Cliff Cook

Raymond Clifford Cook

Positions: Third Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 20, 1936 in Dallas, TX
High School: Sunset (Dallas, TX)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1959
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds/Redlegs 1959-1963

Final Game: July 10, 1963
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Standard Batting

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
1955	18	CIN-min	D	111	428	428		123	26	4	23						.287	.287	.528	.815		226						DGS,MOU · GASL,GAFL
1956	19	CIN-min	C	124	458	458		129	18	3	20						.282	.282	.465	.747		213						WAU · NORL
1957	20	CIN-min	C,A	128	442	442		104	23	2	19						.235	.235	.425	.661		188						WAU,SAV · NORL,SALL
1958	21	CIN-min	A	147	556	556		132	22	8	32						.237	.237	.478	.716		266						ABQ · WL
1959	22	CIN-min	A	129	509	451	73	115	15	3	32	100	1		47	98	.255	.321	.514	.836		232		1	2	8	5	SAV · SALL
1959	22	CIN	NL	9	24	21	3	8	2	1	0	5	1	0	2	8	.381	.435	.571	1.006	162	12	0	0	1	0	1	/5
1960	23	CIN-min	AA	104	446	413	65	128	32	6	19	76	2		33	95	.310	.361	.554	.915		229						NVL · SOUA
1960	23	CIN	NL	54	161	149	9	31	7	0	3	13	0	0	8	51	.208	.247	.315	.562	52	47	1	0	3	1	1	5/78
1961	24	CIN-min	AAA	145	583	515	102	160	33	7	32	119	3		68	120	.311	.391	.588	.979		303						INA · AA
1961	24	CIN	NL	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1962	25	TEX/NYM-min	AAA	36	126	115	17	29	5	3	5	26	0	1	7	26	.252	.302	.478	.780		55		2	0	2		SYR · IL
1962	25	TOT	NL	46	125	117	12	26	6	1	2	9	1	0	4	36	.222	.264	.342	.606	62	40	0	3	0	1	0	59
1962	25	CIN	NL	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1962	25	NYM	NL	40	120	112	12	26	6	1	2	9	1	0	4	34	.232	.275	.357	.632	69	40	0	3	0	1	0	59
1963	26	NYM-min	AAA	48	184	164	22	43	10	0	8	27	0	2	20	56	.262	.342	.470	.812		77						BFL · IL
1963	26	NYM	NL	50	120	106	9	15	2	1	2	8	0	1	12	37	.142	.229	.236	.465	34	25	1	0	2	0	4	9/5738
1964	27	NYM-min	AAA	86	266	244	23	54	4	0	5	26	0	0	18	52	.221	.278	.299	.577		73		2	0	2		BFL · IL
5 Seasons				163	435	398	33	80	17	3	7	35	2	1	26	136	.201	.254	.312	.566	55	124	2	3	6	2	6
162 Game Avg.				162	432	396	33	80	17	3	7	35	2	1	26	135	.201	.254	.312	.566	55	123	2	3	6	2	6

CIN (4 yrs)				73	195	180	12	39	9	1	3	18	1	0	10	65	.217	.257	.328	.584	57	59	1	0	4	1	2
NYM (2 yrs)				90	240	218	21	41	8	2	4	17	1	1	16	71	.188	.252	.298	.550	53	65	1	3	2	1	4

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
1959	22	CIN	NL	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$	/5
1960	23	CIN	NL	161	-11	-1	2	1	-3	1	6	-5	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$	5/78
1961	24	CIN	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/5
1962	25	CIN	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/5
1962	25	NYM	NL	119	-6	2	-1	1	-8	0	4	-7	-0.7	0	0.0	-0.7	$	59
1963	26	NYM	NL	120	-8	0	1	0	1	-1	4	-2	-0.3	-4	-0.5	0.2	$	9/5738
5 Seasons				434	-25	1	2	2	-9	0	15	-13	-1.5	-5	-0.6	-0.9	$

