Another National League addition to my on-going 1978 "30 Home Run Club" sub-set, another Los Angeles Dodger!
Today's addition is "The Penguin" Ron Cey, who hit a career-best 30 to give the Dodgers four sluggers reaching the mark, a new Major League record at the time:
Cey
had perhaps his finest season in the Big Leagues in 1977, hitting the
aforementioned 30 "jacks" while also driving in a career-best 110 runs
for the eventual National League champs, as he also made his fourth
straight All-Star team while finishing eighth in the MVP race.
Over 17 seasons you could pretty much pencil him in for about
25 home runs, 80-85 runs batted in, and a .275 batting average.
After the 1982 season he moved on to the Chicago Cubs where he’d play for another four seasons, then finish up his career with a single season in Oakland.
By the time he retired, he collected 1868 hits, with 316 home runs, 1139 RBIs and 977 runs scored with a .261 batting average.
He was named to the All-Star team six straight seasons between 1974 and 1979, and garnered MVP consideration five seasons, with four of them consecutive from 1974 to 1977.
The man was as solid and dependable as they came between 1973 and 1985!
After the 1982 season he moved on to the Chicago Cubs where he’d play for another four seasons, then finish up his career with a single season in Oakland.
By the time he retired, he collected 1868 hits, with 316 home runs, 1139 RBIs and 977 runs scored with a .261 batting average.
He was named to the All-Star team six straight seasons between 1974 and 1979, and garnered MVP consideration five seasons, with four of them consecutive from 1974 to 1977.