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Cesar
Cedeno		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 25, 1951 in D.R., , SANTO DOMINGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1976   
All-Star Selections 1980    1981    1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 19 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 8 5 4 5 8 7 7
1971 20 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 4 5 8 8 8 5 4 5 7 7 7
1972 21 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 8 5 4 5 7 7 7
1973 22 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 3 3 9 8 8 5 4 5 8 7 7
1974 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 8 8 5 4 5 8 8 8
1975 24 TOR AL $ 2,550,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 9 8 9 5 4 5 9 8 8
1976 25 TOR AL $ 2,771,429   8 8 8 5 4 4 9 8 9 5 4 5 9 8 8
1977 26 TOR AL $ 8,000,000   8 8 9 5 4 5 9 8 9 5 4 5 9 8 8
1978 27 CLE AL $ 8,000,000   8 8 9 5 4 5 9 8 9 5 4 5 9 8 8
1979 28 CLE AL $ 8,000,000   8 8 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 4 5 9 8 8
1980 29 CLE AL $ 11,000,000   8 8 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 4 5 8 8 8
1981 30 CLE AL $ 11,000,000   8 8 9 5 4 5 10 9 9 5 4 5 8 8 8
1982 31 CLE AL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 5 4 5 10 9 9 5 4 5 9 8 8
1983 32 CLE AL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 5 4 5 10 9 10 5 4 4 9 8 8
1984 33 CLE AL     7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 3 3 8 7 7
1985 34 MON NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 3 3 8 8 8
1986 35 MON NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 5 4 5 9 8 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1987 36 MON NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 5 4 5 9 8 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1988 37 DET AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 5 4 5 9 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1989 38 KCR AL $ 2,500,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1990 39 KCR AL $ 2,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   8 8 9 6 5 5 10 9 10 5 4 5 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1970 19 DET AL 18 62 7 8 4 0 1 7 2 0 4 10 .129 .182 .242 .424 1.9 0.0
    AAA   135 589 94 187 32 3 18 72 35 9 48 79 .317 .369 .474 .843 100.2  
1971 20 DET AL 60 165 31 45 15 2 4 22 24 2 19 31 .273 .356 .461 .817 28.9 6.7
    AAA   54 214 35 60 9 1 1 38 11 5 24 24 .280 .353 .346 .699 27.2  
1972 21 DET AL 115 366 67 100 24 5 9 50 47 15 28 50 .273 .325 .440 .765 53.0 9.4
1973 22 DET AL 138 459 85 129 32 8 7 68 51 20 34 51 .281 .333 .431 .765 65.8 10.4
1974 23 TOR AL 157 604 79 169 32 11 5 79 54 28 60 62 .280 .345 .394 .739 77.2 9.8
1975 24 TOR AL 152 580 78 157 36 6 9 66 54 14 43 57 .271 .320 .400 .720 76.6 10.2
1976 25 TOR AL 156 594 77 160 29 7 6 61 56 21 40 48 .269 .316 .372 .688 65.1 9.1
1977 26 TOR AL 152 632 100 186 41 10 9 75 47 16 43 58 .294 .346 .434 .779 91.2 19.3
1978 27 TOR AL 99 396 65 122 20 7 9 60 37 8 30 25 .308 .357 .462 .819 64.1 15.1
  CLE AL 51 197 34 68 9 7 2 31 19 4 16 6 .345 .395 .492 .888 36.1 9.3
  TOT   150 593 99 190 29 14 11 91 56 12 46 31 .320 .370 .472 .842 100.2 24.4
1979 28 CLE AL 153 609 87 179 25 9 10 61 52 38 40 45 .294 .334 .414 .748 78.1 12.9
1980 29 CLE AL 153 587 78 174 35 14 5 68 52 19 39 54 .296 .346 .429 .775 82.4 17.6
1981 30 CLE AL 152 619 98 182 39 11 8 85 42 25 45 50 .294 .342 .431 .774 83.9 14.4
1982 31 CLE AL 153 600 93 168 37 12 13 76 13 8 40 59 .280 .327 .447 .774 80.6 16.6
1983 32 CLE AL 149 576 86 166 43 10 6 83 18 6 36 47 .288 .333 .429 .762 80.5 17.3
1984 33 CLE AL 133 437 64 115 26 7 12 69 6 5 26 41 .263 .304 .437 .741 54.9 9.9
1985 34 MON NL 131 460 53 120 33 6 8 69 23 13 28 57 .261 .303 .411 .714 52.5 10.9
1986 35 MON NL 148 549 81 163 46 12 15 83 12 17 30 71 .297 .333 .506 .840 82.2 18.8
1987 36 MON NL 155 589 68 158 38 9 7 60 13 20 29 77 .268 .302 .399 .701 59.4 7.7
