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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	KCA	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
2	3 (1)	Apr 22	KCA		CLE	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	4	Apr 23	KCA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	5	Apr 24	KCA		CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	6	Apr 25	KCA		CHW	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	7	Apr 26	KCA		CHW	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
7	8	Apr 27	KCA		DET	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
8	9	Apr 28	KCA		DET	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	10	Apr 29	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	11	Apr 30	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	12	May 1 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
12	13	May 1 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	14	May 3	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
14	15	May 4	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	16	May 6	KCA	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	17	May 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	LF
17	23 (5)	May 15 (1)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-0	GS	26	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	24	May 15 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
19	25	May 16	KCA		BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	26	May 17	KCA		BAL	W,4-2	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
21	27	May 18	KCA		BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to New York Yankees
22	24	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
23	25	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	26	May 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
25	27	May 23	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	28	May 24	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	29	May 25	NYY	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	30	May 26	NYY		BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	31	May 27	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	32	May 28	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
31	33	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	49	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
32	34	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	36 (1)	May 31	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	37	Jun 1	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	42 (4)	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
36	48 (5)	Jun 11	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	GF	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	49	Jun 13	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	50	Jun 14	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-2	GS	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
39	57 (6)	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
40	59 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
41	61 (1)	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
42	62	Jun 26 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS	18	5.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	70 (7)	Jul 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	47	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	LF
44	75 (4)	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
45	76	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	77	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	78	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,11-2	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	91 (12)	Jul 29	NYY		KCA	L,2-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
49	92	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,2-5	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	97 (4)	Aug 3	NYY		DET	L,2-12	CG	55	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	98	Aug 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	99	Aug 6	NYY	@	KCA	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
53	100	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	101	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	102	Aug 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	108 (5)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	GF	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	111 (2)	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	112	Aug 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
59	113	Aug 19	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	114	Aug 20	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	47	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
61	115	Aug 21	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	119 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	120	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
64	121	Aug 27 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
65	122	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	124 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	125	Aug 31 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	129 (3)	Sep 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
69	148 (18)	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	149	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	150	Sep 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	152 (1)	Sep 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	153	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
74	154	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
75	155	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
							76gm		597.2	158	12	4	174	4