Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1970
- NL Gold Glove
- 5x
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1970
- NL Gold Glove
- 5x
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,006
- AB
- 7,310
- R
- 1,084
- H
- 2,087
- HR
- 199
- RBI
- 976
- SB
- 550
- AVG
- .285
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | HOU | 90 | 355 | 46 | 110 | 7 | 42 | 17 | .310 |
| 1971 | HOU | 161 | 611 | 85 | 161 | 10 | 81 | 20 | .264 |
| 1972 | HOU | 139 | 559 | 103 | 179 | 22 | 82 | 55 | .320 |
| 1973 | HOU | 139 | 525 | 86 | 168 | 25 | 70 | 56 | .320 |
| 1974 | HOU | 160 | 610 | 95 | 164 | 26 | 102 | 57 | .269 |
| 1975 | HOU | 131 | 500 | 93 | 144 | 13 | 63 | 50 | .288 |
| 1976 | HOU | 150 | 575 | 89 | 171 | 18 | 83 | 58 | .297 |
| 1977 | HOU | 141 | 530 | 92 | 148 | 14 | 71 | 61 | .279 |
| 1978 | HOU | 50 | 192 | 31 | 54 | 7 | 23 | 23 | .281 |
| 1979 | HOU | 132 | 470 | 57 | 123 | 6 | 54 | 30 | .262 |
| 1980 | HOU | 137 | 499 | 71 | 154 | 10 | 73 | 48 | .309 |
| 1981 | HOU | 82 | 306 | 42 | 83 | 5 | 34 | 12 | .271 |
| 1982 | CIN | 138 | 492 | 52 | 142 | 8 | 57 | 16 | .289 |
| 1983 | CIN | 98 | 332 | 40 | 77 | 9 | 39 | 13 | .232 |
| 1984 | CIN | 110 | 380 | 59 | 105 | 10 | 47 | 19 | .276 |
| 1985 |  CIN/STL | 111 | 296 | 38 | 86 | 9 | 49 | 14 | .291 |
| 1986 | LAD | 37 | 78 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .231 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 17
- AB
- 51
- R
- 4
- H
- 9
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 2
- SB
- 2
- AVG
- .176
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 8,133
- TB
- 3,240
- XBH
- 695
- HBP
- 56
- IBB
- 83
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | HOU | 377 | 160 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | HOU | 649 | 243 | 56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | HOU | 625 | 300 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | HOU | 576 | 282 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | HOU | 688 | 281 | 60 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | HOU | 576 | 220 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | HOU | 635 | 261 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | HOU | 598 | 242 | 58 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | HOU | 209 | 87 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | HOU | 549 | 176 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | HOU | 569 | 232 | 50 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | HOU | 338 | 117 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CIN | 543 | 203 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | CIN | 375 | 120 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | CIN | 412 | 163 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | CIN/STL | 327 | 131 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | LAD | 87 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 49.7
- RC
- 1214.2
- RC/27
- 6.00
- ISOP
- .158
- SECA
- .299
- BB/K
- 0.71
- AB/HR
- 36.7
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | HOU | 1.7 | 56.7 | 6 | .141 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 50.7 | 0 |
| 1971 | HOU | 1.5 | 74 | 4.3 | .134 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 61.1 | 0 |
| 1972 | HOU | 7.9 | 118 | 7.8 | .216 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 25.4 | 0 |
| 1973 | HOU | 7.2 | 110.1 | 7.9 | .217 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1974 | HOU | 5.6 | 104.5 | 6 | .192 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 23.5 | 0 |
| 1975 | HOU | 4.2 | 90.6 | 6.4 | .152 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 38.5 | 0 |
| 1976 | HOU | 5.7 | 102.3 | 6.5 | .157 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 31.9 | 0 |
| 1977 | HOU | 4.7 | 94.9 | 6.3 | .177 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 37.9 | 0 |
| 1978 | HOU | 2.1 | 33.5 | 6.4 | .172 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 27.4 | 0 |
| 1979 | HOU | 1.8 | 69.9 | 5.1 | .113 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 78.3 | 0 |
| 1980 | HOU | 4.8 | 97.6 | 7.3 | .156 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 49.9 | 0 |
| 1981 | HOU | 0.2 | 40 | 4.6 | .111 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 61.2 | 0 |
| 1982 | CIN | 0.6 | 73 | 5.4 | .124 | 0.2 | 1 | 61.5 | 0 |
| 1983 | CIN | 0.2 | 38.8 | 3.9 | .130 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 36.9 | 0 |
| 1984 | CIN | 1.1 | 56.7 | 5.4 | .153 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 38 | 0 |
| 1985 | CIN/STL | 0.8 | 47.8 | 5.9 | .152 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 32.9 | 0 |
| 1986 | LAD | -0.4 | 6.8 | 2.9 | .051 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Cesar Cedeno's career stats?
Cesar Cedeno played 17 seasons for the Astros, the Reds and the Dodgers. He was a career .285 hitter with 2,087 hits, 199 home runs and 976 RBI. His best season was 1972: a .320 batting average, 22 home runs and 82 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1970 to 1986
Cesar Cedeno finished top 10 in a stat 13 times.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 245th in hits (2,087)
- 288th in rbi (976)
- 27th in stolen bases (550)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Batting Average: 1972 (6th), 1973 (6th)
- Home Runs: 1974 (7th)
- RBI: 1974 (8th)
- Hits: 1972 (7th)
- Stolen Bases: 1972 (3rd), 1973 (3rd), 1974 (4th), 1975 (5th), 1976 (4th), 1977 (2nd)
- OPS: 1972 (4th), 1973 (8th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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