Cecil Fielder

Quick Facts

Full Name	Cecil Fielder
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 21, 1963(1963-09-21)
Age	61
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Virgo

Cecil Fielder Biography

Cecil Fielder is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on September 21, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Power hitter who in 1990 became the first player to hit 50 home runs in over a decade as a member of the Detroit Tigers.

Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg was the last Detroit Tiger before Fielder to hit over fifty home runs in a season.

Fielder attended Nogales High School in La Puente, California. He was named an All-American while playing for the school’s baseball team in 1981. He enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where he played college baseball for the UNLV Rebels baseball team. Fielder was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 31st round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the fourth round of the 1982 amateur draft, and this time did sign. In 1983, he was traded by the Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Leon Roberts.

The Blue Jays promoted Fielder to the major leagues on July 18, 1985. Fielder became a part-time first and third baseman for the Blue Jays, sharing playing time with Willie Upshaw and Fred McGriff. Fielder had hit 31 home runs with 84 runs batted in during four seasons. With Toronto, he earned $125,000 per season.

His son Prince Fielder also became an MLB power hitter.

Cecil Fielder Net Worth

Cecil Fielder is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cecil Fielder 's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He spent time in Japan for the opportunity to play every day.

He was selected to 3 All-Star games and he won a World Series Championship with the New York Yankees in 1996.

Cecil Grant Fielder (/ˈ s ɛ s əl / ; born September 21, 1963) is a former professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). Fielder was a power hitter in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays (1985–88), in Japan’s Central League for the Hanshin Tigers (1989), and then in MLB for the Detroit Tigers (1990–96), New York Yankees (1996–97), Anaheim Angels in 1998, and Cleveland Indians in 1998. With the Yankees, he won the 1996 World Series over the Atlanta Braves. In 1990, he became the first player to reach the 50–home run mark since George Foster hit 52 for the Cincinnati Reds in 1977 and the first American League player to do so since Roger Maris famously hit 61 in 1961.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Cecil Fielder height 6 ft 3 in Cecil weight 275  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Cecil Fielder Dating?

According to our records, Cecil Fielder married to Angie Fielder , Stacey Lynn Granger. As of December 1, 2023, Cecil Fielder’s is not dating anyone.

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With his 44 home runs in 1991, Cecil joined Hank Greenberg (1937–38) as the only Tiger players at that time to hit 40 or more homers in consecutive seasons. (Miguel Cabrera joined Fielder and Greenberg in 2012–13.) Fielder repeated as AL RBI champion with 133 driven in that season. In 1992, Fielder avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $4.5 million contract, which at the time set a record for highest salary by an arbitration-eligible player. Fielder responded by leading the league in RBI (124) for the third consecutive season, becoming the first American Leaguer since Babe Ruth to do so.

Facts & Trivia

Cecil Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Cecil Fielder celebrates birthday on September 21 of every year.

In his six-year tenure with Detroit, Fielder had four consecutive 30-homer and 100-RBI seasons. During the strike-shortened 1994 season, he had 28 home runs and 90 RBIs in 109 games. He also became the first Tiger to hit at least 25 home runs in six consecutive seasons. No player in Detroit history hit as many over a six-year period (219) until Miguel Cabrera hit 227 in 2008–13, and no major league player had more home runs between 1990 and 1995.

What happened Cecil Fielder?

After this season, Fielder entered the twilight of his career. He played less than 100 games with the Yankees in 1997 and then had 17 home runs in 117 games in 1998. After that season, he retired from baseball , leaving a legacy of power behind.

Is Cecil Fielder a Hall of Famer?

He was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.

Is Cecil Fielder Prince's dad?

Prince and Cecil Fielder are also the only father-son duo to each hit 50 MLB home runs in a season, and were the only father-son duo to hit 40 MLB home runs in a season until 2021, when Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

How many home runs did Cecil Fielder hit in Japan?

He became a hero to the local baseball fans that nicknamed him “Wild Bear” (wild, in Japan, is the image of power; bear, for his hulking presence). Fielder, built for power at 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds, gained Detroit’s attention by hitting 38 home runs in Japan’s Central League in 1989.

Who is the heaviest MLB player?

Walter Young Who, you ask? Well, Young goes into the record books as having the highest recorded weight of any MLB player. He weighed in at 315 pounds when he played for the Orioles in 2005.