Bob Cerv
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| Left fielder | |||
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Born: May 5, 1925 Weston, Nebraska |
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Died: April 6, 2017 (aged 91) Blair, Nebraska |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 1, 1951, for the New York Yankees | |||
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| July 29, 1962, for the Houston Colt .45s | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .276 | ||
| Home runs | 105 | ||
| Runs batted in | 374 | ||
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Robert Henry Cerv (/sərv/ sərv; May 5, 1925 – April 6, 2017) was an American baseball player. Prior to his professional career, he was a collegiate baseball and basketball player at the University of Nebraska. He was born in Weston, Nebraska and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Cerv signed with the New York Yankees in 1950 and was a little-used reserve outfielder on the Yankee teams of the early 1950s. According to sportswriter Robert Creamer, interviewed for the Ken Burns film Baseball, one afternoon, Yankees manager Casey Stengel approached Cerv in the Yankees' dugout, sat down nearby, and commented "There's not many people that know this, but one of us has been traded to Kansas City."
Following the 1956 season, Cerv was sold to the Kansas City Athletics, where he became a regular. His best season was 1958, when he hit .305, hit 38 homers, and had 104 RBIs, was elected to the American League All-Star team, beating out Ted Williams for the starting spot. He also finished 4th in the MVP voting that year. He did all of this while playing injured part of the season. Cerv also participated in the Home Run Derby, where he defeated Frank Robinson. He followed up in 1959 with 20 homers and 87 RBIs.
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