Mort Cooper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: March 2, 1913 in Atherton, MO us

Died: November 17, 1958 in Little Rock, AR

Buried: Salem Cemetery, Independence, MO

High School: William Chrisman HS (Independence, MO)

Debut: September 14, 1938 (Age 25-196d, 8,525th in major league history)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 8 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: May 7, 1949 (Age 36-066d)
vs. BRO 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Morton Cecil Cooper

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Relatives: Brother of Walker Cooper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.6

128

ERA

2.97

295

239

1840.2

913

WHIP

1.215

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-3 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1942	WS g1	Sep 30	STL		NYY	L,4-7	GS-8	L(0-1)	5	7.2	10	5	3	3	7	0	0	3.52	1.42	36					13	12	6	2	1	47			0	0	1	33	2	0	0	0	0	2	.98	-0.058	51.16	-2.82%	-1.56	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d5
2	1942	WS g4	Oct 4	STL	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS-6		3	5.1	7	5	5	1	2	1	0	5.54	2.61	23					4	16	4	3	0	35			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.223	49.61	-9.00%	-2.45	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
1943 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
3	1943	WS g2	Oct 6	STL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	7	9.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.00	2.10	34					9	18	6	2	1	66			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.340	61.25	11.37%	0.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
4	1943	WS g5	Oct 11	STL		NYY	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.81	2.78	28	107	72	14	14	10	10	2	3	0	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.044	42.41	0.05%	1.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
1944 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
5	1944	WS g1	Oct 4	STL		SLB	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	9	7.0	2	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.57	4.68	26					10	9	0	4	0	66			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.062	36.45	1.30%	1.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
6	1944	WS g5	Oct 8	STL	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	12	0	0	1.13	2.43	36					8	11	2	4	3	83			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.644	129.75	32.38%	4.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
											45.0	37	17	15	12	35	3	0	3.00		183																			0

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