Murcer recalled, "I laid out seven days, and I lost my groove and my momentum". Murcer was fifth in the league in 1980 with nine sacrifice flies. [1], Murcer was involved with many charities, including serving as the chairman of the board of the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T. At that point the Cubs' record was 70–53, and they were 7½ games out, in second place. They were married for 42 years until his death, and had two children, Tori and Todd. In 1972, with a new $65,000 salary,[7] Murcer hit a career-high 30 doubles (third in the AL), 7 triples (fourth), 33 home runs (second), and 96 RBIs (third). The cancer treatment over the last 18 months has been intensive and has, as a side effect, somewhat compromised his immune system and made the fight all the more challenging. On March 6, 1977, Murcer signed his first-ever multi-year deal, calling for $1.6 million over five seasons. presents an annual "Bobby Murcer Award" to the two major league teams (one AL and one NL) whose players commit the most resources to the organization. On June 29, 1977, in his return to Candlestick Park, Murcer drove in 6 runs (matching his career high) in a 10–9 win over the Giants. (He won the second two weeks later when he hit .483 for the week, including one home run and seven RBI). [32] The book was a retrospective on Murcer's baseball career and also his personal struggles with illness. After returning from the military, Murcer began the 1969 season hitting .321, with 11 homers and a league-leading 43 runs-batted-in, when he jammed his heel in Kansas City. On July 2, 2004, the Seattle Times reported that Diana Munson put the bat, along with other items of Munson's, up for auction. [5] His retirement on June 20, 1983, was hastened by the Yankees wanting to bring up rookie first baseman/outfielder Don Mattingly. [5], On August 8, 1977, Murcer promised to try to hit a home run and a double for terminally ill fan Scott Crull whom he had spoken to by phone. He suffered a broken neck as result of the crash, and his cause of death was asphyxiation. Later, in the winter of 1964, he signed a letter of intent to play for the Oklahoma Sooners, but in the spring of 1965 he signed a $20,000 ($162,260 today) bonus contract with the Yankees.[1][2]. Broadcasting the game nationally on ABC, Keith Jackson told the country how Murcer had fulfilled the dying boy's last wish. Murcer was quoted in the Daily Oklahoman as saying, "Roger or Andy, either one, have never been accused of taking illegal drugs", Murcer said. He also led the Giants in game-winning hits with 13. Bobby Ray Murcer was born May 20, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was a man of great heart and compassion. Linda Crull, the boy's aunt, added, "What Bobby Murcer did was great. He was a sportscaster for the Yankees—on broadcast TV, radio, and the YES Network—for most of the two decades. Manager Dick Howser[51] also died of the disease. The award was given at the "Denim & Diamonds: An Evening with Tim McGraw and Friends" on November 2, 2007, St. Movie Actor. They include Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter[57]; Bobby Murcer[62]; and Dan Quisenberry[45] . On September 26, 1977, Murcer hit the 200th home run of his career, off future broadcast partner Jim Kaat. Loss of power was given as the initial cause of the crash. He was the MVP for Greensboro (the Yankee's Single-A affiliate). The pilot, Yankees captain Thurman Munson In 1974 Murcer led all major league outfielders in assists by throwing out 21 baserunners. "You reach an age when you think about the future", she said. Murcer stated he planned to rest until spring training where he planned to call Yankee games and work in the YES Network studio. Forty years ago, on Aug. 2, 1979, an aircraft bearing the numbers NY15 crashed short of the runway at Akron-Canton Airport, about 50 miles south of Cleveland. [29], Murcer was a tobacco user for most of his life. On May 26, 1976, Murcer hit a grand slam against the Astros and on September 22, 1976, he stole home in a 3–1 victory against the rival Dodgers and a week later, on September 29, 1976, he gloved the final out in John Montefusco's no-hitter. Still, Daulton’s death from glioblastoma has renewed speculation about the possibility of baseball-related causes like concussions, chewing tobacco and pesticides. Murcer made his first post-operative appearance on fellow Yankee broadcaster Michael Kay's radio show on WEPN on January 23, 2007. After working with Mickey Mantle, he was also known as an excellent drag bunter.[1]. On June 1, 1983, Murcer hit his 100th home run at Yankee Stadium, which was the 252nd and final home run of his career. The AP later reported comments from Kenneth Crull, the young boy's uncle, that "Bobby Murcer did a wonderful thing for Scotty . For that season Murcer was third in the league in hits (187), fourth in batting (.301), and seventh in RBIs (95). I can feel their thoughts and their prayers and I wanted to tell them how much I love them. He also won a Gold Glove in 1972. Prior to the 1982 season Murcer signed a three-year, $1.12 million contract with the Yankees. Cy Young Award that year, Murcer hit .286 against him. [citation needed] If Tommy John and Bert Blyleven (both possible Hall of Famers)[needs update] are inducted, Murcer's numbers total 553 at-bats with 20 home runs, 76 RBIs and a .297 average, seemingly stellar numbers versus an elite group of pitchers. