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Prince Semien Fielder (born May 9, 1984) is an American professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played for the Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers. Fielder was selected in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft by the Brewers out of Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida. He spent the first seven years of his MLB career with the Brewers before signing with the Detroit Tigers in January 2012. Fielder is a six-time All-Star and was previously the iron man leader for consecutive games played with 547 consecutive games. The streak ended in May 2014 when Fielder underwent season-ending neck surgery. He holds the Brewers' team record for home runs in a season, and is the league's youngest player to hit 50 home runs in a season. He became the first Brewer to win the Home Run Derby, defeating Nelson Cruz in the final round of the 2009 derby. He also won the 2012 derby, joining Ken Griffey, Jr. and Yoenis Cespedes as the only players to win more than one derby and becoming the first player to win the Derby as both an American League and a National League All-Star. Fielder is the son of former MLB first baseman Cecil Fielder. Prince and Cecil Fielder are the only father-son combination to each hit 50 MLB home runs in a season. ==Childhood== Fielder was born right-handed, but at a very young age was converted to being a left-handed hitter by his father, Cecil Fielder.〔|url=http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Fielder/Fielder_bio.html〕 Fielder was a fixture around his father's teams' clubhouses growing up. He appeared with his father on ''MTV Rock N' Jock Softball''. When his father played for Detroit, Prince would sometimes come along for batting practice. Fielder hit a home run into the upper deck of Tiger Stadium as a 12-year-old. Fielder attended Saint Edward's School in Vero Beach, Florida, for two years, where he played junior varsity baseball. Fielder spent his first three years of high school playing at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Florida. He then transferred to Eau Gallie High School, located in the Eau Gallie neighborhood of Melbourne, to play baseball there his senior year (2002). He hit .524 with 13 doubles, 10 home runs, 41 RBIs, and 47 runs in his senior year. He was named by ''Florida Today'' as the All-Space Coast Player of the Year in 2002.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prince Fielder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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