Rick Cerone

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 192lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: May 19, 1954 in Newark, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th) of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ).

High School: Essex Catholic HS (Newark, NJ)

School: Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)

Debut: August 17, 1975 (Age 21-090d, 13,674th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 10, 1992 (Age 38-052d)
vs. SFG 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Tom Reich • Previously: George Kalafatis, Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Richard Aldo Cerone

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.1

4069

998

.245

393

RBI

436

OBP

.301

SLG

.343

OPS

.644

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-34 / in Starts: 35-29
Longest Hitting Streak	12 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 254 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	159 (82-48-29)
Avg. MLBer w/ 254 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	154 (76-51-26)

Most Driven In
G Nettles	6
D Winfield	3
L Piniella	3
Self	2
B Watson	2
B Murcer	1
L Milbourne	1
A RodrÃguez	1

Most Driven In By
W Randolph	7
J Mumphrey	4
L Milbourne	3
B Brown	2
B Murcer	2
Self	2
D Revering	1
D Winfield	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	417	1	Apr 9	NYY		TEX	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	6	.77	0.097	.46	0.03%	0.28	C
2	418	2	Apr 11	NYY		TEX	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	8	.12	-0.013	.08	-0.01%	-0.45	C
3	419	3	Apr 12	NYY		TEX	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	8	1.05	-0.062	.74	-0.03%	-0.57	C
4	420	4	Apr 13	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	8	.62	-0.056	.47	-0.03%	-0.41	C
5	421	5	Apr 15	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.250	.528	8	.58	0.050	.40	0.02%	0.46	C
6	422	6	Apr 17	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.200	.427	8	.96	-0.097	.62	-0.04%	-1.18	C
7	423	7	Apr 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.208	.439	7	1.13	-0.027	.78	-0.01%	0.14	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	424	39 (31)	May 24	NYY		CLE	L,5-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.14	C
9	425	40	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.233	.214	.448	8	.68	0.014	.71	0.01%	-0.11	C
10	426	41	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.194	.235	.226	.461	6	1.32	-0.008	1.28	0.00%	0.03	C
11	427	42	May 27	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.194	.231	.222	.453	2	1.58	-0.259	1.41	-0.14%	-2.49	C
12	428	43	May 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.256	.256	.512	6	.86	0.064	.63	0.03%	0.77	C
13	429	44	May 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.255	.256	.511	8	1.00	-0.078	.77	-0.04%	-1.01	C
14	430	45	May 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.275	.298	.572	7	.42	-0.004	.37	0.00%	0.15	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	431	46	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.291	.314	.605	8	.96	0.134	.83	0.07%	1.58	C
16	432	47	Jun 2	NYY		BAL	W,5-3	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.283	.304	.587	6	2.16	-0.219	2.23	-0.14%	-1.10	C
17	433	48	Jun 3	NYY		BAL	W,2-0	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.281	.300	.581	8	1.60	-0.044	1.87	-0.03%	-0.32	C
18	434	49	Jun 4	NYY		BAL	W,12-3	GS-9	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.304	.338	.643	8	.22	0.022	.27	0.02%	0.61	C
19	435	50	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG(12)	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.271	.293	.371	.665	8	2.28	-0.055	2.32	-0.03%	-0.79	C
20	436	51	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.295	.370	.665	7	.76	-0.003	.77	0.00%	-0.11	C
21	437	52	Jun 7	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.295	.370	.665	7						C
22	438	53	Jun 8	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256	.277	.346	.623	8	.59	-0.098	.66	-0.07%	-2.07	C
23	439	54	Jun 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.295	.373	.669	8	.91	0.190	1.03	0.13%	1.28	C
24	440	55	Jun 10	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.290	.364	.654	7	1.72	-0.175	2.13	-0.13%	-0.68	C
25	441	56	Jun 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.278	.348	.626	7	1.27	-0.123	1.51	-0.09%	-0.65	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	442	57	Aug 10	NYY		TEX	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.270	.337	.607	8	.39	-0.029	.43	-0.02%	-0.45	C
27	443	58	Aug 11	NYY		TEX	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.272	.337	.609	8	1.89	-0.029	2.26	-0.02%	-0.04	C
28	444	59	Aug 12	NYY		TEX	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.264	.327	.591	8	.73	-0.079	.76	-0.05%	-0.66	C
29	445	60	Aug 13	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.259	.320	.580	8	.97	-0.049	1.36	-0.04%	-0.64	C
30	446	61	Aug 14	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.236	.252	.311	.564	8	.96	-0.044	1.42	-0.04%	-0.25	C
31	447	62	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.252	.318	.570	8	.96	-0.056	1.39	-0.05%	-0.31	C
