January 26: Acquired Steve Trout and Warren Brusstar from the White Sox for Scott Fletcher, Randy Martz, Pat Tabler and Dick Tidrow The Dodgers were basically dumping Cey because they had Pedro Guerrero ready to install at third base.įun fact: Ron Cey’s wife’s name is Fran. Cataline never played in the major leagues. Lovelace never played for the Dodgers, later surfacing for a few games with the Angels and Mariners from 1988-90. It also showed that Green was serious about building a winner Cey had significant postseason experience (four postseasons, all with World Series in them). He posted 10.5 bWAR in his Cubs seasons, pretty good for a player in his late 30s.
While Cey was definitely on the downside of his career at age 35, he had enough left in the tank to hit 84 home runs in three-plus years with the Cubs and receive some downballot MVP votes in 1984. Let’s remember some guys! January 19: Acquired Ron Cey from the Dodgers for Vance Lovelace and Dan Cataline Dallas Green continued the makeover of the franchise with a number of deals in ‘83 that helped lay a base for what happened in 1984. The Cubs did improve in 1982 over 1981, even though they still lost 89 games.
