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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	KCA		DET	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 17	KCA		DET	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
4	4	Apr 20	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-11	GS	41	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	20 (15)	May 7	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	21	May 8	KCA		BAL	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
7	28 (6)	May 17	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
8	29	May 18	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	31	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
9	30	May 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	31	May 19 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	T,0-0	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	32	May 20	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
12	33	May 21	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	34	May 22	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	35	May 25	KCA		DET	W,5-3	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
15	36	May 26	KCA		DET	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
16	38 (1)	May 28	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
17	39	May 29	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	40	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
19	41	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	42	May 31	KCA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	43	Jun 1	KCA		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	44	Jun 2	KCA		CLE	W,8-2	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
23	45	Jun 4	KCA		BAL	L,7-9	GS	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF CF
24	46	Jun 5	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
25	47	Jun 6	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	48	Jun 7	KCA		BOS	W,6-3	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
27	49	Jun 9 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	50	Jun 9 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,5-9	GS	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	51	Jun 10	KCA		BOS	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
30	52	Jun 12 (1)	KCA		WSH	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF LF
31	54 (1)	Jun 13	KCA		WSH	W,6-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
32	55	Jun 14	KCA		NYY	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
33	56	Jun 15	KCA		NYY	L,2-9	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	57	Jun 16	KCA		NYY	L,6-8	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	58	Jun 18	KCA	@	WSH	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	59	Jun 19	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
37	60	Jun 20	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	61	Jun 21	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	62	Jun 22	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	64 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
41	66 (1)	Jun 26	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
42	67	Jun 28	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	68	Jun 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	82 (13)	Jul 14 (2)	KCA		WSH	W,11-3	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	83	Jul 15	KCA		WSH	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
46	84	Jul 16	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	85	Jul 17	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	86	Jul 18	KCA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	87	Jul 19	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	88	Jul 20	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH LF
51	89	Jul 21 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	GF	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
52	90	Jul 21 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
53	91	Jul 23	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	92	Jul 24	KCA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	93	Jul 25	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	94	Jul 26	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	96 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
58	97	Jul 28 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,3-2	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
59	99 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
60	100	Jul 31 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	104 (3)	Aug 4	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	105	Aug 6	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	106	Aug 7	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	107	Aug 8	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
65	108	Aug 9	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
66	109	Aug 10	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	110	Aug 11 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-0	GS	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	113 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	KCA		DET	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
69	114	Aug 14	KCA		DET	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	115	Aug 15	KCA		DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	116	Aug 16	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	117	Aug 17	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
73	118	Aug 18	KCA		CLE	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	119	Aug 19	KCA		CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	120	Aug 20	KCA		NYY	W,1-0	GS	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
76	121	Aug 21	KCA		NYY	W,6-3	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
77	122	Aug 22	KCA		NYY	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	123	Aug 23	KCA		BAL	L,1-2	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	124	Aug 24	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	129 (4)	Aug 30	KCA		CHW	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	130	Aug 31	KCA		CHW	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	131	Sep 1	KCA		CHW	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
83	133 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	135 (1)	Sep 7	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	139 (3)	Sep 13	KCA	@	WSH	L,6-11	GF	34	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
86	140	Sep 14	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
87	141	Sep 15 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
88	142	Sep 15 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	143	Sep 17	KCA	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
90	144	Sep 18	KCA	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
							98gm		689.1	156	6	6	168	1