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Cecil Cooper
Cecil Celester Cooper

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut September 8, 1971
Final Game July 12, 1987
Born December 20, 1949 in Brenham, TX (age 74)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 21 BOA AL   16   27    4    9   3   0   0    2   1   0    5    2  .333  .438  .444  .882   127    12   0   0   0   0   0  
 1972           [Did not play]
 1973 23 BOA AL    3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .333  .000  .333    45     0   0   0   0   0   0  
 1974 24 BOA AL   65  246   31   81  11   0   4   43   0   1   16   50  .329  .368  .423  .791   109   104   3   3   3   1   3  
         BAA AL   27  102    9   20   3   0   1    6   0   1    5   16  .196  .234  .255  .489    67    26   0   0   0   0   3  
         TOT      92  348   40  101  14   0   5   49   0   2   21   66  .290  .330  .374  .703         130   3   3   3   1   6 
 1975 25 BAA AL   96  325   46  109   9   3  20   70   0   3   18   25  .335  .371  .566  .937   131   184   1   3   5   2   3  
 1976 26 BAA AL  128  455   54  122  14   4  19   64   4   1   20   66  .268  .297  .442  .739   104   201  14   3   8   0   6  
 1977 27 MLA AL  159  657   82  193  32   6  14  100   4   2   39  114  .294  .332  .425  .757    98   279   0   3   3   0  14  
 1978 28 MLA AL  115  427   62  135  27   3  13   69   1   3   34   89  .316  .365  .485  .850   117   207   2   2   2   0  12  
 1979 29 MLA AL  136  507   60  139  36   0  14   72   5   0   50   69  .274  .336  .428  .764   101   217   0   5   6   0  15  
 1980 30 MLA AL  158  643  110  218  39   3  24   98  13   2   47   34  .339  .388  .521  .909   125   335   0   5  10   8  23  MVP-4
 1981 31 MLA AL  151  569   81  163  45   3  12   65   6   1   40   55  .286  .338  .439  .778   114   250   0   5   6   7  21  
 1982 32 MLA AL  159  668  108  216  27   4  37  132   5   4   32   54  .323  .352  .542  .894   122   362   1   4   6   0  10  MVP-5
 1983 33 MLA AL  162  673   90  192  39   2  29  118   0   1   30   71  .285  .313  .478  .792   106   322   0   6   1   0  22  MVP-9
 1984 34 MLA AL  133  519   49  154  19   4  10   84   3   1   27   72  .297  .332  .407  .738   105   211   1   2   6   1  13  
 1985 35 MLA AL  154  592   57  146  32   4  12   66   2   1   35   86  .247  .288  .375  .663    93   222   1   3   7   1  25  
 1986 36 MLA AL   47  166   23   48   6   4  10   36   0   0   10   30  .289  .324  .554  .878   123    92   1   3   1   0   5  
 1987 37 MLA AL    8   28    2    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .143  .143  .179  .321    43     5   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     1717 6606  868 1949 343  40 219 1027  44  21  409  837  .295  .336  .459  .794        3029  24  47  64  20 176
 Per 600 PA           558   73  165  29   3  18   87   4   2   35   71                                 256   2   4   5   2  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MLA     1382 5449  724 1608 303  33 175  842  39  15  344  678  .295  .337  .459  .796        2502   6  38  48  17 161
   With BAA      251  882  109  251  26   7  40  140   4   5   43  107  .285  .317  .466  .783         411  15   6  13   2  12
   With BOA       84  275   35   90  14   0   4   45   1   1   22   52  .327  .375  .422  .797         116   3   3   3   1   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1896 7349 1012 2192 415  47 241 1125  89  49  448  911  .298  .337  .466  .803        3424  46  79  79  17 150
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1971 21 BOA AL  25    6   9.1  10   4   0  .400   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   3e19       42   
 1972           [Did not play]
 1973 23 BOA AL   0    0   1.2   2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e24     -298   
 1974 24 BOA AL  34   38   6.0   0   0   0  .000   8   19    6  .316    0    0  .000  1B   4e27       68   
         BAA AL   8    5   1.7   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e27     -235   
         TOT                     1   0   0  .000   8   19    6  .316    0    0  .000
