[2] Cedeño set the standards for major league outfielders in the early 1970s by winning five consecutive Gold Glove Awards between 1972 and 1976.

After his playing career, Cedeño spent several years as a minor league hitting coach for the Astros and Nationals organizations.

[5] On September 2 of that year, he hit an unusual home run: against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Astrodome, with the bases loaded, he hit a blooper that dropped between the right fielder and second baseman, who collided with one another as the ball rolled away; Cedeno and the rest of his teammates scurried quickly to reach home plate for an inside-the-park grand slam.

[5] Possessing a rare combination of power, blazing speed, and good defense, Cedeño became the second man in Major League history (after Lou Brock in 1967) to join the 20–50 club, hitting 20 home runs and stealing 50 bases in the same season.

[9] Before his 26th birthday, Cedeño had accumulated 1,097 hits, the 13th highest total for a 25-year-old player in MLB history, having more than Rogers Hornsby (1,073) and Mickey Mantle (1,080), both of whom were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

[1] A winner of five consecutive Gold Glove Awards (1972–1976), Cedeño appeared in four All-Star Games (1972–1974; 1976), and was a contender for the National League MVP in 1972.

[14] At the time of his departure from the Astros, he was the team's all-time leader in games played, runs, hits, doubles and stolen bases.

[16] This made him the fifth member of the Reds on the roster to be part of the 2,000-hit club, which included Pete Rose, Tony Pérez, Dave Concepción and Buddy Bell.

With St. Louis he hit .434 with six home runs in 28 games, and arguably provided the necessary power for his new team to outpace the New York Mets to reach the playoffs.

In between, Cedeño played six seasons for the Estrellas Orientales club of the Dominican Winter League, and reinforced the Tigres del Licey in the 1972 Caribbean Series.

[5] In 1992, Cedeño was charged with battery in Orlando, Florida, in an incident involving his then-pregnant girlfriend, Pamela Lamon.

This followed a 1988 incident involving Lamon in which Cedeño was charged with assault, causing bodily injury, and resisting arrest.