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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
Schools: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). 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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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
1985 21 TOR AL 30 81 74 6 23 4 0 4 16 0 0 6 16 .311 .358 .527 .885 135 39 2 0 0 1 0 3
1986 22 TOR AL 34 90 83 7 13 2 0 4 13 0 0 6 27 .157 .222 .325 .548 45 27 3 1 0 0 0 D/357
1987 23 TOR AL 82 197 175 30 47 7 1 14 32 0 1 20 48 .269 .345 .560 .905 133 98 6 1 0 1 2 D3/5
1988 24 TOR AL 74 190 174 24 40 6 1 9 23 0 1 14 53 .230 .289 .431 .721 100 75 6 1 0 1 0 D3/54
1990 26 DET AL 159 673 573 104 159 25 1 51 132 0 1 90 182 .277 .377 .592 .969 167 339 15 5 0 5 11 *3D AS,MVP-2,SS
1991 27 DET AL 162 712 624 102 163 25 0 44 133 0 0 78 151 .261 .347 .513 .860 133 320 17 6 0 4 12 *3D AS,MVP-2,SS
1992 28 DET AL 155 676 594 80 145 22 0 35 124 0 0 73 151 .244 .325 .458 .783 117 272 14 2 0 7 8 *3D MVP-9
1993 29 DET AL 154 672 573 80 153 23 0 30 117 0 1 90 125 .267 .368 .464 .832 124 266 22 4 0 5 15 *3D AS,MVP-24
1994 30 DET AL 109 481 425 67 110 16 2 28 90 0 0 50 110 .259 .337 .504 .840 113 214 17 2 0 4 4 *3/D
1995 31 DET AL 136 578 494 70 120 18 1 31 82 0 1 75 116 .243 .346 .472 .818 111 233 17 5 0 4 8 3D
1996 32 TOT AL 160 688 591 85 149 20 0 39 117 2 0 87 139 .252 .350 .484 .834 108 286 18 5 0 5 12 3D
1996 32 DET AL 107 460 391 55 97 12 0 26 80 2 0 63 91 .248 .354 .478 .833 109 187 11 3 0 3 8 3D
1996 32 NYY AL 53 228 200 30 52 8 0 13 37 0 0 24 48 .260 .342 .495 .837 108 99 7 2 0 2 4 D/3
1997 33 NYY AL 98 425 361 40 94 15 0 13 61 0 0 51 87 .260 .358 .410 .768 101 148 14 7 0 6 3 D/3
1998 34 TOT AL 117 476 416 49 97 17 1 17 68 0 1 53 111 .233 .324 .401 .725 86 167 18 4 0 3 1 3D
1998 34 ANA AL 103 439 381 48 92 16 1 17 68 0 1 52 98 .241 .335 .423 .757 95 161 17 3 0 3 1 3D
1998 34 CLE AL 14 37 35 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .143 .189 .171 .361 -6 6 1 1 0 0 0 D/3
13 Seasons 1470 5939 5157 744 1313 200 7 319 1008 2 6 693 1316 .255 .345 .482 .827 118 2484 169 43 0 46 76
162 Game Avg. 162 655 568 82 145 22 1 35 111 0 1 76 145 .255 .345 .482 .827 118 274 19 5 0 5 8
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
DET (7 yrs) 982 4252 3674 558 947 141 4 245 758 2 3 519 926 .258 .351 .498 .849 126 1831 113 27 0 32 66
TOR (4 yrs) 220 558 506 67 123 19 2 31 84 0 2 46 144 .243 .308 .472 .781 108 239 17 3 0 3 2
NYY (2 yrs) 151 653 561 70 146 23 0 26 98 0 0 75 135 .260 .352 .440 .793 103 247 21 9 0 8 7
CLE (1 yr) 14 37 35 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .143 .189 .171 .361 -6 6 1 1 0 0 0
ANA (1 yr) 103 439 381 48 92 16 1 17 68 0 1 52 98 .241 .335 .423 .757 95 161 17 3 0 3 1

