RIP Mr Cerv, veteran of Base Ball’s “Golden Age”.
When I was younger I played a table top baseball game called Strat-O-Matic. In 1984 they released cars for the entire 1956 baseball season.
Being a Yankee fan, I played the 56 Yankees all the time (and yes, Strat-o-matic being the computerized stat based game that it was, they still beat the 56 Dodgers over half the time, like they did in the World Series).
Well, anyway, being enamored of offense, I always played the 56 Yanks using a DH (designated hitter).
That DH was Bob Cerv. He hit over .300 that year and had the American League used a DH in the 1950s, Bob Cerv would have had a fine career for the Yankees. Anyhow, he did pick up two World Championships with the Yanks in 1956 and again in 1961, as consolation for being a utility player on the greatest dynasty baseball has ever seen.
But, as he showed in Kansas City, he was plenty good enough to have started for most of his career. Nice to see that he still holds a KC record.
BTW that line in my post above should have read: “In 1984 they released CARDS for the entire 1956 baseball season.” Dang typos.