Bobby Murcer was born on Monday, May 20, 1946, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Murcer was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 8, 1965, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bobby Murcer baseball stats page.
"You decide you'll wait for your pitch. Then, as the ball starts toward the plate, you think about your stance; and then you think about your swing; and then you realize that the ball that went past you for a strike was your pitch." - Bobby Murcer in Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball (George Will, Harper Paperbacks, 04/24/1991, Page 217-218)
Bobby MurcerBobby Murcer Autograph on a 1982 Fleer Baseball Card (#44) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biographical Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Bobby MurcerBobby Murcer Pitching Stats |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Bobby MurcerBobby Murcer Hitting Stats |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1965 | 19 | Yankees | 11 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .333 | .378 |
1966 | 20 | Yankees | 21 | 69 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .219 | .217 |
1969 | 23 | Yankees | 152 | 564 | 82 | 146 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 82 | 50 | 2 | 103 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .259 | .319 | .454 |
1970 | 24 | Yankees | 159 | 581 | 95 | 146 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 78 | 87 | 5 | 100 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | .251 | .348 | .420 |
1971 | 25 | Yankees | 146 | 529 | 94 | 175 | 25 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 94 | 91 | 13 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | .331 | .427 | .543 |
1972 | 26 | Yankees | 153 | 585 | 102 | 171 | 30 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 96 | 63 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .292 | .361 | .537 |
1973 | 27 | Yankees | 160 | 616 | 83 | 187 | 29 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 95 | 50 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .304 | .357 | .464 |
1974 | 28 | Yankees | 156 | 606 | 69 | 166 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 88 | 57 | 10 | 59 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 11 | .274 | .332 | .378 |
1975 | 29 | Giants | 147 | 526 | 80 | 157 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 91 | 91 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | .298 | .396 | .432 |
1976 | 30 | Giants | 147 | 533 | 73 | 138 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 90 | 84 | 10 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | .259 | .362 | .433 |
1977 | 31 | Cubs | 154 | 554 | 90 | 147 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 89 | 80 | 13 | 77 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | .265 | .355 | .455 |
1978 | 32 | Cubs | 146 | 499 | 66 | 140 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 80 | 15 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | .281 | .376 | .403 |
1979 | 33 | Cubs | 58 | 190 | 22 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .258 | .374 | .400 |
1979 | 33 | Yankees | 74 | 264 | 42 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .273 | .339 | .409 |
1980 | 34 | Yankees | 100 | 297 | 41 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 57 | 34 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | .269 | .339 | .438 |
1981 | 35 | Yankees | 50 | 117 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .265 | .331 | .470 |
1982 | 36 | Yankees | 65 | 141 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .227 | .288 | .418 |
1983 | 37 | Yankees | 9 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .217 | .409 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
17 Years | 1,908 | 6,730 | 972 | 1,862 | 285 | 45 | 252 | 7 | 1,043 | 862 | 96 | 841 | 18 | 81 | 27 | 124 | .277 | .357 | .445 |
Bobby MurcerBobby Murcer Fielding Stats |
||||||||||||||||
Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1965 Yankees | SS | 11 | 11 | 288 | 74 | 6.7 | 69 | 28 | 41 | 5 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .932 | 6.47 |
1966 Yankees | SS | 18 | 17 | 453 | 87 | 4.8 | 81 | 31 | 50 | 6 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .931 | 4.83 |
1969 Yankees | 3B | 31 | 31 | 786 | 114 | 3.7 | 100 | 23 | 77 | 14 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .877 | 3.44 |
1969 Yankees | CF | 27 | 27 | 636 | 60 | 2.2 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 2.42 |
1969 Yankees | RF | 102 | 88 | 2,442 | 161 | 1.6 | 156 | 152 | 4 | 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 1.72 |
1970 Yankees | CF | 155 | 152 | 4,146 | 394 | 2.5 | 391 | 376 | 15 | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 2.55 |
1971 Yankees | CF | 143 | 140 | 3,774 | 332 | 2.3 | 327 | 317 | 10 | 5 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 2.34 |
1972 Yankees | CF | 151 | 150 | 447 | 390 | 2.6 | 387 | 376 | 11 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 23.38 |
1973 Yankees | CF | 160 | 160 | 462 | 403 | 2.5 | 397 | 383 | 14 | 6 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 23.20 |
1974 Yankees | CF | 59 | 53 | 1,437 | 114 | 1.9 | 112 | 109 | 3 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 2.10 |
1974 Yankees | RF | 102 | 100 | 2,649 | 210 | 2.1 | 205 | 187 | 18 | 5 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 2.09 |
1975 Giants | CF | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.00 |
1975 Giants | RF | 143 | 142 | 3,636 | 215 | 1.5 | 211 | 202 | 9 | 4 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 1.57 |
1976 Giants | RF | 146 | 145 | 390 | 307 | 2.1 | 295 | 284 | 11 | 12 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .961 | 20.42 |
