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Mort Cooper

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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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[edit] Pitching Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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