Ron Cey played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1971 through 1987, most notably as an integral member of the Los Angeles Dodgers teams that won four National League pennants and one World Series championship.
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Ron Cey ended his career playing for the Chicago Cubs and the Oakland Athletics.
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Ron Cey was nicknamed "The Penguin" for his slow waddling running gait by his college coach, Chuck "Bobo" Brayton.
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Ron Cey played two years of college baseball for the Cougars, on the freshman team in 1967, and a year on the varsity under head coach Brayton in 1968.
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Ron Cey was selected in the second phase of the 1968 MLB draft in June.
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Ron Cey continued to have productive seasons with the Dodgers, helping them to pennants in 1978 and 1981.
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Ron Cey provided veteran leadership for the Cubs over four seasons and, in 1984, helped lead the Cubs to the National League East Division title, hitting 25 homers and driving in 97 runs, both team highs.
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Ron Cey spent the final year of his career in 1987 as a part-time player with the Oakland A's.
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Ron Cey finished in the top 25 in National League MVP voting four times with the Los Angeles Dodgers and once with the Chicago Cubs.
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Ron Cey played in the 1981 World Series, helping the Dodgers to four straight victories after losing their first two games, including his return for the clinching Game 6 after being hit in the head by a wild Goose Gossage fastball, and helped off the field in Game 5.
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Ron Cey was named co-MVP along with Steve Yeager and Pedro Guerrero, and won the annual Babe Ruth Award.
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Ron Cey is still a part of the Dodgers organization and continues to make appearances on the team's behalf.
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In 1990, Ron Cey appeared as himself in the "Uneasy Lies the Crown" episode of the television series "Columbo", which aired on the ABC network.
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