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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1971 21 BOS AL 14 49 42 9 13 4 1 0 3 1 0 5 4 .310 .388 .452 .840 131 19 0 1 0 1 1 3
1972 22 BOS AL 12 19 17 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .235 .316 .294 .610 78 5 0 0 0 0 1 /3
1973 23 BOS AL 30 109 101 12 24 2 0 3 11 1 2 7 12 .238 .284 .347 .631 73 35 1 0 0 1 1 3
1974 24 BOS AL 121 454 414 55 114 24 1 8 43 2 5 32 74 .275 .327 .396 .724 101 164 3 1 5 2 3 3D
1975 25 BOS AL 106 333 305 49 95 17 6 14 44 1 4 19 33 .311 .355 .544 .899 142 166 3 3 3 3 6 D3
1976 26 BOS AL 123 483 451 66 127 22 6 15 78 7 1 16 62 .282 .304 .457 .761 110 206 3 1 9 6 6 3D
1977 27 MIL AL 160 679 643 86 193 31 7 20 78 13 8 28 110 .300 .326 .463 .789 113 298 13 0 1 7 4 *3D
1978 28 MIL AL 107 448 407 60 127 23 2 13 54 3 4 32 72 .312 .359 .474 .833 133 193 5 0 5 4 3 3D
1979 29 MIL AL 150 660 590 83 182 44 1 24 106 15 3 56 77 .308 .364 .508 .872 133 300 14 0 6 8 10 *3D AS,MVP-23,GG
1980 30 MIL AL 153 678 622 96 219 33 4 25 122 17 6 39 42 .352 .387 .539 .926 155 335 16 2 7 8 15 *3D AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
1981 31 MIL AL 106 453 416 70 133 35 1 12 60 5 4 28 30 .320 .363 .495 .858 151 206 16 3 1 5 2 *3/D MVP-8,SS
1982 32 MIL AL 155 696 654 104 205 38 3 32 121 2 3 32 53 .313 .342 .528 .870 142 345 4 0 4 6 7 *3/D AS,MVP-5,SS
1983 33 MIL AL 160 710 661 106 203 37 3 30 126 2 1 37 63 .307 .341 .508 .849 138 336 17 1 3 8 7 *3/D AS,MVP-5
1984 34 MIL AL 148 635 603 63 166 28 3 11 67 8 2 27 59 .275 .307 .386 .693 95 233 12 2 0 3 6 *3D
1985 35 MIL AL 154 674 631 82 185 39 8 16 99 10 3 30 77 .293 .322 .456 .779 111 288 24 2 1 10 3 *3D AS
1986 36 MIL AL 134 589 542 46 140 24 1 12 75 1 2 41 87 .258 .310 .373 .682 83 202 15 1 1 4 2 3D
1987 37 MIL AL 63 270 250 25 62 13 0 6 36 1 1 17 51 .248 .293 .372 .665 73 93 4 0 0 3 2 D
17 Seasons 1896 7939 7349 1012 2192 415 47 241 1125 89 49 448 911 .298 .337 .466 .803 121 3424 150 17 46 79 79
162 Game Avg. 162 678 628 86 187 35 4 21 96 8 4 38 78 .298 .337 .466 .803 121 293 13 1 4 7 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
MIL (11 yrs) 1490 6492 6019 821 1815 345 33 201 944 77 37 367 721 .302 .339 .470 .809 122 2829 140 11 29 66 61
BOS (6 yrs) 406 1447 1330 191 377 70 14 40 181 12 12 81 190 .283 .324 .447 .772 112 595 10 6 17 13 18

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 25 BOS AL ALCS OAK W 3 11 10 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 6 0 0 1 0 0
1975 25 BOS AL WS CIN L 5 20 19 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .053 .050 .105 .155 2 0 0 0 1 0
1981 31 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 5 21 18 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .222 .238 .222 .460 4 1 0 0 2 0
1982 32 MIL AL ALCS CAL W 5 20 20 1 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .150 .150 .250 .400 5 0 0 0 0 0
1982 32 MIL AL WS STL L 7 30 28 3 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 1 .286 .300 .429 .729 12 0 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 25 102 95 5 20 6 0 1 15 0 0 2 15 .211 .218 .305 .523 29 1 0 1 4 0
1 ALDS 5 21 18 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .222 .238 .222 .460 4 1 0 0 2 0
2 ALCS 8 31 30 1 7 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 .233 .233 .367 .600 11 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 12 50 47 3 9 2 0 1 7 0 0 1 4 .191 .200 .298 .498 14 0 0 0 2 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1979 *
1980 *
1982 (1B)
1983 *
1985 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1983-ML-Roberto Clemente Award

