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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 11	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	8 (3)	Apr 16	TOR		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	9	Apr 17	TOR		KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
4	10	Apr 18	TOR		KCR	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
5	11	Apr 19	TOR		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	12	Apr 21	TOR		CHW	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	13	Apr 22	TOR		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	14	Apr 23	TOR		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	15	Apr 24	TOR		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
10	16	Apr 25	TOR		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
11	17	Apr 26	TOR	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	18	Apr 27	TOR	@	KCR	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	19	Apr 28	TOR	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	20	Apr 29	TOR	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	21	Apr 30	TOR	@	CAL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	22	May 2	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
17	23	May 3	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	24	May 5	TOR	@	SEA	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	28 (3)	May 10	TOR		OAK	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	31 (2)	May 15	TOR		CAL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
21	32	May 16	TOR		CAL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
22	33	May 18	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
23	34	May 19	TOR		NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	35	May 20	TOR		NYY	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	36	May 21 (1)	TOR		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
26	38 (1)	May 22	TOR		BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	39	May 23	TOR		BOS	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	40	May 24	TOR		BOS	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	44 (3)	May 28 (1)	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	C
30	48 (3)	May 31	TOR	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	49	Jun 2	TOR		TEX	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	50	Jun 3	TOR		TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	51	Jun 4	TOR		TEX	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
34	52	Jun 9	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
35	53	Jun 10	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	55 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	56	Jun 13 (1)	TOR		MIN	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	57	Jun 13 (2)	TOR		MIN	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	59 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	TOR		MIL	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
40	61 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	63 (1)	Jun 18	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	C
42	64	Jun 20	TOR		DET	L,3-4	GF	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR C
43	65	Jun 21	TOR		DET	L,8-10	GF	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH C
44	67 (1)	Jun 24	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	68	Jun 25 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	72 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	TOR		BAL	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
47	73	Jun 28	TOR		BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	75 (1)	Jul 1	TOR		CLE	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	76	Jul 2 (1)	TOR		CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
50	79 (2)	Jul 4	TOR	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	80	Jul 5 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	84 (3)	Jul 8	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
53	87 (2)	Jul 14	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	44	10.1	7	3	0	10	0	C
54	89 (1)	Jul 16	TOR	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
55	90	Jul 17	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	92 (1)	Jul 19	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	93	Jul 21 (1)	TOR		OAK	L,2-7	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	95 (1)	Jul 22	TOR		OAK	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	97 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	TOR		SEA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	102 (4)	Jul 28	TOR		MIL	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	107 (4)	Aug 4	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	108	Aug 5	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
63	111 (2)	Aug 8	TOR		BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
64	113 (1)	Aug 10	TOR		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	115 (1)	Aug 12	TOR		KCR	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	117 (1)	Aug 15	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
67	118	Aug 16 (1)	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	120 (1)	Aug 17	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
69	126 (5)	Aug 23 (1)	TOR	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
70	127	Aug 23 (2)	TOR	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	130 (2)	Aug 26	TOR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
72	133 (2)	Aug 29	TOR	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	135 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	137 (1)	Sep 2	TOR		CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	140 (2)	Sep 5	TOR		CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
76	142 (1)	Sep 7	TOR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	143	Sep 8	TOR		BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	144	Sep 9	TOR		BAL	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
79	145	Sep 11 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
80	149 (3)	Sep 17	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	150	Sep 20 (1)	TOR		NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	155 (4)	Sep 24	TOR		BOS	L,6-7	GF	46	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	PH C
83	158 (2)	Sep 28	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	161 (2)	Oct 1	TOR	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
							84gm		712.0	426	44	4	474	7