1988 37 DET AL 84 236 33 69 16 1 8 38 12 13 13 34 .292 .325 .470 .796 31.3 4.4
1989 38 DET AL 100 345 39 90 19 3 2 26 12 15 11 66 .261 .286 .351 .636 28.8 2.0
    AAA   33 129 11 28 6 0 0 9 2 4 6 26 .217 .252 .264 .515 6.7  
1990 39 KCR AL 42 78 8 14 1 1 1 3 0 1 4 13 .179 .229 .256 .485 3.5 0.0
21 Years Sim 2651 9740 1411 2742 600 158 156 1240 646 308 658 1012 .282 .328 .424 .752 1277.9 231.6
3 Years AAA 222 932 140 275 47 4 19 119 48 18 78 129 .295 .351 .415 .766 134.2  
162 Game Average 595 86 167 36 9 9 75 39 18 40 61 .282 .328 .424 .752 78.1  
Career Highs 157 632 100 190 46 14 15 91 56 38 60 77 .320 .370 .506 .842 100.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6581 933 1798 386 107 96 801 417 199 413 702 .273 .317 .408 .725 824.6
vs LH   3159 478 944 214 51 60 439 229 109 245 310 .299 .351 .456 .807 480.0
Home 1309 4707 659 1318 287 73 78 584 288 147 317 519 .280 .327 .422 .748 622.1
Away 1342 5033 752 1424 313 85 78 656 358 161 341 493 .283 .329 .425 .755 682.5
RISP   2411 0 725 158 39 44 1011 0 0 218 252 .301 .356 .453 .809 371.9
Pinch Hitting   223 24 58 9 3 7 47 6 4 17 34 .260 .317 .422 .738 28.9
Close/Late   1210 167 303 60 22 15 143 0 1 106 125 .250 .312 .374 .686 139.3
Mar/Apr 413 1543 238 447 90 32 30 212 109 51 102 151 .290 .333 .448 .781 221.5
May 452 1717 255 492 109 29 21 214 110 45 105 175 .287 .330 .421 .750 228.9
June 445 1603 234 451 94 24 23 196 111 52 117 172 .281 .330 .413 .743 213.3
July 441 1616 243 458 106 27 31 200 115 47 116 173 .283 .334 .440 .774 230.0
August 453 1606 227 452 111 25 21 188 110 51 118 154 .281 .332 .421 .753 216.5
Sep/Oct 447 1655 214 442 90 21 30 230 91 62 100 187 .267 .310 .401 .711 194.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1970 19 DET AL CF 12 10 90.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 4 3 30.7 44 4 0 5 1.000 14.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1971 20 DET AL CF 39 33 307.7 84 2 0 1 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 4 3 24.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 5 1 15.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 14.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 12.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 21 DET AL CF 80 59 564.0 138 3 1 1 .993 2.25 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 13 11 106.3 26 0 1 0 .963 2.20 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 5 44.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 8 0 15.0 20 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 22 DET AL LF 53 52 451.7 102 2 1 0 .990 2.07 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    CF 61 41 392.7 109 1 3 0 .973 2.52 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 14 10 96.0 114 10 2 11 .984 11.63 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 7 6 53.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 0 0 .000 0  
1974 23 TOR AL RF 39 38 350.0 83 1 4 1 .955 2.16 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    1B 6 0 9.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1975 24 TOR AL LF 103 94 860.7 187 6 1 2 .995 2.02 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    RF 21 20 179.3 38 4 0 3 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 20 18 162.0 175 20 2 18 .990 10.83 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 4 0 15.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20 0 0 .000 0  
1976 25 TOR AL LF 141 141 1237.3 277 10 1 5 .997 2.09 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    CF 10 5 51.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 2 18.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
