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Shanaman Sports Museum

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Ron Cey, a 1966 graduate of Mount Tahoma High School, hit .261 over 2,073 games during a 17-year major league career. Cey was co-MVP (along with Steve Yeager and Pedro Guerrero) of the 1981 World Series as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees, 4 games to 2. Cay shined in Game 3, hitting a home run and making a key defensive play, catching a bunt attempt in the air and converting it into a double play in the eighth inning. Cey was hit in the head by a Goose Gossage fastball in Game 5 but returned for the series-clinching victory. Cey hit .350 (7-for-20) with a home run and six RBIs against the Yankees. Cey played for the Dodgers (1971-82), Chicago Cubs (1983-86) and Oakland A’s (1987). During his 17-year major league career, Cey hit . 316 home runs and had 1,139 RBIs. His best power season was 1977 when he hit 30 home runs with 110 RBIs for the Dodgers, finishing eighth in voting for National League MVP. Hs best season for batting average was the strike-shortened 1981 season when he hit .288 for the Dodgers. Cey was an All-Star for the Dodgers from 1974-79 and led National League third basemen in fielding percentage in 1979 (.977) and 1984 (.967). Cey played two seasons at Washington State University and was drafted in the third round of the 1968 MLB June draft-secondary phase. Cey started his minor league career by playing 74 games for the Tri-City Atoms in Pasco of the Northwest League. Cey played 137 games for the 1971 Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League, then the Dodgers’ AAA affiliate. Cey was inducted into the WSU athletic Hall of Fame in1982.

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