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+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 59 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 18 go ahead

7 Tms
NYY	31
TOR	11
BOS	7
MIL	4
ATL	3
NYM	2
MON	1

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	21

Home/Road
Home	30
Away	29

Outs
1	22
0	19
2	18

19 Opps
MIN	8
KCR	7
CHW	6
TEX	5
BOS	5
DET	4
MIL	4
TOR	3
OAK	2
CAL	2
SEA	2
BAL	2
PIT	2
CLE	2
CHC	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
PHI	1
HOU	1

54 Pitchers
Mike Smithson	2
Nolan Ryan	2
Steve Trout	2
John Verhoeven	2
Larry Gura	2
Dave Beard	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Mark Davis	1
Bob McClure	1
Don August	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Steve Crawford	1
Matt Keough	1
Ken Kravec	1
Doug Corbett	1
John Henry Johnson	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Nelson Briles	1
Freddie Martínez	1
Greg Cadaret	1
John Stuper	1
Jackson Todd	1
Mike Campbell	1
Joey McLaughlin	1
Pablo Torrealba	1
Mike Barlow	1
Juan Nieves	1
Len Barker	1
Bob Stoddard	1
Charlie Lea	1
Dave Tobik	1
Eric King	1
Charlie Leibrandt	1
Randy McGilberry	1
Mark Clear	1
Britt Burns	1
Bill Travers	1
Aurelio López	1
Brian Kingman	1
Brian Denman	1
Roger McDowell	1
Mike Stanton	1
Steve Engel	1
Albert Williams	1
John Tudor	1
Jerry Don Gleaton	1
Dennis Eckersley	1
Jeff Ballard	1
Steve Stone	1
Neal Heaton	1
Shawn Hillegas	1
Walt Terrell	1
Roger Mason	1

17 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	13
Fenway Pk (BOS)	8
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	7
Arlington St (ARL)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	5
County Stad (MIL)	4
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	41
78	5
9	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	47
3	6
6	2
5	2
1	1
2	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	57
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	14
12-	7
-2-	4
1-3	3
123	1
--3	1

101 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	29
1 on	19
2 on	10
3 on	1
Any on	30

Inning
1	1
2	11
3	5
4	5
5	7
6	8
7	5
8	13
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	17
4-6	20
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	5
+2	6
+1	8
Tied	12
-1	7
-2	6
-3	1
-4..	7

Ahead	26
Tied	12
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	47
1-1	3
3-1	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
3-2	1
0-0	1
1-0	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	59

