He was hailed as the “next Micky Mantle” when he signed with the Yankees in 1964, and eventually patrolled the centerfield position at the Stadium for the Bronx Bombers. He played 17 seasons from 1965 to 1983, and then went on to his post-baseball life as a beloved figure for the Yankees as well as one of their most popular broadcasters.
For this Throwback Thursday, we remember the career of Bobby Murcer.
Murcer was a solid fixture on the roster of those Yankees teams from the early to mid-1970s. He hit 252 homes runs over the course of his major league career, and drove in 1,043 runs, with a lifetime batting average of .