 1975 25 BAA AL   8   66   8.0  12   3   0  .250   5   30   13  .433    0    0  .000  1B   4e7        38   
 1976 26 BAA AL  22   59   4.5   4   1   0  .250   4   35   20  .571    0    0  .000  1B   3e10      -22   
 1977 27 MLA AL  30   90   5.0   1   1   0 1.000  12   57   37  .649    0    0  .000  1B   3e13      -33   
 1978 28 MLA AL  38   72   6.3   9   2   0  .222  13   28   11  .393    0    0  .000  1B   2e22       17   
 1979 29 MLA AL  18   72   5.0  13   5   0  .385   8   36   26  .722    0    0  .000  1B   1e12     -108   
 1980 30 MLA AL  32  125   7.5   1   0   0  .000   6   43   36  .837    0    0  .000  1B   1e6       -17   
 1981 31 MLA AL  35   80   5.0   8   2   0  .250  14   41   26  .634    0    0  .000  1B   1e15      -80   
 1982 32 MLA AL  31  124   7.1   1   0   0  .000   4   54   49  .907    0    0  .000  1B   1e5        24   
 1983 33 MLA AL  35   93   4.9   0   0   0  .000  10   51   39  .765    0    0  .000  1B   1e11      -58   
 1984 34 MLA AL  41   67   4.7   2   1   0  .500  10   42   25  .595    0    0  .000  1B   2e14       45   
 1985 35 MLA AL  34   57   3.3   7   2   0  .286  14   39   18  .462    0    0  .000  1B   2e22     -115   
 1986 36 MLA AL  77   28   6.0   5   2   1  .400   1   13    8  .615    0    0  .000  1B   3e16      196   
 1987 37 MLA AL  18    0    .6   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   5e30     -343   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons          988   5.4  77  23   1  .299 109  488  314  .643    0    0  .000                 -26   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 26.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 51.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1971 21 BOA AL  1B     7    32     4    0    4  1.000     5    41.0   7.90
 1972           [Did not play]
 1973 23 BOA AL  1B     1     2     0    0    1  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1974 24 BOA AL  1B    45   344    29    8   31   .979    45   380.0   8.83
         BAA AL  1B     4    17     1    0    2  1.000     2    19.0   8.53
 1975 25 BAA AL  1B    82   646    50    5   62   .993    81   690.2   9.07
 1976 26 BAA AL  1B   126  1111    88    4  124   .997   118  1078.0  10.01
 1977 27 MLA AL  1B   158  1364   115   12  145   .992   158  1400.1   9.51
 1978 28 MLA AL  1B    94   757    61   13   60   .984    86   792.1   9.29
 1979 29 MLA AL  1B   132  1055    99    8  118   .993   119  1101.1   9.43
 1980 30 MLA AL  1B   158  1397   129    6  138   .996   156  1414.1   9.71
 1981 31 MLA AL  1B   144  1225    99   14  156   .990   142  1262.2   9.44
 1982 32 MLA AL  1B   158  1398   125    4  144   .997   157  1417.2   9.67  GG
 1983 33 MLA AL  1B   162  1532   129   10  153   .994   162  1448.0  10.32
 1984 34 MLA AL  1B   131  1098    99   10  114   .992   130  1144.2   9.41
 1985 35 MLA AL  1B   149  1200   101   14  134   .989   144  1299.2   9.01
 1986 36 MLA AL  1B    29   220    25    1   22   .996    28   245.0   9.00
 1987 37 MLA AL  1B     3    22     0    0    3  1.000     3    29.0   6.83
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  1583 13420  1154  109 1411   .993  1536 13765.2   9.53
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1983 ALCS  MLA CHA   W    4  18  5  6  1  0  4   6  0  1  .333  .333 1.056  0
      WS    MLA ATN   L    7  30  1  9  3  0  0   3  1  2  .300  .323  .400  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1971  BOA   72-90   Mike Tomeo
 1973  BOA   85-77   Mike Tomeo
 1974  BOA   93-69   Mike Tomeo
 1974  BAA   69-93   Mike Rescigno
 1975  BAA   91-71   Mike Rescigno
 1976  BAA   86-76   Mike Rescigno
 1977  MLA   72-90   Paul Weinberg
 1978  MLA   91-71   Paul Weinberg
 1979  MLA   90-72   Paul Weinberg
 1980  MLA   94-68   Mark Simons
 1981  MLA   65-97   Mark Simons
 1982  MLA   83-79   Mark Simons
 1983  MLA   94-68   Mark Simons
 1984  MLA   68-94   Mark Simons
 1985  MLA   57-105  Mark Simons
 1986  MLA   57-105  Mark Simons
 1987  MLA   88-74   Mark Simons

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