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Ron Cey played 17 major-league seasons (1971-1987) as a 3B (1,989), 1B (7). 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+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 23 | LAN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1972 | 24 | LAN | 11 | 37 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .270 | .778 | 131 |
| 1973 | 25 | LAN | 152 | 507 | 60 | 124 | 15 | 80 | 1 | 74 | 77 | .245 | .723 | 107 |
| 1974 | 26 | LAN | 159 | 577 | 88 | 151 | 18 | 97 | 1 | 76 | 68 | .262 | .746 | 115 |
| 1975 | 27 | LAN | 158 | 566 | 72 | 160 | 25 | 101 | 5 | 78 | 74 | .283 | .845 | 142 |
| 1976 | 28 | LAN | 145 | 502 | 69 | 139 | 23 | 80 | 0 | 89 | 74 | .277 | .848 | 149 |
| 1977 | 29 | LAN | 153 | 564 | 77 | 136 | 30 | 110 | 3 | 93 | 106 | .241 | .797 | 119 |
| 1978 | 30 | LAN | 159 | 555 | 84 | 150 | 23 | 84 | 2 | 96 | 96 | .270 | .833 | 141 |
| 1979 | 31 | LAN | 150 | 487 | 77 | 137 | 28 | 81 | 3 | 86 | 85 | .281 | .888 | 149 |
| 1980 | 32 | LAN | 157 | 551 | 81 | 140 | 28 | 77 | 2 | 69 | 92 | .254 | .794 | 127 |
| 1981 | 33 | LAN | 85 | 312 | 42 | 90 | 13 | 50 | 0 | 40 | 55 | .288 | .846 | 147 |
| 1982 | 34 | LAN | 150 | 556 | 62 | 141 | 24 | 79 | 3 | 57 | 99 | .254 | .751 | 116 |
| 1983 | 35 | CHN | 159 | 581 | 73 | 160 | 24 | 90 | 0 | 62 | 85 | .275 | .805 | 130 |
| 1984 | 36 | CHN | 146 | 505 | 71 | 121 | 25 | 97 | 3 | 61 | 108 | .240 | .766 | 121 |
| 1985 | 37 | CHN | 145 | 500 | 64 | 116 | 22 | 63 | 1 | 58 | 106 | .232 | .724 | 108 |
| 1986 | 38 | CHN | 97 | 256 | 42 | 70 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 44 | 66 | .273 | .891 | 153 |
| 1987 | 39 | OAK | 45 | 104 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 32 | .221 | .754 | 100 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 3B | 11 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 1973 | 3B | 146 | 142 | 111 | 328 | 18 | 39 |
| 1974 | 3B | 158 | 158 | 155 | 365 | 22 | 25 |
| 1975 | 3B | 158 | 158 | 144 | 309 | 19 | 23 |
| 1976 | 3B | 144 | 143 | 111 | 334 | 16 | 22 |
| 1977 | 3B | 153 | 153 | 138 | 346 | 18 | 29 |
| 1978 | 3B | 158 | 158 | 116 | 336 | 16 | 26 |
| 1979 | 3B | 150 | 148 | 123 | 265 | 9 | 25 |
| 1980 | 3B | 157 | 156 | 127 | 317 | 13 | 24 |
| 1981 | 3B | 84 | 84 | 71 | 184 | 16 | 15 |
| 1982 | 3B | 149 | 148 | 93 | 320 | 16 | 23 |
| 1983 | 3B | 157 | 157 | 90 | 270 | 17 | 12 |
| 1984 | 3B | 144 | 142 | 97 | 230 | 11 | 22 |
| 1985 | 3B | 140 | 138 | 75 | 273 | 21 | 21 |
| 1986 | 3B | 77 | 75 | 41 | 118 | 8 | 7 |
| 1987 | 1B | 7 | 5 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1987 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
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.
Ron Cey won: Babe Ruth Award 1981 (NL), World Series MVP 1981 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1984, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 6 | 1 / 24 | 1 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 26 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 60 / 336 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
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.