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: 23-20 / in Starts: 14-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 10

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	5	5	Apr 25	STL		CIN	L,1-5	6-7		99	1.1	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	13.50	9.34	6	0	2	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.078	1.86	-0.12%	-0.68	6t 123 2 out d3	7t 3 out d4
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
2	6	11	May 4	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		8	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.80	6.79	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.006	.62	0.01%	0.44	8b 12- 2 out d3	8b end d 3
3	7	13	May 6	STL	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	1	6.0	11	5	5	3	7	1	0	8.22	4.55	32	3	8	1	2	11	34			0	0	0	29	4	0	2	0	0	0	.70	-0.257	2.11	-0.46%	-1.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
4	8	18	May 12	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS-5		5	4.2	5	3	2	7	4	0	0	6.57	4.86	26	4	6	1	0	5	41			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.14	-0.091	4.07	-0.19%	-1.23	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out a4
5	9	21	May 16	STL		NYG	W,7-6	4-6		3	3.0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	5.28	4.68	11	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	.54	-0.023	2.04	-0.05%	0.59	4t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d3
6	10	22	May 17	STL		NYG	L,5-9	8-GF		0	2.0	1	3	0	3	2	0	0	4.67	4.73	11	4	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.01	-0.094	4.04	-0.23%	-1.94	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 4
7	11	26	May 22	STL		PHI	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-1)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.55	4.21	30	10	13	5	2	4	69			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.238	4.51	0.57%	2.75	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a2
8	12	31	May 27	STL		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	9	3	3	4	8	1	0	3.62	4.14	32	4	7	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	-0.028	8.38	-0.10%	0.71	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	13	36	May 30(2)	STL		PIT	L,8-14	5-7		2	1.2	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.24	4.12	9	1	2	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.054	4.86	-0.14%	-0.31	5t 1-- 2 out a3	7t 123 1 out a3
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
10	14	38	Jun 2	STL	@	NYG	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	4.63	4.54	7	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.08	-0.024	.32	-0.06%	-2.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
11	15	40	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	GS-4	L(1-3)	2	4.0	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.85	4.72	18	3	7	2	3	4	42			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.182	3.51	-0.36%	-1.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
12	16	42	Jun 7	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.76	4.64	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.008	.55	0.02%	0.28	9b --- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
13	17	44	Jun 10(1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-7		2	7.0	6	5	3	2	3	0	0	4.63	4.33	29	6	12	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	25	1	1	2	1	2	1	.91	-0.239	3.09	-0.49%	-1.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
14	18	47	Jun 11(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.53	4.25	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.037	1.31	0.06%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
15	19	49	Jun 15	STL		BRO	L,3-8	7-GF		3	2.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.47	4.24	12	6	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.009	.61	0.02%	1.00	7t 12- 1 out d4	9t end d 5
16	20	51	Jun 17	STL		NYG	L,5-7	5-6		1	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	4.20	6	0	4	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.031	3.37	-0.06%	0.05	5t 1-3 2 out d1	6t 3 out d2
17	21	54	Jun 22	STL		PHI	W,11-5		W(2-3)	4	5.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.97	4.00	20												19					0
18	22	56	Jun 25(1)	STL		BSN	L,5-8			2	2.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.81	4.00	10												9					0
19	23	59	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,4-8	GS-2		2	1.2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.01	4.03	10	0	4	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.116	3.73	-0.26%	-1.39	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out a1
Jul				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
20	24	64	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	2	2	4	0	0	3.92	3.87	25	3	12	1	4	4	52			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.043	2.07	-0.06%	0.06	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
21	25	65	Jul 4(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	7-GF	W(3-3)	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.75	3.74	11	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.290	5.87	0.47%	1.53	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 2
22	26	69	Jul 9(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	3	2	3	4	0	1	3.55	3.66	35	10	13	0	2	4	66			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	.78	0.305	1.60	0.38%	1.41	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
23	27	71	Jul 13(1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	6-GF	S(3)	3	3.1	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.40	3.62	13	2	3	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.333	3.40	0.36%	1.95	6b -23 2 out a2	9b end a 2
