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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	MIL		BAL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
2	2	Apr 8	MIL		BAL	W,16-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
3	3	Apr 9	MIL		BAL	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
4	4	Apr 11	MIL		NYY	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	9	3	2	14	1	1B
5	5	Apr 12	MIL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
6	6	Apr 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
7	7	Apr 15	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
8	8	Apr 16 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
9	9	Apr 16 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
10	10	Apr 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
11	11	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	6	2	0	8	1	1B
12	12	Apr 20	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
13	13	Apr 21	MIL	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
14	14	Apr 22	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	57	11.2	13	0	0	13	0	1B
15	15	Apr 23	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
16	16	Apr 25	MIL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
17	17	Apr 26	MIL		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
18	18	Apr 28	MIL	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
19	19	Apr 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-11	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
20	20	Apr 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22 (1)	May 3	MIL		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
22	23	May 5	MIL		KCR	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
23	24	May 6	MIL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
24	25	May 7	MIL		KCR	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
25	26	May 9	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
26	27	May 10	MIL		TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
27	28	May 12	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
28	29	May 13	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
29	30	May 14	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	18	1	0	19	1	1B
30	31	May 15	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
31	32	May 16	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
32	33	May 17	MIL		DET	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
33	34	May 18	MIL		DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
34	35	May 19	MIL		CAL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
35	36	May 20	MIL		CAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
36	37	May 21	MIL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
37	38	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
38	39	May 24	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
39	40	May 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
40	41	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
41	42	May 28	MIL	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
42	43	May 29	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
43	44	May 30	MIL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
44	45	May 31	MIL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 1	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
46	48 (1)	Jun 3	MIL		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
47	49	Jun 4 (1)	MIL		CLE	W,12-7	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
48	51 (1)	Jun 6	MIL		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
49	52	Jun 7	MIL		DET	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	8	2	1	11	4	1B
50	53	Jun 9	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	119 (65)	Aug 17	MIL		TOR	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
52	120	Aug 18	MIL		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
53	121	Aug 19	MIL		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
54	122	Aug 20	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
55	124 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
56	125	Aug 23	MIL		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
57	126	Aug 24	MIL		CLE	L,8-9	CG	53	11.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
58	127	Aug 25	MIL	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
59	128	Aug 26	MIL	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
60	130 (1)	Aug 28	MIL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
61	131	Aug 29	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
62	132	Aug 31 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	134 (1)	Sep 1	MIL		TEX	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
64	135	Sep 2	MIL		TEX	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
65	136	Sep 3	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
66	137	Sep 4 (1)	MIL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
67	138	Sep 4 (2)	MIL		SEA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
68	140 (1)	Sep 7	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
69	141	Sep 8	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
70	142	Sep 9	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
71	143	Sep 10	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
72	144	Sep 11	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
73	145	Sep 12	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	1B
74	147 (1)	Sep 14	MIL		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
75	148	Sep 15	MIL		MIN	L,3-10	GS	40	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
76	149	Sep 16	MIL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	9	2	2	13	0	1B
77	150	Sep 17	MIL		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
78	151	Sep 18	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
79	154 (2)	Sep 21	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	155	Sep 22	MIL		OAK	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
81	156	Sep 23	MIL		OAK	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
82	158 (1)	Sep 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	14	2	0	16	0	1B
83	160 (1)	Sep 29	MIL	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
84	162 (1)	Oct 1	MIL	@	OAK	W,9-0	GS	12	4.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
							84gm		729.1	842	66	11	919	71