Bob Cerv

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: May 5, 1925 in Weston, NE us

Died: April 6, 2017 in Blair, NE

Buried: St. John Nepomucene Cemetery, Weston, NE

High School: Weston HS (Weston, NE)

School: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)

Debut: August 1, 1951 (Age 26-088d, 10,829th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 29, 1962 (Age 37-085d)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Robert Henry Cerv

Pronunciation: \SERVE\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.3

2261

624

105

.276

320

RBI

374

OBP

.340

SLG

.481

OPS

.821

OPS+

122

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-19 / in Starts: 15-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 96 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	57 (26-23-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 96 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (31-19-9)

Most Driven In
P Rizzuto	2
M Mantle	1
B Brown	1
B Martin	0
Y Berra	0

Most Driven In By
H Bauer	2
J Collins	1
G Woodling	1
P Rizzuto	1
J Sain	0
T Morgan	0
G McDougald	0

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	13	4 (3)	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.52	-0.042	3.67	-0.06%	-0.30	PH
2	14	8 (3)	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	2.08	0.077	5.73	0.13%	0.39	PH
3	15	9	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	5	2.22	-0.281	5.65	-0.43%	-2.43	CF
4	16	10	Apr 30 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	3	.85	-0.059	1.85	-0.08%	-0.81	CF
5	17	11	Apr 30 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.385	.670	5	.91	0.145	1.85	0.18%	1.41	CF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	18	12	May 1	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	8	1.33	0.086	2.63	0.10%	-0.14	CF
7	19	13	May 2	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.333	.606	6	.49	-0.017	.89	-0.02%	-0.70	CF
8	20	14	May 3	NYY		DET	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.318	.579	9	1.50	-0.037	2.82	-0.04%	-0.21	PH
9	21	20 (5)	May 9	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.292	.561	7	1.29	0.154	2.23	0.16%	1.24	LF
10	22	21	May 10	NYY		BOS	W,18-3	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.269	.292	.561	5						LF
11	23	23 (1)	May 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.280	.539	5	1.85	-0.049	4.45	-0.07%	-0.33	PH
12	24	24	May 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.269	.519	5	1.10	-0.030	2.39	-0.04%	-0.46	CF
13	25	25	May 16	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0			0	0	1	.207	.281	.276	.557	3						CF
14	26	26	May 18 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.281	.276	.557	5						CF
15	27	27	May 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.235	.297	.382	.680	6						CF
16	28	30 (2)	May 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.361	.643	3	1.00	-0.047	3.13	-0.09%	-0.46	CF
17	29	31	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.256	.325	.581	6	1.01	-0.107	2.93	-0.19%	-1.08	CF
18	30	34 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,1-2	11-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.250	.317	.567	7	2.85	-0.066	7.75	-0.11%	-0.27	CF
19	31	35	May 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.244	.310	.554	9	.65	-0.016	1.61	-0.02%	-0.21	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	32	37 (1)	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS-13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.220	.277	.497	7	1.32	-0.158	3.66	-0.26%	-0.96	LF
21	33	38	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.216	.271	.487	9	.05	-0.001	.15	0.00%	-0.09	PH
22	34	44 (5)	Jun 10	NYY		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.218	.288	.507	7	.39	0.010	1.31	0.02%	-0.14	LF
23	35	45	Jun 11	NYY		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.220	.273	.493	7	1.03	-0.094	3.72	-0.20%	-0.57	LF
24	36	46	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.328	.586	7	.53	0.060	2.03	0.14%	0.55	LF
25	37	51 (4)	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.254	.322	.576	9	2.62	-0.072	12.07	-0.20%	-0.34	PH
26	38	53 (1)	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,8-0	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.197	.246	.311	.558	8						LF
27	39	55 (1)	Jun 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.306	.549	7	.71	-0.018	4.35	-0.06%	-0.43	PH
28	40	56	Jun 22 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.257	.308	.565	7	1.02	-0.031	6.40	-0.12%	-0.30	LF
29	41	58 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-10	GS-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.197	.264	.303	.567	7						LF
30	42	60 (1)	Jun 25	NYY	@	SLB	L,9-10	GS-9	5	5	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.286	.352	.638	1	1.14	0.294	6.04	0.93%	1.94	LF
31	43	62 (1)	Jun 28	NYY		PHA	L,0-12	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.284	.360	.644	1	.23	-0.023	1.26	-0.07%	-0.35	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	44	67 (4)	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	6-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.293	.368	.661	9	.24	0.012	1.54	0.05%	0.24	PH
33	45	69 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.294	.359	.653	3	.78	0.002	5.07	0.01%	0.07	LF
34	46	72 (2)	Jul 5	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	GS-9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.311	.366	.677	1	1.22	0.031	7.08	0.11%	0.70	LF
35	47	73	Jul 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.315	.369	.684	7	.86	-0.015	4.88	-0.05%	0.06	LF
36	48	76 (2)	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.356	.669	8	1.38	0.009	7.90	0.03%	0.04	LF
							17-19		96	87	11	21	3	2	1	8	9	1	22	0	0		0	0	0	1	.241	.313	.356	.669		1.08	-0.283	3.93	-0.27%	-3.92

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