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Bob
Cerv		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 193
 
Born: May 5, 1926 in Usa, NE, LINCOLN
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6
1952 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6
1953 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1954 28 PIT NL $ 3,078,571   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6
1955 29 PIT NL $ 3,078,571   6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 6
1956 30 PIT NL $ 3,078,571   6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1957 31 NYA AL $ 6,200,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1958 32 NYA AL $ 6,200,000   5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1959 33 STL NL $ 6,200,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 5 6
1960 34 STL NL $ 6,200,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,200,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
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
1951 25 NYA AL 146 449 72 113 18 4 22 70 2 4 46 74 .252 .320 .457 .777 65.7 8.1
1952 26 NYA AL 132 371 49 100 24 3 13 50 3 4 39 48 .270 .337 .456 .793 56.0 8.3
1953 27 PIT NL 117 394 75 113 12 5 22 57 6 1 43 62 .287 .355 .510 .866 70.0 12.8
1954 28 PIT NL 139 472 74 132 16 4 17 51 1 2 50 72 .280 .350 .439 .789 72.3 12.8
1955 29 PIT NL 124 381 54 100 22 0 16 57 0 2 36 64 .262 .325 .446 .771 53.8 8.2
1956 30 PIT NL 126 391 56 114 21 2 18 62 1 0 38 63 .292 .350 .494 .844 62.4 12.8
1957 31 NYA AL 158 547 76 145 35 4 23 71 0 2 43 100 .265 .322 .470 .791 77.2 11.9
1958 32 NYA AL 144 470 53 111 23 1 18 57 1 1 36 93 .236 .292 .404 .697 57.0 6.6
1959 33 STL NL 134 300 37 67 6 3 11 37 1 1 22 79 .223 .275 .373 .648 30.4 2.3
1960 34 A   137 526 122 183 43 2 45 147 4 8 105 82 .348 .456 .694 1.150 145.3  
9 Years Sim 1220 3775 546 995 177 26 160 512 15 17 353 655 .264 .326 .451 .778 544.8 83.8
1 Years A 137 526 122 183 43 2 45 147 4 8 105 82 .348 .456 .694 1.150 145.3  
162 Game Average 501 72 132 23 3 21 67 1 2 46 86 .264 .326 .451 .778 72.3  
Career Highs 158 547 76 145 35 5 23 71 6 4 50 100 .292 .355 .510 .866 77.2  
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   1729 224 426 86 14 66 230 6 9 148 299 .246 .306 .427 .733 225.0
vs LH   2046 322 569 91 12 94 282 9 8 205 356 .278 .343 .472 .815 326.3
Home 613 1849 280 483 84 12 86 269 7 9 189 339 .261 .330 .459 .789 278.8
Away 607 1926 266 512 93 14 74 243 8 8 164 316 .266 .323 .444 .767 272.5
RISP   854 0 187 30 4 29 320 0 0 94 150 .219 .292 .365 .657 97.4
Pinch Hitting   202 29 51 7 0 7 26 1 1 15 46 .252 .301 .391 .692 24.1
Close/Late   470 76 130 24 4 17 57 0 0 51 82 .277 .345 .453 .799 73.1
Mar/Apr 202 635 84 157 16 5 24 73 4 3 57 103 .247 .311 .402 .713 80.5
May 215 673 111 177 34 4 31 110 2 2 68 100 .263 .333 .464 .796 102.5
June 197 638 96 177 36 5 23 80 6 2 51 104 .277 .330 .458 .788 94.3
July 187 566 78 158 32 4 26 83 1 3 53 107 .279 .339 .488 .826 90.7
August 227 700 89 177 32 4 31 97 2 3 76 142 .253 .324 .443 .767 101.9
Sep/Oct 192 563 88 149 27 4 25 69 0 4 48 99 .265 .321 .460 .781 81.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1951 25 NYA AL CF 104 99 845.3 233 2 2 0 .992 2.50 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 23 23 172.0 37 0 1 0 .974 1.94 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 3 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1952 26 NYA AL CF 98 90 776.0 206 1 1 0 .995 2.40 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    LF 10 3 38.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
1953 27 PIT NL CF 104 92 831.3 232 2 0 1 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 9 1 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1954 28 PIT NL CF 126 105 988.3 248 10 3 3 .989 2.35 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1955 29 PIT NL CF 97 95 839.3 204 1 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 15 0 27.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0  
1956 30 PIT NL CF 105 93 842.7 177 6 2 2 .989 1.95 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 13 5 58.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 0 0 .000 0  
1957 31 NYA AL CF 155 148 1291.3 330 3 3 1 .991 2.32 0 0 .000 0 5.0
1958 32 NYA AL CF 130 126 1107.7 282 4 3 1 .990 2.32 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    LF 1 1 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 33 STL NL CF 59 51 448.0 102 2 1 0 .990 2.09 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 14 10 84.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 978 899 7970.0 2014 31 15 8 .993 2.31 0 0 .000 0 24.2
  LF 68 23 262.3 57 1 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 24 24 181.0 37 0 1 0 .974 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
  C 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1073 946 8418.3 2111 33 16 9 .993 2.29 0 0 .000 0 24.2
Career Highs   155 148 1291.3 330 10 3 3 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
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
1954 28 PIT NL 7 31 8 11 2 1 2 4 0 0 3 8 .355 .412 .677 1.089
1955 29 PIT NL 3 11 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .636 .636 .818 1.455
1956 30 PIT NL 5 17 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .176 .263 .235 .498
Career Post-Season Batting 15 59 10 21 5 1 2 7 0 0 5 13 .356 .406 .576 .983
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.
Games
1957-3-158
 Doubles
1957-6-35
 Triples
1953-9-5
 Caught Stealing
1951-10-4
1952-8-4
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1951
Had first career hit on 4/3/1951, off Hal Newhouser (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1951, off Ken Heintzelman (BRK)
Traded from New York (A) to Pittsburgh on 3/3/1953 (Going to PIT: LF Bob Cerv. Going to NYA: 1B Preston Ward)
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 6/3/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1953, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/8/1957 to a 4-year deal worth $6,200,000 per year
Traded from New York (A) to St. Louis on 3/3/1959 (Going to STL: CF Bob Cerv. Going to NYA: LF Bobby Wilkins)
 
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