Gold Gloves
1979-AL-1B
1980-AL-1B
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1980-AL-1B
1981-AL-1B
1982-AL-1B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1979-AL-23-1%
1980-AL-5-41%
1981-AL-8-24%
1982-AL-5-39%
1983-AL-5-31%
1.36 Career Shares (162nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1980 AL--.352--2nd
1981 AL--.320--4th
1982 AL--.313--5th
Career--.298--228th

Slugging % s c a p y
1980 AL--.539--4th
1981 AL--.495--5th
1982 AL--.528--9th
1983 AL--.508--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1980 AL--.926--3rd
1981 AL--.858--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL--160--3rd
1981 AL--106--10th
1983 AL--160--6th

At Bats s c a p y
1977 AL--643--4th
1980 AL--622--9th
1981 AL--416--7th
1982 AL--654--2nd
1983 AL--661--2nd
1985 AL--631--10th
Career--7349--203rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 AL--679--8th
1981 AL--453--10th
1982 AL--696--9th
1983 AL--710--3rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1980 AL--96--10th
1981 AL--70--3rd
1982 AL--104--6th
1983 AL--106--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1977 AL--193--6th
1979 AL--182--8th
1980 AL--219--2nd
1981 AL--133--3rd
1982 AL--205--2nd
1983 AL--203--4th
1985 AL--185--7th
Career--2192--170th

Total Bases s c a p y
1977 AL--298--9th
1979 AL--300--7th
1980 AL--335--1st
1981 AL--206--3rd
1982 AL--345--2nd
1983 AL--336--3rd
Career--3424--165th

Doubles s c a p y
1979 AL--44--1st
1980 AL--33--10th
1981 AL--35--1st
1982 AL--38--6th
1983 AL--37--10th
1985 AL--39--4th
Career--415--134th

Triples s c a p y
1975 AL--6--9th
1985 AL--8--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 AL--25--7th
1982 AL--32--5th
1983 AL--30--7th
Career--241--212th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1979 AL--106--8th
1980 AL--122--1st
1982 AL--121--2nd
1983 AL--126--1st
1985 AL--99--10th
Career--1125--175th

Singles s c a p y
1977 AL--135--8th
1980 AL--157--4th
1982 AL--132--6th
1983 AL--133--5th
Career--1489--198th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1980 AL--155--3rd
1981 AL--151--5th
1982 AL--142--10th
1983 AL--138--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1979 AL--110--8th
1980 AL--126--2nd
1981 AL--70--5th
1982 AL--118--5th
1983 AL--110--8th
Career--1134--230th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1980 AL--46--3rd
1981 AL--27--4th
1982 AL--35--9th
1983 AL--32--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1980 AL--4.5--3rd
1981 AL--2.8--4th
1982 AL--3.4--8th
1983 AL--3.2--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1979 AL--69--6th
1980 AL--62--9th
1981 AL--48--2nd
1982 AL--73--5th
1983 AL--70--4th
Career--703--164th

Times On Base s c a p y
1980 AL--260--8th
1981 AL--164--10th
1983 AL--241--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1980 AL--.720--3rd
1982 AL--.672--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL--8--9th
1983 AL--8--7th
1985 AL--10--4th
Career--79--86th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 AL--10--6th
1980 AL--15--3rd
Career--79--174th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1981 AL--16--3rd
1985 AL--24--5th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1979 AL--18.5--8th
1980 AL--20.2--2nd
Career--130.0--232nd

AB per SO s c a p y
1980 AL--14.8--5th
1981 AL--13.9--9th
1982 AL--12.3--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1977 AL--479--7th
1982 AL--466--9th
1983 AL--487--2nd
1985 AL--484--6th
Career--5481--222nd

Salary s c a p y
1985 AL--$1,176,190--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 12 (194), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 112 (186), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 96 (164), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (337), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Keith Hernandez (882)
  7. John Olerud (878)
  8. Jeff Conine (872)
  9. Del Ennis (868)
  10. Cy Williams (867)
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  12. Dave Parker (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

November 30, 1970: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

April 5, 1971: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox.

December 6, 1976: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bernie Carbo and George Scott.

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Salaries

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1985Milwaukee Brewers$1,176,190
1986Milwaukee Brewers$607,322
1987Milwaukee Brewers$493,224
Career (may be incomplete)$2,276,736
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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