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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,4-5	GS	26	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	7 (5)	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	12 (4)	Apr 26 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	GS	21	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	17 (4)	May 2	STL		BSN	L,0-1	CG	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	21 (3)	May 6	STL		PHI	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
6	24 (2)	May 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
7	29 (4)	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
8	34 (4)	May 20	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	36 (1)	May 24 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	41 (4)	May 28	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	0	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	45 (3)	Jun 2	STL		BSN	W,4-3	GS	35	8.1	0	1	0	1	1
12	50 (4)	Jun 7 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	51	Jun 12	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	55 (3)	Jun 17	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	59 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	63 (3)	Jun 25	STL	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	66 (2)	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	70 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	GS	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	75 (4)	Jul 10	STL		NYG	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
20	79 (3)	Jul 14	STL		BSN	W,7-5	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	82 (2)	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,3-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	86 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	STL		BRO	W,8-5	GS	33	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	97 (10)	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	101 (3)	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	105 (3)	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	GS	15	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
26	108 (2)	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS	22	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
27	113 (4)	Aug 14	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	118 (4)	Aug 19	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	121 (2)	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-5		12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	124 (2)	Aug 25	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	51	14.0	0	1	0	1	1
31	129 (4)	Aug 29	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	132 (2)	Sep 1	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	137 (4)	Sep 6	STL	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	141 (3)	Sep 11	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	146 (4)	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	149 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	154 (4)	Sep 24	STL		CIN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							37gm		279.0	6	44	2	52	3