Steve Cooke
Steven Montague Cooke
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 229 lb.

Born: January 14, 1970 in Lihue, HI
High School: Tigard (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
Final Game: April 2, 1998
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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
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 98 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 3 882 104 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 58 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 23 288 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
6 Seasons 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 23 288 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 4.5

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
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
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
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
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
1997 27 PIT NL 32 755 646 95 184 40 1 15 15 12 77 109 .285 .366 .420 .786 .321 271 16 9 18 5 11
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
6 Seasons 104 2382 2118 292 585 138 12 61 52 24 191 335 .276 .339 .439 .778 .302 930 46 18 40 15 23
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
MLB Averages

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
1993 23 PIT NL 32 32 10 10 12 1 2 18 14 .563 3 6 3 1 20 63% 52 83 25 13 2 0 15 4.6 4.7 6.6 100 3 11 14 3 121
1994 24 PIT NL 25 23 3 11 9 2 5 7 16 .304 2 5 2 0 13 57% 46 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 1 4 0 0 16 50% 47 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 63 63 0 0 0 1 5.6 5.4 6.0 68 1 0 0 0 68
4 Seasons 90 88 23 36 29 3 11 36 52 .409 6 15 5 1 50 57% 49 83 8 56 24 1 37 4.1 3.9 5.9 91 18 33 29 5 129
MLB Averages

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
1992 22 PIT NL 11 11 8 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 3 0 0% 7 0.661 2 5 2 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 1.074 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 0.160 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 8.3 53
3 Seasons 39 16 10 3 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 2 29% 0.970 3 6 5 5 2 9 5 11 10 1 10 0 6.5 33

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%
1992 22 PIT NL 91 75% 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 83% 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 82% 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 73% 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 81% 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 74% 0.0% 13.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.71 1.14 83% 0% 0.0% 43% 6 1 17%
6 Seasons 2383 81% 2.6% 14.1% 8.0% 8.9% 36% 0.97 1.37 73% 19% 7.8% 13% 401 46 11%
MLB Averages

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
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 855 3108 3.64 1928 62% 26% 15% 25% 35% 74% 1% 46% 80% 53% 3% 25 15 19% 162 94 11 22% 28 8 27 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 725 2597 3.58 1537 59% 24% 18% 23% 35% 76% 3% 45% 76% 56% 6% 45 21 16% 116 52 9 16% 15 18 31 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 Seasons 2310 8278 3.58 5053 61% 25% 16% 24% 35% 75% 2% 46% 79% 54% 5% 125 72 17% 401 219 29 20% 58 37 73 1 7
MLB Averages

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
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 5 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 Seasons 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 7 3 45 0
MLB Averages

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+
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 98 1.130 8.6 0.8 1.6 3.9 2.50 98
1993 23 12 10 .545 3.85 43 32 8 3 1 1 233.2 229 110 100 24 63 5 142 3 3 3 973 104 1.250 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.5 2.25 104
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

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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 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 4.71 21.0 24 12 11 2 4 9 0 1.333 10.3 1.7 3.9 2.25 0.9 11
1993 23 11 11 .500 3.97 204.0 207 100 90 22 59 128 3 1.304 9.1 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 6.00 9.0 10 7 6 1 5 8 0 1.667 10.0 5.0 8.0 1.60 1.0 3
1997 27 9 9 .500 4.04 165.0 178 82 74 15 74 108 9 1.527 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 Seasons 29 33 .468 4.30 588.0 633 312 281 69 205 357 20 1.425 9.7 5.5 1.74 1.1 104

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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