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**Ronny Cedeño**
Ronny Cedeño
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	Pittsburgh Pirates — No. 13
	Shortstop
	Born: February 2, 1983 (age 26); Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	April 23, 2005 for the Chicago Cubs
Career statistics; (through 2009 season)
Batting average	.240
Home runs	23
Runs batted in	126
Teams
	Chicago Cubs (2005-2008); Seattle Mariners (2009); Pittsburgh Pirates (2009-present);

Ronny Alexander Cedeño (born February 2, 1983 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He bats and throws right-handed.

[edit] Professional career

[edit] Chicago Cubs

Cedeño spent his five-season minor league career playing in the Cubs' farm system, reaching the Double-A level in 2004 with the Diamond Jaxx. In 116 games, he posted a .279 batting average with six home runs and 48 RBI. He was selected as a midseason Southern League All-Star.

Cedeño was called up in April 2005 to replace Nomar Garciaparra on the Cubs' roster. He made big-league debut for the Chicago Cubs on April 23, 2005, but spent most of his time on the bench, as Neifi Pérez was awarded the starting job. After the Cubs signed Enrique Wilson, Cedeño was sent back down to the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. In 65 games at Iowa in 2005, Cedeño batted an impressive .355, and slugged over .500 for the first time in his professional career. He returned to the Cubs in June after Wilson was himself sent down to Iowa.

Cedeño became the team's starting shortstop in 2006. In 2006, he walked only 3.1% of the time, the worst percentage in the National League, and 4 of his 17 walks were intentional walks.[3] He also had the major league's worst walk/strikeout ratio—0.16.

He played in the 2006 winter league for Venezuela, and averaged .355 in 45 games with 25 runs and 28 RBI.

Cedeño began 2007 with the major league club on the bench, as the Cubs were set at shortstop and second base with César Izturis and Mark DeRosa. However, his offensive struggles continued and he spent several more months in Triple-A Iowa.

When the Cubs traded their starting left-handed center fielder Jacque Jones in November 2007, general manager Jim Hendry indicated that the club wasn't necessarily looking outside for a veteran, with Félix Pie and Sam Fuld in the mix, as well as Cedeño, who has been asked to play some center field during the winter.^[1]

In 2008, Cedeño made the major league club out of spring training, and spent the entire season in Chicago, albeit in a bench role. As the season progressed, he saw more opportunities to start at second base and shortstop, and got many opportunities off the bench as a pinch hitter and defensive replacement.

[edit] Seattle Mariners

On January 28, 2009, Cedeño was traded with Garrett Olson to the Seattle Mariners for Aaron Heilman.^[2] Cedeno replaced Yuniesky Betancourt as starting shortstop for the Seattle Mariners after Betancourt was traded to the Kansas City Royals.

[edit] Pittsburgh Pirates

On July 29, 2009, Cedeño was traded with Jeff Clement, Aaron Pribanic, Brett Lorin, and Nathan Adcock to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jack Wilson and Ian Snell ^[3]

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Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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[1] Mariners Acquire LHP Garrett Olson, INF Ronny Cedeno From Cubs

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