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Tigers
finalize
$214
million
dollar 9
year
contract
with
Three-Time
National
League
All-Star
Prince
Fielder
DETROIT
– The
Detroit
Tigers
today
announced
the club
has
agreed
to terms
with
first
baseman
Prince
Fielder
on a
nine-year
contract
through
the 2020
season.
Fielder
batted
.299
(170x569)
with 95
runs
scored,
36
doubles,
a
triple,
38 home
runs and
120 RBI
in 162
games
with the
Milwaukee
Brewers
during
the 2011
season.
He
finished
second
in the
National
League
with 38
home
runs,
120 RBI,
107
walks
and a
.415
on-base
percentage,
while he
finished
third
with 322
total
bases
and a
.566
slugging
percentage,
tied for
third
with 75
extra-base
hits and
tied for
ninth
with 36
doubles.
Fielder
finished
third in
the
National
League’s
Most
Valuable
Player
voting
with
Milwaukee
in 2011.
“Prince
Fielder
is one
of the
premier
offensive
players
in the
game of
baseball
and we
are
extremely
excited
to add
an
all-star
caliber
player
like him
to our
lineup,”
Tigers
President,
Chief
Executive
Officer
and
General
Manager
David
Dombrowski
said.
“The
addition
of
Prince
is a
testament
to the
organization’s
continued
commitment
to
fielding
a
championship
club.”
In seven
seasons
at the
major
league
level
with the
Brewers
(2005-11),
Fielder
hit .282
(996x3527)
with 571
runs
scored,
200
doubles,
nine
triples,
230 home
runs,
656 RBI,
a .390
on-base
percentage
and .540
slugging
percentage
in 998
games.
Since
the
start of
the 2006
season,
Fielder
is third
among
all
major
league
players
with 228
home
runs,
while he
is fifth
with
1,877
total
bases
and
sixth
with 646
RBI and
433
extra-base
hits. He
batted
.282
(979x3468)
with 569
runs
scored,
196
doubles,
nine
triples,
a .391
on-base
percentage
and .541
slugging
percentage
in 959
games
during
the
six-season
stretch.
Selected
by
Milwaukee
with the
seventh
selection
in the
first
round of
the 2002
Major
League
Baseball
First-Year
Player
Draft,
Fielder
has been
selected
to the
National
League’s
all-star
squad
three
times
during
his
career
(2007,
2009 and
2011)
and he
has won
two
Silver
Slugger
Awards
(2007
and
2011).
Fielder,
his
wife,
Chanel
and
sons,
Jadyn
(8/17/04)
and
Haven
(3/21/06)
reside
in
Florida
during
the
off-season.
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