Steve Cooke

Steven Montague Cooke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 14, 1970 in Lihue-Kauai, HI
High School: Tigard HS (Tigard, OR)
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 35th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed May 23, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1992
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds 1992-1998

Final Game: April 2, 1998
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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 Awards
1992 22 PIT NL 11 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 90 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1993 23 PIT NL 32 79 71 4 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 .155 .164 .183 .347 -6 13 4 1 6 1 0 1 RoY-11
1994 24 PIT NL 25 47 42 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .190 .190 .214 .405 5 9 0 0 5 0 0 1
1996 26 PIT NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1997 27 PIT NL 32 59 52 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .058 .058 .077 .135 -65 4 1 0 7 0 0 1
1998 28 CIN NL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 163 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 104 193 171 8 24 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 47 .140 .145 .164 .308 -19 28 5 1 20 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 301 266 12 37 6 0 0 11 0 0 0 73 .140 .145 .164 .308 -19 44 8 2 31 2 0
PIT (5 yrs) 103 191 169 8 23 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 47 .136 .140 .160 .300 -21 27 5 1 20 1 0
CIN (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 163 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1992 22 PIT NL 11 5 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1993 23 PIT NL 32 79 -11 0 -0 0 10 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $115,000 1 RoY-11
1994 24 PIT NL 25 47 -7 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $187,500 1
1996 26 PIT NL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $180,000 /1
1997 27 PIT NL 32 59 -14 0 -0 0 9 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.5 .484 .497 -0.5 0.0 -3 $300,000 1
1998 28 CIN NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .549 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $300,000 /1
6 Seasons 104 193 -31 0 -1 0 27 -5 -0.5 5 0 -0.4 .495 .499 -0.4 0.0 0 $1,082,500
PIT (5 yrs) 103 191 -31 0 -1 0 26 -5 -0.5 5 -0 -0.5 .495 .499 -0.5 0.0 -0 $782,500
CIN (1 yr) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .549 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $300,000

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
1992 22 PIT NL 5 4 0 0.0 92 .333 .333 .259 .333 .325 .333 .381 .667 .706 90 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1993 23 PIT NL 79 71 2 0.8 103 .200 .155 .270 .164 .335 .183 .411 .347 .746 -6 .035 -10.8 -1.1 .219 .028 .028
1994 24 PIT NL 47 39 2 1.4 110 .267 .190 .275 .190 .343 .214 .431 .405 .774 5 .089 -6.0 -0.6 .265 .024 .024
1996 26 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .273 .000 .343 .000 .428 .000 .771 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1997 27 PIT NL 59 57 0 0.0 111 .088 .058 .274 .058 .346 .077 .430 .135 .776 -65 .000 -12.9 -1.3 .080 .019 .019
1998 28 CIN NL 2 1 1 26.9 109 .500 .500 .271 .500 .342 .500 .428 1.000 .770 163 .958 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 193 173 5 0.8 107 .192 .140 .272 .145 .340 .164 .422 .308 .762 -19 .034 -29.9 -2.9 .191 .023 .023
162 Game Avg. 301 269 8 0.8 107 .192 .140 .272 .145 .340 .164 .422 .308 .762 -19 .034 -29.9 -2.9 .191 .023 .023
PIT (5 yrs) 191 172 4 0.6 107 .187 .136 .272 .140 .340 .160 .421 .300 .762 -21 .024 -30.0 -3.0 .185 .024 .024
CIN (1 yr) 2 1 1 26.9 109 .500 .500 .271 .500 .342 .500 .428 1.000 .770 163 .958 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1992 22 PIT NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 2.00 3.00 60% 20% 0.0% 0%
1993 23 PIT NL 79 0.0% 21.5% 0.0% 2.5% 18% 4.2 14.2 1.65 3.08 70% 15% 0.0% 10%
1994 24 PIT NL 47 0.0% 25.5% 0.0% 2.1% 13% 3.5 1.42 1.55 64% 14% 0.0% 25%
1996 26 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
1997 27 PIT NL 59 0.0% 30.5% 0.0% 1.7% 33% 2.9 52.0 2.20 2.90 58% 7% 0.0% 20%
1998 28 CIN NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 0.00 100% 50% 0.0% 50%
6 Yrs 193 0.0% 24.4% 0.0% 2.1% 17% 3.6 24.4 1.67 2.50 65% 13% 0.0% 18%
MLB Averages 2.5% 16.1% 8.8% 7.5% 32% 1.82 5.5 35.2 7.7 0.82 1.09 71% 21% 7.5% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1992 22 PIT NL -0.1 -0.0 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .56 -0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.06 -0.2 0
1993 23 PIT NL -10.8 -1.1 79 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .91 -1.0 0.2 -11.4 -1.1 0.95 -11.9 0
1994 24 PIT NL -6.0 -0.6 47 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 1.02 -0.7 0.0 -7.7 -0.7 0.94 -7.6 0
1996 26 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .08 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
1997 27 PIT NL -12.9 -1.3 59 -1.3 0.3 -1.6 1.11 -1.2 0.0 -14.7 -1.4 1.08 -13.7 0
1998 28 CIN NL 0.2 0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .56 0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.50 0.1 0
6 Yrs -29.9 -2.9 193 -2.7 1.4 -4.1 .98 -2.9 0.2 -33.6 -3.3 0.98 -33.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 22 PIT NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 23 PIT NL 1 0 33% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1994 24 PIT NL 0 0 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1996 26 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 27 PIT NL 1 0 67% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1998 28 CIN NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2 0 32% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 4 3 1 1 0 1 3 1 2

