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: 16-13 / in Starts: 15-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 1

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	88	2	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.00	1.56	32	8	11	2	0	5	75			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.400	3.23	0.66%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
2	89	5	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,10-11	4-8		3	4.1	8	5	5	2	7	2	0	4.73	3.31	23	5	1	0	0	8		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.459	4.88	-0.88%	-3.15	4t --- 0 out a2	8t -2- 1 out tie
3	90	8	Apr 24	STL		CIN	L,2-3	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	3.27	4	1	2	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	-0.099	11.58	-0.19%	0.50	9t 12- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
4	91	11	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	W(2-0)	2	9.0	8	5	5	4	8	1	0	4.63	3.47	39	9	10	1	0	8	55			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.053	2.17	-0.10%	-0.91	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
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
5	92	17	May 4	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	GS-7	W(3-0)	6	7.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.86	2.95	27	6	6	0	1	7	65			1	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.178	4.61	0.48%	2.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	93	21	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG(12)	L(3-1)	3	11.2	10	5	4	5	9	0	1	3.64	2.90	50	14	11	1	0	10	65			0	1	0	43	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	0.199	8.80	0.68%	0.73	1b start tie	12b 1-- 2 out d1
7	94	24	May 13	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	7	2	1	2	5	0	0	3.18	2.80	36	15	7	3	0	7	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.58	0.293	7.57	0.84%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
8	95	28	May 18	STL		PHI	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	6	5	5	1	5	0	0	3.57	2.68	28	14	2	0	0	6	49			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.265	4.96	-0.68%	-1.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	96	32	May 23	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	9	0	0	3.22	2.60	34	7	9	1	3	5	78			0	2	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.617	6.84	1.82%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	97	36	May 26	STL		CHC	W,12-11	10-GF(11)	W(6-1)	2	2.0	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	3.26	2.88	9	4	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	-0.159	10.92	-0.49%	0.01	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
11	98	39	May 29	STL		CIN	W,10-9	GS-4		2	3.2	5	5	4	3	1	1	0	3.59	3.15	18	5	4	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	15	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.16	-0.387	5.67	-1.14%	-3.30	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d2
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
12	99	45	Jun 3	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	GS-6	L(6-2)	4	5.1	7	6	5	2	2	2	0	3.92	3.49	26	7	8	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	1	.49	-0.191	3.86	-0.91%	-3.93	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d6
13	100	50	Jun 8(2)	STL	@	NYG	L,7-12	GS-2	L(6-3)	4	1.1	6	8	6	2	2	0	0	4.54	3.50	13	2	2	0	0	5	14			0	0	0	11	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.63	-0.652	8.08	-1.94%	-6.96	1b start a 3	2b --3 1 out d3
14	101	53	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-		2	4.1	6	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.52	3.61	23						39						18					0
15	102	58	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,11-3	CG	W(7-3)	5	9.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	0	4.37	3.67	36	19	2	0	2	5	65			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.079	2.44	0.23%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
16	103	93	Jul 27(1)	STL		BSN	L,10-12			39	0.1	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.74	3.68	5												4					0
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	104	100	Aug 3(1)	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(8-3)	6	9.0	6	1	1	3	6	1	0	4.41	3.69	37	21	1	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	33	1	1	1	0	0	1	.71	0.325	4.23	1.17%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
18	105	105	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-11	W(9-3)	3	10.2	9	2	2	4	7	0	0	4.15	3.59	45	6	19	2	0	9	71			0	0	0	39	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.04	0.490	13.25	1.91%	2.72	1b start tie	11b 1-3 2 out a1
19	106	108	Aug 10(2)	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(10-3)	2	9.0	10	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.99	3.48	36	19	1	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	34	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.19	0.431	7.94	1.73%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	107	111	Aug 13	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(10-4)	2	9.1	9	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.92	3.51	40	9	13	0	0	9	61			1	0	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.170	10.73	-0.67%	0.19	1b start tie	10b 123 1 out d1
21	108	113	Aug 17(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.73	3.42	32	19	2	1	0	7	72			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	.31	0.145	2.05	0.58%	3.26	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
22	109	117	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-9	L(11-5)	3	8.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	1	3.83	3.42	34	10	10	0	0	9	44			1	2	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.90	-0.371	13.26	-1.55%	-1.01	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out tie
23	110	123	Aug 26(2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG(8)	W(12-5)	4	8.0	7	1	1	4	2	1	0	3.69	3.52	34	10	11	0	0	7	62			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.36	0.418	19.90	3.67%	2.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
24	111	127	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-8	W(13-5)	4	7.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.64	3.59	30	7	10	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.061	8.77	0.30%	0.33	1b start a 2	8b 12- 0 out a4
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
25	112	131	Sep 4(2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-3		3	3.0	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.74	3.66	13	4	4	2	0	3	41			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.216	9.40	-1.18%	-1.64	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
26	113	134	Sep 7(2)	STL		CIN	L,2-5	GS-5	L(13-6)	2	4.1	6	5	5	4	4	0	0	3.91	3.66	24	5	5	0	0	6	31			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.271	9.85	-1.50%	-3.15	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d4
27	114	139	Sep 13	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	L(13-7)	5	9.0	3	1	1	5	6	0	1	3.76	3.65	34	6	13	1	0	3	78			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.290	28.32	4.04%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	115	145	Sep 18	STL		BSN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(13-8)	4	7.0	6	4	4	0	2	2	0	3.82	3.73	27	10	10	1	3	5	51			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.125	8.82	-1.04%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
29	116	150	Sep 23(1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-4	GS-1	L(13-9)	4	0.1	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	3.91	3.72	5	1	0	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.270	20.47	-2.69%	-3.03	1b start tie	1b 1-- 1 out d3
							16-13		W-L:13-9	3.4	186.2	177	88	81	69	118	15	3	3.91	3.72	794	1.40		4%	2%	164	55	2	50%	7	6	0	710	37	4	8	14	0	11	1.22	0.238	8.68	3.16%	3.46

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