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Bob Cerv

Robert Henry Cerv

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 5, 1926 in Weston, 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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Colt.45's/Angels 1951-1962

Final Game: July 29, 1962
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 1:07PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1295. Tommy Griffith… #1296. Jim Hickman… #1297. Daryl Spencer… #1298. BOB CERV… #1299. Cesar Geronimo… #1300. Dick Green… #1301. John Milner… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1951 25 NYY AL 12 32 28 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .214 .313 .250 .563 55 7 1 0 0 /O
1952 26 NYY AL 36 96 87 11 21 3 2 1 8 0 1 9 22 .241 .313 .356 .669 90 31 0 0 0 O
1953 27 NYY AL 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0
1954 28 NYY AL 56 112 100 14 26 6 0 5 13 0 2 11 17 .260 .330 .470 .800 121 47 3 0 0 1
1955 29 NYY AL 55 96 85 17 29 4 2 3 22 4 0 7 16 .341 .411 .541 .952 156 46 1 3 1 0 0
1956 30 NYY AL 54 135 115 16 35 5 6 3 25 0 1 18 13 .304 .396 .530 .926 146 61 3 0 1 1 0
1957 31 KCA AL 124 371 345 35 94 14 2 11 44 1 1 20 57 .272 .312 .420 .732 98 145 13 1 2 3 1
1958 32 KCA AL 141 572 515 93 157 20 7 38 104 3 3 50 82 .305 .371 .592 .963 159 305 19 5 0 2 10 * AS,MVP-4
1959 33 KCA AL 125 513 463 61 132 22 4 20 87 3 2 35 87 .285 .332 .479 .812 119 222 13 3 1 11 5 *
1960 34 TOT AL 110 338 294 46 74 12 2 14 40 0 0 40 53 .252 .346 .449 .795 118 132 8 3 0 1 3 7/389
1960 34 KCA AL 23 89 78 14 20 1 1 6 12 0 0 10 17 .256 .337 .526 .863 130 41 2 0 0 1 1 7
1960 34 NYY AL 87 249 216 32 54 11 1 8 28 0 0 30 36 .250 .349 .421 .771 114 91 6 3 0 0 2 7/389
1961 35 TOT AL 75 191 175 20 41 8 1 8 26 1 0 13 25 .234 .289 .429 .718 90 75 10 1 1 1 0 7/38
1961 35 LAA AL 18 60 57 3 9 3 0 2 6 0 0 1 8 .158 .169 .316 .485 21 18 4 0 1 1 0 7
1961 35 NYY AL 57 131 118 17 32 5 1 6 20 1 0 12 17 .271 .344 .483 .827 124 57 6 1 0 0 0 7/38
1962 36 TOT MLB 33 53 48 3 9 1 0 2 3 0 0 4 13 .188 .264 .333 .597 64 16 2 1 0 0 0 /79
1962 36 HOU NL 19 33 31 2 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 10 .226 .273 .419 .692 89 13 2 0 0 0 0 /
1962 36 NYY AL 14 20 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .118 .250 .176 .426 19 3 0 1 0 0 0 /
12 Seasons 829 2516 2261 320 624 96 26 105 374 12 10 212 392 .276 .340 .481 .821 122 1087 73 17 6 20 19
162 Game Avg. 162 492 442 63 122 19 5 21 73 2 2 41 77 .276 .340 .481 .821 122 212 14 3 1
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (9 yrs) 379 878 772 112 205 36 12 26 118 5 4 94 131 .266 .350 .444 .795 118 343 20 8 2 2 2
KCA (4 yrs) 413 1545 1401 203 403 57 14 75 247 7 6 115 243 .288 .342 .509 .851 129 713 47 9 3 17 17
LAA (1 yr) 18 60 57 3 9 3 0 2 6 0 0 1 8 .158 .169 .316 .485 21 18 4 0 1 1 0
HOU (1 yr) 19 33 31 2 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 10 .226 .273 .419 .692 89 13 2 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 810 2483 2230 318 617 96 26 103 371 12 10 210 382 .277 .341 .482 .822 122 1074 71 17 6 20 19
NL (1 yr) 19 33 31 2 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 10 .226 .273 .419 .692 89 13 2 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1951 25 NYY AL 32 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
1952 26 NYY AL 96 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O
1953 27 NYY AL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
1954 28 NYY AL 112 3 -1 1 0 -3 -1 3 2 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $
1955 29 NYY AL 96 6 1 -1 0 1 -1 3 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $
1956 30 NYY AL 134 10 -1 1 0 -4 -1 4 9 0.9 13 1.3 -0.4 $
1957 31 KCA AL 371 -4 1 -1 -2 -6 -3 11 -5 -0.6 2 0.2 -0.8 $
1958 32 KCA AL 571 44 0 1 -2 11 -7 16 63 6.7 52 5.4 1.3 $ * AS,MVP-4
1959 33 KCA AL 513 13 0 1 -2 -4 -6 14 16 1.7 20 2.1 -0.4 $32,500 *
1960 34 KCA AL 89 3 -1 2 0 1 -1 3 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ 7
1960 34 NYY AL 249 3 1 -1 -1 4 -3 7 10 1.0 6 0.6 0.4 $ 7/389
1961 35 LAA AL 60 -7 0 0 -1 -2 -1 2 -9 -1.0 -7 -0.7 -0.3 $ 7
