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: 5-13 / in Starts: 4-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 2

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	277	1	Apr 15	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-5	7-7		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.68	3	2	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.019	2.05	-0.03%	0.16	7b -2- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
2	278	2	Apr 17	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-12	GS-2	L(0-1)	1	1.2	5	7	5	4	0	0	0	16.88	7.18	16	4	3	1	1	5	17			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.17	-0.482	2.93	-0.72%	-6.27	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d5
3	279	8	Apr 26	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.63	3.45	32	9	15	0	0	4	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.51	0.294	1.39	0.48%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
4	280	14	May 4(2)	BSN		STL	L,0-9	GS-	L(1-2)	7	4.1	5	5	5	2	3	1	0	6.19	4.05	20						34						16					0
5	281	16	May 7	BSN		PIT	W,3-2	GS-7		2	6.1	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.24	3.66	25	18	0	0	0	7	51			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.037	3.90	-0.07%	0.63	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
6	282	22	May 12	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	5.0	7	6	6	4	1	0	1	6.26	3.96	27	9	12	8	0	0	26			3	0	0	21	1	0	3	0	0	0	1.12	-0.248	4.38	-0.58%	-3.34	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
7	283	27	May 18(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	L(1-4)	5	8.0	10	2	2	1	4	0	0	5.35	3.52	34	10	9	1	0	10	57			2	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	-0.068	6.05	-0.15%	1.51	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out d1
8	284	37	May 31	BSN		BRO	L,0-5	6-8		12	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.93	3.48	11	3	6	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.020	.50	0.04%	1.52	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
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
9	285	39	Jun 1(2)	BSN		PIT	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	W(2-4)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.76	3.36	5	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.204	8.10	0.43%	0.74	9t 1-- 2 out tie	10t end tie
10	286	49	Jun 11(2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-5)	9	5.2	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	4.57	3.29	26	5	11	0	0	8	43			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.074	4.04	-0.18%	-0.74	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d3
				Player went from Boston Braves to New York Giants
11	287	51	Jun 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-12	GS-3	L(2-6)	7	2.2	8	6	6	1	1	0	0	5.44	3.28	17	4	3	0	1	8	18			0	0	0	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.425	3.85	-1.03%	-4.65	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
12	288	55	Jun 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-7)	3	6.1	8	5	5	3	2	0	0	5.63	3.30	27	6	8	0	2	8	36			0	1	0	24	2	1	1	1	0	0	.84	-0.275	3.64	-0.72%	-1.05	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d2
13	289	59	Jun 28	NYG		PHI	W,14-6	CG	W(3-7)	4	9.0	9	6	6	2	2	3	0	5.68	3.86	38	10	15	0	1	9	45			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	.48	-0.021	1.73	-0.04%	-1.30	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
14	290	66	Jul 4(2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	L(3-8)	5	8.1	8	4	4	3	3	3	0	5.53	4.31	36	9	13	2	0	8	51			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	-0.210	6.42	-0.69%	-0.15	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out d1
15	291	74	Jul 13(1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-6	GS-1	L(3-9)	8	0.1	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	5.88	4.30	6	1	3	1	0	2	29			0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.335	2.28	-0.51%	-4.18	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d4
16	292	88	Jul 28	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS-5	L(3-10)	14	5.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	5.84	4.21	23	6	4	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.070	1.92	-0.08%	-0.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
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	293	94	Aug 2(2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-4		4	3.0	5	4	2	1	0	1	0	5.85	4.35	15	2	8	1	0	4	36			0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.08	-0.238	1.98	-0.26%	-1.79	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out tie
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
18	294	154	Sep 28(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS-2		56	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.71	4.31	9	3	3	0	0	3	50			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.098	.00	0.00%	0.98	1b start tie	2b 3 out tie
							5-13		W-L:3-10	4.8	82.0	99	58	52	26	27	8	2	5.71	4.31	370	0.89		7%	2%	83	41	2	50%	5	2	0	337	16	4	7	6	0	6	1.00	-1.886	3.50	-4.10%	-14.92

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