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Jay Hook
James Wesley Hook

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 182 lb.
School Northwestern University

Debut September 3, 1957
vs. STL 2.3 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Final Game May 3, 1964
Born November 18, 1936 in Waukegan, IL

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1957 20 CIN NL   0   1   3   2   0   0   0  0   10.0    6    7    5   0    8    6   0   1    45   0   0  4.50  4.07   91 1.400
 1958 21 CIN NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    3.0    3    4    4   2    2    5   0   0    14   0   0 12.00  4.15   35 1.667
 1959 22 CIN NL   5   5  17  15   4   0   1  0   79.0   79   46   45  11   39   37   3   1   341   1   0  5.13  4.07   79 1.494
 1960 23 CIN NL  11  18  36  33  10   2   1  0  222.0  222  119  111  31   73  103   5   2   939   7   0  4.50  3.84   85 1.329
 1961 24 CIN NL   1   3  22   5   0   0   3  0   62.7   83   55   54  14   22   36   5   1   291   2   0  7.76  4.07   52 1.676
 1962 25 NYM NL   8  19  37  34  13   0   2  0  213.7  230  137  115  31   71  113   8   9   938   4   0  4.84  4.14   85 1.409
 1963 26 NYM NL   4  14  41  20   3   0  13  1  152.7  168  104   93  21   53   89   9   6   672   2   0  5.48  3.45   63 1.448
 1964 27 NYM NL   0   1   3   2   0   0   0  0    9.7   17   10   10   2    7    5   0   2    51   0   0  9.31  3.54   38 2.483
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .319  29  62 160 112  30   2  20  1  752.7  808  482  437 112  275  394  30  22  3291  16   0  5.23  3.89   74 1.439
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  15  40  28   7   0   5  0  188.0  202  120  109  28   68   98   7   5   822   4   0  5.23  3.89   74 1.439
 Career High     11  19  41  34  13   2  13  1  222.0  230  137  115  31   73  113   9   9   939   7   0  4.50  4.14   85 1.329

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 20 CIN NL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 21 CIN NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 22 CIN NL  19   24    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   9  .125  .160  .125  -24    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1960 23 CIN NL  36   72    3    6   0  0   0    3   0  0   7  24  .083  .165  .083  -30    6   6   0   0   0   1
 1961 24 CIN NL  22   15    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .133  .133  .133  -29    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 25 NYM NL  41   69    6   14   0  0   0    5   0  0   8  24  .203  .286  .203   34   14   6   0   0   0   0
 1963 26 NYM NL  41   38    4    9   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  13  .237  .268  .263   54   10   2   1   0   0   1
 1964 27 NYM NL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      166  225   16   34   1  0   0   10   0  0  18  77  .151  .213  .156    2   35  16   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        220   16   33   1  0   0   10   0  0  18  75  .151  .213  .156    2   34  16   1   0   0   2
 Career High     41   72    6   14   1  0   0    5   0  0   8  24                          14   6   1   0   0   1

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 20 CIN NL    3    3    0   0.0   108| .000  .275| .000  .340| .000  .426| .000  .766|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1958 21 CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .277| .000  .346| .000  .432| .000  .778|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1959 22 CIN NL   27   23    1   1.2   108| .125  .275| .160  .341| .125  .425| .285  .766| -24  .074  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1960 23 CIN NL   85   73    2   0.7   101| .083  .265| .165  .332| .083  .407| .248  .739| -30  .037 -13.3  -1.4   0%
 1961 24 CIN NL   15   13    0   0.0   107| .133  .272| .133  .339| .133  .424| .266  .763| -29  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1962 25 NYM NL   83   61    5   2.2   103| .203  .270| .286  .337| .203  .410| .489  .747|  34  .207  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1963 26 NYM NL   43   33    3   2.4    89| .237  .254| .268  .316| .263  .380| .531  .696|  54  .298  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1964 27 NYM NL    3    3    0   0.0    91| .000  .260| .000  .317| .000  .386| .000  .703|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       260  210   11   1.4   101| .151  .266| .213  .332| .156  .406| .369  .739|   2  .111 -31.0  -3.1   0%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1957 20 CIN NL   P    3      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.00  0.83  2.70  2.07    2   10.0
 1958 21 CIN NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  2.10    1    3.0
 1959 22 CIN NL   P   17      7    8    1    2  .938  .955  0.88  0.82  1.71  1.99   15   79.0
 1960 23 CIN NL   P   36     19   30    1    5  .980  .963  1.36  0.87  1.99  2.09   33  222.0
 1961 24 CIN NL   P   22     10    4    0    0 1.000  .959  0.64  0.88  2.01  2.18    5   62.7
 1962 25 NYM NL   P   37     22   31    3    2  .946  .948  1.43  0.82  2.23  2.07   34  213.7
 1963 26 NYM NL   P   41     11   20    3    1  .912  .951  0.76  0.84  1.83  2.06   20  152.7
 1964 27 NYM NL   P    3      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  0.83  3.71  2.13    2    9.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1957 20 CIN NL   P    3      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.00  0.83  2.70  2.07    2   10.0
 1958 21 CIN NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  2.10    1    3.0
 1959 22 CIN NL   P   17      7    8    1    2  .938  .955  0.88  0.82  1.71  1.99   15   79.0
 1960 23 CIN NL   P   36     19   30    1    5  .980  .963  1.36  0.87  1.99  2.09   33  222.0
 1961 24 CIN NL   P   22     10    4    0    0 1.000  .959  0.64  0.88  2.01  2.18    5   62.7
 1962 25 NYM NL   P   37     22   31    3    2  .946  .948  1.43  0.82  2.23  2.07   34  213.7
 1963 26 NYM NL   P   41     11   20    3    1  .912  .951  0.76  0.84  1.83  2.06   20  152.7
 1964 27 NYM NL   P    3      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  0.83  3.71  2.13    2    9.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 160     72   97    8   10  .955  .955  1.06  0.84  2.02  2.08  112  752.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       160     72   97    8   10  .955  .955  1.06  0.84  2.02  2.08  112    753

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.

Games Started
1960 NL-33-9

Comp. Games
1962 NL-13-9

Home Runs Allow.
1960 NL-31-1
1962 NL-31-4

Hits Allowed
1960 NL-222-10

Losses
1960 NL-18-2
1962 NL-19-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1960 NL-111-2
1962 NL-115-4
1963 NL-93-5

Wild Pitches
1962 NL-9-8

Hit Batsmen
1962 NL-8-8
1963 NL-9-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1633) (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.

Transactions
August 17, 1957: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).
October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1961 expansion draft.
May 8, 1964: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy McMillan. The New York Mets sent Adrian Garrett (June 17, 1964) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.
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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Games Started 1960 NL-33-9	Comp. Games 1962 NL-13-9	Home Runs Allow. 1960 NL-31-1 1962 NL-31-4	Hits Allowed 1960 NL-222-10	Losses 1960 NL-18-2 1962 NL-19-5	Earned Runs Allow. 1960 NL-111-2 1962 NL-115-4 1963 NL-93-5
Wild Pitches 1962 NL-9-8	Hit Batsmen 1962 NL-8-8 1963 NL-9-6