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: 12-11 / in Starts: 8-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 5

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	225	5	Apr 22(2)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	4-7		99	4.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	0.95	14	1	4	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.099	1.68	0.18%	2.06	4t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d1
2	226	9	Apr 29(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	6	6.2	4	3	1	3	4	0	0	0.84	2.14	29	10	8	0	0	4	59			5	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.22	-0.058	3.08	-0.09%	0.00	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
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
3	227	14	May 6(2)	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	7	1	0	2	3	0	1	0.46	2.55	38						72						34	1	0			0
4	228	19	May 13(2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	GS-4		6	4.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	1.52	3.08	16	1	6	0	2	6	39			2	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	.69	-0.143	1.44	-0.18%	-0.98	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves
5	229	29	May 27(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-0)	13	9.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	1	1.10	2.94	35	9	10	1	0	3	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.433	.77	0.19%	4.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
6	230	38	Jun 6(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,15-1	CG	W(4-0)	9	9.0	9	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.08	2.82	34						67						33	1	0			0
7	231	43	Jun 10(1)	BSN		NYG	W,8-5	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	13	5	4	2	4	2	0	1.60	3.27	41	10	12	0	2	13	45			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	1	0	2	1.20	-0.009	2.42	-0.01%	-0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	232	46	Jun 13(1)	BSN		PHI	W,8-3	CG	W(6-0)	2	9.0	6	3	2	2	3	1	0	1.66	3.40	35	8	16	2	0	6	66			1	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	.48	0.026	1.08	0.04%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	233	51	Jun 17(1)	BSN		BRO	L,6-9	GS-6	L(6-1)	3	6.0	9	7	5	3	1	1	0	2.19	3.64	29	5	11	0	0	9	28			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	2	.84	-0.230	1.81	-0.30%	-4.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d7
10	234	55	Jun 22	BSN	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS-2		4	2.0	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.39	3.66	10	2	4	0	0	3	37			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.204	2.88	-0.38%	-2.01	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
11	235	59	Jun 27(1)	BSN		CIN	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	9	4	4	1	4	0	0	2.65	3.50	31	9	8	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.141	1.43	-0.14%	-0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
12	236	64	Jul 1(1)	BSN		STL	W,6-3	9-GF(10)	BW(7-1)	3	1.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.59	3.51	7	1	2	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.43	0.055	6.55	0.05%	0.41	9t 12- 1 out a1	10t end tie
13	237	67	Jul 4(1)	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.56	3.45	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.017	.38	0.02%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
14	238	68	Jul 4(2)	BSN		CHC	L,6-7	9-GF		-1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	3.44	3	0	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.039	1.27	0.03%	0.52	9t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
15	239	70	Jul 6(1)	BSN		PIT	W,13-5	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.48	3.38	7	1	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.006	.04	0.00%	1.00	8t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 8
16	240	72	Jul 7	BSN		PIT	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(8-1)	0	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.42	3.35	7	3	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	0.027	3.94	0.02%	0.02	8t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
17	241	80	Jul 15(2)	BSN	@	STL	W,5-3	9-GF(10)	W(9-1)	7	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.37	3.26	7	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.235	1.82	0.14%	1.03	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
18	242	83	Jul 19(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.51	3.22	23	6	9	0	0	3	53			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.151	.84	-0.06%	-0.06	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	243	91	Jul 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	8-GF(8)	BS(3)	7	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	3.22	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	-0.469	.66	-0.05%	-1.43	8b 123 1 out a2	8b end d 1
20	244	95	Jul 31(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	8-GF	L(9-2)	3	1.1	2	2	2	4	1	0	0	2.65	3.32	10	2	2	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.64	-0.716	.13	-0.01%	-0.86	8b -23 1 out d1	9b end d 1
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
21	245	104	Aug 8(2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-3		L(9-3)	7	3.2	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.64	3.27	15												14					0
22	246	108	Aug 12(1)	BSN		PIT	W,7-6	GS-		3	0.1	3	4	3	1	0	0	0	2.92	3.30	6						30						5					0
23	247	116	Aug 16(2)	BSN		CIN	L,3-8	GS-4	L(9-4)	3	4.0	4	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.89	3.27	17	3	5	0	0	4	49			0	0	0	15	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.13	-0.016	.00	0.00%	0.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
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
24	248	154	Sep 30(2)	BSN		NYG	T,2-2	GS-		44	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.83	3.24	6						57						6					0
							12-11		W-L:9-4,Sv:1,BSv:3	3.9	101.2	97	42	32	34	59	5	2	2.83	3.24	426	0.69		2%	5%	69	52	9	56%	9	1	0	386	14	2	3	5	0	9	1.21	-1.200	1.66	-0.54%	1.12

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