Wilbur Cooper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: February 24, 1892 in Bearsville, WV us

Died: August 7, 1973 in Encino, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA

Debut: August 29, 1912 (Age 20-187d, 3,775th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 21, 1926 (Age 34-147d)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Arley Wilbur Cooper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

53.4

216

178

ERA

2.89

517

406

3480.0

1252

WHIP

1.226

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-8 / in Starts: 5-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 4

1926 Pitching Game Log

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1926 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	502	1	Apr 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-7		99	7.0	6	5	2	7	5	1	0	2.57	6.46	35	49	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	2	2	3.37	-0.36%
2	503	7	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	6	9.0	5	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.13	4.97	35	75	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	2.43	0.64%
3	504	12	Apr 26	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	GS-4		5	4.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.25	4.73	17	39	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	3.45	-0.18%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	505	17	May 1	CHC		STL	W,11-8	GS-5		4	4.1	11	7	7	1	2	3	0	4.44	5.99	22	14	0	2	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.75%
5	506	23	May 10	CHC		BRO	W,9-0	SHO	W(2-0)	8	9.0	7	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.24	5.28	35	73	0	2	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	1	4.69	1.17%
6	507	28	May 17	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	GS-8		6	7.2	9	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.95	5.35	33	35	0	0	0	29	2	1	0	2	1	0	4.16	-1.06%
7	508	33	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,14-8	GS-5		5	5.0	10	6	5	1	3	0	0	4.50	5.03	25	27	0	1	0	23	1	3	0	0	1	1	3.08	-0.75%
8	509	39	May 30	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	L(2-1)	6	9.0	12	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.58	4.94	38	44	0	1	0	34	0	1	0	1	1	0	3.78	-0.26%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Detroit Tigers
9	510	56	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-9	GS-4	L(2-2)	11	4.0	10	6	6	3	1	0	1	5.19	4.98	23	16	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.28%
10	511	60	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,7-6	8-8		3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.19	5.03	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.03%
11	512	64	Jun 20	DET		PHA	W,8-3	5-5		4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.19	5.03	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.07%
12	513	70	Jun 28	DET		CLE	L,4-8	GS-6	L(2-3)	7	5.1	6	5	5	3	1	0	2	5.46	5.07	26	34	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.12%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	514	75	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,5-7	GS-3	L(2-4)	4	2.1	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	5.81	5.04	15	24	0	0	0	11	4	1	0	1	2	1	1.46	-0.33%
14	515	88	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-9	BL(2-5)	12	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.04	5.03	3		0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.85	-0.41%
15	516	93	Jul 21(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	7-7	BS(2)	4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.99	5.01	4		1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.94	-0.03%
16	517	94	Jul 21(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,7-10			-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.90	5.02	4					3					0
							8-8		W-L:2-5,BSv:2	4.7	68.2	92	50	45	30	20	6	3	5.90	5.02	318	39	1	8	0	270	14	7	0	8	9	8	3.08	-2.81%

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