Bob Hooper
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[edit] Biography
Born on May 30, 1922 in Leamington, Ontario (Canada), Bob Hooper (Robert Nelson Hooper) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 6 year career. Hooper broke into the bigs on April 19, 1950 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 5.02 ERA in 170.1 innings pitched in 1950, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bob Hooper's best season was 1951, when he posted a 4.38 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 64 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | PHI | A | 45 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5.02 | 58 | 108 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 170.1 | 181 | 15 | 91 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1951 | PHI | A | 38 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4.38 | 64 | 98 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 189 | 192 | 13 | 61 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1952 | PHI | A | 43 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 5.18 | 40 | 100 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 144.1 | 158 | 13 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | 43 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4.02 | 16 | 37 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 69.1 | 50 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.93 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.2 | 39 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1955 | CIN | N | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.62 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.62 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 186 | 57 | 40 | 39 | 4.74 | 190 | 365 | 320 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 607.2 | 620 | 48 | 274 | 0 | 12 | 11 | |
| Total | 194 | 57 | 40 | 41 | 4.80 | 196 | 377 | 331 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 620.2 | 640 | 50 | 280 | 0 | 12 | 11 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | PHI | A | P | 45 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 |
| 1951 | PHI | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .948 |
| 1952 | PHI | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | P | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1955 | CIN | N | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 194 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 132 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | PHI | A | 45 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .125 | .155 | .214 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1951 | PHI | A | 38 | 72 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 8 | .208 | .219 | .292 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | PHI | A | 43 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .195 | .214 | .366 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1953 | CLE | A | 43 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CLE | A | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CIN | N | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 186 | 186 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 19 | .167 | .188 | .263 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 194 | 187 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 19 | .166 | .188 | .262 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1941).
- Selected by Detroit Tigers from New York Giants in the minor league draft (November 15, 1948).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dick Rozek and Bob Wilson (December 19, 1952).
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to Cincinnati Reds (April 13, 1955).
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