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Cecil Cooper	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 195   Born: December 20, 1949 in Usa, TX, BRENHAM

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1984
All-Star Selections	1981    1985    1987

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1971	21	BSN	NL					6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	2	3	3	7	8	8
1972	22	BSN	NL					7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	8	9	8
1973	23	BSN	NL					8	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	8	9	8
1974	24	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	8	8	8
1975	25	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	8	8	8
1976	26	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				9	9	8	6	6	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	8	9	8
1977	27	BSN	NL	$ 300,000				9	9	8	6	6	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	8	9	8
1978	28	CLE	AL	$ 1,378,571				8	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	7	8	8
1979	29	CLE	AL	$ 1,707,143				9	9	8	6	6	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	8	9	8
1980	30	CLE	AL	$ 2,000,000				9	9	8	6	7	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	8	9	8
1981	31	CLE	AL	$ 3,000,000				9	9	8	6	7	6	5	6	6	2	3	3	8	9	8
1982	32	CLE	AL	$ 3,000,000				8	8	7	6	7	6	4	5	5	2	3	3	7	8	7
1983	33	CLE	AL	$ 3,000,000				8	8	7	6	7	6	5	6	5	2	3	3	6	7	7
1984	34	COL	NL	$ 4,000,900				9	9	8	6	6	6	5	6	5	2	3	3	7	8	8
1985	35	COL	NL	$ 4,000,900				9	9	8	6	6	6	4	5	5	2	3	3	7	8	8
1986	36	CLE	AL	$ 2,810,000				9	9	8	6	6	6	4	5	5	2	3	3	7	8	7
1987	37	CLE	AL	$ 2,810,000				9	9	8	6	6	6	3	4	4	2	3	3	6	7	7
1988	38	MIN	AL	$ 9,000,001				8	8	7	6	6	6	3	4	4	2	3	3	6	7	6
1989	39	PHN	NL	$ 750,000				7	7	6	5	6	6	3	4	4	2	3	3	5	6	5
1990	40	KCR	AL	$ 750,000				6	6	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	2	3	3	4	5	5
OOTP6 Min Ratings								6	6	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	2	3	3	4	5	5
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 9,000,001				9	9	8	6	7	6	6	7	6	2	3	3	8	9	8