1977 26 TOR AL CF 148 143 1289.0 391 7 2 4 .995 2.78 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    1B 3 0 7.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 27 TOR AL RF 63 63 549.3 132 1 3 0 .978 2.18 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 26 24 221.8 45 1 1 0 .979 1.87 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 7 7 56.6 18 1 1 1 .950 3.02 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 4.7 5 0 1 1 .833 9.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CLE AL RF 33 32 275.3 66 1 2 0 .971 2.19 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    LF 13 13 111.2 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 4 3 28.4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.85 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.3 2 0 0 1 1.000 7.83 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 96 95 824.6 198 2 5 0 .976 2.18   3.8
      LF 39 37 333.0 68 2 1 0 .986 1.89   0.0
      CF 11 10 85.0 27 1 1 1 .966 2.96   0.0
      1B 3 0 7.0 7 0 1 2 .875 9.00   0.0
1979 28 CLE AL LF 109 107 956.0 188 1 1 0 .995 1.78 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 36 36 341.7 74 2 2 0 .974 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 29 CLE AL LF 105 105 927.7 196 7 0 2 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 33 31 279.0 70 0 0 0 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 11 7 80.0 81 8 0 15 1.000 10.01 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 5 2 23.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0  
1981 30 CLE AL LF 105 97 894.3 216 2 0 0 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 39 37 328.0 112 1 0 0 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 5 5 43.7 6 9 2 0 .882 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 9.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1982 31 CLE AL LF 99 96 847.7 183 3 2 1 .989 1.97 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    CF 41 40 355.0 80 2 3 0 .965 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 1 20.7 27 4 1 4 .969 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 32 CLE AL LF 102 101 913.7 213 5 0 2 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    CF 42 34 312.0 92 2 3 0 .969 2.71 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 33 CLE AL LF 55 49 451.0 91 2 1 0 .989 1.86 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    CF 44 38 347.0 95 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 20 19 162.0 38 2 2 0 .952 2.22 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 7 2 28.0 31 4 0 2 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1985 34 MON NL RF 79 77 699.0 163 6 5 2 .971 2.18 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    LF 21 17 164.7 37 1 0 1 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 12 5 59.7 17 0 1 0 .944 2.56 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 10 2 35.0 41 1 0 4 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 35 MON NL RF 109 109 965.7 229 11 5 4 .980 2.24 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 34 32 302.0 76 0 1 0 .987 2.26 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1987 36 MON NL RF 145 145 1279.0 274 6 7 0 .976 1.97 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    1B 3 0 11.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 13.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 37 DET AL LF 51 48 414.7 98 2 0 1 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    CF 18 0 39.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 3.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 38 DET AL LF 98 94 792.7 145 4 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 39 KCR AL RF 23 15 146.0 47 1 1 0 .980 2.96 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 14 5 56.3 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 3.7 7 0 0 1 1.000 17.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1096 1047 9328.3 2017 47 8 14 .996 1.99 0 0 .000 0 33.2
  CF 684 559 5224.0 1436 22 17 8 .988 2.51 0 0 .000 0 6.7
  RF 572 540 4846.2 1120 33 30 10 .975 2.14 0 0 .000 0 14.1
  1B 108 43 529.6 609 56 6 66 .991 11.30 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  3B 5 5 43.7 6 9 2 0 .882 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 1 9.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   2467 2196 19990.8 5194 170 63 100 .988 2.41 0 0 .000 1 55.3
