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Mickey Cochrane

Gordon Stanley Cochrane (Black Mike)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 6, 1903 in Bridgewater, MA
High School: Bridgewater (Bridgewater, MA)
School: Boston University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1925
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers 1925-1937

Final Game: May 25, 1937
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1947 (128/161 ballots).
   View Mickey Cochrane Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: June 28, 1962 in Lake Forest, IL
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 7, 2012, 8:01PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #90. Dick Allen… #91. Jesse Burkett… #92. Pee Wee Reese… #93. MICKEY COCHRANE… #94. Edgar Martinez… #95. Willie Keeler… #96. Joe Medwick… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1925 22 PHA AL 134 474 420 69 139 21 5 6 55 7 4 44 19 .331 .397 .448 .845 108 188 2 8 *2 MVP-10
1926 23 PHA AL 120 452 370 50 101 8 9 8 47 5 2 56 15 .273 .369 .408 .777 98 151 0 26 *2 MVP-18
1927 24 PHA AL 126 507 432 80 146 20 6 12 80 9 6 50 7 .338 .409 .495 .904 129 214 2 23 *2 MVP-4
1928 25 PHA AL 131 568 468 92 137 26 12 10 57 7 5 76 25 .293 .395 .464 .859 122 217 3 21 *2 MVP-1
1929 26 PHA AL 135 606 514 113 170 37 8 7 95 7 7 69 8 .331 .412 .475 .887 124 244 2 21 *2
1930 27 PHA AL 130 561 487 110 174 42 5 10 85 5 0 55 18 .357 .424 .526 .949 134 256 1 18 *2
1931 28 PHA AL 122 521 459 87 160 31 6 17 89 2 3 56 21 .349 .423 .553 .976 149 254 3 3 *2 MVP-9
1932 29 PHA AL 139 625 518 118 152 35 4 23 112 0 1 100 22 .293 .412 .510 .921 133 264 4 3 *2/O
1933 30 PHA AL 130 542 429 104 138 30 4 15 60 8 6 106 22 .322 .459 .515 .974 157 221 3 4 *2 MVP-15
1934 31 DET AL 129 524 437 74 140 32 1 2 76 8 4 78 26 .320 .428 .412 .840 117 180 4 5 *2 AS,MVP-1
1935 32 DET AL 115 522 411 93 131 33 3 5 47 5 5 96 15 .319 .452 .450 .902 138 185 4 11 *2 AS,MVP-7
1936 33 DET AL 44 178 126 24 34 8 0 2 17 1 1 46 15 .270 .465 .381 .846 111 48 0 6 2
1937 34 DET AL 27 126 98 27 30 10 1 2 12 0 1 25 4 .306 .452 .490 .941 135 48 1 2 2
13 Seasons 1482 6206 5169 1041 1652 333 64 119 832 64 45 857 217 .320 .419 .478 .897 128 2470 29 151
162 Game Avg. 162 678 565 114 181 36 7 13 91 7 5 94 24 .320 .419 .478 .897 128 270 3 17
PHA (9 yrs) 1167 4856 4097 823 1317 250 59 108 680 50 34 612 157 .321 .412 .490 .902 129 2009 20 127
DET (4 yrs) 315 1350 1072 218 335 83 5 11 152 14 11 245 60 .313 .444 .430 .874 126 461 9 24

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1925 22 PHA AL 474 4 1 0 0 -1 4 16 24 2.3 25 2.4 -0.1 $ *2 MVP-10
1926 23 PHA AL 452 -1 1 0 0 -1 4 14 17 1.7 18 1.8 -0.1 $ *2 MVP-18
1927 24 PHA AL 507 19 0 0 0 1 4 16 40 4.0 39 3.9 0.1 $ *2 MVP-4
1928 25 PHA AL 568 17 1 0 0 -3 4 18 37 3.7 40 4.0 -0.3 $ *2 MVP-1
1929 26 PHA AL 606 25 3 0 0 -1 4 18 49 4.8 50 4.9 -0.1 $16,000 *2
1930 27 PHA AL 561 32 3 0 0 2 4 17 58 5.5 56 5.3 0.2 $ *2
1931 28 PHA AL 521 34 -1 0 0 0 4 16 53 5.2 53 5.2 0.0 $ *2 MVP-9
1932 29 PHA AL 625 32 1 0 0 1 4 19 57 5.5 56 5.4 0.1 $ *2/O
1933 30 PHA AL 542 43 1 0 0 -1 4 17 64 6.3 65 6.4 -0.1 $ *2 MVP-15
1934 31 DET AL 524 23 -1 0 0 1 4 17 44 4.3 43 4.2 0.1 $30,000 *2 AS,MVP-1