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor (glioblastoma multiforme) on Christmas Eve, 2006, and underwent surgery four days later at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Murcer also had some fun with Perry; he once caught a fly for the last out of an inning and spit on the ball before tossing it to him. He died on 8/3/2008 at age 68 in Atlanta, GA. Sportscaster Caray was the long time play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves. In 1981, he led the pinch hitters of the American League with three home runs and 12 RBIs. When Major League Baseball expanded from 20 to 24 teams prior to the 1969 season, the Yankees allegedly protected Murcer and Jerry Kenney from the 1968 MLB expansion draft by making a last minute appeal to other owners to allow players that were fulfilling their military obligation to be exempt from the expansion draft, which allowed the Yankees to protect 17 players instead of 15. He lives on in your life and the life of all others who knew him." In 63 games against them Murcer hit .347 with 11 homers and had a slugging percentage of .538.[13]. Field: Sports: Info: Baseball player turned broadcaster, he was primarily known for his many years as a player and then broadcaster for the New York Yankees: Date of Birth: 05/20/1946: Date of Death: 07/12/2008: Age at Death: 62: Cause of Death… That night, Bobby Murcer, Munson’s close friend who had delivered the eulogy, drove in all five runs of a 5-4 Yankees victory. The official cause of death: asphyxiation resulting from inhalation of superheated air and toxic substances. ABC's Jackson had relayed the story that had been told to him by a Chicago Cub official Buck Peden and alerted the boy to his own medical condition. [19], The Tug McGraw Foundation, which supports research to improve quality of life for brain tumor patients and their families, honored Murcer as their "Good Guy of 2007". On June 2, Murcer hit two home runs and "made a spectacular shoestring catch off Rico Petrocelli in the first inning to rob the Red Sox of a run" in a Yankee win over their perennial rival Boston. A shortstop in the minor leagues, Murcer was slated to play the position for the Yankees but ended up being a center fielder, following in the footsteps of Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, and there were strong expectations that he would be "the next Mantle". He began the 1966 season with the major league club but was sent down to Triple-A. Edward Stratemeyer’s Death – Cause and Date. He was second in the AL in sacrifice flies (12), seventh in RBIs (88), and ninth in intentional walks (10), and was the highest-paid player in Yankee history, earning $120,000. His first hit in the major leagues, in 1965, was a game-winning home run. Since baseball's contracts are guaranteed Murcer collected the remainder of his contract (estimated at $360,000 a year) through 1984. Murcer, Thurman Munson, and Gene Michael hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning against Oakland. Three weeks later, on August 22, Crull died. That night, against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Murcer hit two home runs. Murcer’s death, at Mercy Hospital, was announced by the Yankees, who said the cause was complications from brain cancer. Another time he sent Perry a gallon of lard. . Additionally he was fourth among NL right fielders in fielding percentage with .981. [19], Once while playing with the Yankees, he and two other teammates got caught in a bizarre 2–5–3–1 triple play. His final game came on June 11, 1983. A 1985 comeback attempt ended after four minor league games where Murcer went 1 for 12 before suffering a shoulder injury. brain cancer; Cemetery. Bobby Ray Murcer (May 20, 1946 – July 12, 2008) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball between 1965 and 1983. According to the New York Daily News, Murcer had been suffering from headaches and a lack of energy. The Yankees devised this strategy specifically to protect Murcer, who spent 1967 and 1968 in the Army. As a senior Murcer hit .458 and struck out only once. In the winter between the 1980 and 1981 season Murcer traveled to Japan with an American League "All-Star" team to play a series of exhibition games against a National League team to reportedly promote American baseball. Mantle made her last public appearance on the eve of Bobby Murcer's memorial service in Oklahoma City on Aug. 5, 2008. [21] Murcer made the All-Star teams from 1971 through 1974 in the American League, and in 1975 in the National League. [28] The 2008 award, as announced three months later, went to longtime Seattle broadcaster Dave Niehaus. [44] Yankees owner George Steinbrenner issued a statement following his death: "Bobby Murcer was a born Yankee, a great guy, very well-liked and a true friend of mine. He had guest appearances on Beat the Clock, Hee Haw, What's My Line? He then moved to WNYW, where he and Tim McCarver (later Suzyn Waldman) shared play-by-play roles. That season Murcer regained his power swing and was 6th in the NL with 23 home runs, and 7th in RBIs (90). A Gold Glove winner and five-time All-Star, and was voted to the AP's American League 1970s All-Decade team. : Aaron-Murcer-Bench-Jackson", by Bill Gutman, published by Tempo Books. "The trade came", he remembered sourly, "just after I had told Gabe I could finally accept right field if I knew I would be a Yankee the rest of my career, He said there was no way the Yankees could trade me. In May 2008, Murcer's autobiography, Yankee for Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes, was published by Harper Collins. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. He recorded two country songs, "Skoal Dippin' Man" and "Bad Whiskey" in 1982, both released by Columbia Records, and appeared in two films as himself, including The Scout. Murcer married his high school sweetheart, Diana Kay Rhodes (known as "Kay"), in 1966. Murcer is one of seven Cubs to have three multiple intentional-walk games since 1960, joining Ernie Banks, Sammy Sosa, Billy Williams, Don Kessinger, Derek Lee and Andre Dawson. Bobby Murcer Birthday and Date of Death. Murcer's reported salary for both 1969 and 1970 was $27,500.[5]. While Callison could do it all – hit, run, throw, and hit with power – it was an unfair comparison, just as it was for other players regarded as the second coming of Mantle, like Bobby Murcer. Bobby Richardson, Mickey Mantle, and Joe Pepitone did it in 1966. [5] The book dealt with his forty years in Major League Baseball and his battle with brain cancer. However, despite a fine offensive season, he hit only 11 home runs, eliciting this quote from Murcer, "Patty Hearst could be hiding in Candlestick's upper deck and nobody would ever find her", referring to how tough it was to hit long balls at the park where the Giants played their home games. As a senior, Murcer showed his athletic abilities by making All-State in both football (the state leading scorer) and baseball and was All-City (led the city in scoring) in basketball and baseball. • [37], Murcer also appeared in celebrity rodeos for various charitable organizations showing his skills in riding horses and roping.[1]. The contract made him the highest-paid Cub player in history. Murcer was traded to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bonds in 1975 in baseball's first even swap of $100,000 superstar players. Birthday: May 20, 1946 Date of Death: July 12, 2008 Age at Death… Aside from the abysmal 1972 summer he had against Perry, who won the A.L. During his second tenure with the Yankees, he also served as the team's player union representative. Cause of Death. In the span of four years Murcer held that distinction for three franchises, the Yankees, Giants and Cubs. On July 4, 1980, Murcer hit a grand slam in an 11–5 rout of the Cleveland Indians. Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 2 February 2021, at 00:27. Murcer cracked a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning on June 14, 1980, rallying the Yankees to a win over the Oakland A's. He hit .301 with runners on third base. Afterward, the team flew home to play the first-place Baltimore Orioles in a game which was broadcast nationally on ABC-TV. On June 30, 1973, baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn fined Murcer $250 for saying that Kuhn didn't have the "guts" to stop Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry from throwing the spitball. [10][11], Scott's mother told the AP, "It's wonderful that he got to talk to one of the players, and by Murcer hitting the home runs...he was thrilled." In addition, he had planned to work 60 Yankee home games for the 2008 season.[41]. The Cubs slumped and finished at .500 with an 81–81 record. On opening day in 1981 vs Texas, Murcer hit a pinch-hit grand slam at Yankee Stadium. Born:20-May-1946. I extend my deepest sympathies to his wife Kay, their children and grandchildren. The foundation was formed years ago in honor of Bobby Murcer's brother, Dewayne, who died of lung cancer, Bob Weiss said. According to the New York Daily News, Murcer had been suffering from headaches and a lack of energy. Murcer had made his original comment about Kuhn after Perry beat New York the previous week, which ended the Yankees' eight-game winning streak. The book received widespread critical acclaim. [9] His two consecutive seasons with 90 or more RBIs was not duplicated by a San Francisco Giant until Will Clark did it in 1987–88. In the 1970s, Murcer drove in 840 runs, the 9th most in the major leagues during that span. He was only the third New York Yankee (after Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle) to earn $100,000 per season, and at 26 years of age was the youngest American League player to earn a six-figure salary. He was noted for excelling at the delayed steal in which, as the catcher catches the ball or is about to throw the ball back to the pitcher, the runner on first base breaks for second base. That night, Murcer hit a two-run homer off Perry that put the Yankees ahead in a 7–2 victory over the Cleveland Indians. On August 10, 1969, he was part of a feat that was perhaps the highlight of the 1969 season for Yankees' fans. Among that elite group only Murcer, George Brett, and Rogers Hornsby struck out fewer than 1,000 times. Murcer had been traded straight up to San Francisco for Bobby Bonds. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; Accident; Accidental Drug Overdose; Acute Bronchitis; Alcohol Poisoning; Alcohol-related Liver Disease; Alzheimer's Disease; Aneurysm; Angina; Aortic Aneurysm; … it was the highlight of his whole life." In his junior year, he made the All-district football team. He would remain there until 2001 (calling, among other games, David Cone's 1999 perfect game), and then moved to the YES Network to call the games there and on its broadcast partners (originally WCBS, now WWOR-TV), with a reduced workload. He was interviewed by Kay and took phone calls from listeners. On August 29, Murcer hit for the cycle. "[4] Baseball commissioner Bud Selig eulogized, "All of Major League Baseball is saddened today by the passing of Bobby Murcer, particularly on the eve of this historic All-Star game at Yankee Stadium, a place he called home for so many years. It reminds you that the fans who follow the team, it's as big a part of their lives as it is for you."[16]. In 1947 Charlie Keller, Joe DiMaggio, and Johnny Lindell accomplished the feat. It covers the pressure of being the "next Mickey Mantle", his disappointment at being traded away from the Yankees, his "feud" with Gaylord Perry, and lists his "1965–2007 Yankee All-Star team". Bobby Murcer never used the bat from that night again, he gave it to Diana Munson, the widow of his best friend. He further added, "I can't convict somebody on allegations" and "with all the testing that's going on today, and Andy and Roger never testing positive for anything, I can't assume somebody's guilty based on the testimony of a disgruntled trainer."[31]. He was also a regular at the annual Yankees Old Timer's Game, playing his last game in 2007. Bobby Ray Murcer, born May 20, 1946 to Maybelle and Robert Murcer, grew up in Oklahoma City. Here is all you want to know, and more! Also, Murcer was third among all NL right fielders in assists. He practically won the game single-handedly, bringing the Yankees back from a 4–0 deficit with a 3-run homer in the 7th, then hitting a walk-off 2-run single down the left-field line in the bottom of the 9th, causing Howard Cosell to exclaim what a heroic performance Murcer had put on. I'm in a great place. [45], The University of Texas M. D. 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However, much of that low batting average was due to the 2 for 20 performance in the 1972 season, which caused Murcer's ire in the first place. Murcer, on April 25, 1978, hit a grand slam off Steve Carlton in a 4–2 win versus the Philadelphia Phillies. Murcer and Mantle traveled at Senator Kennedy's request and George Steinbrenner's expense. Cause of death:Cancer - Brain. In 1989, he became partial owner of the Class AAA baseball team in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City 89ers. He was an assistant Yankee general manager in 1985,[5] and individually worked with Rickey Henderson's rehab efforts when Henderson was brought to the Yankees. The bill was passed by the lower chamber and signed into law. His last public appearance was May 27, in New York while promoting his book, signing autographs for 2,000 fans despite being frail and physically weak. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor (glioblastoma multiforme) on Christmas Eve, 2006, and underwent surgery four days later at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. [4] Murcer became one of the team's most popular players of the era. Author Zander Hollander noted that season that "only Murcer's dwindling power keeps him from superstar status" since other than the lack of home runs Murcer had a fine year in his first season as a Giant. ", The memorial service for Murcer was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 6, 2008, at the Memorial Road Church of Christ. He was also part of a four-player biography in 1973, "At Bat! On May 24, 1975, Murcer went 2 for 3 with a triple and a home run and had a career-high 6 RBIs in a win over the Cubs. On July 25, Murcer hit a pinch-hit grand slam in a win against the Milwaukee Brewers, the first of his seven career grand slams. Murcer hit .322, homered 16 times, drove in 90 runs and stole 18 bases, playing in his league's All-Star game that season. Murcer's 119 outfield assists led all major league outfielders for that decade, ahead of Bobby Bonds (106), Rusty Staub (97), Amos Otis (93), Reggie Smith (86), José Cardenal (85), Del Unser (82), and Reggie Jackson (81). At an early age, Bobby displayed his love of sports and the thrill of competition. "I mean, they never tested positive for any of that." For his career, Murcer hit Perry at a .232 clip with 2 home runs in 69 at-bats. It was during that season that writers began to compare Callison to Mickey Mantle, who also hailed from Oklahoma. Mantle married the switch-hitting great on Dec. 23, 1951, after a two-year courtship and following his rookie season with the Yankees. He was 62. He also had one stretch of eight straight hits, a feat not duplicated by a Cub until Andre Dawson did it in 1989. On June 30, Murcer's family released a statement that he had suffered a relapse: Bobby Murcer continues to recover from the effects of cancer and shingles, which caused him to cut short his broadcasting work and his book tour earlier this month. He also led the AL in runs scored (102), extra base hits (70), and total bases (314), was third in slugging percentage (.537) and hits (171), and 10th in batting (.292). But what happened afterward we'd just as soon forget about." Bobby loved sports from the time he was a young boy. [6] Murcer was seventh in MVP voting and was voted to the Sporting News All-Star team. Three days later, I was gone."[8]. "[38], Murcer returned to Yankee Stadium for Opening Day of the 2007 season. Captain Thurman Munson died in a bizarre 2–5–3–1 triple play could say was our matinee idol and leader. 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