24	28	75	Jul 16	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(5-3)	2	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.16	3.43	36	22	2	0	0	8	71			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.539	2.10	0.45%	3.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
25	29	77	Jul 18	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	3.42	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	0.184	6.71	0.21%	0.89	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
26	30	80	Jul 21(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-3)	2	9.0	6	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.85	3.35	33	11	6	1	0	6	77			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.352	1.49	0.36%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
27	31	84	Jul 25	STL		NYG	L,3-6	GS-		3	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.97	3.33	23						43						21					0
28	32	87	Jul 28	STL		BRO	L,4-5	GS-7	L(6-4)	2	7.0	12	4	3	1	6	0	0	3.03	3.20	34	4	11	0	1	12	44			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.26	-0.119	1.58	-0.09%	-0.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
29	33	93	Aug 3(2)	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	W(7-4)	5	9.0	9	3	2	3	4	0	0	2.95	3.17	38	21	1	0	0	9	60			0	0	0	35	1	0	2	1	0	2	1.60	0.276	1.93	0.20%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	34	97	Aug 6(2)	STL		PHI	W,8-3	CG	W(8-4)	2	9.0	9	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.95	3.11	37	20	2	2	0	9	59			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.224	1.12	0.26%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	35	101	Aug 13(2)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(9-4)	6	8.2	7	3	1	5	7	0	0	2.84	3.09	37	11	8	1	0	6	64			0	1	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.059	5.25	0.13%	1.15	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a1
32	36	108	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	T,3-3	GS-8		5	7.0	4	3	3	6	6	0	0	2.88	3.10	30	6	8	0	0	4	57			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.201	8.34	-0.80%	-0.35	1b start a 1	8b --3 0 out tie
33	37	113	Aug 23	STL	@	BRO	L,3-8	GS-3	L(9-5)	3	2.1	5	6	5	3	0	0	1	3.14	3.18	17	2	6	0	1	5	22			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	1	1	.90	-0.305	3.74	-0.76%	-4.97	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d6
34	38	114	Aug 24	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	7-GF(8)	BS(1)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.11	3.16	6	1	3	0	2	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.34	-0.231	4.53	-0.47%	-0.38	7b 1-3 1 out a1	8b end d 1
35	39	118	Aug 27(2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	GS-		2	5.0	7	5	4	6	5	0	0	3.24	3.19	27						34						20					0
Sept				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
36	40	125	Sep 4(2)	STL		CIN	T,6-6	GS-6		7	5.2	11	5	5	4	6	0	0	3.40	3.17	32	5	6	0	0	11	29			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.312	11.74	-1.63%	-2.27	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
37	41	128	Sep 7	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-8		2	8.0	6	2	1	3	3	0	0	3.30	3.16	32	8	13	2	0	5	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	2	1	1.46	0.294	4.13	0.50%	2.08	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
38	42	133	Sep 11	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS-6		3	5.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.41	3.15	22	8	5	2	0	7	37			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	-0.254	7.86	-0.88%	-1.17	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d1
39	43	135	Sep 13	STL		PHI	W,10-9	7-8	BS(2)	1	1.0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	3.44	3.18	7	2	1	0	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	-0.557	13.12	-1.66%	-3.18	7t -23 2 out a3	8t -2- 2 out d1
40	44	139	Sep 17(1)	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	L(9-6)	3	9.0	6	2	1	3	6	0	0	3.32	3.14	36	20	1	0	1	6	72			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.192	5.88	0.66%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
41	45	141	Sep 18(1)	STL		NYG	L,2-7	8-8		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	3.12	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.005	.53	0.02%	0.28	8t --- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
42	46	144	Sep 20	STL		BRO	W,10-4	8-GF	S(5)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.28	3.11	5	3	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.109	5.75	0.45%	0.98	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 6
43	47	146	Sep 22	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS-8	W(10-6)	1	7.0	8	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.26	3.16	30	7	8	0	3	8	54			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.006	8.75	0.03%	0.71	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
44	48	150	Sep 26(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.11	3.14	33	11	13	1	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	.39	0.194	.74	0.22%	4.59	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
45	49	153	Sep 30(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-9	W(12-6)	3	8.1	9	5	5	5	5	0	0	3.20	3.14	40	10	11	1	2	9	45			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	2	1	1.53	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-0.99	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out a3
							23-20		W-L:12-6,Sv:5,BSv:2	2.6	210.2	208	94	75	97	130	6	2	3.20	3.14	919	1.21		5%	6%	183	52	19	26%	2	4	0	799	38	8	11	18	10	13	1.14	0.239	3.92	-3.49%	9.54

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