The VERY underrated Cesar Cedeno

I don't think you'd like it if they didn't let you write all the time, either."
--Cedeno in '85 to reporters, while languishing on the Reds' bench. Traded to the Cardinals a few weeks later, he smashd the first pitch he saw as a Card (vs. the Astros, no less) for a home run

Although he didn't walk much, only scored 100 runs one time, and only drove in 100 once, Cesar Cedeno somehow still remains one of the greatest offensive forces in Astro history. Check out the doubles totals, for example. In 1972 he became the first 20/50 player in major league history by hitting 20 homers and stealing 50 bases. He did it again in 1973. And then AGAIN in 1974. He'd accomplished the feat three times before anybody else did it even once. I mean, think who didn't do it: Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Bobby Bonds: all pretty fast guys with power, but none were able to do even once what Cedeno did three times.

 

 

Cesar Cedeno's Statistics with Houston

BATTING

YEAR AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
 .310
.264
.320
.320
.269
.288
.297
.279
.281
.262
.309
.271
 90
161
139
139
160
131
150
141
50
132
137
82
 355
611
559
525
610
500
575
530
192
470
499
306
 46
85
103
86
95
93
89
92
31
57
71
42
 110
161
179
168
164
144
171
148
54
123
154
83
 21
40
39
35
29
31
26
36
8
27
32
19
 4
6
8
2
5
3
5
8
2
4
8
0
 7
10
22
25
26
13
18
14
7
6
10
5
 42
81
82
70
102
63
83
71
23
54
73
34
 15
25
56
41
64
62
55
47
15
64
66
24
 57
102
62
79
103
52
51
50
24
52
72
31
 .340
.293
.385
.376
.338
.371
.357
.346
.333
.348
.389
.321
 .451
.398
.537
.537
.461
.440
.454
.457
.453
.374
.465
.382
Astro Totals .289 1512 5732 890 1659 343 55 163 778 534 735 .354 .454

 

                        OK SO HERE ARE YOUR CARDS:
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                '71 Topps # 37
                 '72 Topps # 65
               '73 Topps #290
                Middle Row:
               '73 Kellogg's # 13
               '74 Topps # 200
               '75 Topps # 590
                Bottom Row:
               '75 SSPC # 63
                       '75 Hostess # 17 (stained!)
               '76 Topps # 460
               Background Card:
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