Rick Cerone
Full Name: Richard Aldo Cerone
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 5-11 Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: May 19, 1954 in Newark, NJ
College: Seton Hall
Major League Debut: August 17, 1975
Died:

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CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
  BATTING
Year Team Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
1975 CLE .250 7 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .308 .333 .641
1976 CLE .125 7 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .125 .125 .250
1977 TOR .200 31 100 7 20 4 0 1 10 6 12 .245 .270 .515
1978 TOR .223 88 282 25 63 8 2 3 20 23 32 .284 .298 .582
1979 TOR .239 136 469 47 112 27 4 7 61 37 40 .294 .358 .652
1980 NYY .277 147 519 70 144 30 4 14 85 32 56 .321 .432 .753
1981 NYY .244 71 234 23 57 13 2 2 21 12 24 .276 .342 .618
1982 NYY .227 89 300 29 68 10 0 5 28 19 27 .271 .310 .581
1983 NYY .220 80 246 18 54 7 0 2 22 15 29 .267 .272 .540
1984 NYY .208 38 120 8 25 3 0 2 13 9 15 .269 .283 .553
1985 ATL .216 96 282 15 61 9 0 3 25 29 25 .288 .280 .568
1986 MIL .259 68 216 22 56 14 0 4 18 15 28 .304 .380 .683
1987 NYY .243 113 284 28 69 12 1 4 23 30 46 .320 .335 .654
1988 BOS .269 84 264 31 71 13 1 3 27 20 32 .326 .360 .686
1989 BOS .243 102 296 28 72 16 1 4 48 34 40 .320 .345 .665
1990 NYY .302 49 139 12 42 6 0 2 11 5 13 .324 .388 .713
1991 NYM .273 90 227 18 62 13 0 2 16 30 24 .360 .357 .717
1992 MON .270 33 63 10 17 4 0 1 7 3 5 .313 .381 .694
  AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS
Totals .245 1329 4069 393 998 190 15 59 436 320 450 .301 .343 .644


  BATTING BASERUNNING MISC
Year Team HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1975 CLE 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0
1976 CLE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 8.0
1977 TOR 0 3 27 0 1 0 0 0 .000 100.0 8.3
1978 TOR 1 7 84 0 4 0 0 3 .000 94.0 8.8
1979 TOR 1 5 168 1 3 4 1 4 .200 67.0 11.7
1980 NYY 6 14 224 2 8 10 1 3 .250 37.1 9.3
1981 NYY 0 10 80 0 4 4 0 2 .000 117.0 9.8
1982 NYY 1 12 93 1 4 5 0 2 .000 60.0 11.1
1983 NYY 1 5 67 1 4 0 0 0 .000 123.0 8.5
1984 NYY 1 5 34 0 2 0 1 0 1.000 60.0 8.0
1985 ATL 1 15 79 1 0 4 0 3 .000 94.0 11.3
1986 MIL 1 5 82 0 5 5 1 1 .500 54.0 7.7
1987 NYY 4 8 95 0 5 4 0 1 .000 71.0 6.2
1988 BOS 3 6 95 0 1 1 0 0 .000 88.0 8.3
1989 BOS 2 10 102 1 4 5 0 0 .000 74.0 7.4
1990 NYY 0 4 54 0 1 1 0 0 .000 69.5 10.7
1991 NYM 1 9 81 2 0 0 1 1 .500 113.5 9.5
1992 MON 1 0 24 0 1 0 1 2 .333 63.0 12.6
  HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
Totals 24 118 1395 9 48 43 6 22 .214 69.0 9.0


CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
Year Team POS G PO A E DP FPCT
1975 CLE C 7 18 1 0 0 1.000
1976 CLE C 6 25 1 1 1 .963
1977 TOR C 31 146 15 1 1 .994
1978 TOR C 84 426 44 4 7 .992
1979 TOR C 136 560 68 13 10 .980
1980 NYY C 147 800 73 9 9 .990
1981 NYY C 69 353 26 3 1 .992
1982 NYY C 89 509 25 6 5 .989
1983 NYY C 78 412 18 4 2 .991
1983 NYY 3B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 Total   79 412 18 4 2 .991
1984 NYY C 38 230 9 1 1 .996
1985 ATL C 91 384 48 6 4 .986
1986 MIL C 68 391 44 4 2 .991
1987 NYY P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
1987 NYY 1B 2 4 0 0 0 1.000
1987 NYY C 111 539 36 1 4 .998
1987 Total   116 544 36 1 4 .998
1988 BOS C 83 471 28 0 4 1.000
1989 BOS C 97 578 41 10 2 .984
1989 BOS UN 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1989 BOS RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1989 Total   99 580 41 10 2 .984
1990 NYY C 35 177 14 1 1 .995
1990 NYY 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1990 Total   36 179 14 1 1 .995
1991 NYM C 81 424 35 6 0 .987
1992 MON C 28 106 7 0 0 1.000
  G PO A E DP FPCT
Totals 1288 6558 533 70 54 .990


CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS
Year Team ERA W L Sv Svo G IP H R ER BB K
1987 NYY 0.00 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  ERA W L Sv Svo G IP H R ER BB K
Totals 0.00 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 0 0 0 1 1


Year Team GS CG Sho GF BB/9 K/9 RATIO HR HB IBB SH WP BK
1987 NYY 0 0 0 2 4.50 4.50 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 1
  GS CG Sho GF BB/9 K/9 RATIO HR HB IBB SH WP BK
Totals 0 0 0 2 4.50 4.50 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 1



[Biographical information by Ed Gefen, The Ballplayers]

Always a crowd favorite in New York, Cerone, a New Jersey native, was able to play near home when the Yankees acquired him from the Blue Jays after 1979. Cerone's finest season was 1980, when he finished seventh in AL MVP voting and had career highs in batting average (.277), home runs (14), and RBI (85).

Cerone earned the respect of his teammates by talking back to Yankees owner George Steinbrenner after the boss chewed out his team before the decisive Game 5 of the 1981 Divisional Playoffs. Cerone homered in that game, a 7-3 Yankees win.

Injuries hampered Cerone in 1982-84, and he was traded to Atlanta, where he played a year before being traded to Milwaukee. The Yankees signed him as a free agent before 1987, and he played in over 100 games for the first time since 1981. Twice he pitched, allowing no hits and only one walk in two innings, including a strikeout of Texas pitcher Bobby Whitt, who was pinch hitting in a blowout. Let go by the Yankees in 1987, Cerone was picked up by the Red Sox and had renewed success sharing catching duties with Rich Gedman. In his final final seasons Cerone saw action with both New York teams before closing out his career with 33 games for the Expos in 1992.

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