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Cecil Cooper played 17 major-league seasons (1971-1987) as a 1B (1,475). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 22 | BOS | 14 | 42 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .310 | .840 | 146 |
| 1972 | 23 | BOS | 12 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .235 | .610 | 89 |
| 1973 | 24 | BOS | 30 | 101 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .238 | .631 | 77 |
| 1974 | 25 | BOS | 121 | 414 | 55 | 114 | 8 | 43 | 2 | 32 | 74 | .275 | .724 | 108 |
| 1975 | 26 | BOS | 106 | 305 | 49 | 95 | 14 | 44 | 1 | 19 | 33 | .311 | .899 | 152 |
| 1976 | 27 | BOS | 123 | 451 | 66 | 127 | 15 | 78 | 7 | 16 | 62 | .282 | .761 | 121 |
| 1977 | 28 | ML4 | 160 | 643 | 86 | 193 | 20 | 78 | 13 | 28 | 110 | .300 | .789 | 113 |
| 1978 | 29 | ML4 | 107 | 407 | 60 | 127 | 13 | 54 | 3 | 32 | 72 | .312 | .833 | 133 |
| 1979 | 30 | ML4 | 150 | 590 | 83 | 182 | 24 | 106 | 15 | 56 | 77 | .308 | .872 | 133 |
| 1980 | 31 | ML4 | 153 | 622 | 96 | 219 | 25 | 122 | 17 | 39 | 42 | .352 | .926 | 152 |
| 1981 | 32 | ML4 | 106 | 416 | 70 | 133 | 12 | 60 | 5 | 28 | 30 | .320 | .858 | 146 |
| 1982 | 33 | ML4 | 155 | 654 | 104 | 205 | 32 | 121 | 2 | 32 | 53 | .313 | .870 | 136 |
| 1983 | 34 | ML4 | 160 | 661 | 106 | 203 | 30 | 126 | 2 | 37 | 63 | .307 | .849 | 131 |
| 1984 | 35 | ML4 | 148 | 603 | 63 | 166 | 11 | 67 | 8 | 27 | 59 | .275 | .693 | 91 |
| 1985 | 36 | ML4 | 154 | 631 | 82 | 185 | 16 | 99 | 10 | 30 | 77 | .293 | .779 | 111 |
| 1986 | 37 | ML4 | 134 | 542 | 46 | 140 | 12 | 75 | 1 | 41 | 87 | .258 | .682 | 85 |
| 1987 | 38 | ML4 | 63 | 250 | 25 | 62 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 51 | .248 | .665 | 75 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1B | 11 | 11 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 1972 | 1B | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | 1B | 29 | 29 | 227 | 17 | 4 | 25 |
| 1974 | 1B | 74 | 63 | 637 | 40 | 12 | 66 |
| 1975 | 1B | 35 | 19 | 197 | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| 1976 | 1B | 66 | 62 | 600 | 42 | 4 | 49 |
| 1977 | 1B | 148 | 147 | 1386 | 118 | 12 | 134 |
| 1978 | 1B | 84 | 84 | 842 | 66 | 11 | 71 |
| 1979 | 1B | 135 | 134 | 1323 | 78 | 10 | 119 |
| 1980 | 1B | 142 | 142 | 1336 | 106 | 5 | 160 |
| 1981 | 1B | 101 | 98 | 987 | 72 | 9 | 111 |
| 1982 | 1B | 154 | 154 | 1428 | 98 | 5 | 156 |
| 1983 | 1B | 158 | 157 | 1452 | 87 | 11 | 144 |
| 1984 | 1B | 122 | 122 | 1061 | 98 | 10 | 106 |
| 1985 | 1B | 123 | 123 | 1087 | 94 | 17 | 101 |
| 1986 | 1B | 90 | 89 | 697 | 61 | 9 | 78 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Cecil Cooper won: Gold Glove 1979 (AL), TSN All-Star 1979 (AL), Gold Glove 1980 (AL), Silver Slugger 1980 (AL), TSN All-Star 1980 (AL), Silver Slugger 1981 (AL), TSN All-Star 1981 (AL), Silver Slugger 1982 (AL), TSN All-Star 1982 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 4 / 392 | 0 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 160 / 392 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 96 / 392 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 152 / 392 | 0 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 123 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.