.38 1.08 .979 2.39 2.17
1955 NYY AL 29 OF 20 13 119.0 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 10.1 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 1.97 1.30 .981 2.40 2.08
1955 NYY AL 29 LF 13 8 82.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.9 27.8 1.9 1.6 0.3 0 2.20 1.54 .980 2.26 1.78
1955 NYY AL 29 CF 7 5 36.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -30.0 -0.9 -1.3 0.4 0 1.25 0.71 .980 2.88 2.54
1955 NYY AL 29 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1956 NYY AL 30 OF 44 30 261.1 64 59 4 1 2 .984 -4.5 -20.7 -4.5 -2.6 -1.9 0 2.17 1.43 .978 2.34 2.04
1956 NYY AL 30 LF 30 21 161.1 36 33 3 0 1 1.000 -2.4 -17.9 -3.4 -1.8 -1.6 1 2.01 1.20 .978 2.10 1.69
1956 NYY AL 30 CF 15 9 100.0 30 28 1 1 1 .967 -2.1 -25.2 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 -1 2.61 1.93 .983 2.79 2.50
1957 KCA AL 31 OF 89 77 690.1 169 157 6 6 1 .964 -5.8 -10.1 -5.8 -2.2 -3.6 0 2.13 1.83 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 KCA AL 31 LF 41 28 267.0 63 57 4 2 0 .968 -0.5 -2.2 -1.5 0.3 -1.8 1 2.06 1.49 .981 2.10 1.70
1957 KCA AL 31 CF 34 28 230.1 62 59 1 2 0 .968 -2.7 -14.1 -2.7 -2.2 -0.5 0 2.34 1.76 .984 2.72 2.40
1957 KCA AL 31 RF 23 21 193.0 43 40 1 2 1 .953 -2.6 -16.2 -1.6 -0.3 -1.3 -1 1.91 1.78 .977 1.93 1.68
1958 KCA AL 32 LF 136 135 1151.0 316 298 13 5 3 .984 10.8 11.3 12.8 3.8 9.0 -2 2.43 2.29 .979 2.09 1.62 AS,MVP-4
1958 KCA AL 32 OF 136 135 1151.0 329 311 13 5 3 .985 10.8 11.3 12.8 3.8 9.0 -2 2.53 2.38 .982 2.27 1.94 AS,MVP-4
1959 KCA AL 33 LF 119 119 1009.2 244 231 8 5 2 .980 -4.1 -4.9 -4.1 -3.3 -0.8 0 2.13 2.01 .980 2.06 1.68
1959 KCA AL 33 OF 119 119 1009.2 244 231 8 5 2 .980 -4.1 -4.9 -4.1 -3.3 -0.8 0 2.13 2.01 .980 2.22 1.96
1960 TOT AL 34 OF 72 65 576.2 153 140 10 3 1 .980 3.8 7.9 3.8 3.7 0.0 0 2.34 2.08 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 TOT AL 34 LF 71 65 570.2 149 136 10 3 1 .980 4.0 8.4 4.0 3.7 0.2 0 2.30 2.06 .984 2.14 1.67
1960 KCA AL 34 LF 21 21 175.0 43 38 4 1 1 .977 0.8 5.5 -0.2 1.0 -1.3 1 2.16 2.00 .984 2.14 1.67
1960 KCA AL 34 OF 21 21 175.0 44 39 4 1 1 .977 0.8 5.5 -0.2 1.0 -1.3 1 2.21 2.05 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 NYY AL 34 OF 51 44 401.2 109 101 6 2 0 .982 3.0 9.0 4.0 2.7 1.3 -1 2.40 2.10 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 NYY AL 34 LF 50 44 395.2 106 98 6 2 0 .981 3.2 9.7 4.2 2.7 1.5 -1 2.37 2.08 .984 2.14 1.67
1960 NYY AL 34 1B 3 3 21.0 25 22 2 1 3 .960 0.5 28.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 10.29 8.00 .992 9.60 8.03
1960 NYY AL 34 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1960 NYY AL 34 RF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.98 1.70
1961 TOT AL 35 OF 45 38 331.1 76 72 2 2 0 .974 3.1 11.2 3.1 -0.8 3.8 0 2.01 1.64 .978 2.25 1.98
1961 TOT AL 35 LF 43 38 327.1 76 73 1 2 0 .974 3.1 11.4 3.1 -1.0 4.0 0 2.03 1.72 .968 2.00 1.62
1961 LAA AL 35 LF 15 14 118.1 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -1.8 -18.3 -0.8 -1.8 1.0 -1 1.60 1.40 .968 2.00 1.62
1961 LAA AL 35 OF 15 14 118.1 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -1.8 -18.3 -0.8 -1.8 1.0 -1 1.29 1.13 .978 2.25 1.98
1961 NYY AL 35 OF 30 24 213.0 58 55 2 1 0 .983 4.9 27.6 3.9 1.0 2.8 1 2.41 1.90 .978 2.25 1.98
1961 NYY AL 35 LF 28 24 209.0 54 52 1 1 0 .981 4.9 28.1 3.9 0.8 3.0 1 2.28 1.89 .969 2.00 1.62
1961 NYY AL 35 1B 3 3 23.0 27 24 3 0 2 1.000 1.0 52.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 10.57 9.00 .989 9.47 8.30
1961 NYY AL 35 CF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.25
1962 TOT MLB 36 OF 9 8 66.0 10 8 1 1 0 .900 -2.9 -52.7 -2.9 -1.5 -1.5 0 1.23 1.00 .980 2.11 1.83
1962 NYY AL 36 OF 3 3 22.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 16.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 1.64 1.33 .975 2.21 1.93
1962 NYY AL 36 RF 3 3 22.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 16.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 1.64 1.33 .975 2.00 1.70
1962 HOU NL 36 LF 6 5 44.0 8 5 2 1 0 .875 -3.2 -87.3 -3.2 -1.5 -1.8 0 1.43 1.17 .975 1.80 1.37
1962 HOU NL 36 OF 6 5 44.0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -3.2 -87.3 -3.2 -1.5 -1.8 0 1.02 0.83 .983 2.07 1.78
11 Seasons OF 594 506 4375.0 1169 1094 47 28 9 .976 -1.3 -0.4 1.7 -2.6 4.0 -3 2.35 1.92 .981 2.26 1.99 498-71-37
9 Seasons (incomplete) LF 483 440 3782.2 942 878 43 21 7 .978 6.9 2.2 7.9 1.8 5.8 -1 2.19 1.91 .979 2.09 1.67
5 Seasons (incomplete) CF 59 42 371.1 98 93 2 3 1 .969 -5.7 -18.4 -4.7 -4.1 -0.6 -1 2.30 1.61 .984 2.75 2.44
4 Seasons (incomplete) RF 28 24 221.0 47 44 1 2 1 .957 -2.5 -13.6 -1.5 -0.3 -1.2 -1 1.83 1.61 .977 1.94 1.68
2 Seasons 1B 6 6 44.0 52 46 5 1 5 .981 1.5 40.9 1.5 1.5 0.0 0 10.43 8.50 .990 9.53 8.17
