Once while playing with the Yankees, he and two other teammates got caught in a bizarre 2–5–3–1 triple play. During his second tenure with the Yankees, he also served as the team's player union representative. In his career he was the highest-paid Yankee, Giant, and Cub in history (all since broken), and in his 17-year career Murcer earned a total of just shy of $3 million, including the signing bonus he received in the 1960s, meaning his career average was around $173,000.