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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
2	2	Apr 12	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
3	3	Apr 14	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
4	4	Apr 15	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
5	5	Apr 16	MIL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 18	MIL		CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
7	7	Apr 20	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
8	8	Apr 21	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
9	9	Apr 22	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
10	10	Apr 24	MIL		KCR	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
11	11	Apr 25	MIL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
12	12	Apr 26	MIL		KCR	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
13	13	Apr 27	MIL		TOR	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	14	Apr 28	MIL		TOR	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
15	15	Apr 29	MIL		TOR	L,0-5	CG	56	14.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
16	16	Apr 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
18	18	May 2	MIL	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
19	19	May 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
20	20	May 4	MIL	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
21	21	May 5	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
22	22	May 6	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
23	23	May 7	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
24	30 (6)	May 15	MIL		OAK	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
25	31	May 16	MIL		OAK	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
26	32	May 17	MIL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	12	3	0	15	2	1B
27	33	May 19	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
28	34	May 20	MIL		MIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
29	35	May 21	MIL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
30	36	May 22	MIL		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
31	37	May 23	MIL		BOS	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
32	38	May 24 (1)	MIL		BOS	W,2-1	GF	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
33	39	May 24 (2)	MIL		BOS	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
34	40	May 25	MIL		DET	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
35	41	May 26	MIL		DET	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
36	42	May 27	MIL		DET	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
37	43	May 28	MIL		DET	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
38	44	May 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
39	45	May 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
40	46	May 31	MIL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	47	Jun 1	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	46	11.1	14	1	0	15	0	1B
42	48	Jun 2	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	3	1B
43	49	Jun 3	MIL	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
44	50	Jun 5	MIL	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
45	51	Jun 6	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
46	52	Jun 7	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
47	53	Jun 8	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
48	54	Jun 9	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
49	55	Jun 10	MIL		TEX	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
50	56	Jun 11	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	57	Aug 10	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	50	13.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
52	58	Aug 11 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
53	59	Aug 11 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	4	1B
54	60	Aug 12	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
55	61	Aug 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
56	62	Aug 14	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
57	63	Aug 15	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
58	64	Aug 16 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
59	65	Aug 16 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
60	66	Aug 18 (1)	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
61	67	Aug 18 (2)	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
62	68	Aug 19	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
63	69	Aug 21	MIL		MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	14	1	1	16	2	1B
64	70	Aug 22	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
65	71	Aug 23	MIL		MIN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
66	72	Aug 24	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
67	73	Aug 25	MIL		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
68	74	Aug 27	MIL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
69	75	Aug 28	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
70	76	Aug 29	MIL		TEX	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
71	77	Aug 30	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
72	78	Aug 31	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	79	Sep 1	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
74	81 (1)	Sep 3	MIL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
75	82	Sep 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,16-5	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
76	83	Sep 5	MIL	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
77	84	Sep 6	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
78	85	Sep 7	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
79	86	Sep 9 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
80	87	Sep 9 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
81	88	Sep 10	MIL		CHW	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
82	89	Sep 11	MIL		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
83	90	Sep 12	MIL		BAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	5	1B
84	91	Sep 13	MIL		BAL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
85	92	Sep 14	MIL		NYY	L,2-10	GS	35	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
86	94 (1)	Sep 16	MIL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
87	95	Sep 18	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	3	1B
88	96	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	W,11-8	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
89	97	Sep 20	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
90	98	Sep 21	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
91	99	Sep 22	MIL	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
92	100	Sep 23	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	47	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
93	101	Sep 25	MIL	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
94	102	Sep 26	MIL	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
95	103	Sep 27	MIL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
96	104	Sep 28	MIL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
97	105	Sep 29	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
98	106	Sep 30	MIL		BOS	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
99	107	Oct 2	MIL		DET	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
100	108	Oct 3	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
101	109	Oct 4	MIL		DET	L,2-3	GS	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
							101gm		873.2	987	72	9	1068	111