12 Seasons TOT 600 512 4419.0 1221 1140 52 29 14 .976 0.2 0.1 3.2 -1.1 4.0 -3 0 2.43 1.99 .957 2.33 2.05 498-71-37
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 NYY AL 25 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9
1952 NYY AL 26 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 12 0 27
1953 NYY AL 27 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 28 56 21 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 24 30 3
1955 NYY AL 29 55 13 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 1 20 36 3
1956 NYY AL 30 54 30 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 15 0 44 12 2
1957 KCA AL 31 124 77 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 34 23 89 39 1
1958 KCA AL 32 141 135 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 6 0
1959 KCA AL 33 125 119 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 0 119 6 0
1960 NYY AL 34 87 47 87 87 0 0 3 0 0 0 50 1 1 51 37 1
1960 KCA AL 34 23 21 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 21 2 0
1961 NYY AL 35 57 27 57 57 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 2 0 30 25 1
1961 LAA AL 35 18 14 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 3 0
1962 HOU NL 36 19 5 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 13 0
1962 NYY AL 36 14 3 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11 0
12 Seasons 829 512 829 829 0 0 6 0 0 0 498 71 37 594 220 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 NYY AL 28 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 9 1 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 29 15 51.7% 14 0 0.0% 0 661 73% 77% 26% 73 32%
1955 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 1 362 74% 75% 28% 42 48%
1956 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 16 14 0 9 2 1 4 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 34 19 55.9% 13 2 5.9% 1 764 64% 78% 24% 94 36%
1957 KCA AL 31 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 12 11 0 5 2 0 4 1 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 27 18 66.7% 9 0 0.0% 2 1066 57% 81% 29% 105 50%
1958 KCA AL 32 5 0 4 1 1 12 0 3 3 2 52 41 1 38 3 1 18 8 1 12 2 1 20 20 0 140 74 52.9% 62 4 2.9% 8 4801 63% 80% 29% 584 53%
1959 KCA AL 33 5 0 5 0 2 8 1 2 0 3 34 28 0 33 8 2 23 11 0 10 0 1 23 22 0 123 69 56.1% 51 3 2.4% 5 4521 67% 80% 27% 482 49%
1960 NYY AL 34 2 0 2 0 1 6 0 3 1 2 16 11 1 14 2 0 14 8 1 4 1 0 6 6 0 54 28 51.9% 24 2 3.7% 4 1746 63% 76% 27% 194 54%
1960 KCA AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 4 3 0 7 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 7 43.8% 7 2 12.5% 2 765 66% 79% 29% 79 52%
1961 NYY AL 35 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 13 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 7 0 31 24 77.4% 7 0 0.0% 1 871 68% 76% 28% 105 50%
1961 LAA AL 35 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 536 58% 74% 23% 46 46%
1962 HOU NL 36 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 2 205 46% 76% 23% 10 60%
9 Seasons 21 0 19 2 5 39 1 11 5 14 165 134 2 127 23 6 76 35 2 44 6 3 68 67 0 480 265 55.2% 202 13 2.7% 26 16298 64% 79% 27% 1814 50%
MLB Averages 56.6% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 164 62% 73% 24% 16 31%
1956 NYY AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 10 3 30.0% 6 1 10.0% 0 442 62% 74% 28% 49 57%
1957 KCA AL 31 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 7 0 21 10 47.6% 11 0 0.0% 1 962 66% 79% 30% 94 62%
1960 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80% 60% 0% 0
1961 NYY AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 56% 88% 25% 1 100%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 10 6 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 9 8 1 34 15 44.1% 18 1 2.9% 1 1589 64% 77% 29% 160 58%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.1% 62% 78% 29% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 33% 0% 0
1957 KCA AL 31 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 21 4 19.0% 16 1 4.8% 0 807 59% 82% 29% 75 52%
1960 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 30 70% 70% 20% 1 0%
1962 NYY AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 84 61% 81% 37% 9 44%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 3 0 7 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 24 5 20.8% 18 1 4.2% 0 924 60% 82% 30% 85 51%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1960 NYY AL 34 80 76% 84% 36% 5 80% 0 21 0 21 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 35 101 70% 79% 29% 7 100% 0 25 2 23 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 181 73% 81% 32% 12 92% 0 46 2 44 0 4 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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