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Doc Cook
Luther Almus Cook

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.
School Vanderbilt University

Debut August 7, 1913
Final Game April 25, 1916
Born June 24, 1886 in Whitt, TX
Died June 30, 1973 in Lawrenceburg, TN

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 27 NYY AL  20   72    9   19   2  1   0    1   1     10   4  .264  .369  .319  102   23   3           2    
 1914 28 NYY AL 132  470   59  133  11  3   1   40  26 32  44  60  .283  .356  .326  105  153  11           9    
 1915 29 NYY AL 132  476   70  129  16  5   2   33  29 18  62  43  .271  .364  .338  110  161   8           8    
 1916 30 NYY AL   4   10    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   2  .100  .100  .100  -40    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      288 1028  138  282  29  9   3   75  56 50 116 109  .274  .359  .329  106  338  22   0   0  19   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   78  159  16  5   2   42  32 28  65  61  .274  .359  .329  106  190  12   0   0  11   0
 Career High    132  476   70  133  16  5   2   40  29 32  62  60  .283  .364  .338  110  161  11   0   0   9   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 27 NYY AL   87   56    8   3.8    87| .264  .265| .369  .336| .319  .347| .688  .683| 102  .523   0.7   0.1     
 1914 28 NYY AL  534  380   47   3.3    82| .283  .256| .356  .330| .326  .336| .682  .665| 105  .506   4.0   0.5  44%
 1915 29 NYY AL  554  373   57   4.1    83| .271  .255| .364  .333| .338  .335| .702  .668| 110  .581   8.3   0.9  61%
 1916 30 NYY AL   10    9    0   0.0    84| .100  .259| .100  .333| .100  .338| .200  .672| -40  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1185  818  112   3.7    83| .274  .256| .359  .332| .329  .336| .688  .668| 106  .539  11.2   1.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 27 NYY AL OF 20 43 3 3 1 .939 .952 2.30 1.95 0 13 7 1914 28 NYY AL OF 127 171 15 10 2 .949 .956 1.46 1.92 1 10 115 1915 29 NYY AL OF 131 188 20 9 4 .959 .958 1.59 1.98 0 0 131 1916 30 NYY AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.03 0 0 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 27 NYY AL OF 20 43 3 3 1 .939 .952 2.30 1.95 0 13 7 1914 28 NYY AL OF 127 171 15 10 2 .949 .956 1.46 1.92 1 10 115 1915 29 NYY AL OF 131 188 20 9 4 .959 .958 1.59 1.98 0 0 131 1916 30 NYY AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.03 0 0 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 281 405 38 22 7 .953 .957 1.58 1.95 1 23 256 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 281 405 38 22 7 .953 .957 1.58 1.95
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Strikeouts
1914 AL-60-10

Singles
1914 AL-118-10

Hit By Pitch
1914 AL-9-4
1915 AL-8-5

Caught Stealing
1914 AL-32-1

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Transactions 

May 15, 1916: Purchased by the Oakland (PCL) from the New York Yankees.


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