Cecil Fielder had a pretty meandering baseball career. He broke in with the Blue Jays in 1985 and went up and down as a spare player from 1985-88. Cecil then played a season in Japan, hitting 38 home runs with the Hanshin Tigers in 1989. Fielder returned to MLB in 1990 and was an instant star with the Tigers, the Detroit version. He led baseball with 55 homers in 1990 and again with 44 homers in 1991.
Fielder was the proverbial star on a bad team in the early-1990s. He mashed 160 home runs from 1990-93 and the Tigers never made it closer than seven games out of a playoff spot.