1961 35 NYY AL 131 4 1 0 -1 6 -2 4 12 1.2 6 0.6 0.6 $ 7/38
1962 36 NYY AL 20 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /
1962 36 HOU NL 33 -1 0 0 0 -3 0 1 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ /
12 Seasons 2514 68 1 3 -9 0 -27 73 109 11.2 109 11.2 -0.0 $32,500
NYY (9 yrs) 877 20 1 0 -2 4 -9 26 40 4.0 36 3.6 0.4 $
KCA (4 yrs) 1544 56 0 3 -6 2 -17 44 81 8.5 80 8.3 0.2 $32,500
LAA (1 yr) 60 -7 0 0 -1 -2 -1 2 -9 -1.0 -7 -0.7 -0.3 $
HOU (1 yr) 33 -1 0 0 0 -3 0 1 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 29 NYY AL WS BRO L 5 16 16 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .313 .438 5 1 0 0 0 0
1956 30 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 34 NYY AL WS PIT L 4 14 14 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .357 .357 .357 .714 5 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 10 31 31 2 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .258 .258 .355 .613 11 1 0 0 0 0
3 WS 10 31 31 2 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .258 .258 .355 .613 11 1 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 NYY AL 25 OF 9 16 14 0 2 0 .875 1.56 .977 2.44
1951 NYY AL 25 RF 9 7 5 65.0 18 16 0 2 0 .889 2.22 1.78 .978 2.06 2.04
1952 NYY AL 26 OF 27 53 52 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 .980 2.40
1952 NYY AL 26 LF 15 15 7 106.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 1.40 .979 2.29 2.29
1952 NYY AL 26 CF 12 8 6 82.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.96 2.25 .983 2.93 2.93
1954 NYY AL 28 OF 24 29 25 1 3 0 .897 -3 1.08 .979 2.37
1954 NYY AL 28 LF 24 21 14 169.2 30 26 1 3 0 .900 -3 -19 1.43 1.13 .977 2.26 2.24
1955 NYY AL 29 OF 20 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 1 1.30 .982 2.38
1955 NYY AL 29 LF 13 8 5 82.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 2 28 2.20 1.54 .980 2.26 2.25
1955 NYY AL 29 CF 7 5 1 36.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -30 1.25 0.71 .984 2.88 2.86
1955 NYY AL 29 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1956 NYY AL 30 OF 44 64 59 4 1 2 .984 -4 1.43 .979 2.32
1956 NYY AL 30 LF 30 21 8 161.1 36 33 3 0 1 1.000 -2 -18 2.01 1.20 .977 2.10 2.09
1956 NYY AL 30 CF 15 9 9 100.0 30 28 1 1 1 .967 -2 -25 2.61 1.93 .984 2.79 2.77
1957 KCA AL 31 OF 89 169 157 6 6 1 .964 -6 1.83 .980 2.25
1957 KCA AL 31 LF 41 28 20 267.0 63 57 4 2 0 .968 -0 -2 2.06 1.49 .980 2.10 2.11
1957 KCA AL 31 CF 34 28 13 230.1 61 58 1 2 0 .967 -3 -14 2.31 1.74 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 KCA AL 31 RF 23 21 18 193.0 43 40 1 2 1 .953 -3 -16 1.91 1.78 .976 1.92 1.93
1958 KCA AL 32 OF 136 329 311 13 5 3 .985 11 2.38 .982 2.25 AS,MVP-4
1958 KCA AL 32 LF 136 135 96 1151.0 316 298 13 5 3 .984 11 11 2.43 2.29 .979 2.09 2.07 AS,MVP-4
1959 KCA AL 33 OF 119 244 231 8 5 2 .980 -4 2.01 .980 2.21
1959 KCA AL 33 LF 119 119 105 1009.2 245 232 8 5 2 .980 -4 -5 2.14 2.02 .980 2.06 2.05
1960 TOT AL 34 OF 72 65 51 576.2 153 140 10 3 1 .980 4 8 2.34 2.08 .982 17.44 2.25
1960 TOT AL 34 LF 71 65 51 570.2 149 136 10 3 1 .980 4 8 2.30 2.06 .984 2.14 2.13
1960 KCA AL 34 LF 21 21 14 175.0 43 38 4 1 1 .977 1 5 2.16 2.00 .984 2.14 2.13
1960 KCA AL 34 OF 21 21 14 175.0 44 39 4 1 1 .977 1 5 2.21 2.05 .982 17.44 2.25
1960 NYY AL 34 OF 51 44 37 401.2 109 101 6 2 0 .982 3 9 2.40 2.10 .982 17.44 2.25
1960 NYY AL 34 LF 50 44 37 395.2 106 98 6 2 0 .981 3 10 2.37 2.08 .984 2.14 2.13
1960 NYY AL 34 1B 3 3 2 21.0 25 22 2 1 3 .960 0 29 10.29 8.00 .991 0.00 9.57
1960 NYY AL 34 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1960 NYY AL 34 RF 1 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -48 0.00 0.00 1.98 2.00
1961 TOT AL 35 OF 45 38 31 331.1 76 72 2 2 0 .974 3 11 2.01 1.64 .977 23.10 2.22
1961 TOT AL 35 LF 43 38 31 327.1 76 73 1 2 0 .974 3 11 2.03 1.72 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 LAA AL 35 LF 15 14 11 118.1 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -2 -18 1.60 1.40 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 LAA AL 35 OF 15 14 11 118.1 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -2 -18 1.29 1.13 .977 23.09 2.22
