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Mickey Cochrane
Gordon Stanley Cochrane (Black Mike)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.
School Boston University

Debut April 14, 1925
Final Game May 25, 1937
Born April 6, 1903 in Bridgewater, MA
Died June 28, 1962 in Lake Forest, IL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1947.

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        A member of the BU HOF, Mickey was a five-sport athlete playing football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and boxing. In addition to playing, he worked his way through school by washing dishes and serving as an usher at Boston Arena.

Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 22 PHA AL 134  420   69  139  21  5   6   55   7  4  44  19  .331  .397  .448  108  188   8           2     MVP-10
 1926 23 PHA AL 120  370   50  101   8  9   8   47   5  2  56  15  .273  .369  .408   98  151  26           0     MVP-18
 1927 24 PHA AL 126  432   80  146  20  6  12   80   9  6  50   7  .338  .409  .495  128  214  23           2     MVP-4
 1928 25 PHA AL 131  468   92  137  26 12  10   57   7  7  76  25  .293  .395  .464  122  217  21           3     MVP-1
 1929 26 PHA AL 135  514  113  170  37  8   7   95   7  6  69   8  .331  .412  .475  124  244  21           2    
 1930 27 PHA AL 130  487  110  174  42  5  10   85   5  0  55  18  .357  .424  .526  135  256  18           1    
 1931 28 PHA AL 122  459   87  160  31  6  17   89   2  3  56  21  .349  .423  .553  149  254   3           3     MVP-9
 1932 29 PHA AL 139  518  118  152  35  4  23  112   0  1 100  22  .293  .412  .510  133  264   3           4    
 1933 30 PHA AL 130  429  104  138  30  4  15   60   8  6 106  22  .322  .459  .515  157  221   4           3     MVP-15
 1934 31 DET AL 129  437   74  140  32  1   2   76   8  4  78  26  .320  .428  .412  117  180   5           4     MVP-1,AS
 1935 32 DET AL 115  411   93  131  33  3   5   47   5  5  96  15  .319  .452  .450  137  185  11           4     MVP-7,AS
 1936 33 DET AL  44  126   24   34   8  0   2   17   1  1  46  15  .270  .465  .381  111   48   6           0    
 1937 34 DET AL  27   98   27   30  10  1   2   12   0  1  25   4  .306  .452  .490  135   48   2           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         5169      1652     64      832     46     217  .320  .419  .478  128      151   0   0  29   0
               1482      1041      333    119       64    857                            2470
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        565  114  181  36  7  13   91   7  5  94  24  .320  .419  .478  128  270  17   0   0   3   0
 Career High    139  518  118  174  42 12  23  112   9  7 106  26  .357  .459  .553  157  264  26   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 22 PHA AL  474  293   74   6.8   121| .331  .308| .397  .380| .448  .432| .845  .812| 108  .625   5.3   0.5  63%
 1926 23 PHA AL  452  297   56   5.0   115| .273  .297| .369  .370| .408  .417| .777  .787|  98  .531  -2.2  -0.2  71%
 1927 24 PHA AL  507  315   86   7.3   116| .338  .300| .409  .369| .495  .422| .904  .791| 128  .678  18.2   1.7  60%
 1928 25 PHA AL  568  359   84   6.2   111| .293  .292| .395  .358| .464  .415| .859  .773| 122  .624  16.8   1.6  50%
 1929 26 PHA AL  606  371   99   7.1   116| .331  .297| .412  .364| .475  .429| .887  .793| 124  .660  21.1   2.0  53%
 1930 27 PHA AL  561  331  109   8.8   119| .357  .300| .424  .365| .526  .441| .950  .806| 135  .718  28.7   2.6 100%
 1931 28 PHA AL  521  305  106   9.3   113| .349  .294| .423  .362| .553  .420| .976  .782| 149  .762  33.8   3.2  40%
 1932 29 PHA AL  625  370  107   7.8   114| .293  .290| .412  .361| .510  .426| .922  .788| 133  .689  29.6   2.8   0%
 1933 30 PHA AL  542  301  100   8.9   107| .322  .282| .459  .354| .515  .406| .974  .760| 157  .760  43.0   4.1  57%
 1934 31 DET AL  524  306   77   6.7   112| .320  .288| .428  .362| .412  .415| .840  .777| 117  .629  17.4   1.6  66%
 1935 32 DET AL  522  296   82   7.4   109| .319  .284| .452  .356| .450  .410| .902  .766| 137  .671  31.0   2.9  50%
 1936 33 DET AL  178   99   22   5.9   121| .270  .299| .465  .374| .381  .439| .846  .813| 111  .530   6.3   0.6  50%
 1937 34 DET AL  126   71   21   7.8   119| .306  .292| .452  .368| .490  .436| .942  .804| 135  .674   7.3   0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6206 3714 1023   7.4   114| .320  .294| .419  .364| .478  .422| .897  .786| 128  .672 256.2  24.1  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1925 22 PHA AL C 133 419 79 8 9 .984 .977 3.74 3.82 12 1926 23 PHA AL C 115 502 90 15 9 .975 .979 5.15 3.95 8 1927 24 PHA AL C 123 559 85 9 11 .986 .974 5.24 3.91 8 1928 25 PHA AL C 130 645 71 25 8 .966 .976 5.51 4.03 8 1929 26 PHA AL C 135 659 77 13 9 .983 .976 5.45 4.04 9 1930 27 PHA AL C 130 654 69 5 11 .993 .984 5.56 4.19 7 1931 28 PHA AL C 117 560 63 9 9 .986 .981 5.32 4.34 6 1932 29 PHA AL C 137 652 94 5 15 .993 .982 5.45 4.23 11 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1 0 0 1933 30 PHA AL C 128 476 67 6 8 .989 .988 4.24 4.28 6 1934 31 DET AL C 124 517 69 7 7 .988 .981 4.73 4.36 3 AS 1935 32 DET AL C 110 504 50 6 6 .989 .984 5.04 4.20 6 AS 1936 33 DET AL C 42 159 13 3 1 .983 .979 4.10 4.22 4 1937 34 DET AL C 27 108 13 0 1 1.000 .980 4.48 4.62 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 22 PHA AL C 133 419 79 8 9 .984 .977 3.74 3.82 12 1926 23 PHA AL C 115 502 90 15 9 .975 .979 5.15 3.95 8 1927 24 PHA AL C 123 559 85 9 11 .986 .974 5.24 3.91 8 1928 25 PHA AL C 130 645 71 25 8 .966 .976 5.51 4.03 8 1929 26 PHA AL C 135 659 77 13 9 .983 .976 5.45 4.04 9 1930 27 PHA AL C 130 654 69 5 11 .993 .984 5.56 4.19 7 1931 28 PHA AL C 117 560 63 9 9 .986 .981 5.32 4.34 6 1932 29 PHA AL C 137 652 94 5 15 .993 .982 5.45 4.23 11 1933 30 PHA AL C 128 476 67 6 8 .989 .988 4.24 4.28 6 1934 31 DET AL C 124 517 69 7 7 .988 .981 4.73 4.36 3 1935 32 DET AL C 110 504 50 6 6 .989 .984 5.04 4.20 6 1936 33 DET AL C 42 159 13 3 1 .983 .979 4.10 4.22 4 1937 34 DET AL C 27 108 13 0 1 1.000 .980 4.48 4.62 0 1932 29 PHA AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 1451 6414 840 111 104 .985 .980 5.00 4.13 88 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1452 6414 840 111 104 .985 .980 5.00 4.13
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    PHA CHC     W   5  15   5   6  1  0  0   0   7   0  .400  .591  .467   0  0   0   0   0 
 1930   WS    PHA STL     W   6  18   5   4  1  0  2   4   5   2  .222  .375  .611   0  1   0   1   0 
 1931   WS    PHA STL     L   7  25   2   4  0  0  0   1   5   2  .160  .300  .160   0  0   0   0   0 
 1934   WS    DET STL     L   7  28   2   6  1  0  0   1   4   3  .214  .313  .250   0  0   1   0   0 
 1935   WS    DET CHC     W   6  24   3   7  1  0  0   1   4   1  .292  .393  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        3-2  31 110  17  27  4  0  2   7  25   8  .245  .382  .336   0  1   1   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1934   DET AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1935   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1934 *
1935

