Steve Cooke
[edit] Biography
Born on January 14, 1970 in Lihue-Kauai, Hawaii, Steve Cooke (Steven Montague Cooke) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 6 year career. Cooke broke into the bigs on July 28, 1992 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.89 ERA in 210.2 innings pitched in 1993, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Steve Cooke's best season was 1993, when he posted a 3.89 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 132 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1992
| PIT
| N
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3.52
| 10
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| 32
| 32
| 10
| 10
| 3.89
| 132
| 101
| 91
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 210.2
| 207
| 22
| 59
| 4
| 3
| 3
|
| 1994
| PIT
| N
| 25
| 23
| 4
| 11
| 5.02
| 74
| 79
| 75
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 134.1
| 157
| 21
| 46
| 7
| 3
| 5
|
| 1996
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.56
| 7
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.1
| 11
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1997
| PIT
| N
| 32
| 32
| 9
| 15
| 4.30
| 109
| 95
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 167.1
| 184
| 15
| 77
| 11
| 8
| 9
|
| 1998
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.50
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 104
| 88
| 26
| 36
| 4.31
| 335
| 292
| 263
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 549.2
| 585
| 61
| 191
| 23
| 15
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1992
| PIT
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| P
| 32
| 32
| 210.2
| 7
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 9
| 2
| .909
|
| 1994
| PIT
| N
| P
| 25
| 23
| 134.1
| 3
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 3
| 1
| .950
|
| 1996
| PIT
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 8.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1997
| PIT
| N
| P
| 32
| 32
| 167.1
| 10
| 29
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 12
| 0
| .975
|
| 1998
| CIN
| N
| P
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 104
| 88
| 549.2
| 20
| 72
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 52
| 24
| 3
| .948
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1992
| PIT
| N
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| PIT
| N
| 32
| 71
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .155
| .164
| .183
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1994
| PIT
| N
| 25
| 42
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .190
| .190
| .214
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| PIT
| N
| 32
| 52
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .058
| .058
| .077
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1998
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 104
| 171
| 8
| 24
| 0
| 7
| .140
| .145
| .164
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 53rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 1, 1988).
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 35th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed May 23, 1990).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 1996).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (November 20, 1996).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 15, 1997).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 22, 1997).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (September 30, 1998).
- Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (January 20, 1999).
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