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Bob Cerv LFYankees

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
12 2516 .276 .340 .481 108 10.3
Birth Date5-5-1925
Height6' 0"
Weight202 lbs
Age98 years, 11 months, 19 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1951 NYA 26 12 32 6 1 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 .214 .313 .250 78 -0.9 0.8 -1.2 -0.1
1952 NYA 27 36 96 21 3 2 1 9 22 0 0 1 .241 .313 .356 73 -2.4 -0.9 -0.9 -0.2
1953 NYA 28 8 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 85 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1954 NYA 29 56 112 26 6 0 5 11 17 0 0 2 .260 .330 .470 106 1.4 -1.0 -4.6 -0.2
1955 NYA 30 55 96 29 4 2 3 7 16 3 4 0 .341 .411 .541 104 1.0 0.2 -1.2 0.3
1956 NYA 31 54 135 35 5 6 3 18 13 0 0 1 .304 .396 .530 106 1.7 -2.8 -2.2 0.0
1957 KC1 32 124 371 94 14 2 11 20 57 1 1 1 .272 .312 .420 93 -0.7 -1.1 -6.2 0.0
1958 KC1 33 141 572 157 20 7 38 50 82 5 3 3 .305 .371 .592 140 29.3 -0.4 20.3 6.5
1959 KC1 34 125 513 132 22 4 20 35 87 3 3 2 .285 .332 .479 101 6.1 1.3 -1.7 1.7
1960 KC1 35 23 89 20 1 1 6 10 17 0 0 0 .256 .337 .526 115 2.3 -2.4 1.7 0.4
1960 NYA 35 87 249 54 11 1 8 30 36 3 0 0 .250 .349 .421 114 6.3 -0.6 3.7 1.5
1961 LAA 36 18 60 9 3 0 2 1 8 0 0 0 .158 .169 .316 81 -1.0 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2
1961 NYA 36 57 131 32 5 1 6 12 17 1 1 0 .271 .344 .483 81 -2.2 0.4 3.9 0.5
1962 HOU 37 19 33 7 0 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 .226 .273 .419 84 -0.4 -0.1 0.4 0.1
1962 NYA 37 14 20 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 .118 .250 .176 84 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1951 NYA MLB AL 12 32 .254 .354 .375 .000 91 -0.9 0.9 -0.3 78 19 -1.2 0.8 -0.9 -0.1
1952 NYA MLB AL 36 96 .251 .323 .377 .000 104 -1.5 2.2 -0.2 73 15 -0.9 -0.9 -2.4 -0.2
1953 NYA MLB AL 8 7 .259 .314 .378 .000 96 -1.3 0.2 0 85 9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
1954 NYA MLB AL 56 112 .261 .333 .381 .266 85 6.2 2.9 -0.5 106 21 -4.6 -1.0 1.4 -0.2
1955 NYA MLB AL 55 96 .267 .338 .394 .394 101 7.4 2.7 -0.2 104 13 -1.2 0.2 1.0 0.3
1956 NYA MLB AL 54 135 .262 .347 .399 .320 116 6.9 3.7 -0.4 106 20 -2.2 -2.8 1.7 0.0
1957 KC1 MLB AL 124 371 .252 .317 .377 .296 102 -1.5 9.5 -1.3 93 11 -6.2 -1.1 -0.7 0.0
1958 KC1 MLB AL 141 572 .252 .317 .379 .300 91 51.2 14.9 -3.5 140 10 20.3 -0.4 29.3 6.5
1959 KC1 MLB AL 125 513 .249 .315 .376 .305 98 17.6 14.1 -3.3 101 10 -1.7 1.3 6.1 1.7
1960 KC1 MLB AL 23 89 .257 .331 .389 .250 113 5 2.4 -0.6 115 11 1.7 -2.4 2.3 0.4
1960 NYA MLB AL 87 249 .256 .321 .386 .267 112 1.6 6.7 -1.5 114 11 3.7 -0.6 6.3 1.5
1961 LAA MLB AL 18 60 .257 .331 .410 .146 105 -5.6 1.7 -0.4 81 18 -1.9 -0.1 -1.0 -0.2
1961 NYA MLB AL 57 131 .257 .323 .393 .274 96 3.8 3.7 -0.8 81 17 3.9 0.4 -2.2 0.5
1962 HOU MLB NL 19 33 .258 .320 .383 .263 85 -0.8 0.9 -0.1 84 24 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.1
1962 NYA MLB AL 14 20 .241 .303 .355 .143 96 -1.7 0.6 -0.1 84 24 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1951 NYA MLB AL 32 28 4 6 1 0 0 7 2 4 6 0 0 .214 .313 .250 .036 0
