MLB / Players

Ron Cey

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 185 lb

BornFebruary 15, 1948 · Tacoma, WA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 3, 1971

Final gameJuly 12, 1987

Seasons17 (1971–1987)

Los Angeles Dodgers 1971–1982; Chicago Cubs 1983–1986; Oakland Athletics 1987

Percentile snapshot

1985 season — qualified batters

145

35.3

564

27.2

500

28.7

116

24.3

69.9

RBI

65.4

106

6.6

84.6

.232

4.4

OBP

.316

29.4

SLG

.408

40.4

OPS

.724

wRC+

90.6

23.5

OPS+

92.6

27.2

wOBA

.328

36.8

sWAR

1.5

28.7

of 137 qualified 1985 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

123.1

83.6

OPS+

122.5

82.8

sWAR

54.6

99.2

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
1971	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-127.0	-100.0	.000	0.0
1972	11	45	37	3	10	1	0	1	3	7	10	0	0	.270	.400	.378	.778	140.0	126.6	.376	0.4
1973	152	595	507	60	124	18	4	15	80	74	77	1	1	.245	.338	.385	.723	107.3	106.0	.335	2.8
1974	159	673	577	88	151	20	2	18	97	76	68	1	1	.262	.349	.397	.746	113.1	114.7	.346	3.6
1975	158	662	566	72	160	29	2	25	101	78	74	5	2	.283	.372	.473	.845	138.2	140.7	.384	5.5
1976	145	600	502	69	139	18	3	23	80	89	74	0	4	.277	.386	.462	.848	146.0	145.0	.390	5.6
1977	153	669	564	77	136	22	3	30	110	93	106	3	4	.241	.347	.450	.797	116.3	115.0	.358	3.8
1978	159	667	555	84	150	32	0	23	84	96	96	2	5	.270	.380	.452	.833	138.4	134.3	.383	5.7
1979	150	579	487	77	137	20	1	28	81	86	85	3	3	.281	.389	.499	.888	146.4	143.5	.400	5.5
1980	157	630	551	81	140	25	0	28	77	69	92	2	2	.254	.342	.452	.794	125.8	122.8	.363	4.4
1981	85	359	312	42	90	15	2	13	50	40	55	0	2	.288	.372	.474	.846	147.7	144.4	.389	3.4
1982	150	627	556	62	141	23	1	24	79	57	99	3	2	.254	.323	.428	.751	111.9	112.6	.342	3.3
1983	159	658	581	73	160	33	1	24	90	62	85	0	0	.275	.346	.460	.805	116.1	117.5	.361	3.8
1984	146	580	505	71	121	27	0	25	97	61	108	3	2	.240	.324	.442	.766	103.6	106.4	.344	2.5
1985	145	564	500	64	116	18	2	22	63	58	106	1	1	.232	.316	.408	.724	90.6	92.6	.328	1.5
1986	97	306	256	42	70	21	0	13	36	44	66	0	0	.273	.384	.508	.891	142.7	136.4	.404	2.8
1987	45	128	104	12	23	6	0	4	11	22	32	0	0	.221	.359	.394	.754	110.6	106.6	.341	0.2

Career totals

2,073

212th-most career G

8,344

224th-most career PA

7,162

276th-most career AB

977

385th-most career R

1,868

367th-most career H

328

383rd-most career 2B

316

144th-most career HR

RBI

1,139

200th-most career RBI

1,012

120th-most career BB

1,235

209th-most career SO

.2608

OBP

.3537

SLG

.4448

OPS

.7985

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	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1985-05-26	HOU @ CHC Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	3	0	10
1973-05-16	LAD @ CIN Gameday	6	1	4	2	1	4	0	9
1974-10-06	LAD @ PIT Gameday	5	2	4	2	1	1	0	9
1974-07-31	LAD @ SD Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	8	1	9
1974-06-01	LAD @ CHC Gameday	4	3	3	0	2	7	0	9

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.

Honors

1× World Series MVP6× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.