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	21-34 / in Starts: 8-5
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 96 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	70 (32-28-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 96 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (32-19-9)

Most Driven In
A Carey	4
Self	3
H Bauer	3
B Skowron	3
G McDougald	2
P Rizzuto	1
M Throneberry	1
I Noren	1

Most Driven In By
G McDougald	4
Self	3
H Bauer	3
Y Berra	2
E Robinson	2
W Ford	2
E Howard	1
B Martin	0

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 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	113	1	Apr 13	NYY		WSH	W,19-1	CG	6	5	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.800	1.300	7	.39	0.003	.95	0.00%	3.34	LF
2	114	2	Apr 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.667	1.095	6	.43	-0.012	1.24	-0.02%	-0.11	LF
3	115	5 (2)	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.500	.864	6	.67	0.018	2.10	0.03%	-0.12	LF
4	116	7 (1)	Apr 20	NYY		BAL	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.545	.962	7	.49	0.027	1.39	0.05%	0.26	PH
5	117	13 (5)	Apr 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-13	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.462	.819	6	.08	-0.004	.29	-0.01%	-0.40	PH LF
6	118	14	Apr 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.267	.313	.400	.713	6	1.04	0.125	3.28	0.24%	1.60	PH LF
7	119	15	Apr 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.211	.250	.316	.566	5	.35	-0.035	1.13	-0.07%	-1.60	LF
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
8	120	18 (2)	May 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.300	.538	2	1.34	-0.043	4.75	-0.09%	-0.61	PH
9	121	21 (2)	May 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	3-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	.69	0.030	2.34	0.06%	0.39	PH
10	122	23 (1)	May 10	NYY		CLE	L,6-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.286	.547	9	.73	-0.021	3.32	-0.06%	-0.23	PH CF
11	123	26 (2)	May 14	NYY		DET	W,7-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	2.58	-0.066	9.64	-0.15%	-0.43	PH
12	124	27	May 15 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,3-4	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.292	.561	7	2.15	0.016	7.49	0.03%	0.77	PH LF
13	125	31 (3)	May 20	NYY		BAL	W,7-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.269	.292	.561	9						PR
14	126	35 (3)	May 24	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.280	.539	9	.94	-0.024	4.26	-0.07%	-0.10	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
15	127	46 (10)	Jun 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,12-6	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	8	.53	0.026	2.55	0.07%	1.61	PH
16	128	47	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.276	.296	.572	8	1.73	-0.044	10.85	-0.17%	-0.24	PH
17	129	50 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.286	.552	9	.51	-0.013	3.50	-0.05%	-0.16	PH
18	130	51	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.265	.281	.546	5	.45	-0.008	2.59	-0.03%	-0.16	LF
19	131	58 (6)	Jun 12 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.257	.273	.530	9	.51	-0.013	3.33	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
20	132	61 (2)	Jun 16	NYY		DET	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.257	.273	.530	6						PR
21	133	63 (1)	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.324	.601	9	.60	0.047	4.52	0.21%	1.00	PH
22	134	65 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.314	.585	8	1.51	-0.038	11.65	-0.18%	-0.23	PH
23	135	70 (4)	Jun 25	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.333	.623	8	1.87	0.124	12.83	0.51%	0.76	PH
24	136	71	Jun 26 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.282	.324	.606	7	.18	-0.005	1.24	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
25	137	74 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.282	.324	.606	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
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
26	138	76 (1)	Jul 2	NYY		WSH	W,12-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.282	.324	.606	1						RF
27	139	77	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	L,0-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.316	.591	9	.38	-0.011	1.77	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
28	140	78	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.268	.308	.576	8	1.25	-0.031	6.93	-0.11%	-0.23	PH
29	141	80 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-4	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.300	.562	9	.22	-0.005	1.23	-0.02%	-0.09	PH
30	142	83 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.256	.293	.548	6	.49	-0.013	2.67	-0.04%	-0.10	PH
31	143	86 (2)	Jul 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.250	.286	.536	8	2.34	-0.060	19.43	-0.30%	-0.24	PH
32	144	91 (4)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-8	5-GF	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.283	.341	.624	1	.35	0.039	3.08	0.20%	1.42	LF
33	145	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	3-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.298	.378	.676	9	1.79	0.202	16.36	1.11%	1.88	PH
34	146	94 (1)	Jul 23	NYY	@	KCA	L,7-8	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.313	.457	.769	9	1.50	0.088	9.32	0.33%	1.00	PH
35	147	98 (3)	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.327	.468	.795	8	.16	0.007	1.45	0.04%	0.13	PH
36	148	99	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.458	.778	9	1.04	-0.026	9.63	-0.15%	-0.23	PH
37	149	100	Jul 29	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.280	.321	.440	.761	6	1.05	0.002	6.64	0.01%	0.00	LF
38	150	101	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	L,2-12	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.315	.431	.746	9	.73	-0.019	4.72	-0.07%	-0.23	PH
39	151	103 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,1-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.327	.431	.759	9	.05	0.002	.32	0.01%	0.26	PH
Aug		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
40	152	108 (4)	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.328	.426	.754	7	1.51	-0.057	9.58	-0.22%	-0.55	LF
41	153	109	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.339	.491	.830	9	1.06	0.091	7.25	0.37%	1.00	PH
42	154	111 (1)	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.482	.815	8	1.53	-0.039	11.76	-0.18%	-0.23	PH
43	155	115 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,20-6	8-8	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.344	.509	.853	9	.30	0.042	1.78	0.15%	2.04	PH
44	156	129 (13)	Aug 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.339	.500	.839	9	3.77	-0.086	49.15	-0.68%	-0.48	PH
45	157	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	5-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.349	.500	.849	9	1.52	0.019	15.25	0.11%	0.14	PH
Sept		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
46	158	133 (2)	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	L,5-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.344	.492	.835	9	2.56	-0.064	25.89	-0.39%	-0.77	PH
47	159	140 (6)	Sep 10	NYY		CHW	L,8-9	2-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.354	.500	.854	9	2.62	0.146	34.86	1.17%	1.61	PH
48	160	142 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.348	.492	.840	9	4.66	-0.110	115.35	-1.63%	-0.29	PH
49	161	146 (3)	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	GS-9	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.318	.366	.500	.866	2	.56	0.085	9.43	0.86%	1.58	CF
50	162	148 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS-6	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.387	.500	.887	1	.82	0.039	8.20	0.24%	0.56	CF
51	163	150 (1)	Sep 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS-8	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.388	.521	.908	1	.47	0.113	2.72	0.39%	0.85	CF
52	164	151	Sep 23 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.338	.400	.558	.958	1	.78	0.128	.00	0.00%	1.54	CF
53	165	152	Sep 23 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.342	.416	.557	.973	6	.63	0.024	.76	0.02%	0.47	LF
54	166	153	Sep 25 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.349	.419	.554	.974	7	.54	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.70	CF LF
55	167	154	Sep 25 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341	.411	.541	.952	5	.57	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.63	CF
							21-34		96	85	17	29	4	2	3	22	7	0	16	3	1	0	1	1	4	0	.341	.411	.541	.952		.86	0.591	6.23	1.44%	15.72

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