Awards
1928-AL-MVP
1934-AL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1925-AL-10-0.12
1926-AL-18-0.06
1927-AL-4-0.28
1928-AL-1-0.83
1931-AL-9-0.20
1933-AL-15-0.06
1934-AL-1-0.84
1935-AL-7-0.30
Car-45-2.69 shares

Batting Average
1927 AL-.338-8
1930 AL-.357-5
1931 AL-.349-4
1933 AL-.322-8
1935 AL-.319-9
Car-.320-55

On-base %
1927 AL-.409-9
1929 AL-.412-8
1930 AL-.424-6
1931 AL-.423-7
1932 AL-.412-6
1933 AL-.459-1
1934 AL-.428-5
1935 AL-.452-3
Car-.419-21

Slugging %
1927 AL-.495-10
1931 AL-.553-7
1932 AL-.510-8
1933 AL-.515-4

OPS
1927 AL-.904-10
1930 AL-.949-8
1931 AL-.976-5
1932 AL-.921-6
1933 AL-.974-4
1935 AL-.902-7
Car-.897-65

Runs
1928 AL-92-10
1929 AL-113-10
1932 AL-118-8
1933 AL-104-6

Doubles
1930 AL-42-7

Triples
1928 AL-12-10

Home Runs
1927 AL-12-8
1931 AL-17-7
1932 AL-23-6
1933 AL-15-7

RBI
1932 AL-112-9

Bases on Balls
1928 AL-76-8
1932 AL-100-5
1933 AL-106-2
1934 AL-78-10
1935 AL-96-4

Adjusted OPS+
1930 AL-135-10
1931 AL-149-7
1932 AL-133-7
1933 AL-157-4
1935 AL-137-7

Runs Created
1931 AL-106-10
1932 AL-107-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1931 AL-34-8
1932 AL-30-7
1933 AL-43-4
1935 AL-31-7

Batting Wins
1931 AL-3.2-8
1932 AL-2.8-6
1933 AL-4.1-4
1935 AL-2.9-7

Times on Base
1932 AL-256-9

Offensive Win%
1930 AL-.718-7
1931 AL-.762-4
1932 AL-.689-8
1933 AL-.760-4
1935 AL-.671-7

Hit By Pitch
1932 AL-4-7
1933 AL-3-6
1934 AL-4-3
1935 AL-4-7

Sac. Hits
1926 AL-26-10
1927 AL-23-8
1929 AL-21-9
1930 AL-18-10

Power/Speed Number
1927 AL-10.3-9
1928 AL-8.2-10
1933 AL-10.4-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1927 AL-61.7-3
1929 AL-64.3-3
1930 AL-27.1-5
1932 AL-23.5-9
1935 AL-27.4-7
Car-23.8-58

At Bats per Home Run
1927 AL-36.0-6
1931 AL-27.0-7
1932 AL-22.5-6
1933 AL-28.6-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 77 (309) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 43.9 (107) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 136.5 (95) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 17, 1924: Traded by the Portland (PCL) to the Philadelphia Athletics for Harry Riconda, Dennis Burns, Bob Hasty, Ed Sherling, Charles Rowland (minors), and $50,000.

December 12, 1933: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Pasek and $100,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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