Don Cooper
[edit] Biography
Born on January 15, 1956 in New York, New York, Don Cooper (Donald James Cooper) played for the Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees over the course of his 4 year career. Cooper broke into the bigs on April 9, 1981 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 4.30 ERA in 58.2 innings pitched in 1981, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1981
| MIN
| A
| 27
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 4.30
| 33
| 33
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 58.2
| 61
| 9
| 32
| 4
| 1
| 1
|
| 1982
| MIN
| A
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9.53
| 5
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.1
| 14
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1983
| TOR
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.75
| 5
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.1
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| NY
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.40
| 4
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 12
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 44
| 3
| 1
| 6
| 5.27
| 47
| 55
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 85.1
| 95
| 14
| 46
| 6
| 3
| 1
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1981
| MIN
| A
| P
| 27
| 2
| 58.2
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| MIN
| A
| P
| 6
| 1
| 11.1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| TOR
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 5.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1985
| NY
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 44
| 3
| 85.1
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1981
| MIN
| A
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| MIN
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| TOR
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| NY
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Yankees in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
- Selected by Minnesota Twins from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 8, 1980).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Dave Baker (December 10, 1982).
- Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to New York Yankees in exchange for Derwin McNealy (March 13, 1984).
- Released by New York Yankees (November 12, 1985).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 5, 1985).
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