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Ron Cey Ronald Charles Cey (Penguin) Bats Right, Throws Right Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb. School Washington State MLB Debut September 3, 1971 Final Game July 12, 1987 Born February 15, 1948 in Tacoma, WA (age 76)

• Hit 3 home runs in a game for LAN vs. NYN on July 20, 1977   (13 inning game)
• Hit 4 home runs in a game for LAN vs. CHN on July 28, 1982
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. PIN on August 7, 1983
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. ATN on April 25, 1984
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. PIN on June 8, 1985
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for DEA vs. BON on June 9, 1987

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 24 LAN NL   14   25    3    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    4  .120  .267  .120  .387    59     3   0   0   0   0   1  
 1973 25 LAN NL   94  269   32   72  13   4   7   34   0   1   46   47  .268  .374  .424  .798   114   114   0   2   0   1   7  
 1974 26 LAN NL  156  532   57  122  16   2  16   69   0   0   57   80  .229  .306  .357  .663    98   190   1   6   1   4  17  
 1975 27 LAN NL  162  608   96  186  28   4  32  115   3   2   67   77  .306  .379  .523  .902   133   318   6   6   5   8  16  MVP-3
 1976 28 LAN NL  155  543   62  126  18   2  24   73   0   0   77   84  .232  .329  .405  .734   108   220   0   1   5   2  13  
 1977 29 LAN NL  162  599   88  145  24   3  40  112   2   1   84  128  .242  .336  .492  .828   112   295   2   3   0   2  10  MVP-6
 1978 30 LAN NL  162  581   90  144  34   1  22   86   0   7  108  102  .248  .373  .423  .797   116   246   2   3   5  10  18  MVP-12
 1979 31 LAN NL  158  525   82  160  18   1  29   94   0   0   80   77  .305  .394  .509  .903   128   267   0   4   1   0  12  MVP-11
 1980 32 LAN NL  160  558   66  124  24   1  21   74   0   1   74   87  .222  .318  .382  .700    98   213   3   3   2   6  12  
 1981 33 LAN NL  154  483   66  133  27   3  16   79   0   0   43   87  .275  .340  .443  .783   115   214   1   6   3   7  23  
 1982 34 LAN NL  155  564   77  143  18   3  33   99   0   0   50  100  .254  .319  .472  .791   116   266   0   8   1   8  17  MVP-14
 1983 35 CHN NL  154  604   99  188  26   1  32  110   0   0   49   93  .311  .362  .517  .879   131   312   0   8   0   4  15  MVP-5
 1984 36 CHN NL  138  522   63  121  25   1  33   86   1   2   47   96  .232  .300  .473  .773   111   247   0   1   0   4   5  MVP-12
 1985 37 CHN NL  123  453   49   93  10   1  20   50   0   0   49  107  .205  .287  .364  .652    92   165   0   2   0   4   7  
 1986 38 CHN NL   79  215   31   57  16   0  13   26   0   0   30   69  .265  .359  .521  .880   123   112   0   1   2   2   1  
 1987 39 DEA AL   35  103   24   27   6   0   6   16   0   0   27   31  .262  .412  .495  .907   123    51   1   1   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     2061 7184  985 1844 303  27 344 1125   6  14  893 1269  .257  .342  .450  .792        3233  16  55  25  62 175
 Per 600 PA           525   72  135  22   2  25   82   0   1   65   93                                 236   1   4   2   5  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With LAN     1532 5287  719 1358 220  24 240  837   5  12  691  873  .257  .346  .444  .789        2346  15  42  23  48 146
   With CHN      494 1794  242  459  77   3  98  272   1   2  175  365  .256  .325  .466  .791         836   0  12   2  14  28
   With DEA       35  103   24   27   6   0   6   16   0   0   27   31  .262  .412  .495  .907          51   1   1   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2073 7162  977 1868 328  21 316 1139  24  29 1012 1235  .261  .354  .445  .799        3186  26  82 117  62 185
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1972 24 LAN NL  77    1   1.2   7   1   0  .143   2    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  3B   3e53     -392   
 1973 25 LAN NL  56   44   5.8  19   6   1  .316   7   30   20  .667    0    0  .000  3B   3e20       75   
 1974 26 LAN NL  28   57   3.6  11   5   0  .455  19   80   52  .650    0    0  .000  3B   2e23      -83   
 1975 27 LAN NL  27  120   7.2   0   0   0  .000  19   75   45  .600    0    0  .000  3B   2e20       57   
 1976 28 LAN NL  24   73   4.6   4   0   0  .000  18   65   45  .692    0    0  .000  3B   2e18     -114   
 1977 29 LAN NL  33  102   5.9   0   0   0  .000  17   80   59  .738    0    0  .000  3B   2e20       31   
 1978 30 LAN NL  30   93   5.4   0   0   0  .000  25   85   45  .529    0    0  .000  3B   3e17      -36   
 1979 31 LAN NL  27  108   7.7   2   0   0  .000   4   65   55  .846    0    0  .000  3B   2e11       15   
 1980 32 LAN NL  26   70   4.2   2   1   1  .500  16   86   54  .628    0    0  .000  3B   3e14      -94   
 1981 33 LAN NL  28   68   4.8  11   0   0  .000  22   65   41  .631    0    0  .000  3B   2e31      -63   
 1982 34 LAN NL  31   83   5.0   6   1   1  .167  15   53   20  .377    0    0  .000  3B   4e18       39   
 1983 35 CHN NL  27  112   6.9   0   0   0  .000  16   90   49  .544    0    0  .000  3B   4e18       74   
 1984 36 CHN NL  28   75   5.0   3   0   0  .000   9   75   47  .627    0    0  .000  3B   4e13        7   
 1985 37 CHN NL  36   49   3.6   5   1   0  .200  10   49   24  .490    0    0  .000  3B   4e26      -72   
 1986 38 CHN NL  26   42   7.2  12   5   2  .417   6   37   20  .541    0    0  .000  3B   4e19      -12   
 1987 39 DEA AL  57   23   8.1   3   0   0  .000   2    5    1  .200    0    0  .000  1B   4e30      154   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1126   5.4  85  20   5  .235 207  943  578  .613    0    0  .000                 -12   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #16 (Class of 1987): 2 of 16 votes, 12.5% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #18 (Class of 1988): 1 of 16 votes, 6.2% -- dropped from future ballots

Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1972 24 LAN NL  3B     7     5    10    2    3   .882     5    43.0   3.14
 1973 25 LAN NL  3B    82    69   134    7   13   .967    72   618.2   2.95
 1974 26 LAN NL  3B   151   145   290   19   36   .958   144  1265.2   3.09
 1975 27 LAN NL  3B   162   160   337   19   25   .963   161  1461.1   3.06
 1976 28 LAN NL  3B   154   164   287   18   28   .962   148  1372.2   2.96
 1977 29 LAN NL  3B   162   126   311   17   28   .963   162  1448.0   2.72
 1978 30 LAN NL  3B   162   139   333   25   24   .950   162  1443.1   2.94
 1979 31 LAN NL  3B   158   164   292    4   32   .991   148  1338.2   3.07  GG
 1980 32 LAN NL  3B   160   140   280   16   27   .963   156  1399.2   2.70
 1981 33 LAN NL  3B   150   118   222   22   18   .939   122  1142.2   2.68
 1982 34 LAN NL  3B   155   127   254   15   20   .962   145  1312.2   2.61
 1983 35 CHN NL  3B   154   160   294   16   33   .966   154  1363.1   3.00
 1984 36 CHN NL  3B   133   127   237    9   25   .976   132  1179.0   2.78  GG
 1985 37 CHN NL  3B   117    89   193   10   15   .966   115  1019.1   2.49
 1986 38 CHN NL  3B    66    38   108    6   11   .961    59   535.2   2.45
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.1   0.00
 1987 39 DEA AL  1B    16   115    10    1   16   .992    14   120.0   9.38
                 3B     5     2     1    1    1   .750     4    37.2   0.72
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  1978  1773  3583  206  339   .963  1889 16981.1   2.84
                 1B    16   115    10    1   16   .992    14   120.0   9.38
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.1   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1973 NLCS  LAN MON   W    3   4  1  2  1  0  0   1  2  0  .500  .667  .750  0
      WS    LAN OAA   W    2   7  2  3  1  0  1   2  1  2  .429  .500 1.000  0
 1975 NLCS  LAN MON   W    4  13  4  5  0  0  1   2  4  3  .385  .529  .615  0
      WS    LAN OAA   W    5  14  2  2  0  0  0   4  4  0  .143  .368  .143  0
 1980 NLCS  LAN MON   W    5  19  1  4  0  0  1   3  2  6  .211  .286  .368  0
      WS    LAN NYA   W    6  22  5  7  0  0  1   2  3  3  .318  .423  .455  0
 1982 NLCS  LAN MON   L    4  15  0  3  0  0  0   3  0  3  .200  .200  .200  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

• 1983: Round 1 (#9 overall) by CHN (claim)
• 1987: Round 5 (#86 overall) by DEA

Transaction History

• No transactions for this player.

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1972 LAN 78-84 Scott Campbell 1973 LAN 109-54 Scott Campbell 1974 LAN 92-70 Scott Campbell 1975 LAN 102-60 Billy Vanson 1976 LAN 77-85 Billy Vanson 1977 LAN 81-81 Billy Vanson 1978 LAN 73-89 Billy Vanson 1979 LAN 82-80 Billy Vanson 1980 LAN 94-68 Billy Vanson 1981 LAN 94-68 Billy Vanson 1982 LAN 94-68 Billy Vanson 1983 CHN 54-108 Alan Bosslet 1984 CHN 76-86 Alan Bosslet, Stan Berger 1985 CHN 59-103 Stan Berger 1986 CHN 62-100 Stan Berger 1987 DEA 65-97 Dennis Van Langen

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