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Bobby
Murcer		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 20, 1946 in Usa, OK, OKLAHOMA CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1975   
All-Star Selections 1972   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 19 TOR AL     7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8
1966 20 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8
1967 21 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 6
1968 22 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 7 7 6 7 6
1969 23 TOR AL $ 2,435,714   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 7 6 6 7 6
1970 24 TOR AL $ 2,435,714   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 8 7 6 7 6
1971 25 TOR AL $ 2,528,571   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 8 7 6 6 6
1972 26 TOR AL $ 5,371,429   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 9 8 5 6 6
1973 27 BOS AL $ 15,750,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 6
1974 28 BOS AL $ 15,750,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 5
1975 29 BOS AL $ 15,750,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 6
1976 30 BOS AL $ 15,750,000   5 5 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 9 4 5 5
1977 31 DET AL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 9 8 4 5 5
1978 32 DET AL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 9 9 4 5 4
1979 33 DET AL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 9 9 4 5 4
1980 34 DET AL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 9 8 4 5 4
1981 35 MIN AL $ 890,000   4 4 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8 4 5 4
1982 36 MIN AL $ 890,000   4 4 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 7 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,750,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 19 AAA   135 505 94 151 27 1 30 84 7 4 86 53 .299 .401 .535 .936 105.4  
1966 20 TOR AL 155 547 65 123 19 2 14 49 9 4 66 58 .225 .307 .344 .651 57.9 7.1
1967 21 TOR AL 139 494 52 118 24 4 14 53 12 6 49 74 .239 .307 .389 .696 59.4 8.5
1968 22 TOR AL 150 441 71 120 26 5 8 46 6 2 45 55 .272 .343 .408 .752 60.3 11.1
1969 23 TOR AL 145 526 80 121 14 2 22 75 10 3 65 106 .230 .314 .390 .704 68.2 12.1
1970 24 TOR AL 152 525 62 137 29 1 12 79 12 5 67 80 .261 .343 .389 .732 70.4 14.2
1971 25 TOR AL 121 426 64 129 22 1 26 72 15 2 48 71 .303 .375 .542 .918 82.7 23.4
    AAA   25 105 21 29 9 1 7 17 0 2 13 18 .276 .356 .581 .937 20.1  
1972 26 TOR AL 159 587 90 163 44 3 26 93 12 7 85 105 .278 .366 .496 .862 106.4 24.9
1973 27 BOS AL 154 551 84 143 30 4 17 75 7 2 85 82 .260 .359 .421 .780 82.0 12.3
1974 28 BOS AL 153 517 65 113 25 4 16 77 3 7 66 112 .219 .303 .375 .679 59.3 5.0
1975 29 BOS AL 154 499 80 123 23 4 23 77 1 3 70 93 .246 .336 .447 .783 74.7 10.8
1976 30 BOS AL 135 423 61 80 22 1 17 52 8 1 62 87 .189 .292 .366 .659 48.1 5.3
1977 31 DET AL 150 509 61 100 21 6 28 89 12 4 69 96 .196 .294 .426 .720 69.8 10.6
1978 32 DET AL 133 452 77 105 17 3 30 78 8 0 53 100 .232 .311 .482 .793 72.3 11.9
1979 33 DET AL 91 199 36 41 5 0 10 25 3 1 36 39 .206 .326 .382 .708 27.4 3.8
1980 34 DET AL 87 222 36 53 11 1 10 38 9 5 41 39 .239 .357 .432 .790 35.4 5.9
1981 35 MIN AL 41 34 9 5 0 1 1 3 1 1 5 13 .147 .250 .294 .544 3.2 0.1
1982 36 MIN AL 54 102 9 12 5 0 1 4 2 1 9 26 .118 .189 .196 .385 1.4 0.0
17 Years Sim 2173 7054 1002 1686 337 42 275 985 130 54 921 1236 .239 .326 .416 .742 979.0 166.9
2 Years AAA 160 610 115 180 36 2 37 101 7 6 99 71 .295 .394 .543 .937 125.5  
162 Game Average 525 74 125 25 3 20 73 9 4 68 92 .239 .326 .416 .742 73.0  
