Cecil Fielder
Cecil Grant Fielder (Big Daddy)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: September 21, 1963 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Nogales (La Puente, CA)
School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 15, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1985
Final Game: September 13, 1998
Relatives: Father of Prince Fielder
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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
1985 TOR AL 21 1B 25 24 164.0 192 171 17 4 21 .979 2.0 14.6 2.0 0.3 1.6 0 10.32 7.52 .991 9.76 8.67
1986 TOR AL 22 DH 22
1986 TOR AL 22 1B 7 5 40.0 40 37 3 0 3 1.000 -0.2 -6.0 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 0 9.00 5.71 .990 9.43 8.61
1986 TOR AL 22 3B 2 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 4.50 0.50 .950 2.70 2.35
1986 TOR AL 22 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1986 TOR AL 22 OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.10
1987 TOR AL 23 DH 55
1987 TOR AL 23 1B 16 15 102.0 104 98 6 0 12 1.000 -1.1 -12.9 -1.1 -0.4 -0.7 0 9.18 6.50 .992 9.58 8.50
1987 TOR AL 23 3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1988 TOR AL 24 DH 50
1988 TOR AL 24 1B 17 14 113.0 110 99 10 1 10 .991 -0.7 -7.4 -0.7 -0.2 -0.6 0 8.68 6.41 .992 9.57 8.41
1988 TOR AL 24 3B 3 1 5.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -42.4 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0 3.18 0.67 .950 2.70 2.37
1988 TOR AL 24 2B 2 0 5.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -67.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 3.38 1.00 1.000 5.06 4.40
1990 DET AL 26 1B 143 139 1226.1 1315 1190 111 14 137 .989 1.1 1.1 2.1 -0.4 2.5 -1 9.55 9.10 .992 7.34 6.99 AS,MVP-2,SS
1990 DET AL 26 DH 15 AS,MVP-2,SS
1991 DET AL 27 1B 122 120 1037.0 1146 1055 83 8 110 .993 -1.8 -2.1 -1.8 -1.3 -0.5 0 9.88 9.33 .992 8.68 8.20 AS,MVP-2,SS
1991 DET AL 27 DH 42 AS,MVP-2,SS
1992 DET AL 28 1B 114 112 954.1 1059 957 92 10 98 .991 2.3 2.9 2.3 1.6 0.7 0 9.89 9.20 .993 9.43 8.36 MVP-9
1992 DET AL 28 DH 43 MVP-9
1993 DET AL 29 1B 119 118 962.1 1059 971 78 10 84 .991 -13.5 -16.8 -13.5 -8.0 -5.5 0 9.81 8.82 .993 9.35 8.24 AS,MVP-24
1993 DET AL 29 DH 36 AS,MVP-24
1994 DET AL 30 1B 102 102 852.0 1002 887 108 7 73 .993 3.5 4.9 4.5 5.0 -0.5 -1 10.51 9.75 .992 9.57 8.49
1994 DET AL 30 DH 7
1995 DET AL 31 1B 77 77 635.2 709 631 73 5 66 .993 -6.9 -13.0 -5.9 -2.8 -3.1 -1 9.97 9.14 .993 9.61 8.32
1995 DET AL 31 DH 58
1996 TOT AL 32 1B 80 80 687.2 733 663 63 7 59 .990 -3.2 -5.6 -2.2 -1.4 -0.8 -1 9.50 9.08 .992 9.24 7.92
1996 TOT AL 32 DH 79
1996 DET AL 32 1B 71 71 609.2 655 589 59 7 51 .989 -2.2 -4.3 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 -1 9.57 9.13 .992 9.24 7.92
1996 DET AL 32 DH 36
1996 NYY AL 32 DH 43
1996 NYY AL 32 1B 9 9 78.0 78 74 4 0 8 1.000 -1.0 -15.4 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 0 9.00 8.67 .992 9.24 7.92
1997 NYY AL 33 DH 87
1997 NYY AL 33 1B 8 8 67.1 65 59 6 0 8 1.000 1.4 25.0 1.4 1.4 0.0 0 8.69 8.13 .992 9.30 8.04
1998 TOT AL 34 1B 75 74 633.1 606 562 41 3 61 .995 -9.7 -18.4 -9.7 -0.8 -8.9 0 8.57 8.04 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 TOT AL 34 DH 41
1998 ANA AL 34 1B 72 72 613.1 591 550 39 2 60 .997 -8.4 -16.4 -8.4 -0.5 -7.9 0 8.64 8.18 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 ANA AL 34 DH 31
1998 CLE AL 34 DH 10
1998 CLE AL 34 1B 3 2 20.0 15 12 2 1 1 .933 -1.3 -78.0 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 0 6.30 4.67 .993 9.45 8.30
13 Seasons 1B 905 888 7475.0 8140 7380 691 69 742 .992 -26.8 -4.3 -22.8 -6.7 -16.3 -4 9.72 8.92 .992 9.00 8.08
12 Seasons DH 535
3 Seasons 3B 7 1 9.2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -0.6 -74.5 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.79 0.43 .950 2.70 2.34
1 Season 2B 2 0 5.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -67.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 3.38 1.00 1.000 5.06 4.40
1 Season LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1 Season OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.10