1952 NYA MLB AL 96 87 11 21 3 2 1 31 8 9 22 0 1 .241 .313 .356 .115 0
1953 NYA MLB AL 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .000 0
1954 NYA MLB AL 112 100 14 26 6 0 5 47 13 11 17 0 2 .260 .330 .470 .210 1 0
1955 NYA MLB AL 96 85 17 29 4 2 3 46 22 7 16 4 0 .341 .411 .541 .200 0 1
1956 NYA MLB AL 135 115 16 35 5 6 3 61 25 18 13 0 1 .304 .396 .530 .226 1 1
1957 KC1 MLB AL 371 345 35 94 14 2 11 145 44 20 57 1 1 .272 .312 .420 .148 3 2
1958 KC1 MLB AL 572 515 93 157 20 7 38 305 104 50 82 3 3 .305 .371 .592 .287 2 0
1959 KC1 MLB AL 513 463 61 132 22 4 20 222 87 35 87 3 2 .285 .332 .479 .194 11 1
1960 KC1 MLB AL 89 78 14 20 1 1 6 41 12 10 17 0 0 .256 .337 .526 .269 1 0
1960 NYA MLB AL 249 216 32 54 11 1 8 91 28 30 36 0 0 .250 .349 .421 .171 0 0
1961 LAA MLB AL 60 57 3 9 3 0 2 18 6 1 8 0 0 .158 .169 .316 .158 1 1
1961 NYA MLB AL 131 118 17 32 5 1 6 57 20 12 17 1 0 .271 .344 .483 .212 0 0
1962 NYA MLB AL 20 17 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 .118 .250 .176 .059 0 0
1962 HOU MLB NL 33 31 2 7 0 0 2 13 3 2 10 0 0 .226 .273 .419 .194 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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DateQuestionAnswer
2009-06-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)Since I got you here now, I'll bring up my other question I had for you. When I think of good bench, I'm thinking of a Tim Raines or a Darryl Strawberry- guys who can platoon, start in a pinch, that kind of thing- maybe a Rueben Rivera- I mean even Girardi and Leyritz were better offense backups then Molina is at this point, right? I mean even going back to the glory days, and I'm talking 47-64 here, we had Enos Slaughter on our bench for most of the 50s, the future HOFer and Cardinal great. We had Bob Cerv, Johnny Mize, Jerry Coleman. Every year before the season I read Dynasty: The New York Yankees from 1949-1964 by Peter Golenbock which is my favorite Yankee book. He has some great interviews with forgotten YAnkee legends, I think my favorite is with Allie Reynolds. Have you ever read it? Yeah I know the game was really different then with how everything worked but its just an example.
(seanp from Los Angeles )		Dynasty is a valuable book, though something of a missed opportunity for all the uncorrected factual errors. It also misses input from Casey, who was still around when Golenbock was writing it but might have been too ill or borderline senescent to participate. Since a lot of the players take shots at Casey, his inability to respond unbalances the thing, and the author makes no effort to provide that balance himself... The late 1990s Yankees had a terrific bench, though that might have been something of a unique circumstance. The 50s bench definitely was, the combination of a productive farm system and a Kansas City team willing to store players the Yankees weren't using until they needed them back. (Steven Goldman)


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