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Bobby Murcer played 17 major-league seasons (1965-1983) as a OF (1,644), 3B (31), SS (30), 2B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 19 | NYA | 11 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .243 | .712 | 109 |
| 1966 | 20 | NYA | 21 | 69 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .174 | .437 | 30 |
| 1969 | 23 | NYA | 152 | 564 | 82 | 146 | 26 | 82 | 7 | 50 | 103 | .259 | .773 | 122 |
| 1970 | 24 | NYA | 159 | 581 | 95 | 146 | 23 | 78 | 15 | 87 | 100 | .251 | .768 | 119 |
| 1971 | 25 | NYA | 146 | 529 | 94 | 175 | 25 | 94 | 14 | 91 | 60 | .331 | .969 | 184 |
| 1972 | 26 | NYA | 153 | 585 | 102 | 171 | 33 | 96 | 11 | 63 | 67 | .292 | .898 | 174 |
| 1973 | 27 | NYA | 160 | 616 | 83 | 187 | 22 | 95 | 6 | 50 | 67 | .304 | .821 | 131 |
| 1974 | 28 | NYA | 156 | 606 | 69 | 166 | 10 | 88 | 14 | 57 | 59 | .274 | .710 | 105 |
| 1975 | 29 | SFN | 147 | 526 | 80 | 157 | 11 | 91 | 9 | 91 | 45 | .298 | .828 | 138 |
| 1976 | 30 | SFN | 147 | 533 | 73 | 138 | 23 | 90 | 12 | 84 | 78 | .259 | .796 | 133 |
| 1977 | 31 | CHN | 154 | 554 | 90 | 147 | 27 | 89 | 16 | 80 | 77 | .265 | .810 | 123 |
| 1978 | 32 | CHN | 146 | 499 | 66 | 140 | 9 | 64 | 14 | 80 | 57 | .281 | .779 | 126 |
| 1979 | 33 | NYA | 74 | 264 | 42 | 72 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 25 | 32 | .273 | .748 | 102 |
| 1979 | 33 | CHN | 58 | 190 | 22 | 49 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 36 | 20 | .258 | .774 | 119 |
| 1980 | 34 | NYA | 100 | 297 | 41 | 80 | 13 | 57 | 2 | 34 | 28 | .269 | .777 | 112 |
| 1981 | 35 | NYA | 50 | 117 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .265 | .801 | 129 |
| 1982 | 36 | NYA | 65 | 141 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 15 | .227 | .707 | 92 |
| 1983 | 37 | NYA | 9 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .626 | 68 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | SS | 11 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 5 | 14 |
| 1966 | SS | 18 | 17 | 31 | 50 | 6 | 4 |
| 1969 | OF | 118 | 115 | 212 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1969 | 3B | 31 | 31 | 23 | 77 | 14 | 11 |
| 1970 | OF | 155 | 152 | 375 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
| 1971 | OF | 143 | 140 | 317 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 1972 | OF | 151 | 150 | 382 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 1973 | OF | 160 | 160 | 380 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 1974 | OF | 156 | 153 | 297 | 21 | 7 | 2 |
| 1975 | OF | 144 | 143 | 201 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 1976 | OF | 146 | 145 | 282 | 11 | 12 | 2 |
| 1977 | OF | 150 | 148 | 237 | 11 | 5 | 5 |
| 1977 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 138 | 133 | 225 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | OF | 124 | 118 | 279 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 59 | 44 | 82 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bobby Murcer won: TSN All-Star 1971 (AL), Gold Glove 1972 (AL), TSN All-Star 1972 (AL), TSN All-Star 1973 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 72 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 89 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 53 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 10 / 336 | 0 |
Bobby Murcer ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #44 | center fielders | 1971 | 184 OPS+ |
| #70 | center fielders | 1972 | 174 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.