Rick Cerone
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: May 19, 1954 Newark, New Jersey |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 17, 1975, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 10, 1992, for the Montreal Expos | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .245 | ||
| Home runs | 59 | ||
| Runs batted in | 436 | ||
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Richard Aldo Cerone (born May 19, 1954 in Newark, New Jersey) is a former Major League Baseball player from 1975 to 1992 for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and Montreal Expos. Cerone was primarily a catcher.
Cerone played high school baseball and football at Essex Catholic High School.
Cerone then attended Seton Hall University, where he played baseball for the Pirates under head coach Mike Sheppard.
Cerone was drafted by the Cleveland Indians with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 1975 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut on August 17, 1975, pinch hitting for first baseman Boog Powell in the top of the ninth inning in a 14-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, as he lined out. Cerone then replaced catcher Alan Ashby in the bottom of the ninth. On August 22, Cerone collected his first career hit, a single off Paul Splittorff of the Kansas City Royals. Overall, he finished the season playing in seven games with the Indians, batting .250.
Cerone saw little action again with the Indians in 1976, hitting .125 with an RBI in seven games with the club. On December 6, the Indians traded Cerone and John Lowenstein to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rico Carty.
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