Cecil Cooper

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 165lb (188cm, 74kg)

Born: December 20, 1949 in Brenham, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brenham HS (Brenham, TX).

High School: Brenham HS (Brenham, TX)

School: Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)

Debut: September 8, 1971 (Age 21-262d, 13,185th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 12, 1987 (Age 37-204d)
vs. OAK 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Cecil Celester Cooper

Pronunciation: \SEE-sil\

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5x All-Star
2x Gold Glove
3x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.0

7349

2192

241

.298

1012

RBI

1125

OBP

.337

SLG

.466

OPS

.803

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	BOS	@	MIL	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
2	2	Apr 6	BOS	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
3	4 (1)	Apr 12	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
4	5	Apr 13	BOS		DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
5	7 (1)	Apr 15	BOS		DET	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
6	8	Apr 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
7	9	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
8	14 (4)	Apr 22	BOS		KCR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
9	15	Apr 23	BOS		KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
10	16	Apr 24	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	15	1	1	17	0	1B
11	17	Apr 25	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
12	19 (1)	Apr 27	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
13	20	Apr 28	BOS	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	54	13.0	20	0	0	20	3	1B
14	21	Apr 29	BOS		CAL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
15	22	Apr 30	BOS		CAL	L,6-16	CG	53	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	26 (3)	May 5 (2)	BOS		TEX	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
17	27	May 8	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	GF	20	6.0	7	0	0	7	4	PR 1B
18	28	May 9	BOS		NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
19	30 (1)	May 11	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
20	31	May 12	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
21	32	May 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
22	33	May 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
23	34	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
24	37 (2)	May 19 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,11-2	GF	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	PR 1B
25	38	May 19 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
26	39	May 21	BOS		NYY	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
27	40	May 22	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
28	41	May 24	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
29	43 (1)	May 26	BOS		MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
30	44	May 27	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
31	45	May 28	BOS		MIN	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
32	46	May 29	BOS		MIN	L,4-5	CG	58	13.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
33	47	May 31	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	48	Jun 1	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
35	49	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,9-7	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
36	50	Jun 3	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	51	11.1	14	0	0	14	3	1B
37	51	Jun 4	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
38	57 (5)	Jun 11	BOS		OAK	W,10-9	GS	31	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
39	59 (1)	Jun 14	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	56	14.1	13	1	0	14	1	1B
40	60	Jun 15	BOS	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
41	61	Jun 16	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
42	63 (1)	Jun 18	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-1	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
43	64	Jun 19	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR 1B
44	65	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,0-11	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
45	66	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
46	68 (1)	Jun 24	BOS		MIL	W,9-0	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
47	69	Jun 26	BOS		MIL	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
48	70	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
49	71	Jun 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	12	0	0	12	2	1B
50	72	Jun 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-2	GF	17	4.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
51	73	Jun 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	74	Jul 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	24	6.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
53	76 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,2-9	GF	22	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
54	77	Jul 3 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,4-6	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	78	Jul 4	BOS		BAL	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
56	80 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		KCR	L,9-11	GS	41	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
57	81	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
58	82	Jul 8	BOS		KCR	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
59	83	Jul 9	BOS		TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
60	84	Jul 10	BOS		TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
61	85	Jul 11	BOS		TEX	W,12-3	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
62	86	Jul 12	BOS		CAL	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
63	87	Jul 13	BOS		CAL	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	10	2	1	13	2	1B
64	88	Jul 14	BOS		CAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
65	92 (3)	Jul 18	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
66	93	Jul 19	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH 1B
67	94	Jul 20	BOS	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
68	96 (1)	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,12-4	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
69	101 (4)	Jul 30	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	158 (56)	Sep 28	BOS	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
71	159	Sep 29	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
72	160	Sep 30	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
73	161	Oct 1	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
74	162	Oct 2	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
							74gm		600.1	637	40	12	689	66