Cecil Cooper
Cecil Celester Cooper
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 20, 1949 in Brenham, TX
High School: Brenham (Brenham, TX)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1971
Final Game: July 12, 1987
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 BOS AL 21 1B 11 11 97.0 86 82 3 1 6 .988 -1.0 -12.4 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 0 7.89 7.73 .992 9.59 8.10
1972 BOS AL 22 1B 3 2 21.0 19 19 0 0 2 1.000 0.3 17.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 8.14 6.33 .989 9.77 8.03
1973 BOS AL 23 1B 29 29 255.1 248 227 17 4 25 .984 2.7 12.7 1.7 0.4 1.3 1 8.60 8.41 .992 9.86 8.27
1974 BOS AL 24 1B 74 63 600.1 689 637 40 12 66 .983 -3.9 -7.8 -3.9 -1.5 -2.4 0 10.15 9.15 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 BOS AL 24 DH 41
1975 BOS AL 25 DH 54
1975 BOS AL 25 1B 35 19 203.2 218 197 20 1 20 .995 3.5 20.6 2.5 0.8 1.7 1 9.59 6.20 .990 9.84 8.32
1976 BOS AL 26 1B 66 62 558.1 646 600 42 4 49 .994 5.7 12.3 4.7 0.4 4.2 1 10.35 9.73 .992 9.85 8.88
1976 BOS AL 26 DH 53
1977 MIL AL 27 1B 148 147 1296.0 1516 1386 118 12 134 .992 3.1 2.9 3.1 5.9 -2.8 0 10.44 10.16 .990 6.94 6.76
1977 MIL AL 27 DH 10
1978 MIL AL 28 1B 84 84 729.1 919 842 66 11 71 .988 2.4 3.9 3.4 1.9 1.5 -1 11.20 10.81 .992 10.05 8.75
1978 MIL AL 28 DH 19
1979 MIL AL 29 1B 135 134 1186.2 1411 1323 78 10 119 .993 -2.5 -2.5 -2.5 -0.2 -2.3 0 10.63 10.38 .992 7.58 7.41 AS,MVP-23,GG
1979 MIL AL 29 DH 15 AS,MVP-23,GG
1980 MIL AL 30 1B 142 142 1248.0 1447 1336 106 5 160 .997 7.5 7.2 6.5 5.3 1.2 1 10.40 10.15 .992 7.21 7.04 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
1980 MIL AL 30 DH 11 AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
1981 MIL AL 31 1B 101 98 873.2 1068 987 72 9 111 .992 3.5 4.8 2.5 -0.4 2.9 1 10.91 10.49 .993 10.06 8.57 MVP-8,SS
1981 MIL AL 31 DH 5 MVP-8,SS
1982 MIL AL 32 1B 154 154 1369.0 1531 1428 98 5 156 .997 3.6 3.2 3.6 -0.2 3.8 0 10.03 9.91 .992 6.57 6.49 AS,MVP-5,SS
1982 MIL AL 32 DH 1 AS,MVP-5,SS
1983 MIL AL 33 1B 158 157 1410.0 1550 1452 87 11 144 .993 -7.7 -6.6 -6.7 -2.3 -4.4 -1 9.82 9.74 .992 6.38 6.33 AS,MVP-5
1983 MIL AL 33 DH 2 AS,MVP-5
1984 MIL AL 34 1B 122 122 1058.1 1169 1061 98 10 106 .991 -0.5 -0.6 0.5 1.8 -1.4 -1 9.86 9.50 .991 8.50 8.20
1984 MIL AL 34 DH 26
1985 MIL AL 35 1B 123 123 1087.0 1198 1087 94 17 101 .986 -2.5 -2.8 -2.5 2.2 -4.6 0 9.78 9.60 .991 8.28 8.13 AS
1985 MIL AL 35 DH 30 AS
1986 MIL AL 36 1B 90 89 800.2 767 697 61 9 78 .988 0.9 1.3 0.9 -1.3 2.2 0 8.52 8.42 .991 9.42 8.62
1986 MIL AL 36 DH 44
1987 MIL AL 37 DH 62
16 Seasons 1B 1475 1436 12794.1 14482 13361 1000 121 1348 .992 15.1 1.4 13.1 12.3 0.7 2 10.10 9.74 .992 8.10 7.59
14 Seasons DH 373
17 Seasons TOT 1475 1436 12794.1 14482 13361 1000 121 1348 .992 15.1 1.4 13.1 12.3 0.7 2 10.10 9.74 .983 8.10 7.59
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 BOS AL 21 14 11 14 14 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 BOS AL 22 12 2 12 12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1973 BOS AL 23 30 29 30 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 BOS AL 24 121 102 121 74 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 10 4
1975 BOS AL 25 106 72 106 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 21 0