13 Seasons TOT 915 889 7493.0 8146 7382 694 70 742 .991 -27.7 -4.4 -23.7 -7.6 -16.3 -4 9.70 8.83 .984 8.98 8.03
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
1985 TOR AL 21 30 24 30 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1986 TOR AL 22 34 20 34 10 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15 11 0
1987 TOR AL 23 82 49 82 17 0 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 33 0
1988 TOR AL 24 74 43 74 20 0 0 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 28 28 0
1990 DET AL 26 159 154 159 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 0
1991 DET AL 27 162 162 162 122 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0
1992 DET AL 28 155 155 155 114 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 0
1993 DET AL 29 154 153 154 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 1 0
1994 DET AL 30 109 109 109 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
1995 DET AL 31 136 135 136 77 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 1 0
1996 DET AL 32 107 107 107 71 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0
1996 NYY AL 32 53 51 53 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 2 0
1997 NYY AL 33 98 96 98 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 2 0
1998 ANA AL 34 103 103 103 72 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0
1998 CLE AL 34 14 9 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0
13 Seasons 1470 1370 1470 912 0 0 905 2 7 0 1 0 0 1 481 91 0
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%
1985 TOR AL 21 695 54% 79% 29% 41 93% 0 174 5 168 1 20 17 9 4 0 0 4 1 3 0 2 21 1 0 1 19 2 2 0 2 6 50%
1986 TOR AL 22 174 47% 76% 26% 11 100% 0 37 4 32 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TOR AL 23 489 57% 75% 23% 21 100% 0 96 9 86 1 7 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 TOR AL 24 514 61% 76% 33% 15 93% 0 99 0 97 1 5 11 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 0
1990 DET AL 26 5604 60% 76% 31% 275 92% 2 1187 66 1103 20 102 108 79 10 0 2 14 2 8 4 7 137 1 1 1 130 3 6 2 4 14 71%
1991 DET AL 27 4694 60% 80% 32% 235 90% 0 1054 58 979 18 87 84 56 12 1 3 8 1 6 1 5 110 3 2 1 103 6 7 1 6 14 93%
1992 DET AL 28 4330 61% 80% 32% 237 92% 0 957 65 880 13 79 92 67 11 0 6 10 2 7 1 6 98 1 2 0 90 3 8 1 7 7 71%
1993 DET AL 29 4408 59% 78% 32% 204 91% 0 969 65 886 20 57 78 60 3 0 3 10 3 6 1 5 84 1 0 0 78 1 6 1 5 14 57%
1994 DET AL 30 3966 51% 79% 32% 238 94% 3 889 54 822 14 78 104 79 10 3 1 7 1 2 4 4 73 0 1 0 66 1 7 3 4 11 64%
1995 DET AL 31 2987 51% 78% 33% 169 92% 5 631 40 581 9 51 73 57 4 2 2 5 0 3 2 4 66 0 1 0 61 1 5 1 4 9 67%
1996 DET AL 32 3036 49% 74% 30% 142 92% 0 590 32 548 11 46 57 43 9 1 3 7 1 2 4 2 51 0 1 0 47 1 4 0 3 11 82%
1996 NYY AL 32 371 62% 69% 29% 15 100% 0 75 7 67 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0
1997 NYY AL 33 305 57% 70% 30% 14 100% 0 59 3 55 1 9 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0
1998 ANA AL 34 2860 59% 73% 31% 113 82% 0 552 27 517 7 32 38 30 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 60 0 1 1 54 2 6 4 2 4 75%
1998 CLE AL 34 97 49% 75% 24% 3 33% 0 12 0 12 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 34530 57% 77% 31% 1733 92% 10 7381 435 6833 118 583 682 501 69 8 22 69 12 40 17 38 743 7 9 4 688 22 54 14 39 91 71%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1986 TOR AL 22 10 50% 60% 30% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TOR AL 23 9 22% 78% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TOR AL 24 26 65% 81% 19% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 45 53% 76% 24% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 87% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1988 TOR AL 24 28 96% 79% 25% 2 50% 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 28 96% 79% 25% 2 50% 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 80% 80% 30% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 80% 80% 30% 0
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.5% 56% 76% 36% 52%

* 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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