Tops in the field - Detroit Tigers' Cecil Fielder signs 5-year, $36 million contract - Brief Article

Jet, Jan 25, 1993

> Tops In Field: Detroit Tigers' slugger Cecil Fielder is all smiles after Tigers' owner Mike Illitch (r) announced that the outfielder had signed a 5-year, $36 million contract, including a record $10 million signing bonus. Fielder, 29, the first player since Babe Ruth to lead the major leagues in RBIs three consecutive seasons, and a two-time American League homerun leader, becomes the second-highest paid player in baseball behind Barry Bonds.