Jay Hook

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 182lb (188cm, 82kg)

Born: November 18, 1936 in Waukegan, IL us

High School: Grayslake HS (Grayslake, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Debut: September 3, 1957 (Age 20-289d, 11,472nd in major league history)
vs. STL 2.1 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 3, 1964 (Age 27-167d)
vs. CIN 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: James Wesley Hook

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

5.23

160

112

752.2

394

WHIP

1.439

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-33 / in Starts: 5-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 6

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	117	3	Apr 11	NYM	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	8	5	5	2	4	0	0	7.50	2.15	28	4	10	2	1	8	38			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.296	1.30	-0.30%	-2.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
2	118	7	Apr 16	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.2	8	6	5	2	2	0	0	8.44	2.48	23	8	3	1	0	8	26			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.195	.93	-0.13%	-3.11	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d5
3	119	11	Apr 21(1)	NYM		MLN	W,8-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	5	3	5	1	0	8.10	3.20	27	5	7	1	2	7	40			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.456	1.49	-0.32%	-2.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
4	120	17	Apr 27	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-3)	5	7.0	8	2	2	6	4	0	0	6.46	3.41	31	10	3	0	0	8	51			0	1	1	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.023	1.83	0.02%	0.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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	121	21	May 3	NYM		SFG	L,3-5	GS-8	L(0-4)	5	7.2	10	5	5	0	2	0	1	6.32	3.15	34	11	10	2	1	10	41			0	0	0	31	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.351	1.44	-0.28%	-2.00	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d3
6	122	26	May 8	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(1-4)	4	9.0	4	2	2	4	10	1	1	5.36	3.20	37	7	11	3	1	4	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.66	0.353	1.79	0.23%	1.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
7	123	31	May 12(2)	NYM		CIN	W,13-12	GS-5		3	4.2	7	6	6	1	3	2	0	6.00	3.63	21	4	6	1	2	7	28			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.283	.97	-0.20%	-3.97	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out tie
8	124	35	May 16	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-5	L(1-5)	3	5.0	6	6	5	1	1	2	1	6.30	4.12	23	4	10	0	0	6	33			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.287	.95	-0.24%	-3.90	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
9	125	42	May 24	NYM	@	STL	L,4-10	6-7		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.06	4.08	7	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.04	0.00%	0.93	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
10	126	43	May 25	NYM	@	STL	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	6.17	3.96	9	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	.62	-0.134	.29	-0.04%	-1.07	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
11	127	48	May 30(2)	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(2-5)	4	9.0	2	1	1	2	7	0	0	5.43	3.62	31	11	10	0	4	1	84			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.35	0.535	.31	0.07%	2.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	128	52	Jun 2(2)	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	W(3-5)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.34	3.60	3	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	0.121	.46	0.01%	0.42	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
13	129	54	Jun 5	NYM		MLN	L,9-11	GS-4		2	3.0	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	5.51	3.82	16	2	4	0	0	5	35			1	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.223	.17	-0.03%	-2.09	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d3
14	130	58	Jun 9(2)	NYM		STL	L,4-10	GS-7	L(3-6)	3	6.2	7	5	5	2	1	1	1	5.62	3.97	27	3	13	1	0	7	39			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.095	.18	-0.01%	-1.43	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d4
15	131	60	Jun 11	NYM		CIN	L,3-8	3-3		1	1.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	5.79	3.94	7	0	1	0	1	3		1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.093	.10	-0.01%	-1.97	3t -2- 0 out d3	3t 3 out d6
16	132	61	Jun 12	NYM	@	MLN	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.71	3.89	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
17	133	66	Jun 17	NYM	@	STL	L,1-8	GS-2	L(3-7)	4	1.2	8	5	5	1	0	1	0	6.17	4.07	13	2	2	0	0	8	18			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.333	.05	-0.02%	-4.49	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d5
18	134	73	Jun 25	NYM		CHC	L,1-4	GS-8	L(3-8)	7	8.0	8	4	2	3	4	0	1	5.80	3.97	38	10	16	5	4	4	55			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.28	-0.214	.04	0.00%	-0.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
19	135	77	Jun 30	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.73	3.98	6	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.57	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-1.58	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