Career Highs 159 587 90 163 44 6 30 93 15 7 85 112 .303 .375 .542 .918 106.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5417 837 1403 271 32 231 819 100 39 728 860 .259 .346 .449 .795 863.2
vs LH   1637 165 283 66 10 44 166 30 15 193 376 .173 .260 .306 .566 139.0
Home 1074 3462 477 841 185 25 124 479 63 24 442 616 .243 .328 .418 .746 493.6
Away 1099 3592 525 845 152 17 151 506 67 30 479 620 .235 .325 .413 .738 508.7
RISP   1672 0 410 82 7 70 668 0 0 256 298 .245 .339 .428 .767 258.5
Pinch Hitting   195 28 38 5 0 4 22 2 1 27 40 .195 .295 .282 .577 18.0
Close/Late   866 116 199 31 2 37 126 0 0 131 149 .230 .330 .398 .729 122.7
Mar/Apr 352 1144 166 287 64 6 33 162 22 5 151 225 .251 .338 .404 .742 163.3
May 386 1227 172 296 48 9 52 169 19 9 153 184 .241 .324 .422 .746 175.5
June 364 1180 160 289 64 7 44 162 28 8 147 192 .245 .329 .423 .752 170.6
July 304 988 125 226 43 4 38 152 18 9 142 181 .229 .325 .396 .721 135.8
August 396 1338 197 321 59 13 61 173 29 11 171 242 .240 .326 .440 .766 200.0
Sep/Oct 369 1177 182 267 59 3 47 167 13 12 157 212 .227 .315 .402 .717 156.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1966 20 TOR AL SS 76 74 665.7 100 232 7 40 .979 4.49   3.2
    CF 75 72 617.7 201 6 2 3 .990 3.02   3.4
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1967 21 TOR AL SS 101 95 849.0 105 294 12 51 .971 4.23   4.2
    CF 29 28 243.0 50 4 1 0 .982 2.00   0.9
    RF 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15    
1968 22 TOR AL SS 119 99 911.7 110 316 6 46 .986 4.21   2.7
    RF 5 1 24.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.1
    CF 5 1 12.0 4 0 2 0 .667 3.00    
1969 23 TOR AL CF 132 128 1151.3 306 8 3 3 .991 2.45   5.9
    SS 6 0 10.3 2 5 1 1 .875 6.10   0.1
    RF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1970 24 TOR AL SS 113 106 956.0 133 309 10 66 .978 4.16   4.2
    CF 34 28 267.0 84 1 0 0 1.000 2.87   1.4
    RF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1971 25 TOR AL CF 52 51 452.3 129 4 0 1 1.000 2.65   3.8
    LF 35 35 311.3 76 4 3 0 .964 2.31    
    SS 13 0 24.0 5 6 0 2 1.000 4.13   0.1
    RF 5 0 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1972 26 TOR AL CF 131 127 1113.3 289 12 4 2 .987 2.43   4.3
    LF 7 5 52.0 16 3 0 1 1.000 3.29    
    SS 5 0 14.7 2 11 0 3 1.000 7.98   0.2
1973 27 BOS AL SS 117 117 993.7 169 411 9 72 .985 5.25   5.2
    CF 31 31 273.7 86 3 1 0 .989 2.93   1.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1974 28 BOS AL LF 107 105 906.0 186 9 1 1 .995 1.94   3.9
    CF 43 40 346.3 86 3 0 1 1.000 2.31    
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1975 29 BOS AL LF 138 132 1166.7 252 8 2 2 .992 2.01   4.5
    SS 12 2 36.7 8 15 0 5 1.000 5.65   0.3
    CF 2 1 15.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.15    
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1976 30 BOS AL LF 115 111 980.0 203 14 6 5 .973 1.99   1.9
    SS 12 3 38.0 5 17 0 0 1.000 5.21   0.2
    RF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    CF 4 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1977 31 DET AL CF 145 144 1234.3 397 14 6 3 .986 3.00   6.4
    RF 3 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.0
1978 32 DET AL LF 76 76 635.7 134 6 2 0 .986 1.98   1.5
    SS 53 39 371.7 59 178 9 26 .963 5.74   1.1
    CF 2 2 14.0 5 0 1 0 .833 3.21    
    RF 3 1 12.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.00    
1979 33 DET AL RF 17 14 117.3 21 1 1 0 .957 1.69   1.0
    LF 11 11 98.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.30    
    CF 11 9 79.7 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.71    
    1B 8 8 65.0 79 5 1 10 .988 11.63   0.1
