But Fielder was limited to 289 games in Texas because of two neck surgeries in just more than two years.
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“To just suddenly have the lights turned out like that. we’re pretty steadied and pretty prepared, but to get that phone call, I was really taken back”, Boras said.
Fielder was a first-round draft pick of the Brewers in 2002 and played for the team from 2005 through 2011.
The career of baseball slugger Prince Fielder apparently is over after a second serious neck surgery.
As of Tuesday though, Fielder’s bat has stopped swinging as he is hanging up the cleats and his career is over due to medical issues and a neck injury he sustained this past season with the Texas Rangers. He had his first neck surgery in June 2014, playing just 42 games that season. He provided many people in Beloit with great memories that you can still hear about today at Snappers games and local businesses in the Stateline area.
Fielder led the league in home runs, RBI and walks one time apiece and intentional walks twice.
Fielder was in major league clubhouses as a kid with his father, Cecil Fielder, a power hitter in his own right. “They’ve still got work to do, I’ve still got some cheerleading to do”.
As a testament to the type of person Fielder is, the entire coaching staff and team was in attendance.
An emotional Prince Fielder, with his young sons at his side, announced Wednesday afternoon that he can no longer physically play baseball.
Fielder’s not officially retiring, because that would mean forfeiting the final $72 million on his contract. But he hit only 34 of those homers in parts of three seasons with the Rangers after joining them following a trade from Detroit for second baseman Ian Kinsler. Fielder also won the 2009 and 2012 Home Run Derby. The four years remaining on his contract will be paid, by the Rangers, Tigers as well as an insurance policy.
Over his 11-year baseball career, Fielder has hit 319 home runs, the same amount as his father, Cecil Fielder, did throughout his baseball career. In 2015 he hit.305 with 23 home runs and 98 RBI while being named to the AL All-Star team.
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“I want to thank my wife”, Fielder said.
