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	35-40 / in Starts: 24-17
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	1 in 9 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 191 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	145 (79-41-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 191 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	119 (62-36-19)

Most Driven In
Self	8
B Skowron	3
E Howard	3
Y Berra	2
G Leek	1
D Johnson	1
E Torgeson	1
R Maris	1

Most Driven In By
Self	8
C Boyer	2
W Ford	2
E Howard	1
J Blanchard	1
T Kubek	1
T Kluszewski	1
B Richardson	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 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	722	1	Apr 11	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	5	.14	0.078	.33	0.11%	0.51	LF
2	723	2	Apr 15	LAA	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.500	.625	5	1.02	-0.101	2.49	-0.15%	-1.05	LF
3	724	3	Apr 17	LAA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.333	.417	5	1.35	-0.153	2.99	-0.20%	-1.18	LF
4	725	4	Apr 20 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.313	.438	5	1.34	-0.062	2.73	-0.08%	-0.61	LF
5	726	5	Apr 20 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.150	.150	.350	.500	5	1.94	-0.105	3.68	-0.12%	-0.41	LF
6	727	6	Apr 21	LAA	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.375	.583	5	.84	0.009	1.42	0.01%	0.13	LF
7	728	7	Apr 23 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.464	.714	5	.83	0.087	1.28	0.08%	0.71	LF
8	729	8	Apr 23 (2)	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.212	.394	.606	5	1.87	-0.255	2.64	-0.22%	-1.12	LF
9	730	9	Apr 27	LAA		MIN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.189	.189	.351	.541	4	1.69	-0.238	2.19	-0.18%	-2.14	LF
10	731	10	Apr 28	LAA		MIN	W,6-5	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.184	.342	.526	8	1.49	-0.039	1.55	-0.03%	-0.12	PH
11	732	11	Apr 29	LAA		MIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.171	.171	.317	.488	4	.53	0.033	.64	0.02%	0.48	LF
12	733	12	Apr 30 (1)	LAA		KCA	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.178	.178	.378	.556	4	.68	0.104	.88	0.08%	0.79	LF
13	734	13	Apr 30 (2)	LAA		KCA	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.184	.367	.551	4	1.48	0.034	1.90	0.03%	0.58	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
14	735	14	May 2	LAA		BAL	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.170	.340	.509	5	1.50	-0.163	1.78	-0.12%	-1.13	LF
15	736	15	May 3	LAA		BAL	W,7-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.170	.167	.340	.506	9	2.75	-0.048	2.97	-0.03%	0.01	PH
16	737	16	May 4	LAA		BAL	L,7-8	12-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.167	.340	.506	1						LF
17	738	17	May 5	LAA		NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.164	.333	.497	1	1.96	-0.052	2.23	-0.04%	-0.12	PH
18	739	19 (1)	May 7	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.158	.169	.316	.485	5	1.35	-0.126	1.58	-0.09%	-1.82	LF
				Player went from Los Angeles Angels to New York Yankees
19	740	22	May 9	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.167	.310	.477	9	2.88	-0.074	9.79	-0.15%	-0.24	PH
20	741	24 (1)	May 12	NYY		DET	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.167	.310	.477	7						PR
21	742	26 (1)	May 14 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.185	.365	.550	3	1.15	0.064	4.31	0.14%	1.23	LF
22	743	28 (1)	May 16	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.191	.354	.545	3	1.19	-0.040	3.70	-0.08%	-0.18	LF
23	744	29	May 17	NYY		WSA	L,7-8	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.203	.364	.567	9	.72	0.039	2.10	0.07%	0.66	PH
24	745	31 (1)	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.192	.343	.535	7	1.77	-0.186	4.74	-0.30%	-1.18	LF
25	746	33 (1)	May 21 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.203	.352	.555	9	1.34	0.045	3.65	0.07%	0.27	PH
26	747	35 (1)	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.213	.352	.565	8	5.31	0.010	11.96	0.01%	0.38	PH
27	748	36	May 25	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.228	.360	.588	7	.43	0.071	.97	0.10%	1.36	LF
28	749	37	May 28 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,9-14	6-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.238	.408	.645	9	2.94	0.351	7.56	0.54%	2.70	PH
29	750	38	May 28 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.262	.418	.680	6	.93	0.063	2.12	0.09%	1.01	LF
30	751	39	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.253	.402	.655	5	1.03	-0.078	2.78	-0.13%	-0.57	LF
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
31	752	42 (2)	Jun 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.398	.648	9	1.06	-0.024	3.14	-0.04%	-0.48	PH
32	753	44 (1)	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	11-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.247	.393	.640	5	1.32	-0.034	3.81	-0.06%	-0.10	PH LF
33	754	45	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.255	.386	.642	5	.38	0.024	.92	0.04%	-0.15	LF
34	755	51 (5)	Jun 8 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,6-9	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.253	.382	.635	9	1.79	-0.040	6.41	-0.09%	-0.47	PH
35	756	53 (1)	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.215	.253	.376	.629	7	1.25	0.131	4.62	0.29%	0.35	LF
