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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
2	2	Apr 6	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
3	3	Apr 7	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
4	4	Apr 9	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
5	5	Apr 10	MIL	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
6	6	Apr 12	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
7	7	Apr 13	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
8	8	Apr 14	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
9	9	Apr 15	MIL		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
10	10	Apr 17	MIL		KCR	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
11	11	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
12	12	Apr 20	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.2	13	0	0	13	2	1B
13	13	Apr 22	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
14	14	Apr 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
15	15	Apr 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
16	16	Apr 26	MIL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
17	17	Apr 27	MIL		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
18	18	Apr 29	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
19	19	Apr 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	42	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
21	21	May 2	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
22	22	May 3	MIL	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
23	23	May 4	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
24	24	May 6	MIL		TEX	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
25	25	May 8	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
26	26	May 10	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
27	27	May 11	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
28	28	May 12	MIL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
29	29	May 14	MIL		BOS	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
30	30	May 15	MIL		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
31	31	May 16	MIL		TOR	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
32	32	May 17	MIL		TOR	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
33	33	May 18	MIL		TOR	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
34	34	May 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
35	36 (1)	May 22	MIL	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
36	37	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	73	16.2	12	6	0	18	2	1B
37	38	May 24	MIL	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
38	39	May 25	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
39	40	May 27	MIL		SEA	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
40	41	May 28	MIL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
41	42	May 29	MIL		SEA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
42	43	May 30	MIL		SEA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
43	44	May 31	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	45	Jun 1	MIL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
45	46	Jun 2	MIL		OAK	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
46	47	Jun 3	MIL		CAL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
47	48	Jun 4	MIL		CAL	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
48	49	Jun 5	MIL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
49	50	Jun 6	MIL		CAL	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
50	51	Jun 7	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
51	52	Jun 8	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
52	53	Jun 9	MIL	@	BAL	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
53	54	Jun 10	MIL		NYY	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
54	55	Jun 11	MIL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
55	56	Jun 12	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
56	57	Jun 13	MIL		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
57	58	Jun 15	MIL		BAL	L,8-11	CG	50	10.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
58	59	Jun 16	MIL		BAL	W,2-1	CG	47	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
59	60	Jun 17	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
60	61	Jun 18	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
61	62	Jun 19	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
62	63	Jun 20	MIL	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
63	64	Jun 21	MIL	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
64	65	Jun 22	MIL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
65	66	Jun 24	MIL		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
66	67	Jun 25	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
67	68	Jun 26	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
68	69	Jun 28	MIL		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
69	70	Jun 29	MIL		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
70	71	Jun 30	MIL		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	72	Jul 1	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
72	73	Jul 2	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
73	74	Jul 3	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
74	75	Jul 4	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
75	76	Jul 8	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
76	77	Jul 9	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
77	78	Jul 10	MIL	@	CHW	W,12-9	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
78	79	Jul 11	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	62	14.2	12	0	0	12	0	1B
79	80	Jul 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
80	81	Jul 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	4	1B
81	82	Jul 14	MIL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
82	83	Jul 15	MIL		MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
83	85 (1)	Jul 17	MIL		MIN	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
84	86	Jul 18 (1)	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
85	87	Jul 18 (2)	MIL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
86	88	Jul 19	MIL		TEX	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
87	89	Jul 20	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	4	1B
88	90	Jul 21	MIL		CHW	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
89	91	Jul 22	MIL		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
90	92	Jul 23	MIL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
91	93	Jul 24	MIL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
92	94	Jul 25	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-17	CG	46	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
93	95	Jul 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	7	1	0	8	1	1B
94	96	Jul 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,13-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
95	97	Jul 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
96	98	Jul 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
97	99	Jul 31	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	100	Aug 1	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
99	101	Aug 2 (1)	MIL		KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
100	102	Aug 2 (2)	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
101	103	Aug 3	MIL		KCR	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
102	104	Aug 4	MIL		KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
103	105	Aug 5	MIL		TOR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
104	106	Aug 6	MIL		TOR	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
105	107	Aug 7	MIL		TOR	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
106	108	Aug 8 (1)	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
107	109	Aug 8 (2)	MIL	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
108	110	Aug 9	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
109	111	Aug 10	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
110	112	Aug 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
111	113	Aug 12	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
112	114	Aug 13	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
113	115	Aug 14	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
114	116	Aug 15	MIL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
115	117	Aug 16	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	15	3	0	18	2	1B
116	118	Aug 17 (1)	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
117	119	Aug 17 (2)	MIL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
118	120	Aug 19	MIL		OAK	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
119	121	Aug 20	MIL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
120	122	Aug 21	MIL		OAK	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
121	123	Aug 22	MIL		SEA	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
122	124	Aug 23	MIL		SEA	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
123	125	Aug 24	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	54	14.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
124	126	Aug 25	MIL		CAL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
125	127	Aug 26	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
126	128	Aug 27	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
127	129	Aug 28	MIL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
128	130	Aug 29	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
129	131	Aug 30	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
130	132	Aug 31	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	133	Sep 2	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
132	134	Sep 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
133	135	Sep 4	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
134	136	Sep 5	MIL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
135	137	Sep 6	MIL		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
136	138	Sep 7	MIL		NYY	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
137	139	Sep 8	MIL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
138	140	Sep 9 (1)	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
139	141	Sep 9 (2)	MIL		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
140	142	Sep 10	MIL		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
141	143	Sep 11	MIL		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
142	144	Sep 12	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
143	145	Sep 13	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
144	146	Sep 14	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
145	147	Sep 16	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	5	1B
146	148	Sep 17	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
147	149	Sep 18	MIL	@	BAL	L,9-10	CG	45	8.1	9	1	0	10	3	1B
148	150	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	52	10.2	11	2	0	13	1	1B
149	151	Sep 20	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B
150	152	Sep 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
151	153	Sep 22	MIL	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
152	154	Sep 23	MIL		BAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
153	155	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
154	156	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
155	157	Sep 27	MIL		CLE	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
156	158	Sep 28	MIL		CLE	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
157	159	Sep 29	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
158	160	Sep 30	MIL	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
							158gm		1410.0	1452	87	11	1550	144