Bronx Pinstripes · Apr 21, 2016
It’s time for Bobby Murcer to join Monument Park
Based on reports by scout Tom Greenwade, the same scout that recommended Mickey Mantle, the New York Yankees signed amateur free agent Bobby Murcer to a deal on June 2, 1964. Murcer had turned 18 less than two weeks earlier. It was the beginning of a long term relationship between Murcer, a native Oklahoman like his boyhood idol Mantle, and the Yankees.
Murcer had two playing stints in pinstripes and served as a broadcaster for parts of 24 years. He was a great ambassador for the Yankees’ brand right up until his untimely death, due to brain cancer, at age 62.