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Rick Cerone
Richard Aldo Cerone
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: May 19, 1954 in Newark, NJ
School: Seton Hall University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1975
Final Game: July 10, 1992
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1975 21 CLE AL 7 14 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .308 .333 .641 83 4 0 0 1 0 0 /2
1976 22 CLE AL 7 16 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -26 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2D
1977 23 TOR AL 31 107 100 7 20 4 0 1 10 0 0 6 12 .200 .245 .270 .515 40 27 3 0 1 0 0 2
1978 24 TOR AL 88 310 282 25 63 8 2 3 20 0 3 23 32 .223 .284 .298 .582 64 84 7 1 4 0 0 2/D
1979 25 TOR AL 136 514 469 47 112 27 4 7 61 1 4 37 40 .239 .294 .358 .652 76 168 5 1 3 4 1 *2
1980 26 NYY AL 147 575 519 70 144 30 4 14 85 1 3 32 56 .277 .321 .432 .753 107 224 14 6 8 10 2 *2 MVP-7
1981 27 NYY AL 71 254 234 23 57 13 2 2 21 0 2 12 24 .244 .276 .342 .618 79 80 10 0 4 4 0 *2
1982 28 NYY AL 89 329 300 29 68 10 0 5 28 0 2 19 27 .227 .271 .310 .581 61 93 12 1 4 5 1 2
1983 29 NYY AL 80 266 246 18 54 7 0 2 22 0 0 15 29 .220 .267 .272 .540 52 67 5 1 4 0 1 2/5
1984 30 NYY AL 38 132 120 8 25 3 0 2 13 1 0 9 15 .208 .269 .283 .553 56 34 5 1 2 0 0 2
1985 31 ATL NL 96 316 282 15 61 9 0 3 25 0 3 29 25 .216 .288 .280 .568 57 79 15 1 0 4 1 2
1986 32 MIL AL 68 242 216 22 56 14 0 4 18 1 1 15 28 .259 .304 .380 .683 83 82 5 1 5 5 0 2
1987 33 NYY AL 113 327 284 28 69 12 1 4 23 0 1 30 46 .243 .320 .335 .654 75 95 8 4 5 4 0 *2/31
1988 34 BOS AL 84 289 264 31 71 13 1 3 27 0 0 20 32 .269 .326 .360 .686 89 95 6 3 1 1 0 2/D
1989 35 BOS AL 102 341 296 28 72 16 1 4 48 0 0 34 40 .243 .320 .345 .665 83 102 10 2 4 5 1 2/D9
1990 36 NYY AL 49 146 139 12 42 6 0 2 11 0 0 5 13 .302 .324 .388 .713 99 54 4 0 1 1 0 2/D4
1991 37 NYM NL 90 258 227 18 62 13 0 2 16 1 1 30 24 .273 .360 .357 .717 104 81 9 1 0 0 2 2
1992 38 MON NL 33 68 63 10 17 4 0 1 7 1 2 3 5 .270 .313 .381 .694 97 24 0 1 1 0 0 2
18 Seasons 1329 4504 4069 393 998 190 15 59 436 6 22 320 450 .245 .301 .343 .644 78 1395 118 24 48 43 9
162 Game Avg. 162 549 496 48 122 23 2 7 53 1 3 39 55 .245 .301 .343 .644 78 170 14 3 6 5 1
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 587 2029 1842 188 459 81 7 31 203 2 8 122 210 .249 .297 .351 .648 80 647 58 13 28 24 4
TOR (3 yrs) 255 931 851 79 195 39 6 11 91 1 7 66 84 .229 .285 .328 .613 68 279 15 2 8 4 1
BOS (2 yrs) 186 630 560 59 143 29 2 7 75 0 0 54 72 .255 .323 .352 .675 86 197 16 5 5 6 1
CLE (2 yrs) 14 30 28 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .179 .207 .214 .421 23 6 0 0 1 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 90 258 227 18 62 13 0 2 16 1 1 30 24 .273 .360 .357 .717 104 81 9 1 0 0 2
ATL (1 yr) 96 316 282 15 61 9 0 3 25 0 3 29 25 .216 .288 .280 .568 57 79 15 1 0 4 1
MON (1 yr) 33 68 63 10 17 4 0 1 7 1 2 3 5 .270 .313 .381 .694 97 24 0 1 1 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 68 242 216 22 56 14 0 4 18 1 1 15 28 .259 .304 .380 .683 83 82 5 1 5 5 0
AL (15 yrs) 1110 3862 3497 350 858 164 15 53 388 4 16 258 396 .245 .298 .346 .644 78 1211 94 21 47 39 6
NL (3 yrs) 219 642 572 43 140 26 0 6 48 2 6 62 54 .245 .320 .322 .641 80 184 24 3 1 4 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 26 NYY AL ALCS KCR L 3 12 12 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .583 .917 7 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 NYY AL ALDS MIL W 5 18 18 1 6 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .611 .944 11 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 NYY AL ALCS OAK W 3 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282 1 0 1 1 0 0
1981 27 NYY AL WS LAD L 6 25 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 .190 .320 .381 .701 8 1 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (4 Series) 17 67 61 5 15 3 0 3 10 0 0 4 5 .246 .303 .443 .746 27 1 1 1 0 1
1 ALDS 5 18 18 1 6 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .611 .944 11 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 6 24 22 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .227 .261 .364 .625 8 0 1 1 0 0
1 WS 6 25 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 .190 .320 .381 .701 8 1 0 0 0 1

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1987 33 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 Season 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 0 34 0 238 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1975 CLE AL 21 C 7 3 32.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -37.5 -1 5.34 2.71 .984 5.99 5.04 3 1 2 1 33%
1976 CLE AL 22 C 6 2 34.1 27 25 1 1 1 .963 -1.0 -35.0 -1 6.82 4.33 .981 5.74 4.90 2 2 4 1 20%
1976 CLE AL 22 DH 1
1977 TOR AL 23 C 31 29 246.2 162 146 15 1 1 .994 -1.0 -4.9 -1 5.87 5.19 .986 6.01 5.06 0 18 10 10 50%
1978 TOR AL 24 C 84 78 712.0 474 426 44 4 7 .992 -1.0 -1.7 -1 5.94 5.60 .983 5.53 4.86 8 29 49 33 40%
1978 TOR AL 24 DH 2
1979 TOR AL 25 C 136 133 1168.2 641 560 68 13 10 .980 -1.0 -1.0 -1 4.84 4.62 .982 5.46 4.69 6 52 69 47 41%
1980 NYY AL 26 C 147 146 1254.1 882 800 73 9 9 .990 8.0 7.7 8 6.26 5.94 .986 5.48 4.60 14 40 53 57 52% MVP-7
1981 NYY AL 27 C 69 64 568.0 382 353 26 3 1 .992 -1.0 -2.1 -1 6.01 5.49 .987 5.51 4.76 3 16 34 19 36%
1982 NYY AL 28 C 89 86 769.2 540 509 25 6 5 .989 -9.0 -14.0 -9 6.24 6.00 .988 5.69 4.90 11 27 54 21 28%
1983 NYY AL 29 C 78 72 626.0 434 412 18 4 2 .991 -4.0 -7.7 -4 6.18 5.51 .986 5.70 4.76 1 18 47 14 23%
1983 NYY AL 29 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1984 NYY AL 30 C 38 36 309.2 240 230 9 1 1 .996 2.0 7.8 2 6.95 6.29 .987 5.96 5.05 1 4 17 12 41%
1985 ATL NL 31 C 91 76 699.0 438 384 48 6 4 .986 0.0 0.0 0 5.56 4.75 .987 6.42 5.45 6 20 69 29 30%
1986 MIL AL 32 C 68 66 580.2 439 391 44 4 2 .991 7.0 14.5 7 6.74 6.40 .989 6.62 5.44 7 25 39 37 49%
1987 NYY AL 33 C 111 86 778.0 577 538 38 1 6 .998 2.0 3.1 2 6.66 5.19 .988 6.74 5.49 13 34 55 33 38%
1987 NYY AL 33 1B 2 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 72.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 7.20 2.00 1.000 9.54 8.50
1987 NYY AL 33 P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.65
1988 BOS AL 34 C 83 69 611.1 499 471 28 0 4 1.000 -2.0 -3.9 -2 7.35 6.01 .989 6.22 5.28 7 25 52 15 22%
1988 BOS AL 34 DH 1
1989 BOS AL 35 C 97 85 749.2 629 578 41 10 5 .984 -3.0 -4.8 -3 7.43 6.38 .989 6.24 5.20 4 26 84 32 28%
1989 BOS AL 35 DH 1
1989 BOS AL 35 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.10
1989 BOS AL 35 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.90
1990 NYY AL 36 C 35 29 256.2 192 177 14 1 1 .995 3.0 14.0 3 6.70 5.46 .991 6.42 5.36 6 10 13 16 55%
1990 NYY AL 36 DH 6
1990 NYY AL 36 2B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1991 NYM NL 37 C 81 63 573.0 466 424 36 6 0 .987 4.0 8.4 4 7.23 5.68 .988 6.78 5.59 6 27 39 32 45%
1992 MON NL 38 C 28 12 143.2 113 106 7 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -16.7 -2 7.08 4.04 .991 6.67 5.68 1 9 15 4 21%
18 Seasons C 1279 1135 10113.1 7154 6548 536 70 59 .990 0.0 0.0 0 6.30 5.54 .987 5.99 5.07 99 383 705 413 37%
5 Seasons DH 11
1 Season 1B 2 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 72.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 7.20 2.00 1.000 9.54 8.50
1 Season P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.65
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.10
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.90
18 Seasons TOT 1286 1135 10124.1 7161 6555 536 70 59 .990 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 0 0 6.30 5.51 .977 5.99 5.07 99 383 705 413 37%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1980-AL-7-20%
0.20 Career Shares (720th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 AL--10--2nd

Oldest s c a p y
1991 NL--born 1954-05-19--8th
1992 NL--born 1954-05-19--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1975 AL--born 1954-05-19--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (810), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

December 6, 1976: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with John Lowenstein to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rico Carty.

November 1, 1979: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn to the New York Yankees for Chris Chambliss, Damaso Garcia and Paul Mirabella.

December 5, 1984: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Brian Fisher.

March 5, 1986: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with David Clay (minors) and Flavio Alfaro (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ted Simmons.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

February 13, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

April 4, 1988: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 15, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

December 19, 1989: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

December 20, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

January 13, 1991: Released by the New York Yankees.

January 21, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

October 7, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

February 12, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

July 16, 1992: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Atlanta Braves$625,000
1986Milwaukee Brewers$675,000
1987New York Yankees$250,000
1988New York Yankees$300,000
1989Boston Red Sox$490,000
1990New York Yankees$600,000
1991New York Mets$100,000
1992Montreal Expos$230,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,270,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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