1935 32 DET AL 522 38 0 0 0 0 4 15 57 5.6 57 5.6 0.0 $ *2 AS,MVP-7
1936 33 DET AL 178 7 -1 0 0 -1 1 6 12 1.1 13 1.2 -0.1 $ 2
1937 34 DET AL 126 7 0 0 0 1 1 4 13 1.2 12 1.2 0.0 $ 2
13 Seasons 6206 280 8 0 0 -2 46 193 525 51.2 527 51.5 -0.3 $46,000
PHA (9 yrs) 4856 205 10 0 0 -3 36 151 399 39.0 402 39.3 -0.3 $16,000
DET (4 yrs) 1350 75 -2 0 0 1 10 42 126 12.2 125 12.2 0.0 $30,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 26 PHA AL WS CHC W 5 22 15 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 .400 .591 .467 1.058 7 1 0 0 0 0
1930 27 PHA AL WS STL W 6 24 18 5 4 1 0 2 4 0 1 5 2 .222 .375 .611 .986 11 0 0 0 1 0
1931 28 PHA AL WS STL L 7 30 25 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .160 .300 .160 .460 4 1 0 0 0 0
1934 31 DET AL WS STL L 7 33 28 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 .214 .313 .250 .563 7 1 0 1 0 0
1935 32 DET AL WS CHC W 6 28 24 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .292 .393 .333 .726 8 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 31 137 110 17 27 4 0 2 7 0 1 25 8 .245 .382 .336 .719 37 3 0 1 1 0
5 WS 31 137 110 17 27 4 0 2 7 0 1 25 8 .245 .382 .336 .719 37 3 0 1 1 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1925 PHA AL 22 C 133 506 419 79 8 9 .984 3.74 .977 4.60 12 71 42 37% MVP-10
1926 PHA AL 23 C 115 607 502 90 15 9 .975 5.15 .979 4.66 8 53 45 46% MVP-18
1927 PHA AL 24 C 123 653 559 85 9 11 .986 5.24 .974 4.63 8 67 30 31% MVP-4
1928 PHA AL 25 C 130 741 645 71 25 8 .966 5.51 .976 4.71 8 66 31 32% MVP-1
1929 PHA AL 26 C 135 749 659 77 13 9 .983 5.45 .976 4.69 9 71 39 35%
1930 PHA AL 27 C 130 728 654 69 5 11 .993 5.56 .984 4.88 7 60 37 38%
1931 PHA AL 28 C 117 632 560 63 9 9 .986 5.32 .981 4.92 6 52 38 42% MVP-9
1932 PHA AL 29 C 137 751 652 94 5 15 .993 5.45 .982 4.90 11 53 49 48%
1932 PHA AL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1932 PHA AL 29 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1933 PHA AL 30 C 128 549 476 67 6 8 .989 4.24 .988 4.88 6 52 37 42% MVP-15
1934 DET AL 31 C 124 593 517 69 7 7 .988 4.73 .981 4.99 3 28 31 53% AS,MVP-1
1935 DET AL 32 C 110 560 504 50 6 6 .989 5.04 .984 4.75 6 32 22 41% AS,MVP-7
1936 DET AL 33 C 42 175 159 13 3 1 .983 4.10 .979 4.78 4 15 3 17%
1937 DET AL 34 C 27 121 108 13 0 1 1.000 4.48 .980 5.04 0 10 4 29%
13 Seasons C 1451 7365 6414 840 111 104 .985 5.00 .980 4.79 88 630 408 39%
1 Season LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
13 Seasons TOT 1452 7365 6414 840 111 104 .985 5.00 .980 4.79 88 630 408 39%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA (35.4%)
1939 BBWAA (10.2%)
1942 BBWAA (37.8%)
1945 BBWAA (50.6%)
1946 Final Ballot (24.7%)
1946 Nominating Vote (39.6%)
1947 BBWAA (79.5%)
Selected to HOF in 1947 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1934 *
1935

Awards (yr lg award)
1928 AL MVP
1934 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (10, 12%)
1926 AL (18, 6%)
1927 AL (4, 28%)
1928 AL (1, 83%)
1931 AL (9, 20%)
1933 AL (15, 6%)
1934 AL (1, 84%)
1935 AL (7, 30%)
2 MVPs
2.69 Career Shares (45th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1932 AL  5.5 (9th)
1933 AL  6.3 (6th)
