Wilbur Cooper

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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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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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	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1912	PIT	N	P	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1913	PIT	N	P	30	0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	.900
1914	PIT	N	P	40	0	0	12	72	8	2	0	0	0	0	.913
1915	PIT	N	P	38	0	0	6	58	6	0	0	0	0	0	.914
1916	PIT	N	OF	1	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	.936
1917	PIT	N	P	40	0	0	11	71	3	4	0	0	0	0	.965
1917	PIT	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1918	PIT	N	P	38	0	0	4	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1919	PIT	N	P	35	0	0	4	63	5	0	0	0	0	0	.931
1920	PIT	N	P	44	0	0	11	75	1	2	0	0	0	0	.989
1921	PIT	N	P	38	38	327	10	68	3	4	0	0	0	0	.963
1922	PIT	N	P	41	36	294.2	7	55	0	5	3	10	12	1	1.000
1923	PIT	N	P	39	0	0	11	63	2	2	0	0	0	0	.974
1924	PIT	N	P	38	0	0	6	51	4	4	0	0	0	0	.934
1925	CHI	N	P	32	0	0	4	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	.979
1926	DET	A	P	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1926	CHI	N	P	8	0	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1926	Total		P	16	0	0	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.941
Total			OF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	517	74	621.2	102	785	41	27	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	GDP
1912	PIT	N	6	13	0	2	0	1	.154	.214	.154	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0
1913	PIT	N	30	26	2	2	0	1	.077	.172	.077	0	0	3	9	0	1	0	0
1914	PIT	N	40	92	5	19	0	16	.207	.223	.239	1	1	2	17	0	3	0	0
1915	PIT	N	38	60	1	7	0	3	.117	.131	.133	1	0	1	5	0	2	0	0
1916	PIT	N	44	79	4	17	0	4	.215	.215	.241	2	0	0	20	0	7	0	0
1917	PIT	N	41	103	8	21	0	5	.204	.248	.272	5	1	6	20	0	2	0	0
1918	PIT	N	38	95	8	23	0	5	.242	.265	.305	2	2	3	6	0	5	2	0
1919	PIT	N	36	101	9	29	0	7	.287	.321	.347	2	2	4	9	1	1	5	0
1920	PIT	N	44	113	11	25	0	2	.221	.254	.283	1	3	5	19	0	2	0	0
1921	PIT	N	38	122	11	31	0	9	.254	.283	.328	5	2	3	7	2	4	0	0
1922	PIT	N	41	108	18	29	4	15	.269	.307	.444	5	1	6	6	0	3	0	3
1923	PIT	N	39	107	9	28	0	10	.262	.295	.308	3	1	5	8	0	3	2	0
1924	PIT	N	38	104	11	36	0	15	.346	.376	.433	5	2	5	8	0	1	2	0
1925	CHI	N	32	82	12	17	2	10	.207	.226	.329	2	1	1	4	1	1	0	0
1926	DET	A	8	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1926	CHI	N	8	18	2	7	0	2	.389	.450	.500	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
1926	Total		16	22	2	7	0	3	.318	.375	.409	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
Total	NL		513	1223	111	293	6	105	.240	.270	.310	34	17	47	140	4	37	12	3
Total	AL		8	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			521	1227	111	293	6	106	.239	.269	.309	34	17	47	140	4	38	12	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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