Aaron Cook
Aaron Lane Cook
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 8, 1979 in Ft. Campbell, KY
High School: Hamilton (Hamilton, OH)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 23 COL NL 2 1 .667 4.54 9 5 1 0 0 0 35.2 41 18 18 4 13 0 14 2 0 0 154 105 1.514 10.3 1.0 3.3 3.5 1.08
2003 24 COL NL 4 6 .400 6.02 43 16 4 1 0 0 124.0 160 89 83 8 57 7 43 8 0 10 579 83 1.750 11.6 0.6 4.1 3.1 0.75
2004 25 COL NL 6 4 .600 4.28 16 16 0 1 0 0 96.2 112 47 46 7 39 5 40 7 1 6 433 115 1.562 10.4 0.7 3.6 3.7 1.03
2005 26 COL NL 7 2 .778 3.67 13 13 0 2 0 0 83.1 101 38 34 8 16 2 24 2 0 3 357 130 1.404 10.9 0.9 1.7 2.6 1.50
2006 27 COL NL 9 15 .375 4.23 32 32 0 0 0 0 212.2 242 107 100 17 55 11 92 7 0 2 915 116 1.397 10.2 0.7 2.3 3.9 1.67
2007 28 COL NL 8 7 .533 4.12 25 25 0 2 0 0 166.0 178 87 76 15 44 6 61 6 0 0 698 116 1.337 9.7 0.8 2.4 3.3 1.39
2008 29 COL NL 16 9 .640 3.96 32 32 0 2 1 0 211.1 236 102 93 13 48 2 96 4 0 6 886 118 1.344 10.1 0.6 2.0 4.1 2.00 AS
2009 30 COL NL 11 6 .647 4.16 27 27 0 1 1 0 158.0 175 76 73 19 47 2 78 2 0 2 675 110 1.405 10.0 1.1 2.7 4.4 1.66
8 Seasons 63 50 .558 4.33 197 166 5 9 2 0 1087.2 1245 564 523 91 319 35 448 38 1 29 4697 111 1.438 10.3 0.8 2.6 3.7 1.40
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .558 4.33 37 31 1 2 0 0 204 233 106 98 17 60 7 84 7 0 5 880 111 1.438 10.3 0.8 2.6 3.7 1.40

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 28 COL NL WS L BOS 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 1.000 9.0 1.5 0.0 3.0
2009 30 COL NL NLDS L PHI 1 0 1.000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.800 12.6 0.0 3.6 7.2 2.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 1 1 .500 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 13 6 6 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 45 1.364 10.6 0.8 1.6 4.9 3.00
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.800 12.6 0.0 3.6 7.2 2.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 1.000 9.0 1.5 0.0 3.0