Career  51.2 (234th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1927 AL  4.0 (10th)
1929 AL  4.8 (8th)
1930 AL  5.5 (9th)
1931 AL  5.2 (8th)
1932 AL  5.5 (5th)
1933 AL  6.3 (6th)
1935 AL  5.6 (7th)
Career  51.2 (161st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1927 AL  3.9 (10th)
1929 AL  4.9 (9th)
1930 AL  5.3 (9th)
1931 AL  5.2 (8th)
1932 AL  5.4 (5th)
1933 AL  6.4 (4th)
1934 AL  4.2 (10th)
1935 AL  5.6 (6th)
Career  51.5 (134th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1927 AL  .338 (8th)
1930 AL  .357 (5th)
1931 AL  .349 (4th)
1933 AL  .322 (8th)
1935 AL  .319 (9th)
Career  .320 (55th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1927 AL  .409 (9th)
1929 AL  .412 (8th)
1930 AL  .424 (6th)
1931 AL  .423 (7th)
1932 AL  .412 (6th)
1933 AL  .459 (1st)
1934 AL  .428 (5th)
1935 AL  .452 (3rd)
Career  .419 (20th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1927 AL  .495 (10th)
1931 AL  .553 (7th)
1932 AL  .510 (8th)
1933 AL  .515 (4th)
Career  .478 (198th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1927 AL  .904 (10th)
1930 AL  .949 (8th)
1931 AL  .976 (5th)
1932 AL  .921 (6th)
1933 AL  .974 (4th)
1935 AL  .902 (7th)
Career  .897 (68th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1928 AL  92 (10th)
1929 AL  113 (10th)
1932 AL  118 (8th)
1933 AL  104 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1930 AL  42 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1928 AL  12 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1927 AL  12 (8th)
1931 AL  17 (7th)
1932 AL  23 (6th)
1933 AL  15 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1932 AL  112 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1928 AL  76 (8th)
1932 AL  100 (5th)
1933 AL  106 (2nd)
1934 AL  78 (10th)
1935 AL  96 (4th)
Career  857 (192nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1930 AL  134 (10th)
1931 AL  149 (7th)
1932 AL  133 (7th)
1933 AL  157 (4th)
1935 AL  138 (6th)
Career  128 (182nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1931 AL  106 (10th)
1932 AL  107 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1931 AL  34 (8th)
1932 AL  30 (6th)
1933 AL  43 (4th)
1935 AL  32 (7th)
Career  257 (166th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1931 AL  3.2 (8th)
1932 AL  2.8 (6th)
1933 AL  4.1 (4th)
1935 AL  3.0 (7th)
Career  24.0 (190th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1932 AL  256 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1930 AL  .718 (7th)
1931 AL  .762 (4th)
1932 AL  .689 (8th)
1933 AL  .760 (4th)
1935 AL  .671 (7th)
Career  .672 (127th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1932 AL  4 (7th)
1933 AL  3 (6th)
1934 AL  4 (3rd)
1935 AL  4 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1926 AL  26 (10th)
1927 AL  23 (8th)
1929 AL  21 (9th)
1930 AL  18 (10th)
Career  151 (170th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1927 AL  10.3 (9th)
1933 AL  10.4 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1927 AL  61.7 (3rd)
1929 AL  64.3 (3rd)
1930 AL  27.1 (5th)
1932 AL  23.5 (9th)
1935 AL  27.4 (7th)
Career  23.8 (67th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1927 AL  36.0 (6th)
1931 AL  27.0 (7th)
1932 AL  22.5 (6th)
