Don Cooper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: January 15, 1956 in New York, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 17th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury, NY).

High School: Monsignor McClancy Memorial HS (East Elmhurst, NY)

School: New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury, NY)

Debut: April 9, 1981 (Age 25-084d, 14,412th in major league history)
vs. OAK 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 2, 1985 (Age 29-138d)
vs. SEA 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Full Name: Donald James Cooper

Nicknames: Coop

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

ERA

5.27

85.1

WHIP

1.652

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-22 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 14

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	1	Apr 9	MIN		OAK	L,1-5	8-8		99	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	20.60	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.005	.27	0.00%	-0.25	8t 1-- 1 out d3	8t 123 2 out d3
2	2	6	Apr 15	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-6	4-8		5	4.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.00	5.60	17	7	3	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.010	.16	0.00%	0.98	4b -2- 2 out d3	8b 1-- 2 out d1
3	3	8	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-4	7-8	H(1)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	4.54	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.094	.45	0.02%	0.54	7b --- 2 out a2	8b 3 out a2
4	4	12	Apr 24	MIN		CAL	W,7-5	1-7		5	6.0	5	1	1	5	3	1	0	0.77	5.43	28	8	7	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	.94	0.110	.26	0.02%	2.77	1t -23 1 out d4	7t 1-- 1 out tie
5	5	16	Apr 27	MIN		SEA	L,3-8	10-GF(10)	L(0-1)	2	1.0	4	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.26	6.47	8	1	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.493	.34	-0.06%	-4.52	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	26	May 8	MIN		CLE	W,8-7	9-9	H(2)	10	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	6.22	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	0.118	1.03	0.02%	0.80	9t -23 1 out a2	9t -23 2 out a2
7	7	27	May 9	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	10-GF(10)		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.95	5.89	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	-0.247	.77	-0.04%	-0.34	10t -2- 1 out tie	10t end d 1
8	8	30	May 13	MIN		BOS	L,2-5	7-GF		3	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	5.29	7	2	4	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.029	.04	0.01%	1.28	7t -2- 2 out d4	9t end d 3
9	9	31	May 14	MIN		BOS	L,7-9	10-11	L(0-2)	0	1.2	1	2	2	3	0	1	0	4.08	6.28	8	1	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.203	.31	-0.02%	-0.46	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 12- 2 out d1
10	10	33	May 16	MIN		BAL	L,0-7	4-6		1	2.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.98	5.80	12	5	4	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	.25	-0.057	.04	-0.01%	-0.65	4t -23 1 out d3	6t 3 out d6
11	11	39	May 23	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-1	13-GF(15)	L(0-3)	6	2.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.91	5.38	12	3	2	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.09	-0.121	.35	-0.01%	-0.13	13b --- 0 out tie	15b end d 1
12	12	41	May 25	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-4	8-9		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.13	5.18	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.035	.13	0.00%	0.06	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
13	13	44	May 28	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.38	5.56	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.091	.01	0.00%	-2.17	8b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	48	Jun 2	MIN		TEX	L,3-5	8-GF		4	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.15	5.37	5	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.039	.02	0.00%	0.91	8t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
15	15	51	Jun 5	MIN	@	DET	L,0-2	7-7		2	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.39	5.53	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.005	.02	0.00%	0.05	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 2 out d1
16	16	57	Jun 11	MIN		DET	L,2-7	9-GF		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.28	5.38	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.89	9t 12- 1 out d5	9t end d 5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	17	63	Aug 14(2)	MIN		SEA	L,3-13	2-5		63	3.1	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	4.70	5.93	13	5	5	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.013	.24	-0.01%	-1.07	2t 1-3 2 out d6	5t 3 out d8
18	18	66	Aug 17	MIN	@	DET	L,2-12	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	4.54	5.75	14	4	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.60	6b --- 0 out d8	8b end d10
19	19	70	Aug 22	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(0-4)	4	0.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.81	5.93	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.85	-0.377	1.67	-0.13%	-2.81	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
20	20	78	Aug 30	MIN		DET	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-5)	7	4.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.70	5.57	19	4	7	1	0	4	48			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.14	0.088	1.19	0.06%	0.92	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	81	Sep 2	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	8-GF	W(1-5)	2	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.50	5.35	6	1	2	0	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.295	1.34	0.10%	2.03	8t 123 1 out d1	9t end a 1
22	22	82	Sep 3	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.29	5.29	7	1	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.107	.72	0.05%	0.96	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
23	23	85	Sep 6	MIN		MIL	L,7-8	5-8		2	3.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.14	4.99	13	1	7	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.153	.41	0.03%	1.09	5t -23 0 out tie	8t -2- 2 out a2
24	24	91	Sep 13	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	GS-6		6	5.1	9	5	5	2	5	1	0	4.59	4.91	26	3	7	1	2	9	33			3	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.288	1.16	-0.20%	-2.28	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d2
25	25	101	Sep 24	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-9	6-7		10	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.44	4.82	7	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.68	6b --- 1 out d8	7b 3 out d8
26	26	105	Sep 28	MIN		KCR	L,1-6	7-GF		3	2.2	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.55	5.02	14	5	2	1	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	.23	0.000	.30	0.00%	-0.78	7t --- 1 out d3	9t end d 5
27	27	110	Oct 4	MIN	@	CHW	L,12-13	5-8		5	3.1	4	4	0	3	3	1	0	4.30	5.16	16	4	2	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	1	.95	0.212	.00	0.00%	-1.43	5b -23 1 out tie	8b --- 2 out a3
							5-22		W-L:1-5,Hld:2	3.0	58.2	61	33	28	32	33	9	1	4.30	5.16	262	0.92		6%	3%	58	41	25	32%	8	1	0	223	4	1	4	7	2	1	.95	-0.669	.44	-0.18%	-3.51

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