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Branch Rickey League
5-16-2229
Ralph Cerv Left Field
Retired (1988, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .298 Total Rating A-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .850 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 2293 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 05-01-1952
HR 309 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1970)
Majors Svc Time 14 years
(126 games)
RBI 1169
SB 187
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 7
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 9
2B (0.2%) CF (18.1%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 10
3B --- RF A+ (99.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 9
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1970 Minors 18 58.00 8 / 10 9 / 11 5 / 6 2 / 4 4 / 8 11 / 11 8 / 8 47 / 58
1971 Minors 19 59.00 10 / 13 5 / 8 5 / 7 2 / 3 2 / 10 10 / 10 8 / 8 42 / 59
1972 Minors 20 61.00 2 / 6 9 / 11 9 / 9 7 / 9 1 / 5 8 / 8 13 / 13 49 / 61
1972 Pos (LF) 20 62.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 8 / 62
1973 Minors 21 58.00 6 / 7 0 / 5 2 / 5 8 / 11 7 / 13 10 / 13 4 / 4 37 / 58
1973 Pos (LF) 21 42.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 42
1974 Minors 22 37.00 1 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 1 1 / 5 1 / 9 4 / 5 5 / 9 12 / 37
1974 Majors 22 35.01 77 72 0 3 / 4 3 / 6 3 / 6 1 / 3 2 / 3 3 / 7 3 / 6 18 / 35
1975 Majors 23 72.33 162 146 0 3 / 14 5 / 10 3 / 8 3 / 9 1 / 12 6 / 7 7 / 12 28 / 72
1976 Majors 24 70.21 162 151 0 3 / 9 6 / 13 2 / 8 3 / 8 0 / 12 2 / 5 11 / 15 27 / 70
1977 Majors 25 65.30 162 150 0 2 / 13 1 / 10 2 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 12 2 / 7 3 / 9 11 / 65
1978 Majors 26 48.83 118 110 44 1 / 8 0 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 6 3 / 8 2 / 8 7 / 48
1979 Majors 27 66.48 162 151 0 2 / 12 0 / 8 1 / 6 2 / 5 1 / 11 6 / 12 3 / 12 15 / 66
1980 Majors 28 65.30 162 151 0 2 / 11 1 / 10 1 / 9 1 / 10 1 / 12 0 / 5 1 / 8 7 / 65
1981 Majors 29 63.94 162 151 0 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 8 1 / 12 2 / 63
1982 Majors 30 65.11 162 151 0 0 / 5 1 / 11 0 / 15 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 13 2 / 65
1983 Majors 31 65.33 162 151 0 0 / 7 2 / 6 0 / 4 1 / 14 0 / 14 1 / 13 0 / 7 4 / 65
1984 Majors 32 65.33 162 151 0 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 65
1985 Majors 33 64.89 162 151 0 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 64
1986 Majors 34 48.94 162 66 0 -1 / 12 -4 / 7 -1 / 4 -4 / 5 -7 / 6 -3 / 7 -1 / 7 -21 / 48
1987 Majors 35 48.31 162 66 0 -4 / 4 -3 / 10 -1 / 13 -4 / 2 -3 / 4 -3 / 5 -2 / 10 -20 / 48
1988 Majors 36 18.88 162 3 0 -4 / 3 -4 / 3 -2 / 3 -3 / 1 -2 / 1 -1 / 5 -3 / 2 -19 / 18
Total 2301 1821 44 34 / 165 31 / 161 30 / 143 22 / 143 8 / 174 60 / 166 64 / 178 264 / 1234
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Ralph Cerv has retired from the Toronto Nots
1978-06-19Ralph Cerv of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 52 days.
1976-03-25The Toronto Nots have promoted Mike Humphreys to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have promoted Ralph Cerv to the major league team.
1975-10-03The Toronto Nots have sent Ralph Cerv to the minors. The Toronto Nots have sent Ramon Monaro to the minors.
1975-04-28The Toronto Nots have promoted Ralph Cerv to the major league team.
1975-04-28The Toronto Nots have promoted Steve Bruett to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have sent Ralph Cerv to the minors.
1974-07-06The Toronto Nots have promoted Ralph Cerv to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have sent George Peterson to the minors.
1970-03-25Trade #1649835 has been completed between the Cleveland Cobras and the Anaheim Mousketeers. The Anaheim Mousketeers receive Floyd Spinks, Draft Pick 1970 Round 2 CLE (Eddie Pinkney) from the Cleveland Cobras in exchange for Draft Pick 1970 Round 1 ANA (Ralph Cerv).