32	448	64 (1)	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.261	.319	.579	8	.76	-0.014	.73	-0.01%	-0.19	C
33	449	65	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.252	.308	.560	8	.58	-0.078	.48	-0.04%	-1.20	C
34	450	66	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.260	.314	.574	8	2.45	-0.221	2.10	-0.11%	-0.45	C
35	451	67	Aug 21	NYY		KCR	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.242	.262	.315	.576	8	1.10	-0.068	.77	-0.03%	-0.72	C
36	452	68	Aug 22	NYY		KCR	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.269	.315	.584	8	.60	0.010	.31	0.00%	0.40	C
37	453	69	Aug 23	NYY		KCR	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.275	.328	.604	8	.07	0.023	.05	0.01%	0.89	C
38	454	70	Aug 24	NYY		MIN	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.324	.596	8	1.44	0.005	.92	0.00%	0.30	C
39	455	72 (1)	Aug 26	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.273	.324	.596	8						C
40	456	73	Aug 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG(8)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.267	.317	.584	5	1.55	-0.112	.80	-0.04%	-0.88	C
41	457	74	Aug 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.267	.322	.588	7	.64	-0.063	.29	-0.02%	-0.36	C
42	458	75	Aug 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.284	.333	.617	8	.58	0.085	.35	0.03%	1.67	C
43	459	76	Aug 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.277	.325	.601	8	.29	-0.030	.23	-0.01%	-1.10	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	460	79 (2)	Sep 2	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.275	.322	.597	8	2.35	-0.070	3.00	-0.05%	-0.79	C
45	461	80	Sep 3	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.270	.316	.586	6	2.04	-0.133	1.93	-0.08%	-0.75	C
46	462	81	Sep 4	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.263	.308	.572	8	.83	-0.080	.61	-0.04%	-0.85	C
47	463	82	Sep 5	NYY	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.257	.301	.558	6	.85	-0.082	.92	-0.05%	-0.78	C
48	464	83	Sep 6	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.256	.298	.553	7	.28	0.006	.29	0.00%	-0.78	C
49	465	84	Sep 7	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.258	.300	.558	8	.29	-0.016	.36	-0.01%	-0.46	C
50	466	85	Sep 9 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.258	.299	.557	8	.64	-0.032	1.10	-0.03%	-0.53	C
51	467	86	Sep 9 (2)	NYY		MIL	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.258	.299	.557	8						C
52	468	87	Sep 11	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.259	.295	.555	7	.70	-0.012	1.24	-0.01%	-0.31	C
53	469	88	Sep 12	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.263	.305	.569	8	1.67	0.101	3.15	0.11%	0.61	PH
54	470	89	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	W,10-6	CG	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.246	.274	.318	.592	8	.81	0.179	1.10	0.15%	2.27	C
55	471	90	Sep 14	NYY	@	MIL	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.246	.273	.317	.590	8	.37	0.015	.62	0.02%	-0.67	C
56	472	91	Sep 15	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.268	.310	.578	8	1.37	-0.134	3.23	-0.19%	-0.83	C
57	473	92	Sep 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.237	.262	.305	.568	8	1.55	-0.137	3.11	-0.17%	-0.93	C
58	474	94 (1)	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.237	.262	.309	.571	8	.32	0.037	.89	0.06%	0.29	C
59	475	95	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.258	.305	.563	8	1.72	-0.147	3.05	-0.16%	-1.06	C
60	476	96	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.235	.263	.305	.568	9	1.11	-0.019	.82	-0.01%	-0.51	C
61	477	97	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	L,4-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.267	.333	.601	9	1.31	0.119	.39	0.02%	1.30	C
62	478	98	Sep 23	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.276	.335	.611	9	.47	0.088	.03	0.00%	1.30	C
63	479	99	Sep 24	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.277	.340	.616	9	.74	0.016	.13	0.00%	0.02	C
64	480	100	Sep 25	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.280	.352	.632	9	1.78	0.214	.09	0.01%	0.67	PH
65	481	101	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	W,6-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.284	.352	.636	8	1.37	0.169	.01	0.00%	0.55	C
66	482	102	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.280	.347	.627	9	.43	-0.023	.01	0.00%	-0.63	C
67	483	103	Sep 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.280	.345	.625	8	1.05	0.026	.06	0.00%	-0.07	C
68	484	104	Sep 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.283	.353	.636	7	1.07	0.113	.00	0.00%	0.43	C
69	485	105	Oct 2	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.246	.279	.346	.625	9	.32	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-1.59	C
70	486	106	Oct 3	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.242	.275	.342	.617	9	.91	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
71	487	107	Oct 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.276	.342	.618	9	.90	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
							37-34		254	234	23	57	13	2	2	21	12	0	24	0	4	4	3	10	0	2	.244	.276	.342	.618		.98	-1.461	.91	-1.31%	-16.23

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