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Bobby Murcer
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Birthdate: 5/20/1946    
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 180 lbs. Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Bats / Throws: L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Bobby Murcer clubbed 285 lifetime doubles and 252 homers. In his rookie year of 1969, playing with the New York Yankees Bobby Murcer hit .259, with 26 home runs and 82 RBI's. On June 24, 1970, he tied an AL record by lining four consecutive homers in a double-header. Bobby Murcer appeared in five straight All-Star games, 1971-75. In 1971 Murcer hit a career high .331, along with 25 HR's and scored 94 runs with 94 RBI's, .429 on-base-pct. In 1972, he led the league in runs scored with 102, hit a career high 33 homers, batted .292. 

A popular player in New York, Bobby Murcer was traded to San Francisco in a news breaking deal for Bobby Bonds. He played two solid years in the Bay City, 1975-76, and then was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Madlock. Bobby Murcer quickly became a favorite of the bleacher fans in Wrigley Field when he hit 27 home runs in 1977 for the Cubbies. His career had already peaked and although he recorded eight hits in one stretch for the Cubs, he was traded back to the Yankees in 1980. He retired in June 1983. Bobby Murcer career: .277 BA, 1862 hits, 285 D's, 252 HR's, 127 stolen bases, 972 runs, 1043 RBI's and a fine .361 on-base-pct. Murcer later became a Yankee broadcaster and also a part-time owner of the Class AAA team in Oklahoma City. Baseball Historian


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
18 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1965 NYY (AL) 11 37 2 9 0 1 1 4 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 .333 SLG
1966 NYY (AL) 21 69 3 12 1 1 0 5 4 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .174 .219 SLG
1969 NYY (AL) 152 564 82 146 24 4 26 82 50 103 7 5 2 3 2 6 .259 .319 SLG
1970 NYY (AL) 159 581 95 146 23 3 23 78 87 100 15 10 5 2 4 6 .251 .348 SLG
1971 NYY (AL) 146 529 94 175 25 6 25 94 91 60 14 8 13 0 1 3 .331 .427 SLG
1972 NYY (AL) 153 585 102 171 30 7 33 96 63 67 11 9 7 2 0 4 .292 .361 SLG
1973 NYY (AL) 160 616 83 187 29 2 22 95 50 67 6 7 6 3 0 3 .304 .357 SLG
1974 NYY (AL) 156 606 69 166 25 4 10 88 57 59 14 5 10 2 2 12 .274 .332 SLG
1975 SFG (NL) 147 526 80 157 29 4 11 91 91 45 9 5 6 2 1 12 .298 .396 SLG
1976 SFG (NL) 147 533 73 138 20 2 23 90 84 78 12 7 10 4 0 3 .259 .362 SLG
1977 CHC (NL) 154 554 90 147 18 3 27 89 80 77 16 7 13 3 2 10 .265 .355 SLG
1978 CHC (NL) 146 499 66 140 22 6 9 64 80 57 14 5 15 0 0 6 .281 .376 SLG
1979 NYY (AL) 74 264 42 72 12 0 8 33 25 32 1 1 2 2 2 1 .273 .339 SLG
1979 CHC (NL) 58 190 22 49 4 1 7 22 36 20 2 3 2 1 1 3 .258 .374 SLG
1980 NYY (AL) 100 297 41 80 9 1 13 57 34 28 2 0 2 2 3 9 .269 .339 SLG
1981 NYY (AL) 50 117 14 31 6 0 6 24 12 15 0 0 1 0 0 1 .265 .331 SLG
1982 NYY (AL) 65 141 12 32 6 0 7 30 12 15 2 1 2 1 0 2 .227 .288 SLG
1983 NYY (AL) 9 22 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .217 SLG
18 years   1908 6730 972 1862 285 45 252 1043 862 841 127 75 96 27 18 81 .277 .357 .SLG



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