OrderPos
8th	23
9th	18
7th	13
6th	5

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-08-17	TOR	@	TEX	Nelson Briles	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---		1	9	2	0.113	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1978-07-08	TOR	@	CHW	Ken Kravec	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	---		1	8	2	0.073	92%		Home Run
3	3	2	1	1978-08-12	TOR		KCR	Randy McGilberry	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	---		1	8	2	0.032	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	1978-09-07	TOR		MIL	Bob McClure	behind 3-4	b 8	2	1--		2	8	2	0.627	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. McKay Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1979-04-07	TOR	@	KCR	Larry Gura	behind 1-5	t 8	1	---		1	8	2	0.026	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1979-04-12	TOR	@	CHW	Pablo Torrealba	behind 6-7	t 8	0	1-3		3	9	2	0.311	86%		Home Run; T. Johnson Scores; D. McKay Scores; R. Cerone Scores
7	7	3	1	1979-07-06	TOR	@	TEX	John Henry Johnson	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1-3		3	7	2	0.291	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Howell Scores; J. Mayberry Scores
8	8	4	1	1979-07-27	TOR		DET	Aurelio López	behind 1-3	b 9	2	1--		2	9	2	0.490	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bailor Scores
9	9	5	1	1979-08-26	TOR		CAL	Mark Clear	ahead 5-1	b 6	0	1--		2	8	2	0.029	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Woods Scores
10	10	6	1	1979-09-03 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	Steve Stone	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	8	2	0.113	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	1979-09-20	TOR		BOS	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 4-0	b 6	1	1--		2	8	2	0.034	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Howell Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1980-04-20	NYY		MIL	Bill Travers	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	1--		2	8	2	0.107	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores
13	13	2	1	1980-05-04	NYY	@	MIN	John Verhoeven	ahead 7-0	t 5	1	12-		3	8	2	0.016	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; J. Spencer Scores; G. Nettles Scores
14	14	3	1	1980-05-14	NYY		KCR	Dennis Leonard	ahead 6-1	b 3	2	-2-		2	9	2	0.040	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Brown Scores
15	15	4	1	1980-05-26	NYY		DET	Dave Tobik	ahead 9-5	b 8	2	123		4	7	2	0.010	100%		Home Run; B. Watson Scores; J. Lefebvre Scores; G. Nettles Scores
16	16	5	1	1980-06-19	NYY		CAL	Freddie Martínez	behind 2-3	b 2	1	---		1	8	2	0.114	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	6	1	1980-06-22	NYY		OAK	Matt Keough	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---		1	7	2	0.097	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	7	1	1980-06-24	NYY		BOS	John Tudor	behind 3-5	b 3	2	12-		3	8	2	0.322	64%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); B. Watson Scores; B. Brown Scores
19	19	8	1	1980-07-13	NYY	@	CHW	Steve Trout	tied 1-1	t 8	1	1--		2	8	2	0.352	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jones Scores
20	20	9	1	1980-07-28	NYY	@	MIN	Doug Corbett	behind 3-5	t 8	1	12-		3	7	2	0.496	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Soderholm Scores; O. Gamble Scores
21	21	10	2	1980-07-28	NYY	@	MIN	John Verhoeven	tied 6-6	t 10	0	---		1	7	2	0.329	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	11	1	1980-09-08	NYY	@	TOR	Mike Barlow	ahead 5-4	t 9	0	1--		2	6	2	0.108	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Watson Scores
23	23	12	1	1980-09-09	NYY	@	TOR	Jackson Todd	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---		1	6	2	0.102	50%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
24	24	13	1	1980-09-17	NYY		TOR	Joey McLaughlin	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---		1	6	2	0.114	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	14	1	1980-10-01	NYY	@	CLE	Mike Stanton	ahead 12-2	t 5	2	12-		3	6	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Gamble Scores; B. Watson Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1981-06-05	NYY		CHW	Britt Burns	tied 3-3	b 5	1	-2-		2	8	2	0.223	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores
27	27	2	1	1981-09-22	NYY		CLE	Len Barker	behind 3-5	b 4	1	---		1	9	2	0.123	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1982-04-13	NYY	@	TEX	Rick Honeycutt	ahead 5-3	t 8	2	---		1	8	2	0.072	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	2	1	1982-07-18	NYY		OAK	Brian Kingman	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---		1	9	2	0.055	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	1982-08-13	NYY	@	CHW	Steve Trout	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---		1	9	2	0.196	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	4	1	1982-09-25	NYY	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	tied 2-2	t 7	1	-2-		2	8	2	0.262	79%		Home Run; R. Smalley Scores/unER
32	32	5	1	1982-09-27	NYY	@	BOS	Brian Denman	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	12-		3	8	2	0.147	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores/unER; R. Smalley Scores/unER; R. Cerone Scores/unER
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1983-05-07	NYY	@	MIN	Albert Williams	behind 4-5	t 8	0	12-		3	7	2	0.393	86%		Home Run; S. Kemp Scores; O. Gamble Scores
34	34	2	1	1983-07-25	NYY	@	TEX	Mike Smithson	tied 2-2	t 7	1	---		1	9	2	0.214	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1984-04-05	NYY	@	KCR	Larry Gura	behind 1-14	t 7	2	12-		3	8	2	0.000	0%		Home Run; T. Harrah Scores; K. Griffey Scores
36	36	2	1	1984-08-25	NYY	@	SEA	Dave Beard	ahead 8-1	t 6	2	--3		2	9	2	0.009	100%		Home Run; O. Moreno Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1985-04-15	ATL		CIN	John Stuper	behind 4-9	b 4	0	---		1	7	2	0.049	13%		Home Run
38	38	2	1	1985-04-19	ATL		HOU	Nolan Ryan	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--		2	7	2	0.188	74%		Home Run; B. Horner Scores
39	39	3	1	1985-08-21	ATL		CHC	Steve Engel	behind 1-3	b 3	2	1-3		3	6	2	0.324	64%		Home Run; R. Ramírez Scores/unER; T. Harper Scores/unER; R. Cerone Scores/unER
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1986-05-16	MIL		MIN	Mike Smithson	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---		1	9	2	0.094	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	2	1	1986-05-18	MIL		MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-4	b 6	1	---		1	9	2	0.058	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	3	1	1986-08-27	MIL		MIN	Neal Heaton	behind 1-7	b 7	0	---		1	9	2	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	4	1	1986-09-10	MIL	@	DET	Walt Terrell	behind 5-11	t 6	1	---		1	9	2	0.017	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1987-06-05	NYY	@	MIL	Juan Nieves	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---		1	8	2	0.102	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	2	1	1987-07-30	NYY		KCR	Bob Stoddard	ahead 5-2	b 6	0	---		1	8	2	0.041	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	3	1	1987-08-08	NYY	@	DET	Eric King	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---		1	7	2	0.084	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	4	1	1987-09-07	NYY	@	BOS	Steve Crawford	ahead 7-4	t 8	1	-2-		2	8	2	0.050	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Pagliarulo Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1988-04-30	BOS		MIN	Charlie Lea	tied 1-1	b 2	1	1--	6,(3-2) BFFBBX	2	8	2	0.179	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Horn Scores
49	49	2	1	1988-05-13	BOS		SEA	Mike Campbell	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	7	2	0.096	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	3	1	1988-07-15 (2)	BOS		KCR	Charlie Leibrandt	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	1--	5,(3-1) 1CBBBX	2	7	2	0.081	96%		Home Run; J. Rice Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1989-05-03	BOS	@	CHW	Shawn Hillegas	tied 3-3	t 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.304	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Evans Scores
52	52	2	1	1989-08-02	BOS		BAL	Jeff Ballard	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1--	6,(2-2) B1CFB>F11X	2	9	2	0.151	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Rivera Scores
53	53	3	1	1989-08-22	BOS	@	NYY	Greg Cadaret	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.145	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
54	54	4	1	1989-09-28	BOS		MIL	Don August	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	9	2	0.134	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Romine Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1990-04-20	NYY	@	TEX	Nolan Ryan	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	8	2	0.103	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
56	56	2	1	1990-05-19	NYY		KCR	Mark Davis	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	1--	3,(2-0) .BBX	2	7	2	0.100	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); M. Blowers Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1991-04-09	NYM		PHI	Roger McDowell	behind 0-1	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.472	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Cerone Scores
58	58	2	1	1991-09-30	NYM	@	PIT	Roger Mason	behind 4-6	t 6	0	---	3,(0-2) FSX	1	9	2	0.123	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Cerone Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1992-04-21	MON		PIT	Jerry Don Gleaton	behind 4-8	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	7	2	0.019	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Cerone Scores