1977 Cubs | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1977 Cubs | RF | 150 | 148 | 3,990 | 248 | 1.7 | 243 | 232 | 11 | 5 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .980 | 1.64 |
1977 Cubs | SS | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1978 Cubs | CF | 33 | 27 | 669 | 64 | 1.9 | 61 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 2.46 |
1978 Cubs | RF | 121 | 106 | 2,865 | 172 | 1.4 | 170 | 165 | 5 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 1.60 |
1979 Yankees | CF | 59 | 53 | 1,338 | 153 | 2.6 | 151 | 147 | 4 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 3.05 |
1979 Cubs | CF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1979 Yankees | LF | 13 | 7 | 213 | 14 | 1.1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.77 |
1979 Cubs | RF | 54 | 53 | 1,356 | 112 | 2.1 | 112 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.23 |
1979 Yankees | RF | 8 | 5 | 183 | 7 | 0.9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .857 | 0.89 |
1980 Yankees | LF | 44 | 31 | 828 | 64 | 1.5 | 61 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 1.99 |
1980 Yankees | RF | 18 | 13 | 348 | 25 | 1.4 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 1.86 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
RF Totals | 844 | 800 | 17,859 | 1,457 | 1.7 | 1,422 | 1,359 | 63 | 35 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 2.15 | |
CF Totals | 790 | 763 | 12,942 | 1,912 | 2.4 | 1,885 | 1,826 | 59 | 27 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 3.93 | |
LF Totals | 57 | 38 | 1,041 | 78 | 1.4 | 75 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 1.95 | |
3B Totals | 31 | 31 | 786 | 114 | 3.7 | 100 | 23 | 77 | 14 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .877 | 3.44 | |
SS Totals | 30 | 28 | 750 | 161 | 5.4 | 150 | 59 | 91 | 11 | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .932 | 5.40 | |
2B Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 | |
14 Years | 1,753 | 1,660 | 33,378 | 3,723 | 2.1 | 3,633 | 3,341 | 292 | 90 | 49 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 2.94 |
Bobby MurcerBobby Murcer Miscellaneous Stats |
||||||||||||
Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1965 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 37.0 | 3.1 | 9.3 | - | - | - |
1966 Yankees | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 13.8 | 13.8 | - | - | - |
1969 Yankees | 7 | 5 | .583 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 21.7 | 5.5 | 6.9 | - | - | - |
1970 Yankees | 15 | 10 | .600 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 25.3 | 5.8 | 7.4 | - | - | - |
1971 Yankees | 14 | 8 | .636 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 21.2 | 8.8 | 5.6 | - | - | - |
1972 Yankees | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 17.7 | 8.7 | 6.1 | - | - | - |
1973 Yankees | 6 | 7 | .462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 9.2 | 6.5 | - | - | - |
1974 Yankees | 14 | 5 | .737 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.6 | 10.3 | 6.9 | - | - | - |
1975 Giants | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 47.8 | 11.7 | 5.8 | - | - | - |
1976 Giants | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 23.2 | 6.8 | 5.9 | - | - | - |
1977 Cubs | 16 | 7 | .696 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 20.5 | 7.2 | 6.2 | - | - | - |
1978 Cubs | 14 | 5 | .737 | 13 | 0 | n/a | 55.4 | 8.8 | 7.8 | - | - | - |
1979 Cubs | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 27.1 | 9.5 | 8.6 | - | - | - |
1979 Yankees | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | - | - | - |
1980 Yankees | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 26 | 0 | 33 | 22.8 | 10.6 | 5.2 | - | - | - |
1981 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 19.5 | 7.8 | 4.9 | - | - | - |
1982 Yankees | 2 | 1 | .667 | 36 | 0 | 47 | 20.1 | 9.4 | 4.7 | - | - | - |
1983 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
17 Years | 127 | 75 | .629 | 142 | 4 | 118 | 26.7 | 8.0 | 6.5 | - | - | - |
Bobby MurcerBobby Murcer Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
||||
Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1965 New York Yankees | 17 | $195,800.00 | - | - |
1966 New York Yankees | 17 | $23,000.00 | - | - |
1969 New York Yankees | 1 | $27,500.00 | - | - |
1970 New York Yankees | 1 | $27,500.00 | - | - |
1971 New York Yankees | 1 | $55,000.00 | Stats | - |
1972 New York Yankees | 1 | $84,000.00 | Stats | - |
1973 New York Yankees | 1 | $100,000.00 | Stats | - |
1974 New York Yankees | 1 | $110,000.00 | Stats | - |
1975 San Francisco Giants | 20 | $160,000.00 | Stats | - |
1976 San Francisco Giants | 20 | $175,000.00 | - | - |
1977 Chicago Cubs | 7 | $320,000.00 | - | - |
1978 Chicago Cubs | 7 | $320,000.00 | - | - |
1979 Chicago Cubs | 7 | $320,000.00 | - | - |
1979 New York Yankees | 2 | $320,000.00 | - | - |
1980 New York Yankees | 2 | $320,000.00 | - | - |
1981 New York Yankees | 2 | $320,000.00 | - | Stats |
1982 New York Yankees | 2 | $290,000.00 | - | - |
1983 New York Yankees | 2 | $275,000.00 | - | - |
Bobby Murcer Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that Bobby Murcer served during the Vietnam War? He is one of fifty-four former Major League baseball players who are also veterans of the Vietnam War. A complete list of those who served their country in the armed forces during the Vietnam War appears below:
You can follow the team links in the chart above to locate common statistics (singles), advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique statistics (plate appearances & times on bases) not found on any other website.
If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider making a donation to Baseball Almanac : a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance.