Quick Hit: Yankees Bobby Murcer Retires Today

Today is a sad day for the Yankees and their family and fans as today was the day 31 years ago that outfielder Bobby Murcer retired from this great game of baseball. Murcer played 17 major league seasons for the Giants, Cubs, and Yankees but was best known for his time in the Bronx. Murcer finished his career with a .277 lifetime batting average and 252 home runs.

Here was Murcer's career line in a Yankees uniform:

Year	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1965	NYY	AL	11	42	37	2	9	0	1	1	4	0	0	5	12	.243	.333	.378	.712	103
1966	NYY	AL	21	73	69	3	12	1	1	0	5	2	2	4	5	.174	.219	.217	.437	29
1969	NYY	AL	152	625	564	82	146	24	4	26	82	7	5	50	103	.259	.319	.454	.773	119
1970	NYY	AL	159	680	581	95	146	23	3	23	78	15	10	87	100	.251	.348	.420	.768	116
1971 ★	NYY	AL	146	624	529	94	175	25	6	25	94	14	8	91	60	.331	.427	.543	.969	181
1972 ★	NYY	AL	153	654	585	102	171	30	7	33	96	11	9	63	67	.292	.361	.537	.898	169
1973 ★	NYY	AL	160	672	616	83	187	29	2	22	95	6	7	50	67	.304	.357	.464	.821	135
1974 ★	NYY	AL	156	679	606	69	166	25	4	10	88	14	5	57	59	.274	.332	.378	.710	106
1975 ★	SFG	NL	147	632	526	80	157	29	4	11	91	9	5	91	45	.298	.396	.432	.828	127
1976	SFG	NL	147	624	533	73	138	20	2	23	90	12	7	84	78	.259	.362	.433	.796	124
1977	CHC	NL	154	649	554	90	147	18	3	27	89	16	7	80	77	.265	.355	.455	.810	107
1978	CHC	NL	146	585	499	66	140	22	6	9	64	14	5	80	57	.281	.376	.403	.779	109
1979	TOT	MLB	132	525	454	64	121	16	1	15	55	3	4	61	52	.267	.354	.405	.760	104
1979	CHC	NL	58	231	190	22	49	4	1	7	22	2	3	36	20	.258	.374	.400	.774	104
1979	NYY	AL	74	294	264	42	72	12	0	8	33	1	1	25	32	.273	.339	.409	.748	103
1980	NYY	AL	100	345	297	41	80	9	1	13	57	2	0	34	28	.269	.339	.438	.777	114
1981	NYY	AL	50	130	117	14	31	6	0	6	24	0	0	12	15	.265	.331	.470	.801	131
1982	NYY	AL	65	156	141	12	32	6	0	7	30	2	1	12	15	.227	.288	.418	.707	94
1983	NYY	AL	9	23	22	2	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.182	.217	.409	.626	71
17 Yrs			1908	7718	6730	972	1862	285	45	252	1043	127	75	862	841	.277	.357	.445	.802	124
162 Game Avg.			162	655	571	83	158	24	4	21	89	11	6	73	71	.277	.357	.445	.802	124
			G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
NYY (13 yrs)			1256	4997	4428	641	1231	192	29	175	687	74	48	491	564	.278	.349	.453	.802	129

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/19/2014.

Murcer would finish his Yankees career, and life, in the Yankees broadcast booth until he succumbs to a brain tumor in 2008.