    SS 21 0 47.3 12 25 0 7 1.000 7.04   0.5
1980 34 DET AL RF 24 13 133.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   1.5
    CF 16 14 128.7 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    LF 12 12 106.0 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.29    
    1B 13 11 97.0 107 7 1 12 .991 10.58   0.2
    SS 9 0 11.0 4 10 0 3 1.000 11.45   0.3
1981 35 MIN AL SS 14 1 38.0 5 9 0 5 1.000 3.32   0.1
    RF 7 3 35.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.1
    LF 3 2 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
    CF 4 1 18.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00    
1982 36 MIN AL SS 26 15 147.3 35 66 0 10 1.000 6.17   1.0
    RF 11 7 78.7 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.4
    CF 4 2 25.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.96    
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  CF 720 679 5996.0 1712 56 21 13 .988 2.65   27.2
  SS 699 551 5119.0 754 1905 54 338 .980 4.67   23.4
  LF 507 490 4286.7 927 45 14 10 .986 2.04   11.9
  RF 94 41 472.6 97 5 1 1 .990 1.94   3.1
  1B 21 19 162.0 186 12 2 22 .990 11.00   0.3
Career Totals   2041 1780 16036.2 3676 2023 92 384 .984 3.20   65.9
Career Highs   154 148 1289.3 398 414 13 72 1.000 4.74    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 22 TOR AL 5 20 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 .150 .292 .250 .542
1969 23 TOR AL 11 41 9 10 2 1 0 2 1 0 5 8 .244 .326 .341 .668
1971 25 TOR AL 7 31 6 8 1 1 1 5 1 0 3 6 .258 .324 .452 .775
1980 34 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 24 93 17 21 3 3 1 7 2 0 12 18 .226 .314 .355 .669
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1971-3-.517*
1972-6-.496
1978-7-.482
 OPS
1971-5-.876*
1972-7-.862
 XR
1972-3-106.4
 Games
1972-1-159
 Total Bases
1972-6-291
 Doubles
1972-1-44
Homeruns
1969-10-22
1971-7-26
1972-8-26
1975-9-23
1977-3-28
1978-3-30
 Strikeouts
1974-9-112
1978-10-100
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jimmy Wynn (926)
  2. George Hendrick (909)
  3. Wally Post (895)
  4. Amos Otis (887)
  5. Jackie Jensen (885)
  6. Rocky Colavito (885)
  7. Reggie Smith (875)
  8. Reggie Jackson (872)
  9. Willie Kirkland (866)
  10. Wayne Belardi (866)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Toronto in 1965
Injured on 6/12/1965 with a Bruised Foot, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1966, off Bill Singer (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1966, off Ken Mackenzie (BOS)
Injured on 7/30/1967 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1968, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/22/1969 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 9/29/1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 4/7/1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,528,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1971, hitting .368 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,371,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1972, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/4/1973 to a 4-year deal worth $15,750,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 8/3/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1973, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1975
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/18/1977 to a 4-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Injured on 4/9/1977 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/15/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $890,000 per year
Injured on 3/8/1981 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
 
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