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Bob Cerv, Kansas City’s home-run champ, dies at age 91
The Kansas City Star ^ | April 7, 2017 | Pete Grathoff

Posted on 4/8/2017, 10:55:16 AM by EveningStar

Bob Cerv, who holds the single-season record for home runs by a Major League Baseball player in Kansas City history, died Thursday in Blair, Neb. He was 91.

Cerv, who served during World War II, was friends with former President Harry Truman, played basketball and baseball at Nebraska and, as a member of the Yankees, roomed with Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle as they dueled for the home-run title in 1961...

In six seasons with the Yankees, Cerv was mostly a part-time outfielder/pinch hitter, but he played in two World Series (1955 and 1956), and the Yankees won the 1956 Series. Cerv was sold to the Kansas City A’s after that season.

“I was tickled to death because I could play every day,” Cerv told the Omaha World-Herald in 2015. “And I proved to them that I could play every day.”

Although he was 33, Cerv had his finest season in the majors in 1958 and was named to his only All-Star team during a season in which he hit .305 with 38 homers and 104 RBIs...

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MOST HOME RUNS IN KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS HISTORY

1. Norm Siebern 78

2. Bob Cerv 75

3. Gus Zernial 73

4. Hector Lopez 67

5. Ed Charles 65

6. Vic Power 51

7. Ken Harrelson 47

8. Dick Green 41

9. Harry Simpson 40

10. Jim Gentile 38

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