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Cesar Cedeno played 17 major-league seasons (1970-1986) as a OF (1,718), 1B (258). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 19 | HOU | 90 | 355 | 46 | 110 | 7 | 42 | 17 | 15 | 57 | .310 | .790 | 118 |
| 1971 | 20 | HOU | 161 | 611 | 85 | 161 | 10 | 81 | 20 | 25 | 102 | .264 | .690 | 101 |
| 1972 | 21 | HOU | 139 | 559 | 103 | 179 | 22 | 82 | 55 | 56 | 62 | .320 | .921 | 169 |
| 1973 | 22 | HOU | 139 | 525 | 86 | 168 | 25 | 70 | 56 | 41 | 79 | .320 | .913 | 160 |
| 1974 | 23 | HOU | 160 | 610 | 95 | 164 | 26 | 102 | 57 | 64 | 103 | .269 | .799 | 129 |
| 1975 | 24 | HOU | 131 | 500 | 93 | 144 | 13 | 63 | 50 | 62 | 52 | .288 | .811 | 133 |
| 1976 | 25 | HOU | 150 | 575 | 89 | 171 | 18 | 83 | 58 | 55 | 51 | .297 | .811 | 137 |
| 1977 | 26 | HOU | 141 | 530 | 92 | 148 | 14 | 71 | 61 | 47 | 50 | .279 | .802 | 121 |
| 1978 | 27 | HOU | 50 | 192 | 31 | 54 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 24 | .281 | .786 | 126 |
| 1979 | 28 | HOU | 132 | 470 | 57 | 123 | 6 | 54 | 30 | 64 | 52 | .262 | .722 | 105 |
| 1980 | 29 | HOU | 137 | 499 | 71 | 154 | 10 | 73 | 48 | 66 | 72 | .309 | .854 | 146 |
| 1981 | 30 | HOU | 82 | 306 | 42 | 83 | 5 | 34 | 12 | 24 | 31 | .271 | .704 | 106 |
| 1982 | 31 | CIN | 138 | 492 | 52 | 142 | 8 | 57 | 16 | 41 | 41 | .289 | .758 | 119 |
| 1983 | 32 | CIN | 98 | 332 | 40 | 77 | 9 | 39 | 13 | 33 | 53 | .232 | .664 | 90 |
| 1984 | 33 | CIN | 110 | 380 | 59 | 105 | 10 | 47 | 19 | 25 | 54 | .276 | .750 | 117 |
| 1985 | 34 | CIN|SLN | 111 | 296 | 38 | 86 | 9 | 49 | 14 | 24 | 42 | .291 | .789 | 127 |
| 1986 | 35 | LAN | 37 | 78 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .231 | .576 | 66 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | OF | 90 | 89 | 211 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 157 | 146 | 345 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | OF | 137 | 136 | 345 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 1973 | OF | 136 | 135 | 357 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 1974 | OF | 157 | 157 | 446 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| 1975 | OF | 131 | 131 | 322 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 1976 | OF | 146 | 145 | 377 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| 1977 | OF | 137 | 136 | 335 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 1978 | OF | 50 | 50 | 149 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1B | 91 | 90 | 832 | 33 | 17 | 79 |
| 1979 | OF | 40 | 39 | 116 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 136 | 136 | 338 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 1981 | 1B | 46 | 46 | 428 | 27 | 4 | 27 |
| 1981 | OF | 34 | 34 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | OF | 131 | 130 | 301 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 1982 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | OF | 73 | 71 | 138 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1B | 17 | 14 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 1984 | OF | 77 | 63 | 140 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1B | 44 | 26 | 215 | 14 | 4 | 16 |
| 1985 | 1B | 57 | 21 | 255 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 1985 | OF | 55 | 49 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | OF | 31 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Cesar Cedeno won: Gold Glove 1972 (NL), TSN All-Star 1972 (NL), Gold Glove 1973 (NL), TSN All-Star 1973 (NL), Gold Glove 1974 (NL), Gold Glove 1975 (NL), Gold Glove 1976 (NL), TSN All-Star 1976 (NL), TSN All-Star 1980 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1980, 1976, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1970.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 4 | 1 / 24 | 1 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 112 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 39 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 26 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 14 / 336 | 0 |
Cesar Cedeno ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #93 | center fielders | 1972 | 169 OPS+ |
| #134 | center fielders | 1973 | 160 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.