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1971	21	AAA		136	565	97	169	31	3	27	110	4	0	34	55	.299	.339	.508	.847	92.6
1972	22	AAA		136	532	89	169	26	2	33	87	4	3	47	48	.318	.373	.560	.933	103.2
1973	23	AAA		133	504	99	175	35	2	23	98	8	4	38	36	.347	.393	.562	.954	99.4
1974	24	BSN	NL	74	288	46	95	16	3	7	46	2	2	10	24	.330	.350	.479	.829	43.2	9.5
		AAA		81	321	44	108	15	0	12	48	5	7	29	23	.336	.391	.495	.887	56.7
1975	25	BSN	NL	152	535	65	144	22	0	11	61	3	1	24	55	.269	.300	.372	.672	54.1	6.6
1976	26	BSN	NL	123	395	53	106	13	1	13	58	2	1	21	23	.268	.303	.405	.708	42.7	5.5
1977	27	BSN	NL	125	476	67	130	21	0	15	57	9	2	24	34	.273	.304	.412	.716	56.2	7.8
1978	28	CLE	AL	142	537	59	164	16	0	16	79	3	2	30	34	.305	.340	.425	.765	73.8	14.8
1979	29	CLE	AL	152	573	69	168	19	4	17	92	6	4	25	46	.293	.322	.429	.752	73.3	14.0
1980	30	CLE	AL	101	348	53	101	17	1	13	60	0	0	23	19	.290	.332	.457	.788	50.2	10.2
1981	31	CLE	AL	153	600	64	173	25	3	20	91	3	6	21	48	.288	.309	.440	.749	76.1	11.8
1982	32	CLE	AL	132	451	43	122	18	1	7	51	2	0	24	35	.271	.304	.361	.665	49.3	7.2
1983	33	CLE	AL	99	327	42	89	15	1	8	49	4	0	18	31	.272	.307	.398	.704	38.9	6.4
		AAA		28	86	12	26	3	0	2	7	1	1	14	11	.302	.400	.407	.807	14.4
1984	34	COL	NL	126	471	57	131	22	4	11	56	1	0	21	49	.278	.308	.412	.720	56.1	10.5
1985	35	COL	NL	130	484	48	143	25	5	11	82	1	0	20	42	.295	.319	.436	.755	64.5	11.5
1986	36	CLE	AL	136	538	71	156	36	1	17	106	1	0	27	65	.290	.323	.455	.779	70.5	12.5
1987	37	CLE	AL	155	604	68	199	25	2	17	97	1	4	31	69	.329	.360	.462	.822	88.4	16.8
1988	38	MIN	AL	139	510	71	146	21	1	15	78	3	1	22	73	.286	.314	.420	.734	62.8	10.0
1989	39	PHN	NL	131	469	51	138	20	0	8	69	4	4	18	63	.294	.316	.388	.704	55.1	9.1
1990	40	KCR	AL	113	380	34	85	10	0	4	37	1	0	9	93	.224	.245	.282	.526	20.7	0.0
17 Years Sim				2183	7986	961	2290	341	27	210	1169	46	27	368	803	.287	.316	.415	.731	976.0	164.4
5 Years AAA				514	2008	341	647	110	7	97	350	22	15	162	173	.322	.372	.529	.901	366.2
162 Game Average					592	71	169	25	2	15	86	3	2	27	59	.287	.316	.415	.731	72.4
Career Highs				155	604	71	199	36	5	20	106	9	6	31	93	.330	.360	.479	.829	88.4

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		6710	812	1963	288	22	183	1003	36	25	319	623	.293	.323	.424	.746	880.0
vs LH		1276	149	327	53	5	27	166	10	2	49	180	.256	.282	.369	.651	130.0
Home	1072	3819	447	1062	156	13	104	553	20	17	174	384	.278	.307	.407	.714	462.7
Away	1111	4167	514	1228	185	14	106	616	26	10	194	419	.295	.325	.422	.747	547.2
RISP		2254	0	650	102	6	57	930	0	0	118	237	.288	.315	.415	.730	290.4
Pinch Hitting		180	19	56	10	0	3	31	0	0	16	18	.311	.367	.417	.784	26.6
Close/Late		961	101	274	27	0	24	129	0	0	48	117	.285	.316	.388	.704	115.9
Mar/Apr	322	1158	131	342	49	6	24	164	7	4	68	115	.295	.333	.410	.743	152.3
May	351	1309	155	384	64	5	37	209	8	5	60	124	.293	.322	.435	.757	175.0
June	370	1363	157	381	57	2	34	201	5	6	55	139	.280	.306	.399	.705	159.5
July	369	1323	176	376	51	4	34	186	8	3	68	145	.284	.318	.406	.724	166.0
August	385	1407	162	419	57	5	39	213	9	6	55	126	.298	.321	.429	.750	185.0
Sep/Oct	386	1426	180	388	63	5	42	196	9	3	62	154	.272	.300	.412	.712	172.1

