Major_League_Career Rick_Cerone

1 major league career

1.1 1970s

1.1.1 cleveland indians (1975-76)
1.1.2 toronto blue jays (1977-79)


1.2 1980s

1.2.1 new york yankees (1980-84)
1.2.2 atlanta braves (1985)
1.2.3 milwaukee brewers (1986)
1.2.4 new york yankees (1987)
1.2.5 boston red sox (1988-89)


1.3 1990s

1.3.1 new york yankees (1990)
1.3.2 new york mets (1991)
1.3.3 montreal expos (1992)


1.4 career (1975-1992)

major league career
1970s
cleveland indians (1975-76)

cerone drafted cleveland indians seventh overall pick in first round of 1975 mlb draft. made mlb debut on august 17, 1975, pinch hitting first baseman boog powell in top of ninth inning in 14-5 win on minnesota twins, lined out. cerone replaced catcher alan ashby in bottom of ninth. on august 22, cerone collected first career hit, single off paul splittorff of kansas city royals. overall, finished season playing in 7 games indians, batting .250.

cerone saw little action again indians in 1976, hitting .125 rbi in 7 games club. on december 6, indians traded cerone , john lowenstein toronto blue jays rico carty.

toronto blue jays (1977-79)

cerone joined toronto blue jays expansion season in 1977, , starting catcher first game on april 7. cerone had 2 hits blue jays in 9-5 victory on chicago white sox. on august 17, cerone hit first career home run off of nelson briles of texas rangers. overall, cerone played in 31 games toronto, hitting .200 home run , 10 rbi.

he saw more playing time blue jays in 1978, playing in 88 games, hitting .223 3 hr , 23 rbi, split playing time alan ashby. jays traded ashby after season, , named cerone primary catcher 1979 season.

cerone appeared in 136 games toronto in 1979 season, hitting .239 7 hr , 61 rbi fourth highest total on club. after season, jays , new york yankees completed trade sent cerone, tom underwood , ted wilborn yankees damaso garcia, chris chambliss , paul mirabella.

1980s
new york yankees (1980-84)

cerone joined new york yankees 1980 season, following death of catcher thurman munson year before. in first season yankees, cerone batted .277 14 hr , 85 rbi in 147 games, , finished seventh in american league mvp voting, helped new york win american league east division , qualify playoffs. defensively, cerone led american league threw out 57 attempted stolen base attempts, league best 51.8%. in first playoffs, cerone hit .333 home run , 2 rbi, however, yankees swept kansas city royals in 3 games.

cerone s production dipped in 1981 season, hit .244 2 hr , 21 rbi in 71 games, however, yankees reached post-season once again. in playoffs, cerone hit .333 home run , 5 rbi in yankees victory on milwaukee brewers in american league divisional series. in american league championship series against oakland athletics, cerone struggled .100 batting average, however, yankees won series , reached 1981 world series. in world series against los angeles dodgers, cerone hit .190 home run , 3 rbi, yankees lost los angeles in 6 games.

in 1982, cerone split playing time butch wynegar, appeared in 89 games, hitting .227 5 hr , 28 rbi, yankees failed make playoffs. cerone s production continued drop in 1983, hit .220 2 hr , 22 rbi in 80 games. in 1984, cerone became backup catcher wynegar, appearing in 38 games, batting .208 2 hr , 13 rbi. on november 5, yankees traded cerone atlanta braves brian fisher

atlanta braves (1985)

cerone spent 1985 season atlanta braves, splitting time bruce benedict braves catcher, cerone appeared in 96 games, hitting .216 3 hr , 25 rbi. on march 5, 1986, braves traded cerone 2 minor leaguers milwaukee brewers ted simmons.

milwaukee brewers (1986)

cerone played 1986 season milwaukee brewers, , charlie moore shared catching duties club. in 69 games, cerone hit .259 4 hr , 18 rbi. on november 12, cerone granted free agency.

new york yankees (1987)

on february 13, 1987, cerone rejoined new york yankees, spent 5 seasons club 1980-1984. cerone play in 113 games, highest total since appearing in 147 games in 1980 season, hit .243 4 hr , 23 rbi. cerone played yankees during spring training in 1988, however, on april 4, yankees released him.

boston red sox (1988-89)

cerone signed boston red sox on april 15, 1988, , in 84 games red sox, cerone had .269 batting average 3 hr , 27 rbi, , rich gedman shared catching duties. red sox won american league east division, however, cerone did not appear in playoff games.

he returned red sox 1989 season, cerone hit .243 4 hr , 48 rbi in 102 games boston, however, red sox fell short in making post-season. on december 19, boston released cerone.

1990s
new york yankees (1990)

on december 20, 1989, 1 day after being released boston red sox, cerone rejoined yankees third time, signed club free agent. cerone backed yankees starting catcher bob geren, appeared in 49 games, hitting .302 2 hr , 11 rbi in limited action. on january 13, 1991, yankees released cerone.

new york mets (1991)

on january 21, 1991, cerone signed contract new york mets, split playing time charlie o brien. in 90 games mets, cerone hit .273 2 hr , 16 rbi. on october 7, granted free agency.

montreal expos (1992)

on february 12, 1992, cerone signed free agent montreal expos. cerone hit .270 home run , 7 rbi expos in 33 games backup gary carter, however, emergence of darrin fletcher, expos released cerone on july 16.

career (1975-1992)

cerone finished career .245 batting average, had 998 career hits, 59 hr , 436 rbi in 1329 games. in 17 career playoff games, cerone hit .246 3 hr , 10 rbi.