CIN (4 yrs)				195	-11	-1	2	1	-2	1	7	-4	-0.5	-1	-0.1	-0.4	$
NYM (2 yrs)				239	-14	2	0	1	-7	-1	8	-9	-1.0	-4	-0.5	-0.5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1959	22	CIN	NL	24	14	6	11.5	108	.615	.381	.275	.435	.342	.571	.426	1.006	.767	162	.840	1.9	0.2	1.154	.333	.190	.0
1960	23	CIN	NL	161	123	12	2.6	101	.292	.208	.266	.247	.332	.315	.407	.562	.739	52	.283	-10.3	-1.0	.462	.161	.107	.0
1961	24	CIN	NL	5	5	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.272	.000	.339	.000	.424	.000	.764	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1962	25	TOT	NL	125	92	12	3.5	103	.300	.222	.270	.264	.338	.342	.410	.606	.748	62	.380	-6.6	-0.7	.527	.162	.120	1.3
1962	25	CIN	NL	5	5	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.000	.343	.000	.417	.000	.760	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1962	25	NYM	NL	120	87	12	3.7	103	.312	.232	.270	.275	.337	.357	.410	.632	.747	69	.404	-5.2	-0.5	.558	.170	.125	1.3
1963	26	NYM	NL	120	95	6	1.7	89	.194	.142	.254	.229	.316	.236	.380	.465	.696	34	.179	-9.2	-1.0	.387	.198	.094	.0
5 Seasons				435	329	36	2.9	99	.284	.201	.264	.254	.330	.312	.402	.566	.732	55	.332	-25.6	-2.7	.480	.178	.111	3.1
162 Game Avg.				432	327	36	2.9	99	.284	.201	.264	.254	.330	.312	.402	.566	.732	55	.332	-25.6	-2.7	.480	.178	.111	3

