caption finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel width birth_date debutdate image article_title debutteam name throws
cooper as coach for the houston astros in 2007 1987 left brenham , texas 1971 july 12 .298 241 1,125 341 171 -- 170 .501 first baseman / manager milwaukee brewers batting win -- loss record winning % average home runs runs batted in games managed 240 20 december 1949 september 8 img 8758 cecil cooper.jpg cecil cooper
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cecil cooper

cecil celester cooper -lrb- born december 20 , 1949 -rrb- , nicknamed `` coop , '' is a former first baseman in major league baseball and the former manager of the houston astros .
from through , cooper played for the boston red sox -lrb- 1971 -- 76 -rrb- and milwaukee brewers -lrb- 1977 -- 87 -rrb- .
he batted and threw left-handed , and attended prairie view a&m university in prairie view , texas .
