Editing Cecil Fielder (section)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1963)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Cecil Fielder
|image=Cecil Fielder 1996.jpg
|caption=Fielder in 1996
|position=[[First baseman]] / [[Designated hitter]]
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1963|9|21}}
|birth_place=[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague=MLB
|debutdate=June 20
|debutyear=1985
|debutteam=Toronto Blue Jays
|debut2league=NPB
|debut2date=April 8
|debut2year=1989
|debut2team=Hanshin Tigers
|finalleague=NPB
|finaldate=September 14
|finalyear=1989
|finalteam=Hanshin Tigers
|final2league=MLB
|final2date=September 13
|final2year=1998
|final2team=Cleveland Indians
|statleague=MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.255
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=319
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=1,008
|stat2league=NPB
|stat21label=Batting average
|stat21value=.302
|stat22label=Home runs
|stat22value=38
|stat23label=Runs batted in
|stat23value=81
|teams=
* [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ({{mlby|1985}}–{{mlby|1988}})
* [[Hanshin Tigers]] ({{npby|1989}})
* [[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|1990}}–{{mlby|1996}})
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1997}})
* [[Anaheim Angels]] ({{mlby|1998}})
* [[Cleveland Indians]] ({{mlby|1998}})
|highlights=
* 3× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1990]], [[1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1991]], [[1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1993]])
* [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1996}})
* 2× [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1990, 1991)
* 2× [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|AL home run leader]] (1990, 1991)
* 3× [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|AL RBI leader]] (1990–1992)
}}
'''Cecil Grant Fielder''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɛ|s|əl}}; born September 21, 1963) is an American former professional [[baseball]] [[designated hitter]] and [[first baseman]]  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]] (1985–1988), in Japan's [[Central League]] for the [[Hanshin Tigers]] (1989), and then in MLB for the [[Detroit Tigers]] (1990–1996), [[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 (baseball)|George Foster]] hit 52 for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in 1977 and the first American League player to do so since [[Mickey Mantle]] and [[Roger Maris]] famously hit 54 and 61 in 1961.

He is the father of [[Prince Fielder]], who similarly established himself as a premier power hitter during his career. The Fielders are the only father and son to both have 50-home run seasons in MLB history, and were the only father–son duo to have 40–home run seasons until 2021, when they were joined by [[Vladimir Guerrero Jr.]] and [[Vladimir Guerrero Sr.|his own father]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Werle |first=Andy |date=September 6, 2021 |title=Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits 40th home run |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/vladimir-guerrero-jr-hits-40th-home-run |access-date=September 7, 2021 |website=[[MLB.com]] |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref>