Bobby Murcer

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. A native of Oklahoma City, Murcer attended Southeast High School, where he competed in football, baseball, and basketball. He made the All-district football team as a junior and helped Southeast High to a conference baseball championship. As a senior he was named All-State in both football, leading the state in scoring, and baseball, and was All-City in basketball and baseball; that year he hit .458 and struck out only once. 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 bonus to turn professional.

Murcer spent the majority of his career with the New York Yankees, the team he would later rejoin as a longtime broadcaster. A Gold Glove winner and five-time All-Star, he was voted to the Associated Press's American League 1970s All-Decade team. He led the American League in on-base percentage in 1971 and in runs and total bases in 1972. Murcer died on July 12, 2008.