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 COL NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 16 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 23 COL NL 9 154 139 18 41 5 1 4 0 1 13 14 .295 .364 .432 .795 .306 60 8 2 0 0 0
2003 24 COL NL 43 579 504 89 160 29 2 8 8 1 57 43 .317 .391 .431 .822 .331 217 16 8 4 6 7
2004 25 COL NL 16 433 381 47 112 19 3 7 4 1 39 40 .294 .369 .415 .784 .313 158 14 7 5 1 5
2005 26 COL NL 13 357 335 38 101 23 0 8 3 0 16 24 .301 .334 .442 .776 .304 148 14 2 1 3 2
2006 27 COL NL 32 915 840 107 242 43 9 17 7 5 55 92 .288 .335 .421 .757 .306 354 28 7 8 5 11
2007 28 COL NL 25 698 639 87 178 38 2 15 8 2 44 61 .279 .329 .415 .744 .288 265 27 6 6 3 6
2008 29 COL NL 32 886 821 102 236 46 8 13 5 8 48 96 .287 .328 .410 .739 .311 337 29 4 9 4 2
2009 30 COL NL 27 675 617 76 175 30 5 19 4 4 47 78 .284 .333 .441 .774 .297 272 19 2 3 6 2
8 Seasons 197 4697 4276 564 1245 233 30 91 39 22 319 448 .291 .344 .424 .767 .307 1811 155 38 36 28 35
162 Game Avg. 37 880 801 106 233 44 6 17 7 4 60 84 .291 .344 .424 .767 .307 339 29 7 7 5 7
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2002 23 COL NL 9 5 2 1 2 0 1 2 3 .400 0 2 0 0 4 80% 47 67 30 3 0 1 2 4.5 4.8 6.0 82 2 3 0 0 96
2003 24 COL NL 43 16 3 6 7 1 1 4 12 .250 0 4 1 0 6 38% 39 74 8 25 10 0 8 5.5 6.3 5.4 89 4 10 2 0 107
2004 25 COL NL 16 16 6 4 6 1 1 8 8 .500 2 2 1 0 8 50% 47 69 11 12 5 0 6 5.1 5.1 6.0 92 2 7 7 0 109
2005 26 COL NL 13 13 7 2 4 1 0 9 4 .692 3 0 2 0 10 77% 48 67 14 11 6 0 4 6.2 6.4 6.4 91 2 9 2 0 118
2006 27 COL NL 32 32 9 15 8 2 7 10 22 .313 5 3 0 0 18 56% 48 74 20 24 11 0 19 4.0 4.0 6.6 97 0 19 13 0 111
2007 28 COL NL 25 25 8 7 10 1 3 10 15 .400 0 3 2 0 15 60% 48 77 19 8 5 0 10 4.8 5.4 6.6 96 3 9 13 0 119
2008 29 COL NL 32 32 16 9 7 2 0 19 13 .594 1 4 2 1 18 56% 49 81 16 11 2 0 12 5.1 4.8 6.6 96 3 17 12 0 118
2009 30 COL NL 27 27 11 6 10 0 0 14 13 .519 4 3 1 1 15 56% 49 81 12 16 5 0 15 5.3 5.9 5.9 89 8 9 10 0 114
8 Seasons 197 166 62 50 54 8 13 76 90 .458 15 21 9 2 94 57% 47 81 8 110 44 1 76 5.0 5.2 6.3 93 24 83 59 0 119
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 23 COL NL 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0.761 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 4.3 24
2003 24 COL NL 43 27 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 2 20% 7 0.850 3 6 18 7 3 17 6 21 13 3 17 2 4.1 22
2 Seasons 52 31 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 2 20% 0.831 3 7 21 9 3 19 6 25 15 3 19 2 4.1 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2002 23 COL NL 154 44% 2.6% 9.1% 8.4% 6.5% 24% 1.16 2.37 79% 26% 8.2% 13% 36 8 22%
2003 24 COL NL 579 44% 1.4% 7.4% 9.8% 6.7% 24% 1.34 2.04 79% 19% 4.6% 12% 131 16 12%
2004 25 COL NL 433 55% 1.6% 9.2% 9.0% 6.7% 26% 1.38 1.95 77% 17% 5.3% 8% 92 14 15%
2005 26 COL NL 357 56% 2.2% 6.7% 4.5% 8.7% 31% 1.52 2.55 86% 20% 6.7% 4% 61 14 23%
2006 27 COL NL 915 54% 1.9% 10.1% 6.0% 7.5% 29% 1.38 2.35 80% 19% 5.7% 5% 152 28 18%
2007 28 COL NL 698 50% 2.2% 8.7% 6.3% 7.9% 31% 1.44 2.26 81% 20% 6.8% 6% 132 27 20%
2008 29 COL NL 886 54% 1.5% 10.8% 5.4% 7.6% 28% 1.26 2.17 81% 20% 4.6% 11% 168 29 17%
2009 30 COL NL 675 54% 2.8% 11.6% 7.0% 8.0% 31% 1.36 2.14 78% 19% 8.8% 7% 114 19 17%
8 Seasons 4697 52% 1.9% 9.5% 6.8% 7.5% 28% 1.36 2.21 80% 19% 6.1% 8% 886 155 17%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 23 COL NL 154 504 3.27 299 59% 27% 6% 24% 42% 73% 0% 43% 91% 55% 6% 10 8 12% 19 8 2 29% 1 2 0 0 0
2003 24 COL NL 579 2014 3.48 1211 60% 22% 10% 30% 39% 78% 3% 47% 88% 58% 7% 38 20 17% 97 56 6 19% 12 11 0 0 0
2004 25 COL NL 433 1478 3.41 890 60% 25% 10% 26% 39% 75% 3% 45% 86% 57% 5% 22 12 15% 65 44 6 23% 10 5 0 0 0
2005 26 COL NL 357 1185 3.32 751 63% 22% 9% 27% 42% 78% 1% 49% 88% 60% 3% 9 3 14% 50 22 2 25% 5 4 0 0 0
2006 27 COL NL 915 3108 3.40 1962 63% 25% 10% 26% 39% 75% 3% 47% 86% 57% 4% 38 24 19% 172 95 15 28% 18 3 0 0 0
2007 28 COL NL 698 2404 3.44 1516 63% 25% 9% 26% 39% 75% 2% 47% 87% 61% 4% 31 16 20% 141 77 8 20% 9 10 0 0 0
2008 29 COL NL 886 3068 3.46 1992 65% 25% 9% 29% 37% 75% 0% 48% 88% 60% 4% 37 28 23% 207 125 20 27% 29 8 0 0 0
2009 30 COL NL 675 2401 3.56 1485 62% 25% 11% 27% 37% 75% 1% 47% 85% 55% 4% 25 14 16% 111 59 3 14% 14 9 0 0 0
8 Seasons 4697 16162 3.44 10106 63% 25% 10% 27% 39% 75% 2% 47% 87% 58% 4% 210 125 18% 862 486 62 23% 98 52 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2002 23 COL NL 154 41 4 0 4 0 2 4 0 3 1 4 1 2 25% 0 0 0 62 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2003 24 COL NL 579 160 16 2 8 2 22 2 6 5 3 45 25 6 56% 5 10 1 230 8 1 89% 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 18 0
2004 25 COL NL 433 112 13 0 7 0 8 3 4 4 3 24 11 3 46% 2 6 0 172 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
2005 26 COL NL 357 101 10 0 8 0 6 4 4 2 6 24 13 1 54% 5 3 0 124 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
2006 27 COL NL 915 242 14 1 17 0 14 4 13 15 2 43 23 3 53% 10 2 0 326 7 5 58% 7 4 0 1 0 0 4 1 7 0
2007 28 COL NL 698 178 17 2 15 0 14 8 7 7 8 39 19 8 49% 7 0 1 255 8 2 80% 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 4 0
2008 29 COL NL 886 236 24 1 13 0 9 7 6 6 7 41 26 4 63% 12 6 0 322 5 8 38% 5 6 0 1 0 1 4 0 12 0
2009 30 COL NL 675 175 18 1 19 0 16 9 10 6 13 40 22 4 55% 6 2 0 222 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 5 1 9 0
8 Seasons 4697 1245 116 7 91 2 91 41 50 48 43 260 140 31 54% 47 29 2 1713 39 22 64% 34 15 5 5 0 2 20 3 66 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2002 23 2 1 .667 4.54 9 5 1 0 0 0 35.2 41 18 18 4 13 0 14 2 0 0 154 105 1.514 10.3 1.0 3.3 3.5 1.08 105
2003 24 6 7 .462 5.69 52 21 5 1 0 0 159.2 201 107 101 12 70 7 57 10 0 10 733 87 1.697 11.3 0.7 3.9 3.2 0.81 87
2004 25 12 11 .522 5.16 68 37 5 2 0 0 256.1 313 154 147 19 109 12 97 17 1 16 1166 95 1.646 11.0 0.7 3.8 3.4 0.89 95
2005 26 19 13 .594 4.80 81 50 5 4 0 0 339.2 414 192 181 27 125 14 121 19 1 19 1523 102 1.587 11.0 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.97 102
2006 27 28 28 .500 4.58 113 82 5 4 0 0 552.1 656 299 281 44 180 25 213 26 1 21 2438 107 1.514 10.7 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.18 107
2007 28 36 35 .507 4.47 138 107 5 6 0 0 718.1 834 386 357 59 224 31 274 32 1 21 3136 109 1.473 10.4 0.7 2.8 3.4 1.22 109
2008 29 52 44 .542 4.36 170 139 5 8 1 0 929.2 1070 488 450 72 272 33 370 36 1 27 4022 111 1.444 10.4 0.7 2.6 3.6 1.36 111
2009 30 63 50 .558 4.33 197 166 5 9 2 0 1087.2 1245 564 523 91 319 35 448 38 1 29 4697 111 1.438 10.3 0.8 2.6 3.7 1.40 111