1933 AL  28.6 (5th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1925 AL  133 (1st)
1926 AL  115 (3rd)
1927 AL  123 (3rd)
1928 AL  130 (1st)
1929 AL  135 (1st)
1930 AL  130 (1st)
1931 AL  117 (3rd)
1932 AL  137 (1st)
1933 AL  128 (4th)
1934 AL  124 (2nd)
1935 AL  110 (5th)
Career  1,451 (34th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1925 AL  419 (2nd)
1926 AL  502 (1st)
1927 AL  559 (1st)
1928 AL  645 (1st)
1929 AL  659 (1st)
1930 AL  654 (1st)
1931 AL  560 (3rd)
1932 AL  652 (1st)
1933 AL  476 (5th)
1934 AL  517 (3rd)
1935 AL  504 (4th)
Career  6,414 (54th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1925 AL  79 (5th)
1926 AL  90 (2nd)
1927 AL  85 (3rd)
1928 AL  71 (3rd)
1929 AL  77 (4th)
1930 AL  69 (1st)
1932 AL  94 (1st)
1933 AL  67 (5th)
1934 AL  69 (3rd)
Career  840 (71st)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1925 AL  8 (4th)
1926 AL  15 (1st)
1927 AL  9 (4th)
1928 AL  25 (1st)
1929 AL  13 (2nd)
1931 AL  9 (4th)
1933 AL  6 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1925 AL  12 (1st)
1926 AL  8 (1st)
1927 AL  8 (2nd)
1928 AL  8 (2nd)
1929 AL  9 (1st)
1930 AL  7 (2nd)
1931 AL  6 (1st)
1932 AL  11 (1st)
1933 AL  6 (2nd)
1935 AL  6 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1925 AL  67 (2nd)
1926 AL  55 (4th)
1927 AL  64 (5th)
1928 AL  69 (1st)
1929 AL  77 (1st)
1930 AL  63 (1st)
1931 AL  50 (5th)
1932 AL  58 (1st)
1933 AL  53 (3rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1926 AL  43 (1st)
1927 AL  35 (5th)
1928 AL  33 (3rd)
1929 AL  36 (4th)
1930 AL  34 (2nd)
1931 AL  41 (2nd)
1932 AL  43 (1st)
1934 AL  32 (2nd)
1935 AL  24 (5th)
Career  408 (98th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1931 AL  45.1 (4th)
1934 AL  50.0 (1st)
1935 AL  42.9 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1925 AL  3.74 (4th)
1926 AL  5.15 (1st)
1927 AL  5.24 (1st)
1928 AL  5.51 (1st)
1929 AL  5.45 (1st)
1930 AL  5.56 (1st)
1931 AL  5.32 (2nd)
1932 AL  5.45 (2nd)
1933 AL  4.24 (5th)
1934 AL  4.73 (4th)
1935 AL  5.04 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1925 AL  .984 (2nd)
1926 AL  .975 (5th)
1927 AL  .986 (3rd)
1928 AL  .966 (5th)
1929 AL  .983 (2nd)
1930 AL  .993 (1st)
1931 AL  .986 (3rd)
1932 AL  .993 (1st)
1934 AL  .988 (3rd)
1935 AL  .989 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 77 (315), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 136 (96), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 54 (64), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Smoky Burgess (795)
  7. Lou Boudreau (776) *
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  7. Bill Dickey (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Dickey (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Dickey (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Dickey (887) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Dickey (879) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192926Philadelphia Athletics$16,0001/30/30 TSN
193431Detroit Tigers$30,0001/16/36 TSN, per government reportPlayer-manager
Career to date (may be incomplete)$46,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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