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Cecil Cooper
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Birthdate: 12/20/1949
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 190 lbs.
Place of Birth: Brenham, TX, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

'Cecil Cooper's on a tear; pounding the ball everywhere." "Cooop, Cooop, Cooooop,' went the chanting crowd in Milwaukee's County Stadium.

He was traded from the Boston Red Sox in 1976, got a chance to play regularly with the Milwaukee Brewers and proceeded to become the 'Main Man of Harvey's Wallbangers,' Manager Harvey Kuenn legendary's group of heavy hitters that included Robin Yount, Gorman Thomas, Paul Molitor and Ben Oglivie.

Cooper batted over .300 in eight different years, three times he collected over 200 hits, and in four different years - he drove in over 100 runs.   Cooper led the league twice in two-base hits and twice in RBI's. He tore-up the American League's pitchers with his powerful, clutch hitting from 1978 to 1984. 

Batting in his infamous crouch, in 1979, Coop slugged 44 doubles, batted .308 and drove in 106 runs and in 1980, he batted .352, hit 25 homers with a slugging pct of .539. Cooper whacked 38 doubles in 1982, slugged 32 homers and had 121 RBI's, scored 104 runs, he fanned only 53 times in 654 at bats.

He repeated his lofty, powerful hitting in 1983, which included 126 RBI's. Cooper was named in 1979 and 1980 as the 'Sporting News' All-Star fielding 1st baseman.  Baseball fans enjoyed, Coop's exciting, line drive hitting, and even today years later, when crossing the border, driving past the Brat Stop going North on 94, passing the Cheese Castles, and moving near the old church steeples, and around the breweries, one can hear 'Cooop, Cooop, Cooop.' 

Cecil Cooper's lifetime stats: .298 batting average in over 7,300 at bats, 415 doubles, 47 triples, 241 home runs, 1012 runs, 1125 RBI's, an on base pct of .340 and a slugging percentage of .466. Thanks for the memories, "Coop" you were one of a kind.

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Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
17 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1971 BOS (AL) 14 42 9 13 4 1 0 3 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 .310 .388 SLG
1972 BOS (AL) 12 17 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 .235 .316 SLG
1973 BOS (AL) 30 101 12 24 2 0 3 11 7 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 .238 .284 SLG
1974 BOS (AL) 121 414 55 114 24 1 8 43 32 74 2 5 3 1 5 2 .275 .327 SLG
1975 BOS (AL) 106 305 49 95 17 6 14 44 19 33 1 4 6 3 3 3 .311 .355 SLG
1976 BOS (AL) 123 451 66 127 22 6 15 78 16 62 7 1 6 1 9 6 .282 .304 SLG
1977 MIL (AL) 160 643 86 193 31 7 20 78 28 110 13 8 4 0 1 7 .300 .326 SLG
1978 MIL (AL) 107 407 60 127 23 2 13 54 32 72 3 4 3 0 5 4 .312 .359 SLG
1979 MIL (AL) 150 590 83 182 44 1 24 106 56 77 15 3 10 0 6 8 .308 .364 SLG
1980 MIL (AL) 153 622 96 219 33 4 25 122 39 42 17 6 15 2 7 8 .352 .387 SLG
1981 MIL (AL) 106 416 70 133 35 1 12 60 28 30 5 4 2 3 1 5 .320 .363 SLG
1982 MIL (AL) 155 654 104 205 38 3 32 121 32 53 2 3 7 0 4 6 .313 .342 SLG
1983 MIL (AL) 160 661 106 203 37 3 30 126 37 63 2 1 7 1 3 8 .307 .341 SLG
1984 MIL (AL) 148 603 63 166 28 3 11 67 27 59 8 2 6 2 0 3 .275 .307 SLG
1985 MIL (AL) 154 631 82 185 39 8 16 99 30 77 10 3 3 2 1 10 .293 .322 SLG
1986 MIL (AL) 134 542 46 140 24 1 12 75 41 87 1 2 2 1 1 4 .258 .310 SLG
1987 MIL (AL) 63 250 25 62 13 0 6 36 17 51 1 1 2 0 0 3 .248 .293 SLG
17 years   1896 7349 1012 2192 415 47 241 1125 448 911 89 49 79 17 46 79 .298 .337 .SLG



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