36	757	57 (3)	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.260	.383	.643	9	.20	0.008	1.21	0.03%	1.00	PH
37	758	59 (1)	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.223	.267	.383	.650	5	2.67	0.138	15.76	0.49%	0.51	PH LF
38	759	60	Jun 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.265	.379	.644	9	1.16	-0.034	7.32	-0.13%	-0.24	PH
39	760	61	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,10-12	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.264	.384	.648	7	.83	0.015	4.66	0.05%	0.56	LF
40	761	64 (2)	Jun 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.255	.369	.623	7	.90	-0.099	3.87	-0.26%	-1.70	LF
41	762	69 (4)	Jun 25	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.263	.402	.665	7	.72	0.080	3.39	0.23%	0.43	LF
42	763	71 (1)	Jun 27	NYY	@	LAA	L,6-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.227	.271	.427	.698	7	1.54	0.261	7.95	0.81%	2.40	LF
43	764	72	Jun 28	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.269	.423	.692	8	.56	-0.017	2.80	-0.05%	-0.35	PH
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
44	765	74 (1)	Jul 1	NYY		WSA	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.235	.276	.426	.703	7	1.78	-0.231	9.09	-0.71%	-1.45	LF
45	766	75	Jul 2	NYY		WSA	W,13-4	GS-8	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.283	.432	.716	7	.50	0.015	2.40	0.04%	1.49	LF
46	767	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.282	.434	.717	7	.92	0.046	8.01	0.24%	-0.96	LF
47	768	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.288	.434	.722	9	1.65	0.054	14.29	0.28%	0.38	PH
48	769	79 (1)	Jul 6	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.279	.421	.700	7	.46	-0.058	2.78	-0.21%	-1.25	LF
49	770	83 (3)	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.277	.417	.695	9	1.71	-0.038	9.72	-0.13%	-0.47	PH
50	771	84	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.223	.277	.408	.684	7	.55	-0.059	3.00	-0.19%	-0.89	1B
51	772	85	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.216	.269	.396	.664	6	.97	-0.102	5.44	-0.34%	-1.50	1B
52	773	86	Jul 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.274	.422	.696	9	1.50	0.089	8.44	0.30%	1.00	PH
53	774	87	Jul 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.267	.410	.677	6	1.11	-0.114	7.05	-0.43%	-0.97	1B
54	775	91 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-12	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.267	.410	.677	4						CF
55	776	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.265	.407	.672	9	1.58	-0.040	9.12	-0.14%	-0.17	PH
56	777	95 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.260	.399	.658	7	.53	-0.041	2.97	-0.14%	-0.74	LF
57	778	96	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.258	.396	.654	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	CF
58	779	98 (1)	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.261	.397	.658	3	.14	-0.003	.82	-0.01%	0.03	LF
59	780	100 (1)	Jul 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.269	.403	.671	7	.56	0.049	3.61	0.19%	0.53	LF
60	781	101	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.268	.399	.667	5	1.89	-0.184	10.59	-0.62%	-1.24	LF
61	782	102	Jul 30 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.273	.399	.671	9	6.15	0.225	36.54	0.80%	0.85	LF
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
62	783	103	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.276	.405	.682	7	2.27	0.180	13.44	0.64%	1.08	LF
63	784	107 (3)	Aug 5	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.222	.270	.395	.665	6	1.89	-0.270	11.37	-0.98%	-2.74	LF
64	785	112 (4)	Aug 9	NYY		LAA	W,2-0	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.270	.395	.665	7						LF
65	786	118 (5)	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.269	.393	.661	9	2.59	-0.061	13.39	-0.19%	-0.29	PH
66	787	119	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.273	.393	.665	9	2.58	0.064	16.78	0.25%	1.00	PH
67	788	125 (5)	Aug 22	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.277	.393	.669	8	1.50	0.045	8.39	0.15%	0.14	PH
68	789	131 (5)	Aug 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.275	.390	.666	9	.63	-0.019	4.45	-0.08%	-0.24	PH
69	790	132	Aug 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.275	.383	.658	7	.47	-0.058	3.29	-0.24%	-0.39	LF
70	791	133	Aug 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.273	.381	.654	9	2.13	-0.060	13.45	-0.23%	-0.38	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
71	792	138 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.280	.404	.683	7	1.12	0.198	3.97	0.42%	1.06	LF
72	793	144 (5)	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.283	.407	.690	9	2.85	0.276	.38	0.02%	0.91	PH
73	794	150 (5)	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.287	.410	.698	9	1.25	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
74	795	153 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.286	.408	.694	9	2.15	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
75	796	157 (3)	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.289	.429	.718	9	.07	0.010	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
							35-40		191	175	20	41	8	1	8	26	13	0	25	1	1	1	3	11	1	0	.234	.289	.429	.718		1.22	-0.419	4.50	-0.54%	-3.43

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