Rick Cerone

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 192 lb

BornMay 19, 1954 · Newark, NJ, USA

MLB debutAugust 17, 1975

Final gameJuly 10, 1992

Seasons18 (1975–1992)

Cleveland Indians 1975–1976; Toronto Blue Jays 1977–1979; New York Yankees 1980–1984; Atlanta Braves 1985; Milwaukee Brewers 1986; New York Yankees 1987; Boston Red Sox 1988–1989; New York Yankees 1990; New York Mets 1991; Montreal Expos 1992

Percentile snapshot

1980 season — qualified batters

147

575

34.7

519

37.9

144

35.5

71.8

42.7

61.3

RBI

20.2

64.5

67.7

.277

42.7

OBP

.321

21.8

SLG

.432

60.5

OPS

.753

43.5

wRC+

105.9

41.1

OPS+

107.7

44.4

wOBA

.336

34.7

sWAR

3.6

67.7

of 125 qualified 1980 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

77.4

7.8

OPS+

77.8

7.4

sWAR

14.3

90.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1975	7	14	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	83.1	81.7	.303	0.1
1976	7	16	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-43.5	-26.0	.118	-0.2
1977	31	107	100	7	20	4	0	1	10	6	12	0	0	.200	.245	.270	.515	36.0	39.5	.239	-0.2
1978	88	310	282	25	63	8	2	3	20	23	32	0	3	.223	.284	.298	.582	61.4	62.1	.276	0.4
1979	136	514	469	47	112	27	4	7	61	37	40	1	4	.239	.294	.358	.652	72.9	73.8	.296	1.2
1980	147	575	519	70	144	30	4	14	85	32	56	1	3	.277	.321	.432	.753	105.9	107.7	.336	3.6
1981	71	254	234	23	57	13	2	2	21	12	24	0	2	.244	.276	.342	.618	76.3	79.7	.284	0.8
1982	89	329	300	29	68	10	0	5	28	19	27	0	2	.227	.271	.310	.581	57.9	61.2	.264	0.2
1983	80	266	246	18	54	7	0	2	22	15	29	0	0	.220	.267	.272	.540	50.8	52.2	.250	0.0
1984	38	132	120	8	25	3	0	2	13	9	15	1	0	.208	.269	.283	.553	57.4	56.8	.259	0.1
1985	96	316	282	15	61	9	0	3	25	29	25	0	3	.216	.288	.280	.568	55.2	55.9	.271	0.1
1986	68	242	216	22	56	14	0	4	18	15	28	1	1	.259	.304	.380	.683	80.8	82.8	.305	0.8
1987	113	327	284	28	69	12	1	4	23	30	46	0	1	.243	.320	.335	.654	78.5	75.6	.299	1.2
1988	84	289	264	31	71	13	1	3	27	20	32	0	0	.269	.326	.360	.686	92.0	89.7	.317	1.4
1989	102	341	296	28	72	16	1	4	48	34	40	0	0	.243	.320	.345	.665	85.1	83.8	.311	1.4
1990	49	146	139	12	42	6	0	2	11	5	13	0	0	.302	.324	.388	.713	97.3	98.1	.325	0.7
1991	90	258	227	18	62	13	0	2	16	30	24	1	1	.273	.360	.357	.717	109.4	104.3	.338	1.9
1992	33	68	63	10	17	4	0	1	7	3	5	1	2	.270	.313	.381	.694	98.9	97.3	.322	0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1987	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.0	0.00	.500	4.50	3.37	76.4	—	1.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

1,329

4,504

4,069

393

998

190

RBI

436

320

450

.2453

OBP

.3012

SLG

.3428

OPS

.6440

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

.000

WHIP

.5000

K/9

4.50

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1980-07-28	NYY @ MIN Gameday	5	2	3	1	0	2	4	0	10
1985-04-15	CIN @ ATL Gameday	5	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	7
1984-08-25	NYY @ SEA Gameday	4	3	3	1	0	1	2	1	7
1978-08-12	KC @ TOR Gameday	4	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	7
1981-09-22	CLE @ NYY Gameday	4	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1987-07-19	NYY @ TEX Gameday	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1987-08-09	NYY @ DET Gameday	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.