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 Pitching

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
1992 22 PIT NL 2 0 1.000 3.52 11 0 8 0 0 1 23.0 22 9 9 2 4 1 10 0 0 0 91 101 1.130 8.6 0.8 1.6 3.9 2.50
1993 23 PIT NL 10 10 .500 3.89 32 32 0 3 1 0 210.2 207 101 91 22 59 4 132 3 3 3 882 103 1.263 8.8 0.9 2.5 5.6 2.24 RoY-11
1994 24 PIT NL 4 11 .267 5.02 25 23 1 2 0 0 134.1 157 79 75 21 46 7 74 5 0 3 590 86 1.511 10.5 1.4 3.1 5.0 1.61
1996 26 PIT NL 0 0 7.56 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 11 7 7 1 5 0 7 0 0 1 41 61 1.920 11.9 1.1 5.4 7.6 1.40
1997 27 PIT NL 9 15 .375 4.30 32 32 0 0 0 0 167.1 184 95 80 15 77 11 109 9 1 8 756 101 1.560 9.9 0.8 4.1 5.9 1.42
1998 28 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 23 305 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
6 Yrs 26 36 .419 4.31 104 88 10 5 1 1 549.2 585 292 263 61 191 23 335 18 4 15 2383 97 1.412 9.6 1.0 3.1 5.5 1.75
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .419 4.31 37 31 4 2 0 0 195 207 103 93 22 68 8 119 6 1 5 844 97 1.412 9.6 1.0 3.1 5.5 1.75
PIT (5 yrs) 25 36 .410 4.34 103 87 10 5 1 1 543.2 581 291 262 61 191 23 332 17 4 15 2360 96 1.420 9.6 1.0 3.2 5.5 1.74
CIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 23 305 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 4.5

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1992 22 PIT NL 23.0 11 0 9 3.52 3.86 0.00 -0.30 99.3 3.53 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.1 2 .499 .500 $
1993 23 PIT NL 210.2 32 32 101 4.31 4.55 -0.09 0.16 98.6 4.74 6 0.7 -0.1 2.1 30 .521 .504 $115,000 RoY-11
1994 24 PIT NL 134.1 25 23 79 5.29 4.76 0.23 0.16 101.5 4.75 -9 -0.9 1.6 -0.1 0.0 1 .465 .495 $187,500
1996 26 PIT NL 8.1 3 0 7 7.56 4.62 -0.30 -0.35 100.5 4.59 -3 -0.3 .5 0.0 -0.1 -2 .416 .498 $180,000
1997 27 PIT NL 167.1 32 32 95 5.11 4.67 -0.58 0.17 100.7 5.46 6 0.6 -0.1 1.8 23 .520 .504 $300,000
1998 28 CIN NL 6.0 1 1 1 1.50 4.99 0.08 0.18 104.0 5.29 3 0.3 -0.0 0.3 3 .797 .502 $300,000
6 Seasons 549.2 104 88 292 4.78 4.61 -0.16 0.14 100.1 4.91 4 0.5 .9 -0.3 4.2 57 .505 .500 $1,082,500
PIT (5 yrs) 543.2 103 87 291 4.82 4.61 -0.16 0.14 100.0 4.91 1 0.2 .9 -0.3 3.9 54 .502 .500 $782,500
CIN (1 yr) 6.0 1 1 1 1.50 4.99 0.08 0.18 104.0 5.29 3 0.3 -0.0 0.3 3 .797 .502 $300,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1992 22 PIT NL 11 91 87 9 22 6 0 2 0 0 4 10 .253 .286 .391 .677 .267 34 3 0 0 0 1 0
1993 23 PIT NL 32 882 801 101 207 58 6 22 22 9 59 132 .258 .310 .428 .738 .283 343 9 3 13 6 4 7
1994 24 PIT NL 25 590 527 79 157 29 4 21 14 3 46 74 .298 .358 .488 .846 .313 257 17 5 9 3 7 7
1996 26 PIT NL 3 41 35 7 11 5 1 1 0 0 5 7 .314 .390 .600 .990 .357 21 0 0 0 1 0 0
1997 27 PIT NL 32 756 646 95 184 40 1 15 15 12 77 109 .285 .366 .420 .786 .321 271 16 9 18 5 11 16
1998 28 CIN NL 1 23 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .182 .217 .182 .399 .211 4 1 1 0 0 0 2
6 Yrs 104 2383 2118 292 585 138 12 61 52 24 191 335 .276 .339 .439 .778 .302 930 46 18 40 15 23 32
162 Game Avg. 37 844 750 103 207 49 4 22 18 9 68 119 .276 .339 .439 .778 .302 329 16 6 14 5 8 11
MLB Averages .266 .335 .413 .747 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1992 22 PIT NL 0.4 0.0 91 0.8 1.2 -0.4 .58 0.4 1.0 2.9 0.3 0.58 0.3 3 2 4
1993 23 PIT NL 4.2 0.4 924 0.2 16.3 -16.1 1.02 0.8 -0.6 3.4 0.3 1.02 10.2 0 0 0
1994 24 PIT NL -8.7 -0.8 608 -0.3 10.9 -11.2 1.08 -0.8 0.5 -7.4 -0.7 1.08 -9.2 1 0 1
1996 26 PIT NL -2.3 -0.2 42 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .15 -0.3 -1.7 -4.3 -0.4 0.15 -2.8 0 1 2
1997 27 PIT NL -2.3 -0.2 789 -0.2 13.9 -14.1 1.08 -1.0 0.8 -4.0 -0.4 1.08 -10.9 0 0 0
1998 28 CIN NL 2.0 0.2 24 0.2 0.5 -0.3 1.08 0.2 0.0 2.1 0.2 1.08 2.1 0 0 0
6 Yrs -6.7 -0.6 2478 0.4 42.8 -42.3 1.02 -0.7 1.1 -7.3 -0.6 1.02 -10.2 4 3 7