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	136	79	Jul 3	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-9	GS-3	L(3-9)	2	2.2	3	5	5	2	2	0	0	6.07	3.96	13	5	4	2	1	0	32			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.34	-0.367	.00	0.00%	-2.95	1b start a 2	3b -2- 2 out d2
21	137	84	Jul 7	NYM		PIT	L,5-11	GS-2	L(3-10)	3	1.2	6	5	5	1	3	2	0	6.45	4.19	12	1	1	0	1	6	25			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.325	.00	0.00%	-3.60	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d4
22	138	87	Jul 12	NYM		LAD	L,0-6	6-8		4	3.0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	6.25	4.12	12	6	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.27	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
23	139	90	Jul 15(1)	NYM		HOU	W,14-5	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	5.99	4.06	16	4	6	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	.40	0.083	.00	0.00%	1.70	6t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 9
24	140	93	Jul 17	NYM		SFG	W,9-7	8-8	BS(1)	1	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.08	4.06	3	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	-0.514	.00	0.00%	-2.63	8t 1-3 0 out a2	8t 12- 0 out d1
25	141	94	Jul 18	NYM		SFG	L,5-6	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.02	4.04	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
26	142	96	Jul 20	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-5	3-7		1	5.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.73	3.94	20	5	6	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.031	.00	0.00%	2.10	3b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d4
27	143	98	Jul 21(2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.79	3.89	10	5	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-1.16	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
28	144	101	Jul 25	NYM	@	SFG	L,6-8	3-5		3	3.0	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	5.88	3.99	11	1	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-0.78	3b 12- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d4
29	145	104	Jul 28	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-8	1-6		2	5.1	5	3	2	4	4	1	0	5.76	4.07	26	5	8	0	3	5		2	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.32	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.47	1b -23 2 out d4	6b 3 out d5
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
30	146	107	Aug 2(1)	NYM	@	MLN	L,0-8	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.66	4.04	6	3	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.84	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
31	147	109	Aug 3	NYM	@	MLN	L,7-10	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	5.77	4.05	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-1.58	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
32	148	116	Aug 11(1)	NYM		CHC	L,1-8	6-6		7	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	6.06	4.16	6	1	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-4.19	6t --- 0 out d3	6t -2- 1 out d7
33	149	119	Aug 15	NYM		PIT	L,2-8	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.96	4.14	7	1	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
34	150	122	Aug 18(1)	NYM		LAD	L,0-7	9-GF		2	1.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	5.98	4.18	6	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.58	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
35	151	129	Aug 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(3-11)	6	7.0	6	3	2	0	5	0	0	5.80	4.01	28	12	10	2	1	1	60			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	1	.83	-0.065	.00	0.00%	0.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
36	152	131	Aug 28	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.78	4.01	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b 1-3 2 out d6	8b end d 6
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
37	153	137	Sep 2(2)	NYM		CIN	L,0-1	CG	L(3-12)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	5.47	3.95	32	8	14	3	2	4	79			0	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.272	.00	0.00%	2.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
38	154	140	Sep 5	NYM	@	STL	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.45	3.95	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.58	8b 12- 2 out d8	8b end d 9
39	155	143	Sep 8	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(4-12)	2	7.0	6	2	2	2	2	2	0	5.31	4.07	28	6	12	0	7	6	57			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.133	.00	0.00%	1.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
40	156	151	Sep 15(2)	NYM		HOU	L,0-5	GS-7	L(4-13)	6	7.0	8	4	4	1	2	2	0	5.30	4.16	28	5	12	0	5	8	46			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.51	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
41	157	156	Sep 22	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-13	GS-2	L(4-14)	6	1.2	6	5	5	0	1	2	1	5.54	4.32	11	3	0	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.314	.00	0.00%	-3.45	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d4
							8-33		W-L:4-14,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.1	152.2	168	104	94	53	89	21	9	5.54	4.32	673	0.76		8%	11%	148	44	11	36%	5	5	2	599	24	6	2	9	5	10	.85	-3.643	.50	-1.23%	-36.11

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