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2002 23 1 2 .333 4.24 34.0 38 18 16 4 12 13 2 1.471 10.1 3.2 3.4 1.08 1.1 9
2003 24 5 8 .385 4.97 125.0 145 77 69 7 52 43 7 1.576 10.4 3.7 3.1 0.83 0.5 43
2004 25 5 5 .500 3.66 96.0 102 43 39 6 36 40 6 1.438 9.6 3.4 3.8 1.11 0.6 16
2005 26 5 4 .556 3.29 82.0 95 33 30 8 15 24 2 1.341 10.4 1.6 2.6 1.60 0.9 13
2006 27 13 10 .565 3.61 212.0 223 94 85 16 51 92 6 1.292 9.5 2.2 3.9 1.80 0.7 32
2007 28 10 8 .556 3.67 162.0 165 73 66 14 41 60 6 1.272 9.2 2.3 3.3 1.46 0.8 25
2008 29 12 10 .545 3.64 205.0 221 92 83 12 45 93 4 1.298 9.7 2.0 4.1 2.07 0.5 32
2009 30 9 8 .529 3.80 154.0 166 72 65 18 45 76 2 1.370 9.7 2.6 4.4 1.69 1.1 27
8 Seasons 60 55 .522 3.81 1070.0 1155 502 453 85 297 441 35 1.357 9.7 3.7 1.48 0.7 197

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL--16--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL--.647--6th
Active--.558--36th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL--2.386--8th
2008 NL--2.044--7th
Active--2.640--30th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL--211.3--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
2007 NL--2--4th
2008 NL--2--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL--1--7th
2009 NL--1--6th

Hits s c a p y
2006 NL--242--3rd
2008 NL--236--1st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL--.719--4th
2008 NL--.554--6th
Active--.753--10th

Losses s c a p y
2006 NL--15--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2003 NL--10--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL--886--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Active--111--28th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 20 (1044), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1036), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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