1961 NYY AL 35 OF 30 24 20 213.0 58 55 2 1 0 .983 5 28 2.41 1.90 .977 23.10 2.22
1961 NYY AL 35 LF 28 24 20 209.0 54 52 1 1 0 .981 5 28 2.28 1.89 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 NYY AL 35 1B 3 3 1 23.0 27 24 3 0 2 1.000 1 52 10.57 9.00 .990 98.02 9.33
1961 NYY AL 35 CF 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 0.50 .980 2.70 2.55
1962 TOT MLB 36 OF 9 10 8 1 1 0 .900 -3 1.00 .976 2.09
1962 HOU NL 36 OF 6 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -3 0.83 .973 2.05
1962 NYY AL 36 OF 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.33 .980 2.17
1962 NYY AL 36 RF 3 3 1 22.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 16 1.64 1.33 .980 2.00 2.00
1962 HOU NL 36 LF 6 5 3 44.0 8 5 2 1 0 .875 -3 -87 1.43 1.17 .968 1.80 1.80
11 Seasons OF 594 103 82 908.0 1169 1094 47 28 9 .976 -1 -2 2.22 1.92 .981 19.50 2.26
10 Seasons LF 498 455 340 3889.1 964 900 43 21 7 .978 7 2 2.18 1.89 .979 2.10 2.09
6 Seasons CF 71 50 29 453.1 124 118 3 3 1 .976 -6 -15 2.40 1.70 .983 2.78 2.77
5 Seasons RF 37 31 24 286.0 65 60 1 4 1 .938 -2 -10 1.92 1.65 .977 1.96 1.97
2 Seasons 1B 6 6 3 44.0 52 46 5 1 5 .981 2 41 10.43 8.50 .991 51.24 9.45
12 Seasons TOT 600 109 85 952.0 1221 1140 52 29 14 .976 0 0 2.60 1.99 .981 20.97 2.33
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1958 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 AL (4, 49%)
0.49 Career Shares (453rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1958 AL  6.7 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1958 AL  6.7 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 AL  5.4 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 AL  1.3 (3rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 AL  .305 (6th)
1959 AL  .285 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1958 AL  .592 (2nd)
1959 AL  .479 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 AL  .963 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 AL  93 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1958 AL  305 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1958 AL  7 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  38 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1958 AL  104 (4th)
1959 AL  87 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 AL  82 (8th)
1959 AL  87 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 AL  159 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1958 AL  106 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  39 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 AL  3.9 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1958 AL  65 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 AL  .731 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 AL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1959 AL  11 (2nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  10 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1958 AL  19 (4th)
1959 AL  13 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 AL  13.6 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 AL  49.65 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.0 (6th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.9 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.9 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1958 AL  13 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1958 AL  2.43 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 AL  2.29 (1st)
1959 AL  2.02 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 AL  .984 (3rd)
1959 AL  .980 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1958 AL  11 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1958 AL  2.38 (5th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 30 (789), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1152), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1506), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
195933Kansas City Athletics$32,5003/11/59 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$32,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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