Mort Cooper

Full Name: Morton Cecil Cooper	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/210	First Game: September 14, 1938
Birthdate: March 2, 1913	Final Game: May 7, 1949
Birthplace: Atherton, Missouri	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: November 17, 1958
Deathplace: Little Rock, Arkansas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 2, 1913 in Atherton, Missouri, Mort Cooper (Morton Cecil Cooper) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 11 year career. Cooper broke into the bigs on September 14, 1938 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.25 ERA in 210.2 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mort Cooper's best season was 1942, when he posted a 1.78 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 152 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1938	STL	N	4	3	2	1	3.04	11	11	8	1	0	1	23.2	17	1	12	0	1
1939	STL	N	45	26	12	6	3.25	130	94	76	7	2	4	210.2	208	6	97	4	2
1940	STL	N	38	29	11	12	3.63	95	103	93	16	3	3	230.2	225	12	86	5	3
1941	STL	N	29	25	13	9	3.91	118	88	81	12	0	0	186.2	175	15	69	7	3
1942	STL	N	37	35	22	7	1.78	152	73	55	22	10	0	278.2	207	9	68	5	5
1943	STL	N	37	32	21	8	2.30	141	81	70	24	6	3	274	228	5	79	4	5
1944	STL	N	34	33	22	7	2.46	97	74	69	22	7	1	252.1	227	6	60	0	5
1945	STL	N	4	3	2	0	1.52	14	7	4	1	0	0	23.2	20	1	7	0	1
1945	BOS	N	20	11	7	4	3.35	45	35	29	4	1	1	78	77	4	27	0	1
1945	TOT	N	24	14	9	4	2.92	59	42	33	5	1	1	101.2	97	5	34	0	2
1946	BOS	N	28	27	13	11	3.12	83	76	69	15	4	1	199	181	16	39	2	0
1947	NY	N	8	8	1	5	7.12	12	32	29	2	0	0	36.2	51	7	13	0	0
1947	BOS	N	10	7	2	5	4.05	15	26	21	2	0	0	46.2	48	2	13	0	2
1947	TOT	N	18	15	3	10	5.40	27	58	50	4	0	0	83.1	99	9	26	0	2
1949	CHI	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0
Total			295	239	128	75	2.97	913	703	607	128	33	14	1840.2	1666	85	571	28	28

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1938	STL	N	P	4	2	8	1	0	.909
1939	STL	N	P	45	7	25	3	3	.914
1940	STL	N	P	38	4	38	2	1	.955
1941	STL	N	P	29	6	32	1	3	.974
1942	STL	N	P	37	6	44	2	3	.962
1943	STL	N	P	37	7	46	3	3	.946
1944	STL	N	P	34	4	28	0	1	1.000
1945	STL	N	P	4	0	3	1	0	.750
1945	BOS	N	P	20	3	14	1	3	.944
1945	TOT	N	P	24	3	17	2	3	.909
1946	BOS	N	P	28	6	25	2	3	.939
1947	NY	N	P	8	3	2	0	0	1.000
1947	BOS	N	P	10	2	5	0	0	1.000
1947	TOT	N	P	18	5	7	0	0	1.000
1949	CHI	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	295	50	270	16	20	.952

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1938	STL	N	4	9	0	2	0	0	.222	.222	.333	1	0	3	0	1	0
1939	STL	N	47	69	4	16	2	11	.232	.243	.362	3	1	13	0	6	3
1940	STL	N	38	83	5	13	0	3	.157	.167	.181	2	1	22	0	7	3
1941	STL	N	29	70	4	13	0	5	.186	.230	.186	0	4	10	0	1	1
1942	STL	N	37	103	6	19	0	7	.184	.208	.194	1	3	21	0	7	0
1943	STL	N	37	100	7	17	1	11	.170	.186	.230	3	2	14	0	5	2
1944	STL	N	34	94	9	19	0	13	.202	.257	.234	3	7	12	0	4	2
1945	STL	N	4	6	2	2	0	1	.333	.500	.333	0	2	1	0	1	0
1945	BOS	N	20	26	5	6	1	7	.231	.231	.346	0	0	3	0	0	0
1945	TOT	N	24	32	7	8	1	8	.250	.294	.344	0	2	4	0	1	0
1946	BOS	N	28	67	5	14	1	7	.209	.232	.269	1	2	14	0	8	2
1947	NY	N	8	14	3	6	1	3	.429	.467	.786	2	0	2	1	2	0
1947	BOS	N	10	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	0	1	3	0	1	1
1947	TOT	N	18	27	3	6	1	3	.222	.276	.407	2	1	5	1	3	1
1949	CHI	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			297	654	50	127	6	68	.194	.223	.246	16	23	118	1	43	14

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves in exchange for Red Barrett and $60000 (May 23, 1945).
Traded by Boston Braves to New York Giants in exchange for Bill Voiselle and cash (June 13, 1947).
Released by New York Giants (July 30, 1948).
Released by Chicago Cubs (May 13, 1949).

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