Starting Pitching*

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
1993 23 PIT NL 32 32 10 10 12 1 2 18 14 .563 3 6 3 1 20 63% 52.0 83 25 13 2 0 15 4.6 4.7 6.6 100 3 11 13 3 125
1994 24 PIT NL 25 23 3 11 9 2 5 7 16 .304 3 5 2 0 13 57% 45.6 70 8 14 9 1 9 4.0 3.3 5.7 90 4 9 7 2 129
1997 27 PIT NL 32 32 9 15 8 0 4 10 22 .313 2 4 0 0 16 50% 47.2 78 23 29 13 0 12 3.6 3.3 5.2 84 10 13 8 0 115
1998 28 CIN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 63.0 63 63 0 0 0 1 5.6 5.4 6.0 68 1 0 0 0 68
4 Yrs 90 88 23 36 29 3 11 36 52 .409 8 15 5 1 50 57% 49 83 8 56 24 1 37 4.1 3.9 5.9 91 18 33 28 5 129
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.7 6.0 96

Reliever Pitching*

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
1992 22 PIT NL 11 11 8 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 3 0 0% 7 .581 3 2 4 4 1 6 2 9 7 1 7 0 6.3 28
1994 24 PIT NL 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.075 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5.0 28
1996 26 PIT NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 .151 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 8.3 53
3 Yrs 39 16 10 3 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 2 29% .960 4 3 7 5 2 9 5 11 10 1 10 0 6.5 33