CIN (4 yrs)				195	147	18	3.3	102	.319	.217	.267	.257	.333	.328	.410	.584	.744	57	.369	-11.3	-1.2	.493	.172	.111	1.5
NYM (2 yrs)				240	182	18	2.7	96	.257	.188	.262	.252	.327	.298	.395	.550	.722	53	.298	-14.4	-1.5	.469	.183	.110	1.6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	22	CIN	NL	24	0.0%	33.3%	8.3%	12.5%	38%	4.00	2.6		4.2	5.00	54%
1960	23	CIN	NL	161	1.9%	31.7%	5.0%	6.2%	32%	6.38	2.9	49.7	11.5	0.86	60%
1961	24	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	20%
1962	25	TOT	NL	125	1.6%	28.8%	3.2%	7.2%	35%	9.00	3.3	58.5	13.0	0.58	64%
1962	25	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			2.00	60%
1962	25	NYM	NL	120	1.7%	28.3%	3.3%	7.5%	35%	8.50	3.3	56.0	12.4	0.54	64%
1963	26	NYM	NL	120	1.7%	30.8%	10.0%	4.2%	33%	3.08	2.9	53.0	13.3	0.57	56%
5 Seasons				435	1.6%	31.3%	6.0%	6.2%	34%	5.23	2.9	56.9	11.4	0.71	59%
MLB Averages					2.4%	14.1%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.63	6.3	37.9	8.4	1.04	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	22	CIN	NL	1.9	0.2	25	0.4	0.6	-0.3	.93	0.3	0.1	3.5	0.3	0.99	2.9		0
1960	23	CIN	NL	-10.3	-1.0	162	-1.8	1.8	-3.6	1.14	-1.0	-0.6	-9.8	-1.0	1.01	-8.0		0
1961	24	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.43	-0.1	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.17	-1.4	0.70	3
1962	25	TOT	NL	-6.6	-0.7	128	-1.2	1.4	-2.6	1.05	-0.4	-0.7	-10.1	-1.0	1.00	-5.1	0.84	14
1962	25	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.78	-1.6	0.58	2
1962	25	NYM	NL	-5.2	-0.5	123	-1.1	1.4	-2.6	1.08	-0.3	-0.7	-8.8	-0.9	1.01	-3.4	0.88	12
1963	26	NYM	NL	-9.2	-1.0	123	-1.2	1.3	-2.6	1.06	-0.8	-0.3	-10.3	-1.1	0.99	-8.8	0.95	19
5 Seasons				-25.6	-2.7	443	-3.8	5.2	-9.1	1.07	-2.0	-1.6	-28.3	-3.0	1.00	-20.3	0.88	36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	22	CIN	NL	0	30%	11	1	0	100%	1	0	1	2	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	23	CIN	NL	5	17%	62	0	0		0	0	3	2	33%	12	7	4	1	1	0	2	0	1
1961	24	CIN	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	25	TOT	NL	0	32%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	2	7	67%	5	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	1
1962	25	CIN	NL	0		4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	25	NYM	NL	0	32%	23	1	0	100%	1	0	2	7	67%	5	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	1
1963	26	NYM	NL	2	28%	28	0	1	0%	0	1	1	2	83%	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	2
5 Seasons				7	26%	128	2	1	67%	2	1	7	13	47%	24	13	10	4	2	2	6	1	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1959	22	CIN	NL	24	42%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	1	1	100%	19	5	26%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1960	23	CIN	NL	161	34%	31			0	0	0	0		3	0	7	2	1	2	1	0	3	3	100%	40	1	3%	18	5	28%	117	11	9%	12	5	42%	3	2	67%	0
1961	24	CIN	NL	5	40%	0			3	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	25	TOT	NL	124	34%	26			14	4	0	1	0.84	2	0	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		31	0	0%	15	2	13%	97	7	7%	9	4	44%	6	1	17%	0
1962	25	CIN	NL	5	20%	0			2	0	0	0	0.58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1962	25	NYM	NL	119	34%	26			12	4	0	1	0.88	2	0	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		30	0	0%	14	2	14%	95	7	7%	8	4	50%	6	1	17%	0
1963	26	NYM	NL	120	67%	15			19	4	0	2	0.95	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	100%	29	1	3%	16	3	19%	79	7	9%	9	1	11%	5	1	20%	0
5 Seasons				434	44%	80			36	8	0	3	0.88	7	0	18	4	3	3	4	0	6	6	100%	108	2	2%	50	11	22%	316	30	9%	32	11	34%	15	5	33%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1959	22	9	24	21	3	8	2	1	0	5	1	0	2	8	.381	.435	.571	1.006	162	12	0	0	1	0	1
1960	23	63	185	170	12	39	9	1	3	18	1	0	10	59	.229	.271	.347	.618	66	59	1	0	4	1	2
1961	24	67	190	175	12	39	9	1	3	18	1	0	10	63	.223	.263	.337	.601	61	59	1	0	4	1	2
1962	25	113	315	292	24	65	15	2	5	27	2	0	14	99	.223	.264	.339	.603	61	99	1	3	4	2	2
1963	26	163	435	398	33	80	17	3	7	35	2	1	26	136	.201	.254	.312	.566	55	124	2	3	6	2	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	22	9	24	22	3	8	2	1	0	5	1	2	8	.364	.417	.545	.962	5	9
1960	23	56	166	156	10	33	7	0	3	14	0	9	53	.212	.253	.314	.567	13	54
1961	24	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1962	25	46	125	117	12	26	6	1	2	9	1	4	36	.222	.264	.342	.606	10	46
1963	26	50	122	108	11	17	2	1	2	10	0	14	37	.157	.254	.250	.504	7	50
5 Seasons		165	442	408	36	84	17	3	7	38	2	29	138	.206	.262	.314	.576	35	163
162 Game Avg.		162	434	401	35	82	17	3	7	37	2	28	135	.206	.262	.314	.576	34	163

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