1976 BOS AL 26 123 113 123 66 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 10 0
1977 MIL AL 27 160 157 160 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0
1978 MIL AL 28 107 102 107 84 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 0
1979 MIL AL 29 150 148 150 135 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0
1980 MIL AL 30 153 152 153 142 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
1981 MIL AL 31 106 103 106 101 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0
1982 MIL AL 32 155 155 155 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1983 MIL AL 33 160 159 160 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1984 MIL AL 34 148 148 148 122 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0
1985 MIL AL 35 154 153 154 123 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 0
1986 MIL AL 36 134 132 134 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 2 0
1987 MIL AL 37 63 62 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 1 0
17 Seasons 1896 1800 1896 1487 0 0 1475 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 364 72 5
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1971 BOS AL 21 453 62% 75% 22% 16 94% 0 80 4 75 1 10 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0
1972 BOS AL 22 76 63% 76% 26% 6 83% 0 19 2 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BOS AL 23 1068 67% 80% 24% 52 96% 0 227 21 205 1 13 17 9 5 1 0 4 1 3 0 2 26 4 0 0 23 5 3 0 3 0
1974 BOS AL 24 2678 62% 81% 26% 150 91% 0 637 53 579 5 49 41 25 10 1 5 12 1 11 0 9 66 1 0 2 57 3 9 2 5 7 71%
1975 BOS AL 25 925 55% 80% 25% 56 95% 2 197 10 185 1 27 20 13 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 21 0 2 2 21 5 0 0 0 4 75%
1976 BOS AL 26 2443 61% 83% 29% 147 94% 2 598 39 554 5 60 42 27 10 3 1 4 0 3 1 3 49 1 2 0 43 5 6 3 3 4 100%
1977 MIL AL 27 5819 56% 80% 27% 329 95% 0 1383 75 1284 26 135 118 76 25 0 10 12 3 8 1 7 136 2 6 0 127 7 9 1 8 16 94%
1978 MIL AL 28 3168 59% 83% 30% 189 92% 3 842 45 792 5 74 61 38 15 1 4 11 0 9 2 7 71 2 0 1 63 3 7 0 7 4 100%
1979 MIL AL 29 5225 57% 84% 28% 263 95% 3 1317 54 1250 14 121 77 50 21 2 3 10 1 7 2 5 120 3 2 0 110 4 10 5 5 5 40%
1980 MIL AL 30 5429 56% 84% 28% 299 95% 0 1341 64 1264 12 122 104 68 32 0 8 4 0 4 0 4 160 5 7 1 140 12 20 6 14 13 69%
1981 MIL AL 31 3840 58% 82% 29% 201 94% 3 991 38 944 8 87 70 44 14 3 3 10 0 10 0 8 111 3 3 1 101 7 10 3 7 10 90%
1982 MIL AL 32 6035 61% 81% 26% 290 97% 3 1427 66 1344 18 135 96 52 26 2 7 5 0 5 0 3 156 1 2 2 142 6 13 4 9 12 92%
1983 MIL AL 33 6291 59% 81% 26% 317 94% 1 1451 71 1360 20 149 85 53 22 2 5 11 1 9 1 9 143 0 1 1 133 2 10 3 7 11 100%
1984 MIL AL 34 4750 53% 79% 26% 242 96% 0 1056 34 1018 3 110 98 60 25 1 3 10 0 10 0 9 105 2 0 0 92 3 13 3 10 8 100%
1985 MIL AL 35 4824 56% 80% 25% 291 95% 0 1090 54 1023 13 139 93 61 21 0 5 17 1 16 0 14 100 1 4 1 93 6 6 1 5 15 93%
1986 MIL AL 36 3533 61% 77% 27% 194 94% 2 701 50 644 7 77 61 44 12 0 2 9 1 8 0 7 77 3 1 0 72 4 5 3 1 7 71%
16 Seasons 56557 58% 81% 27% 3042 95% 19 13357 680 12538 139 1311 986 621 243 17 56 121 10 103 8 88 1349 28 30 11 1224 72 122 34 85 116 86%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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