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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 15	LAA	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	LAA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 20 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	6	Apr 21	LAA	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 23 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
8	8	Apr 23 (2)	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	9	Apr 27	LAA		MIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
10	11 (1)	Apr 29	LAA		MIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	12	Apr 30 (1)	LAA		KCA	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	13	Apr 30 (2)	LAA		KCA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14	May 2	LAA		BAL	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
14	16 (1)	May 4	LAA		BAL	L,7-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	19 (2)	May 7	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
				Player went from Los Angeles Angels to New York Yankees
16	26	May 14 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	28 (1)	May 16	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
18	31 (2)	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	36 (4)	May 25	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	38 (1)	May 28 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	39	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	44 (4)	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
23	45	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
24	53 (7)	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	59 (5)	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
26	61 (1)	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,10-12	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	64 (2)	Jun 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
28	69 (4)	Jun 25	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
29	71 (1)	Jun 27	NYY	@	LAA	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	74 (2)	Jul 1	NYY		WSA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	75	Jul 2	NYY		WSA	W,13-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	79 (2)	Jul 6	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	84 (4)	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
35	85	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
36	87 (1)	Jul 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
37	91 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-12	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	95 (3)	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	96	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
40	98 (1)	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GF	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	100 (1)	Jul 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	101	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
43	102	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	103	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
45	107 (3)	Aug 5	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	112 (4)	Aug 9	NYY		LAA	W,2-0	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	132 (19)	Aug 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	138 (5)	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							48gm		354.1	98	4	2	104	2