Postseason Batting

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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
1985 21 TOR AL ALCS KCR L 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1996 32 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 3 12 11 2 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .364 .417 .636 1.053 7 0 0 0 0 0
1996 32 NYY AL ALCS BAL W 5 22 18 3 3 0 0 2 8 0 0 4 5 .167 .318 .500 .818 9 1 0 0 0 1
1996 32 NYY AL WS ATL W 6 25 23 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .391 .440 .478 .918 11 0 0 0 0 0
1997 33 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 19 70 63 6 18 3 0 3 15 0 0 7 13 .286 .357 .476 .833 30 1 0 0 0 1
2 ALDS 5 20 19 2 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 .263 .300 .421 .721 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 8 25 21 3 4 1 0 2 8 0 0 4 6 .190 .320 .524 .844 11 1 0 0 0 1
1 WS 6 25 23 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .391 .440 .478 .918 11 0 0 0 0 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
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1990 *
1991 (1B)
1993 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1996-AL-Babe Ruth Award

Silver Sluggers
1990-AL-1B
1991-AL-1B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1990-AL-2-73%
1991-AL-2-73%
1992-AL-9-21%
1993-AL-24-0%
1.67 Career Shares (119th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1990 AL--.377--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1990 AL--.592--1st
1991 AL--.513--9th
Career--.482--169th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1990 AL--.969--2nd
Career--.827--248th

Games Played s c a p y
1990 AL--159--6th
1991 AL--162--1st
1996 AL--160--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1991 AL--712--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1990 AL--104--2nd
1991 AL--102--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1990 AL--339--1st
1991 AL--320--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1990 AL--51--1st
1991 AL--44--1st
1992 AL--35--3rd
1994 AL--28--5th
1996 AL--39--9th
Career--319--102nd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1990 AL--132--1st
1991 AL--133--1st
1992 AL--124--1st
1993 AL--117--5th
1994 AL--90--7th
1996 AL--117--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 AL--90--6th
1993 AL--90--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1990 AL--182--1st
1991 AL--151--3rd
1992 AL--151--2nd
1994 AL--110--5th
1995 AL--116--7th
1996 AL--139--8th
Career--1316--95th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1990 AL--167--2nd

Runs Created s c a p y
1990 AL--129--2nd
1991 AL--110--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1990 AL--51--2nd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1990 AL--5.1--2nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1990 AL--77--1st
1991 AL--69--6th

Times On Base s c a p y
1990 AL--254--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1990 AL--.747--3rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 AL--11--9th
1991 AL--12--8th
1993 AL--15--9th
1996 AL--12--6th
Career--76--191st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1993 AL--22--2nd
1994 AL--17--3rd
1995 AL--17--7th
1998 AL--18--9th
Career--169--168th

AB per HR s c a p y
1990 AL--11.235--1st
1991 AL--14.182--2nd
1992 AL--16.971--7th
1994 AL--15.179--9th
Career--16.166--29th

Outs Made s c a p y
1991 AL--482--9th
1994 AL--336--9th
1996 AL--465--9th

Salary s c a p y
1992 AL--$4,500,000--5th
1995 AL--$9,237,500--1st
1996 AL--$9,237,500--1st
1997 AL--$9,237,500--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 24 (81), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 63 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 75 (242), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. John Mayberry (896)
  6. Hank Sauer (888)
  7. Roger Maris (887)
  8. Tony Clark (883)
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  10. Jeromy Burnitz (878)
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  2. Adam LaRoche (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  4. Tony Clark (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Glenn Davis (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark McGwire (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark McGwire (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Richie Sexson (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Richie Sexson (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 31st round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed June 15, 1982.

February 5, 1983: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Leon Roberts.

December 22, 1988: Purchased by Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central) from the Toronto Blue Jays.

January 15, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

July 31, 1996: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Matt Drews (minors) and Ruben Sierra.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

August 10, 1998: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

August 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

September 18, 1998: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1987Toronto Blue Jays$78,500
1988Toronto Blue Jays$125,000
1990Detroit Tigers$1,250,000
1991Detroit Tigers$1,750,000
1992Detroit Tigers$4,500,000
1993Detroit Tigers$4,262,500
1994Detroit Tigers$4,237,500
1995Detroit Tigers$9,237,500
1996Detroit Tigers$9,237,500
1997New York Yankees$9,237,500
1998Anaheim Angels$2,800,000
Cleveland Indians$170,000
Career (may be incomplete)$46,886,000
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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