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1992 22 PIT NL 91 25% 2.2% 11.0% 4.4% 8.8% 36% 0.62 1.03 82% 26% 4.8% 11% 14 3 21%
1993 23 PIT NL 882 17% 2.5% 15.0% 6.7% 9.8% 42% 0.77 0.96 74% 19% 6.9% 16% 121 9 7%
1994 24 PIT NL 590 18% 3.6% 12.5% 7.8% 9.2% 34% 0.97 1.48 74% 18% 10.6% 13% 112 17 15%
1996 26 PIT NL 41 27% 2.4% 17.1% 12.2% 17.1% 64% 0.71 1.00 68% 28% 8.3% 29% 7 0 0%
1997 27 PIT NL 756 19% 2.0% 14.4% 10.2% 7.4% 30% 1.40 2.26 70% 18% 7.4% 7% 141 16 11%
1998 28 CIN NL 23 26% 0.0% 13.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.71 1.14 83% 0% 0.0% 43% 6 1 17%
6 Yrs 2383 19% 2.6% 14.1% 8.0% 8.9% 36% 0.97 1.37 73% 19% 7.8% 13% 401 46 11%
MLB Averages 44% 2.5% 16.1% 8.9% 7.5% 32% 0.82 1.09 71% 21% 7.5% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1992 22 PIT NL 91 306 3.36 188 61% 29% 13% 17% 41% 71% 3% 43% 82% 53% 4% 4 2 23% 21 13 1 30% 3 1 0 0 0
1993 23 PIT NL 859 3118 3.63 1932 62% 26% 15% 25% 35% 74% 1% 46% 80% 53% 3% 25 15 19% 162 94 11 22% 28 8 23 1 3
1994 24 PIT NL 575 2040 3.55 1261 62% 27% 13% 25% 36% 73% 3% 45% 83% 53% 8% 46 31 17% 96 56 8 23% 11 8 15 0 1
1996 26 PIT NL 41 159 3.88 96 60% 13% 28% 29% 30% 88% 0% 53% 68% 56% 12% 5 3 15% 6 4 0 14% 1 2 0 0 0
1997 27 PIT NL 729 2611 3.58 1544 59% 24% 18% 23% 35% 76% 3% 45% 76% 55% 6% 45 21 16% 117 53 9 16% 15 18 27 0 3
1998 28 CIN NL 23 68 2.96 43 63% 28% 14% 14% 44% 72% 0% 46% 81% 52% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2318 8302 3.58 5064 61% 25% 16% 24% 35% 75% 2% 46% 79% 54% 5% 125 72 17% 402 220 29 20% 58 37 65 1 7
MLB Averages 3.69 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 5% 19% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1992 22 PIT NL 91 22 13 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 23 PIT NL 882 207 13 2 22 0 11 20 2 10 12 49 23 8 47% 7 3 2 295 22 9 71% 14 9 8 0 0 0 3 1 19 0
1994 24 PIT NL 590 157 20 2 21 0 15 18 3 13 8 32 18 9 56% 7 3 0 216 14 3 82% 10 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 6 0
1996 26 PIT NL 41 11 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 27 PIT NL 756 184 37 9 15 0 15 12 3 7 8 39 20 3 51% 16 8 0 305 15 12 56% 12 9 2 2 1 1 0 0 17 0
1998 28 CIN NL 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2383 585 85 13 61 0 42 52 9 30 31 124 63 20 51% 32 15 2 870 52 24 68% 36 21 15 2 1 1 5 3 45 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1992 22 2 0 1.000 3.52 11 0 8 0 0 1 23.0 22 9 9 2 4 1 10 0 0 0 91 101 1.130 8.6 0.8 1.6 3.9 2.50 101
1993 23 12 10 .545 3.85 43 32 8 3 1 1 233.2 229 110 100 24 63 5 142 3 3 3 973 103 1.250 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.5 2.25 103
1994 24 16 21 .432 4.28 68 55 9 5 1 1 368.0 386 189 175 45 109 12 216 8 3 6 1563 96 1.345 9.4 1.1 2.7 5.3 1.98 96
1995 25 16 21 .432 4.28 68 55 9 5 1 1 368.0 386 189 175 45 109 12 216 8 3 6 1563 96 1.345 9.4 1.1 2.7 5.3 1.98 96
1996 26 16 21 .432 4.35 71 55 10 5 1 1 376.1 397 196 182 46 114 12 223 8 3 7 1604 94 1.358 9.5 1.1 2.7 5.3 1.96 94
1997 27 25 36 .410 4.34 103 87 10 5 1 1 543.2 581 291 262 61 191 23 332 17 4 15 2360 96 1.420 9.6 1.0 3.2 5.5 1.74 96
1998 28 26 36 .419 4.31 104 88 10 5 1 1 549.2 585 292 263 61 191 23 335 18 4 15 2383 97 1.412 9.6 1.0 3.1 5.5 1.75 97

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1992 22 1 1 .500 4.29 21.0 24 11 10 2 4 9 0 1.333 10.3 1.7 3.9 2.25 0.9 11
1993 23 11 11 .500 4.00 205.0 206 101 91 22 59 128 3 1.293 9.0 2.6 5.6 2.17 1.0 32
1994 24 8 12 .400 4.90 182.0 214 110 99 29 63 100 7 1.522 10.6 3.1 4.9 1.59 1.4 25
1996 26 0 0 7.88 8.0 11 8 7 1 5 7 0 2.000 12.4 5.6 7.9 1.40 1.1 3
1997 27 9 9 .500 4.04 165.0 177 82 74 14 74 108 9 1.521 9.7 4.0 5.9 1.46 0.8 32
1998 28 0 0 1.29 7.0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 1
6 Yrs 29 33 .468 4.32 588.0 632 313 282 68 205 356 20 1.423 9.7 5.4 1.74 1.0 104

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y
1994 NL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1994 NL  21 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1997 NL  77 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1994 NL  11 (5th)
1997 NL  15 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1994 NL  75 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1997 NL  8 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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