In 1999, he was named a finalist for the major league baseball allcentury team. Cesar cedeno remember when the houston astros uniforms were. Billy leo williams born june 15, 1938 is a retired american baseball left fielder who played 16 seasons in major league baseball mlb for the chicago cubs and 2 seasons for the oakland athletics. Cesar cedeno 1974 game by game batting logs baseball almanac. Did you know that in the cesar cedeno miscellaneous allstar items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the allstar label and a truly comprehensive history of that allstar game will appear on your screen.
The 1972 major league baseball allstar game, the 43rd such game, was played on july 25, 1972. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award. The 1973 major league baseball allstar game was the 44th midseason exhibition between the allstars of the american league al and the national league nl, the two leagues comprising major league baseball. Sabr is housed at the walter cronkite school of journalism and mass communication at arizona state university. Tony pacheco of the houston astros hired guerrero in 1963 to work as a parttime scout in the dominican republic.
Check out cesar cedeno career batting and fielding statistics including batting average, hits, home runs, rbi and award history as part of whatifsports free simmatchup baseball. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. The 20 most obscure firsts in baseball bleacher report. At 22, cesar cedeno is as good or better than willie.
Jimmys teammate in houston, cesar cedeno had some major runins with the law. I dont know whether he can keep this up for 20 years, and im not saying he will be better than mays. The cesar cedeno world series stats seen below include his world series year byyear hitting stats, world series fielding stats, and world series pitching stats. Cesar cedeno was born on sunday, february 25, 1951, in santo domingo, distrito nacional, dominican republic. Cesar cedeno appeared in 160 major league games during the 1974 regular season. Williams was inducted into the national baseball hall of fame in 1987. Baseball almanac is pleased to present all the cesar cedeno books currently listed on the leading providing of online cesar cedeno books. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. Since 1900, only seven pitchers have hit more roundtrippers than zambrano in a single season. November 22, 1950 september 23, 1978 was an american professional baseball player. Cesar cedeno every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated row summing for 1972. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. The cycle itself is semirare in mlb, occurring a total of 330 times, starting with curry foley in 1882. Did you know that in the cesar cedeno miscellaneous world series items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the world series label and a truly comprehensive history of that world series will appear on your screen.
Salaries for midseason callups or traded players may not be shown. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. The outfield was set with cesar cedeno and jim wynn. James michael mike hegan july 21, 1942 december 25, 20 was an american professional baseball player, who later worked as a sports commentator. Schmidt hit the ball so hard that he was barely to first base as the puzzled cesar cedeno retrieved the ball. The allstars from the american league and the national league faced each other at atlanta stadium, home of the atlanta braves. The national league came away with a 43 win in 10 innings this was the third allstar game hosted by the braves 1936 and 1955, but the first allstar game to be hosted. Morgan was traded to the cincinnati reds, however, and the success did not last. In major league baseball mlb he was a first baseman and outfielder, and played for three different. He played seventeen seasons in major league baseball from 1970 to.
At 22, cesar cedeno is as good or better than willie mays at the same age. Additional 19151969 salaries researched via baseball hall of fame contract archives by dr. Sponsor this page attach your namecompany to the cesar cedeno page and 1 help support the baseball cube 2 remove ads from this page for other visitors. Cesar cedeno encarnacion born february 25, 1951 is a former professional baseball center fielder.
According to cedeno and the results of the investigation by police in the d. Houston astros the handbook of texas online texas state. Cesar cedeno world series stats by baseball almanac. All professional baseball statistics for cesar cedeno. The drama of cesar cedeno s baseball career cesar cedeno was born february 25th, 1951 in santa domingo. He played a 17 year career most notably with the houston astros 19701981.
Cesar cedeno made his major league debut on 06201970 with the houston astros. Modern baseball era 19701987 hall of fame nominations. List of major league baseball players to hit for the cycle. He played seventeen seasons in major league baseball from 1970 to 1986 for the houston astros, cincinnati reds, st. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games cedeno appeared in, specifically relating to his 1974 hitting statistics. Election results will be made at the winter meetings in december. Cesar cedeno and his amazing month with cardinals retrosimba. The nominations for the modern baseball era 19701987 election were supposed to be out yesterday, october 2, but apparently the announcement has been delayed for some reason. Likened to willie mays early in his career, he struggled to live up to expectations on the field but nonetheless put up solid numbers throughout his career.
Win expectancy, run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. Cesar cedeno was a fivetool player, who combined good average, speed, stolen bases, a decent number of walks, outstanding defense, and a strong arm. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues. The astros compete in major league baseball mlb as a member club of the american league al west division, having moved to the division in 20 after spending their first 51 seasons in the national league nl. In dec1973 a woman was killed in an apartment he was in when she took his gun and proceeded to point it at her head. Cesar cedeno and his amazing month with cardinals august 24, 2015 by retrosimba three years after his pitching helped the cardinals to a national league pennant and world series title, jim kaat used his skills as a talent evaluator to help them to another championship season. Cedeno was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on june 20, 1970, with the houston astros. In center, the picture is a little clearer than it is in left 1 tris speaker technically, max carey has a higher gi score, but he played some at other positions lfrf that required less skill, and im not sure thats a hugely convincing bit of evidence that he was the best cf of all time. He played major league baseball for four seasons, as an outfielder for the minnesota twins 197577 and california angels, with a lifetime. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals. This page lists every known baseball award won by cesar cedeno in chronological order. He played seventeen seasons in major league baseball from 1970 to 1986 for the houston. The houston astros are an american professional baseball team based in houston, texas. Cesar cedeno trading card values sportlots price guide.
The game was played on july 24, 1973, at royals stadium in kansas city, missouri, home of the kansas city royals of the american league. Fielding stats are a combination of official records and retrosheet. Joe niekro baseball stats by baseball almanac brain aneurysm, raised right, sports. Other stats awards 15 jobs 7 batting logs batting splits extended stats transactions feats 26 leaderboards 73 the cesar cedeno page is available to be sponsored. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a natural cycle, which has occurred 14 times in major league baseball mlb. The houston astros, a professional baseball team, belong to the west division of majorleague baseball s american league. Primary salary data about courtesy doug pappas, and the society for american baseball research. Emerging stars joe morgan and cesar cedeno were two of the best players in the national league. Cesar cedeno encarnacion born february 25, 1951 is a former professional baseball center.
Baseball players who have gotten in trouble with the law. Durocher wrote in his book nice guys finish last that he tried a new approach with. In baseball, completing the cycle is the accomplishment of hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. Spec richardson began his career in baseball in 1946 as the. Total zone rating and initial framework for wins above replacement calculations provided by sean smith.
The date box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Cesar cedeno baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and. Early in the 1973 season, astros manager leo durocher had this to say of his center fielder. In 1967, after he helped with the signing of cesar cedeno, the astros pat gillick hired him as a fulltime scout, beginning a long working relationship. I guess i should go dig up 3540 cedeno newspapertsnsports illustrated articles. He ranks seventh on the club in homers, with twice as many jacks in a cubs uniform as neifi perez 2, tony womack 1, jerry hairston jr. Epifanio guerrero society for american baseball research.
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