- César Gerónimo
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César Gerónimo Center fielder Born: March 11, 1948
El Seibo, Dominican RepublicBatted: Left Threw: Left MLB debut April 16, 1969 for the Houston Astros Last MLB appearance August 28, 1983 for the Kansas City Royals Career statistics Batting average .258 Hits 977 Runs batted in 392 Teams Career highlights and awards - 2× World Series champion (1975, 1976)
- 4× Gold Glove Award winner (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
César Francisco Gerónimo Zorrilla (born March 11, 1948), known as César Gerónimo, is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball, who was a member of the famed Big Red Machine of the Cincinnati Reds during the 1970s. He batted and threw left-handed.
In 1967, Gerónimo was signed by the New York Yankees, who unsuccessfully tried to make him a pitcher. Two years later he made his major league debut with the Houston Astros. After the 1971 season, he went to the Cincinnati Reds in a blockbuster, eight-player deal along with, among others, Joe Morgan. A winner of four consecutive Gold Glove Awards from 1974–77, Gerónimo was the outstanding defensive center fielder of five divisional championship series and the 1975-76 World Series Champion Cincinnati teams; in the former Series, he caught Carl Yastrzemski's fly ball for the final out. He played the last three seasons of his career (1981-3) with the Kansas City Royals.
In his fifteen seasons, Gerónimo batted .258, with 51 home runs and 392 RBI, 460 runs scored, 977 hits, 161 doubles, 50 triples and 82 stolen bases. He also held the dubious distinction of being the 3,000th strikeout victim of both Bob Gibson and Nolan Ryan.[1] "I was just in the right place at the right time," he joked.
After retiring he worked for the Japanese Hiroshima Carp, as a coach in their Dominican baseball academy. He currently resides with his family in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
In July 2008 he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Unknown (2000-09-11). "CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball". CNN SI. http://images.si.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/09/10/johnson_strikeouts_ap/.
- ^ Russel, Shannon (2008-07-20). "Reds hail HOF inductees". Cincinnati Enquirer. http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/SPT04/807200417.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Cincinnati Reds 1975 World Series Champions 5 Johnny Bench | 8 Joe Morgan | 9 Bill Plummer | 12 Darrel Chaney | 13 Dave Concepción | 14 Pete Rose (World Series MVP) | 15 George Foster | 17 Terry Crowley | 20 César Gerónimo | 22 Dan Driessen | 23 Doug Flynn | 24 Tony Pérez | 26 Merv Rettenmund | 30 Ken Griffey | 32 Fred Norman | 33 Ed Armbrister | 34 Pedro Borbón | 35 Don Gullett | 36 Clay Carroll | 37 Will McEnaney | 38 Gary Nolan | 43 Jack Billingham | 44 Pat Darcy | 45 Clay Kirby | 49 Rawly Eastwick
Manager 10 Sparky Anderson
Coaches: 2 Alex Grammas | 3 George Scherger | 4 Larry Shepard | 18 Ted KluszewskiCincinnati Reds 1976 World Series Champions 5 Johnny Bench (World Series MVP) | 8 Joe Morgan | 9 Bill Plummer | 10 Mike Lum | 12 Bob Bailey | 13 Dave Concepción | 14 Pete Rose | 15 George Foster | 20 César Gerónimo | 22 Dan Driessen | 23 Doug Flynn | 24 Tony Pérez | 25 Joel Youngblood | 30 Ken Griffey | 32 Fred Norman | 33 Ed Armbrister | 34 Pedro Borbón | 35 Don Gullett | 37 Will McEnaney | 38 Gary Nolan | 40 Pat Zachry | 43 Jack Billingham | 49 Rawly Eastwick | 53 Santo Alcala | 55 Manny Sarmiento
Manager 10 Sparky Anderson
Coaches: 2 Russ Nixon | 3 George Scherger | 4 Larry Shepard | 18 Ted KluszewskiCategories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Houston Astros players
- Kansas City Royals players
- Oneonta Yankees players
- Johnson City Yankees players
- Fort Lauderdale Yankees players
- Columbus Astros players
- Gold Glove Award winners
- Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
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