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
1992 22 PIT NL 5 60% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 23 PIT NL 79 16% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 13 4 31% 18 4 22% 52 6 12% 6 3 50% 0 0 0
1994 24 PIT NL 47 15% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 7 0 0% 7 2 29% 32 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 26 PIT NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 27 PIT NL 59 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 15 1 7% 16 5 31% 50 3 6% 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1998 28 CIN NL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 193 18% 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 25 20 80% 37 5 14% 43 11 26% 138 10 7% 10 3 30% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 56% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1992 22 PIT NL 5 12 2.40 8 67% 13% 25% 0% 63% 88% 0% 58% 71% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 23 PIT NL 78 227 2.91 171 75% 17% 20% 28% 35% 83% 0% 63% 76% 54% 0% 0 0 4% 3 1 3% 2 2 29% 1 0 0
1994 24 PIT NL 46 133 2.89 99 74% 15% 32% 18% 34% 85% 0% 63% 62% 65% 0% 0 0 4% 2 1 0% 0 0 42% 1 0 0
1996 26 PIT NL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1997 27 PIT NL 57 166 2.91 124 75% 21% 18% 28% 32% 78% 0% 58% 77% 58% 0% 0 0 5% 3 3 2% 1 1 41% 2 0 1
1998 28 CIN NL 2 3 1.50 3 100% 0% 0% 33% 67% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 189 542 2.87 406 75% 17% 22% 25% 35% 82% 0% 62% 73% 58% 0% 0 0 4% 8 5 2% 3 3 37% 4 0 1
MLB Averages 3.69 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 31% 5% 16% 9% 28%

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
1992 22 11 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 90 1 0 0 2 0 0
1993 23 43 84 74 4 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 17 .162 .171 .189 .360 -3 14 4 1 8 1 0
1994 24 68 131 116 6 20 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 29 .172 .178 .198 .376 0 23 4 1 13 1 0
1995 25 68 131 116 6 20 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 29 .172 .178 .198 .376 0 23 4 1 13 1 0
1996 26 71 132 117 6 20 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 29 .171 .176 .197 .373 -1 23 4 1 13 1 0
1997 27 103 191 169 8 23 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 47 .136 .140 .160 .300 -21 27 5 1 20 1 0
1998 28 104 193 171 8 24 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 47 .140 .145 .164 .308 -19 28 5 1 20 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1992 22 11 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1993 23 32 79 71 4 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 17 .155 .164 .183 .347 2 32
1994 24 35 67 60 3 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 .200 .200 .233 .433 3 25
1996 26 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1997 27 32 59 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
1998 28 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
6 Yrs 114 213 189 7 23 4 0 0 5 0 0 52 .122 .126 .143 .269 5 104
162 Game Avg. 162 303 269 10 33 6 0 0 7 0 0 74 .122 .126 .143 .269 7 104

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