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1974	24	BSN	NL	1B	73	67	613.0	806	53	11	63	.987	12.61					1.3
1975	25	BSN	NL	1B	149	141	1233.3	1401	85	19	126	.987	10.84					2.0
1976	26	BSN	NL	1B	115	106	940.3	1112	78	13	105	.989	11.39					1.9
1977	27	BSN	NL	1B	122	113	1023.3	1221	73	9	102	.993	11.38					2.0
				LF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1978	28	CLE	AL	1B	131	127	1152.7	1400	92	12	140	.992	11.65					2.4
				SS	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1979	29	CLE	AL	1B	151	147	1293.3	1645	117	21	132	.988	12.26					3.5
1980	30	CLE	AL	1B	100	93	815.3	984	58	6	84	.994	11.50					2.2
1981	31	CLE	AL	1B	152	146	1308.0	1509	91	13	134	.992	11.01					2.2
1982	32	CLE	AL	1B	125	118	1025.7	1226	77	8	107	.994	11.43					1.9
1983	33	CLE	AL	1B	80	66	612.7	756	45	7	61	.991	11.77					1.2
1984	34	COL	NL	1B	3	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.86					0.0
				LF	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25					0.0
1985	35	COL	NL	1B	7	0	8.3	9	1	0	1	1.000	10.80					0.0
1987	37	CLE	AL	1B	5	0	12.0	11	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1988	38	MIN	AL	1B	6	0	10.3	13	2	0	0	1.000	13.07					0.0
1989	39	PHN	NL	1B	102	96	840.7	984	69	8	78	.992	11.27					2.1
1990	40	KCR	AL	1B	5	4	32.0	28	6	1	3	.971	9.56					0.1
				1B	1326	1224	10928.0	13108	848	128	1136	.991	11.49					22.8
				LF	3	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.50					0.0
				SS	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
Career Totals					1330	1224	10937.0	13109	848	128	1136	.991	11.49					22.8
Career Highs					152	147	1308.0	1645	117	21	140	1.000	13.07

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1975	25	BSN	NL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
1976	26	BSN	NL	10	40	5	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.350	.600
1979	29	CLE	AL	4	14	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571
1980	30	CLE	AL	5	18	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	.444	.474	.500	.974
1982	32	CLE	AL	16	58	7	15	2	0	2	9	0	0	2	4	.259	.274	.397	.671
1983	33	CLE	AL	9	30	1	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.267	.267	.333	.600
1984	34	COL	NL	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500
Career Post-Season Batting				56	169	16	48	6	0	3	19	1	0	3	11	.284	.293	.373	.666

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1987-4-.329 Games 1987-8-155 At-Bats 1981-10-600 1987-10-604 Hits 1987-3-199 Singles 1978-7-132 1987-1-155 CAR-28-1712 RBIs 1979-9-92 1981-8-91 1986-5-106 1987-10-97

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1971

Injured on 6/15/1972 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days

Had first career hit (double) on 7/5/1974, off Jerry Reuss (NYG)

Hit first career homerun on 7/22/1974, off Rusty Gerhardt (KCR)

2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration

Traded from Boston (N) to Pittsburgh on 2/4/1978 (Going to BSN: P Lance Clemons. Going to PIT: 1B Cecil Cooper)

Traded from Pittsburgh to Cleveland (A) on 4/3/1978 (Going to CLE: 1B Cecil Cooper. Going to PIT: P Ron Guidry)

2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration

2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,000,000 through salary arbitration

Injured on 4/3/1980 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks

Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1980, hitting .370 with 3 HR, 10 RBI

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/13/1980

9/22/1980: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years

Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game

Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/7/1984 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,900 per year

Won World Championship with Colorado in 1984

Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game

Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/6/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $2,810,000 per year

Drove in 8 runs against Detroit on 5/20/1986

Injured on 6/26/1986 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks

Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1987, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 8 RBI

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Toronto on 5/22/1987

Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1987, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI

Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game

Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/5/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $9,000,001 per year

Had 2000th career hit on 6/29/1988, off Rick Mahler (SDP)

Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 7/12/1988

Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/4/1989 to a 1-year deal worth $9,000,001 per year

Released by Minnesota on 2/14/1989

Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/24/1989 to a 4-year deal worth $750,000 per year

Traded from Philadelphia to Kansas City on 3/4/1990 (Going to PHN: SS Bob Meacham. Going to KCR: RF Jim Vatcher, P John Butcher, P Bob Knepper, 1B Cecil Cooper, RF Mike Vail)

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