Career Highs   155 148 1309.7 407 30 8 23 1.000 5.21 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 21 DET AL 9 43 10 14 2 2 2 9 8 1 3 7 .326 .375 .605 .980
1979 28 CLE AL 4 17 4 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .353 .389 .706 1.095
1980 29 CLE AL 5 24 4 8 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 2 .333 .360 .333 .693
1982 31 CLE AL 19 80 10 22 7 1 0 7 0 3 3 5 .275 .301 .388 .689
1983 32 CLE AL 14 53 8 13 4 0 0 9 0 0 1 3 .245 .273 .321 .593
1984 33 CLE AL 5 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .053 .000 .053
1985 34 MON NL 5 16 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 .313 .421 .375 .796
1986 35 MON NL 11 39 4 7 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 7 .179 .238 .256 .495
1988 37 DET AL 6 13 2 3 1 0 1 4 2 0 2 4 .231 .375 .538 .913
Career Post-Season Batting 78 303 44 78 19 4 4 37 14 9 17 33 .257 .305 .386 .691
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1978-4-.320
 Slugging Pct
1978-9-.472
1986-4-.506
 OPS
1978-9-.842
1986-7-.840
 XR
1977-10-91.2
1978-9-100.2
 Games
1974-1-157
1976-6-156
1987-6-155
CAR-12-2651
 At-Bats
1974-4-604
1977-2-632
1979-5-609
1981-5-619
1982-10-600
CAR-11-9740
Runs
1977-6-100
1978-9-99
1979-6-87
1981-6-98
1982-6-93
CAR-32-1411
 Hits
1977-5-186
1978-4-190
1979-7-179
1981-7-182
CAR-15-2742
 Total Bases
1977-2-274
1978-7-280
1981-10-267
1982-8-268
1986-5-278
CAR-30-4126
 Singles
1978-5-136
1979-6-135
CAR-16-1828
 Doubles
1977-5-41
1980-7-35
1981-6-39
1983-4-43
1986-1-46
1987-10-38
CAR-12-600
 Triples
1972-8-5
1973-6-8
1974-2-11
1975-6-6
1976-5-7
1977-1-10
1978-1-14
1979-4-9
1980-1-14
1981-1-11
1982-1-12
1983-2-10
1986-2-12
1987-6-9
CAR-1-158
Stolen Bases
1972-4-47
1973-4-51
1974-3-54
1975-3-54
1976-2-56
1977-4-47
1978-3-56
1979-3-52
1980-6-52
1981-7-42
CAR-7-646
 Caught Stealing
1972-6-15
1973-3-20
1974-3-28
1975-10-14
1976-3-21
1979-2-38
1980-7-19
1981-6-25
1986-8-17
1987-7-20
1988-7-13
1989-5-15
CAR-6-308
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 91    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Detroit in 1970
Had first career hit (double) on 9/4/1970, off Bob Moorhead (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/21/1970, off Fred Norman (SEM)
Injured on 10/18/1972 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Toronto on 2/13/1974 (Going to TOR: RF Jeff Burroughs, CF Cesar Cedeno, CF Jose Cruz, CF Vada Pinson, P Jim Ray. Going to DET: P John Gelnar)
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,771,429 through salary arbitration
10/23/1976: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1976
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1978, hitting .538 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Toronto to Cleveland (A) on 7/31/1978 (Going to CLE: CF Cesar Cedeno, P Enrique Romo. Going to TOR: P Rick Rhoden)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Colorado on 9/4/1978
9/22/1979: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $11,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 4/21/1980
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
6/1/1983: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 2000th career hit on 9/5/1983, off Bob Knepper (SDP)
Drove in 6 runs against Indianapolis on 4/21/1984
Released by Cleveland (A) on 10/31/1984
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/5/1985 to a 3-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Injured on 4/9/1985 with a Concussion, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 6/23/1986
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/6/1988 to a 4-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 7/31/1989 (Going to DET: P Bill Landrum. Going to KCR: RF Cesar Cedeno, DH Keith Hernandez, P Joe Hesketh)
 
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