Bobby Murcer
1965–1983 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants
1,908G
.277AVG
.357OBP
.445SLG
More career statistics
1,862H
252HR
1,043RBI
127SB
9Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 75 | 74 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 841 | 840 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,908 | 7,718 | 6,730 | 972 | 1,862 | 285 | 45 | 252 | 1,043 | 862 | 841 | 127 | 75 | 27 | 81 | 2,993 | .277 | .357 | .445 | .802 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1971-09-01 to 1972-04-16
34longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1977-07-28 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1972-08-29 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1972-06-03 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 973 | 3842 | 961 | 142 | 558 | 463 | 422 | .290 | .371 | .483 |
| Away | 935 | 3876 | 901 | 110 | 485 | 399 | 418 | .264 | .335 | .408 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 228 | 927 | 227 | 33 | 132 | 114 | 93 | .283 | .368 | .464 |
| May | 349 | 1407 | 311 | 39 | 179 | 164 | 146 | .256 | .338 | .404 |
| June | 331 | 1360 | 344 | 47 | 187 | 156 | 160 | .290 | .368 | .463 |
| July | 338 | 1365 | 332 | 43 | 202 | 137 | 154 | .277 | .344 | .436 |
| August | 310 | 1259 | 328 | 47 | 178 | 130 | 148 | .296 | .364 | .493 |
| September | 338 | 1347 | 304 | 39 | 158 | 158 | 134 | .259 | .343 | .411 |
| October | 14 | 53 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | .327 | .358 | .592 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 133 | 525 | 127 | 12 | 63 | 63 | 61 | .279 | .362 | .436 |
| cleveland-guardians | 133 | 537 | 139 | 23 | 80 | 60 | 61 | .295 | .371 | .501 |
| boston-red-sox | 130 | 544 | 132 | 18 | 67 | 56 | 63 | .277 | .346 | .439 |
| baltimore-orioles | 123 | 470 | 111 | 15 | 64 | 34 | 56 | .258 | .309 | .416 |
| chicago-white-sox | 98 | 378 | 96 | 10 | 41 | 38 | 42 | .286 | .354 | .411 |
| athletics | 98 | 391 | 87 | 12 | 48 | 37 | 48 | .251 | .317 | .419 |
| kansas-city-royals | 93 | 387 | 98 | 19 | 70 | 29 | 39 | .283 | .328 | .514 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 93 | 369 | 98 | 14 | 47 | 47 | 25 | .308 | .393 | .494 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | – | .243 | – | – | |
| 1966 | 21 | 69 | 12 | – | 5 | 2 | .174 | – | – | |
| 1969 | 152 | 564 | 146 | 26 | 82 | 7 | .259 | – | – | |
| 1970 | 159 | 581 | 146 | 23 | 78 | 15 | .251 | – | – | |
| 1971 | 146 | 529 | 175 | 25 | 94 | 14 | .331 | – | – | |
| 1972 | 153 | 585 | 171 | 33 | 96 | 11 | .292 | – | – | |
| 1973 | 160 | 616 | 187 | 22 | 95 | 6 | .304 | – | – | |
| 1974 | 156 | 606 | 166 | 10 | 88 | 14 | .274 | – | – | |
| 1975 | 147 | 526 | 157 | 11 | 91 | 9 | .298 | – | – | |
| 1976 | 147 | 533 | 138 | 23 | 90 | 12 | .259 | – | – | |
| 1977 | 154 | 554 | 147 | 27 | 89 | 16 | .265 | – | – | |
| 1978 | 146 | 499 | 140 | 9 | 64 | 14 | .281 | – | – | |
| 1979 | Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees | 132 | 454 | 121 | 15 | 55 | 3 | .267 | – | – |
| 1980 | 100 | 297 | 80 | 13 | 57 | 2 | .269 | – | – | |
| 1981 | 50 | 117 | 31 | 6 | 24 | – | .265 | – | – | |
| 1982 | 65 | 141 | 32 | 7 | 30 | 2 | .227 | – | – | |
| 1983 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | .182 | – | – |