Cecil Fielder
Toronto Blue Jays 1985–1988; Detroit Tigers 1990–1996; New York Yankees 1996–1997; Anaheim Angels 1998; Cleveland Indians 1998
Percentile snapshot
1996 season — qualified batters
of 148 qualified 1996 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 30 | 81 | 74 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .311 | .358 | .527 | .885 | 138.9 | 138.0 | .386 | 0.5 |
| 1986 | 34 | 90 | 83 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .222 | .325 | .548 | 43.6 | 46.7 | .247 | -0.6 |
| 1987 | 82 | 197 | 175 | 30 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 20 | 48 | 0 | 1 | .269 | .345 | .560 | .905 | 131.8 | 134.2 | .383 | 0.7 |
| 1988 | 74 | 190 | 174 | 24 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 53 | 0 | 1 | .230 | .289 | .431 | .721 | 101.3 | 101.9 | .323 | -0.1 |
| 1990 | 159 | 673 | 573 | 104 | 159 | 25 | 1 | 51 | 132 | 90 | 182 | 0 | 1 | .277 | .377 | .592 | .969 | 164.3 | 165.9 | .423 | 6.1 |
| 1991 | 162 | 712 | 624 | 102 | 163 | 25 | 0 | 44 | 133 | 78 | 151 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .347 | .513 | .860 | 130.7 | 133.3 | .377 | 3.5 |
| 1992 | 155 | 676 | 594 | 80 | 145 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 124 | 73 | 151 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .325 | .458 | .783 | 114.6 | 117.0 | .351 | 2.0 |
| 1993 | 154 | 672 | 573 | 80 | 153 | 23 | 0 | 30 | 117 | 90 | 125 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .368 | .464 | .832 | 120.9 | 122.7 | .369 | 2.6 |
| 1994 | 109 | 481 | 425 | 67 | 110 | 16 | 2 | 28 | 90 | 50 | 110 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .337 | .504 | .840 | 110.4 | 112.6 | .363 | 1.4 |
| 1995 | 136 | 578 | 494 | 70 | 120 | 18 | 1 | 31 | 82 | 75 | 116 | 0 | 1 | .243 | .346 | .472 | .818 | 108.2 | 110.2 | .358 | 1.3 |
| 1996 | 160 | 688 | 591 | 85 | 149 | 20 | 0 | 39 | 117 | 87 | 139 | 2 | 0 | .252 | .350 | .484 | .834 | 105.8 | 108.7 | .360 | 1.3 |
| 1997 | 98 | 425 | 361 | 40 | 94 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 61 | 51 | 87 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .358 | .410 | .768 | 104.6 | 102.9 | .344 | 0.6 |
| 1998 | 117 | 476 | 416 | 49 | 97 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 68 | 53 | 111 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .324 | .401 | .725 | 89.2 | 88.2 | .324 | -0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-05-06 | DET @ TOR Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 1990-06-06 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 1996-04-16 | DET @ TOR Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 1997-04-26 | CWS @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 1993-08-08 | BOS @ DET Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.