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Wilbur Cooper

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Full Name: Arley Wilbur Cooper Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175 First Game: August 29, 1912
Birthdate: February 24, 1892 Final Game: July 21, 1926
Birthplace: Bearsville, West Virginia MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: August 7, 1973
Deathplace: Encino, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Left
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  • 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 February 24, 1892 in Bearsville, West Virginia, Wilbur Cooper (Arley Wilbur Cooper) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 15 year career. Cooper broke into the bigs on August 29, 1912 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.29 ERA in 93 innings pitched in 1913, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Wilbur Cooper's best season was 1920, when he posted a 2.39 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 114 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
1912 PIT N 6 4 3 0 1.66 30 7 7 3 2 0 38 32 1 15 0 1 0
1913 PIT N 30 9 5 3 3.29 39 52 34 3 1 0 93 98 0 45 0 4 2
1914 PIT N 40 34 16 15 2.13 102 99 63 19 0 0 266.2 246 4 79 0 4 5
1915 PIT N 38 20 5 16 3.30 71 92 68 11 1 4 185.2 180 4 52 0 8 9
1916 PIT N 42 23 12 11 1.87 111 72 51 16 2 2 246 189 4 74 0 3 4
1917 PIT N 40 34 17 11 2.36 99 96 78 23 7 1 297.2 276 4 54 0 1 4
1918 PIT N 38 29 19 14 2.11 117 86 64 26 2 3 273.1 219 2 65 0 4 10
1919 PIT N 35 32 19 13 2.67 106 97 85 27 4 1 286.2 229 10 74 0 5 15
1920 PIT N 44 37 24 15 2.39 114 113 87 28 3 2 327 307 4 52 0 1 11
1921 PIT N 38 38 22 14 3.25 134 145 118 29 2 0 327 341 9 80 0 4 10
1922 PIT N 41 36 23 14 3.18 129 130 104 27 4 0 294.2 330 13 61 3 4 7
1923 PIT N 39 38 17 19 3.57 77 136 117 26 1 0 294.2 331 11 71 0 2 11
1924 PIT N 38 35 20 14 3.28 62 116 98 25 4 1 268.2 296 13 40 0 2 5
1925 CHI N 32 26 12 14 4.28 41 115 101 13 0 0 212.1 249 18 61 0 1 4
1926 DET A 8 3 0 4 11.20 2 18 17 0 0 0 13.2 27 0 9 0 0 3
1926 CHI N 8 8 2 1 4.42 18 32 27 3 2 0 55 65 6 21 0 0 0
1926 Total 16 11 2 5 5.77 20 50 44 3 2 0 68.2 92 6 30 0 0 3
Total NL 509 403 216 174 2.86 1250 1388 1102 279 35 14 3466.1 3388 103 844 3 44 97
Total AL 8 3 0 4 11.20 2 18 17 0 0 0 13.2 27 0 9 0 0 3
Total 517 406 216 178 2.89 1252 1406 1119 279 35 14 3480 3415 103 853 3 44 100

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1912 PIT N P 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1913 PIT N P 30 0 0 0 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1914 PIT N P 40 0 0 12 72 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1915 PIT N P 38 0 0 6 58 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .914
1916 PIT N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1916 PIT N P 42 0 0 15 58 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .936
1917 PIT N P 40 0 0 11 71 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1917 PIT N OF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1918 PIT N P 38 0 0 4 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 PIT N P 35 0 0 4 63 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .931
1920 PIT N P 44 0 0 11 75 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1921 PIT N P 38 38 327 10 68 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1922 PIT N P 41 36 294.2 7 55 0 5 0 3 10 12 1 1.000
1923 PIT N P 39 0 0 11 63 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1924 PIT N P 38 0 0 6 51 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .934
1925 CHI N P 32 0 0 4 42 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1926 DET A P 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 CHI N P 8 0 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1926 Total P 16 0 0 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
Total OF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 517 74 621.2 102 785 41 27 0 3 10 12 1 .956

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1912 PIT N 6 13 0 2 0 1 .154 .214 .154 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
1913 PIT N 30 26 2 2 0 1 .077 .172 .077 0 0 3 9 0 1 0 0 0
1914 PIT N 40 92 5 19 0 16 .207 .223 .239 1 1 2 17 0 3 0 0 0
1915 PIT N 38 60 1 7 0 3 .117 .131 .133 1 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0
1916 PIT N 44 79 4 17 0 4 .215 .215 .241 2 0 0 20 0 7 0 0 0
1917 PIT N 41 103 8 21 0 5 .204 .248 .272 5 1 6 20 0 2 0 0 0
1918 PIT N 38 95 8 23 0 5 .242 .265 .305 2 2 3 6 0 5 2 0 0
1919 PIT N 36 101 9 29 0 7 .287 .321 .347 2 2 4 9 1 1 5 0 0
1920 PIT N 44 113 11 25 0 2 .221 .254 .283 1 3 5 19 0 2 0 0 0
1921 PIT N 38 122 11 31 0 9 .254 .283 .328 5 2 3 7 2 4 0 0 0
1922 PIT N 41 108 18 29 4 15 .269 .307 .444 5 1 6 6 0 3 0 0 3
1923 PIT N 39 107 9 28 0 10 .262 .295 .308 3 1 5 8 0 3 2 0 0
1924 PIT N 38 104 11 36 0 15 .346 .376 .433 5 2 5 8 0 1 2 0 0
1925 CHI N 32 82 12 17 2 10 .207 .226 .329 2 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0
1926 DET A 8 4 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1926 CHI N 8 18 2 7 0 2 .389 .450 .500 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
1926 Total 16 22 2 7 0 3 .318 .375 .409 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
Total NL 513 1223 111 293 6 105 .240 .270 .310 34 17 47 140 4 37 12 0 3
Total AL 8 4 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 521 1227 111 293 6 106 .239 .269 .309 34 17 47 140 4 38 12 0 3

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Columbus (American Association) to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for 2 players to be named (August 25, 1912).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Charlie Grimm and Rabbit Maranville to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Vic Aldridge, George Grantham and Al Niehaus (October 27, 1924).
  • Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Chicago Cubs (June 7, 1926).

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