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Uecker reflects on end of Fielder’s career
- Updated: August 10, 2016
MILWAUKEE — The big smile graced Miller Park first, but it was the big bat that fans remember most about Prince Fielder, the former Brewers slugger whose Major League career has reached an abrupt end.
A second neck surgery in two years will force the end of Fielder’s playing career, sources told MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan. Fielder’s current team, the Rangers, did not confirm the news, which was first reported by MLB Network’s Ken Rosenthal. The team scheduled a press conference for Wednesday.
Drafted seventh overall by the Brewers in 2002, Fielder hit .282 with 230 home runs 656 RBIs over parts of seven seasons in Milwaukee. He ranks third on the franchise’s home run list behind former teammate Ryan Braun and Hall of Famer Robin Yount, is sixth in club history with 439 extra-base hits and seventh in RBIs. Among players to make at least 2,500 plate appearances in a Brewers uniform, Fielder ranks first with a .929 OPS and a .390 on-base percentage.
Fielder’s 50 home runs in 2007, 141 RBIs in 2009 and 114 walks in 2010 are single-season franchise records. His 87 extra-base hits in ’07 tied Yount’s record from 1982, when Yount was American League …
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