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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-6	GS	31	7.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 9	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
3	6 (1)	Apr 12	NYY		DET	L,2-13	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	8 (1)	Apr 14	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
5	10 (1)	Apr 17	NYY		TOR	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	12 (1)	Apr 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-13	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	14 (1)	Apr 22	NYY		MIN	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	16 (1)	Apr 25	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	17	Apr 26	NYY		KCR	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	19 (1)	Apr 29	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	23 (3)	May 3	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
12	24	May 4	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
13	26 (1)	May 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	29 (2)	May 11	NYY		TEX	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	30	May 13	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
16	31	May 14	NYY		CHW	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	32	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	33	May 16	NYY	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
19	34	May 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	49	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
20	35	May 18	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	36	May 20	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
22	37	May 21	NYY	@	OAK	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	38	May 22	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
24	39	May 23	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	41 (1)	May 25	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	44 (2)	May 29	NYY		OAK	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	48 (3)	Jun 2	NYY		CAL	L,8-9	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	51 (2)	Jun 5	NYY		SEA	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	56 (4)	Jun 11	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	62 (5)	Jun 17	NYY		MIL	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	64 (1)	Jun 19	NYY		MIL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	66 (1)	Jun 22	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	69 (2)	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-12	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	79 (9)	Jul 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	81 (1)	Jul 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	86 (4)	Jul 17	NYY		TEX	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	91 (4)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		KCR	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	92	Jul 23	NYY		KCR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	93	Jul 24 susp	NYY		KCR	L,4-5	GS	39	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	94	Jul 25	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	95	Jul 26	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	96	Jul 27	NYY	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	97	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
44	99 (1)	Jul 31	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-6	GS	24	4.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	102 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	106 (3)	Aug 6	NYY		DET	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	107	Aug 7	NYY		DET	L,5-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	109 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	NYY		TOR	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	112 (2)	Aug 11	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	113	Aug 12	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
51	114	Aug 13	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	115	Aug 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
53	116	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
54	126 (9)	Aug 26	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	128 (1)	Aug 28	NYY	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
56	129	Aug 30	NYY	@	OAK	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
57	130	Aug 31	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	131	Sep 1	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
59	132	Sep 2	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	133	Sep 3	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	134	Sep 4	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
62	135	Sep 5	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	136	Sep 6	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	139 (2)	Sep 9	NYY		BAL	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
65	142 (2)	Sep 11	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
66	144 (1)	Sep 13	NYY		MIL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	146 (1)	Sep 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	147	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-10	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	148	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
70	149	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	150	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	151	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	152	Sep 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	153	Sep 24	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	GF	15	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
75	154	Sep 25	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
76	155	Sep 26	NYY		CLE	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	156	Sep 27	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	157	Sep 28	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	158	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							79gm		627.0	412	18	4	434	2