Ron Cook

Ronald Wayne Cook

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 11, 1947 in Jefferson, TX
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1970
Team: Astros 1970-1971

Final Game: September 16, 1971
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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
1966	18	NYY-min	A	100	312	312		58	7	5	8						.186	.186	.317	.503		99						BNG · NYPL
1967	19	NYY-min	A,A-,Rk	52	144	125	11	21	4	2	1	14	3	1	15	30	.168	.266	.256	.522		32		2	1	1		FTL,ONE,JOH · FLOR,NYPL,APPY
1968	20	HOU-min	AAA	35	21	20	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.100	.143	.150	.293		3		0	0	0		OKC · PCL
1969	21	HOU-min	AAA	32	23	22	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.136	.174	.136	.310		3		1	0	0		OKC · AA
1970	22	HOU	NL	43	19	17	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	11	.235	.278	.471	.748	101	8	0	0	1	0	0	1
1971	23	HOU-min	AAA	16	35	30	1	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.200	.265	.300	.565		9		0	1	1		OKC · AA
1971	23	HOU	NL	6	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	44	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	24	HOU-min	AAA,AA	29	26	24	4	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.250	.269	.375	.644		9		0	0	1		OKC,CBS · AA,SOUL
1973	25	HOU-min	AAA	16																								DEN · AA
2 Seasons				49	27	25	3	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	14	.240	.269	.400	.669	83	10	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	89	83	10	20	0	7	0	3	0	0	3	46	.240	.269	.400	.669	83	33	0	0	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1970	22	HOU	NL	19	0	2	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	$	1
1971	23	HOU	NL	8	-1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	/1
2 Seasons				27	-1	3	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	$

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
1970	22	HOU	NL	19	14	2	3.8	100	.667	.235	.262	.278	.334	.471	.401	.748	.735	101	.413	-0.3	-0.0	.692	.294	.235
1971	23	HOU	NL	8	6	1	4.5	91	.400	.250	.257	.250	.323	.250	.377	.500	.700	44	.544	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
2 Seasons				27	20	3	4.0	97	.545	.240	.261	.269	.331	.400	.393	.669	.724	83	.453	-0.9	-0.1	.579	.200	.160
162 Game Avg.				89	66	10	4.0	97	.545	.240	.261	.269	.331	.400	.393	.669	.724	83	.453	-0.9	-0.1	.579	.200	.160

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	22	HOU	NL	19	0.0%	57.9%	5.3%	10.5%	50%	11.00	1.5		17.0		32%
1971	23	HOU	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7			2.00	63%
2 Seasons				27	0.0%	51.9%	3.7%	7.4%	33%	14.00	1.8		25.0	5.00	41%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.6%	8.9%	6.2%	28%	1.65	6.1	41.7	8.8	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1970	22	HOU	NL	-0.3	-0.0	20	0.1	0.4	-0.2	.92	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.86	0.8
1971	23	HOU	NL	-0.6	-0.1	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.15	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.92	-0.8
2 Seasons				-0.9	-0.1	28	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.99	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.88	0.0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1970	22	HOU	NL	40%	12	2	0%	2	2
1971	23	HOU	NL	50%	4	0		0	0
2 Seasons				43%	16	2	0%	2	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
1970	22	HOU	NL	19	53%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	7	1	14%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1971	23	HOU	NL	8	75%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Seasons				27	59%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	10	1	10%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			11%			30%			14%			47%			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
1970	22	43	19	17	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	11	.235	.278	.471	.748	101	8	0	0	1	0	0
1971	23	49	27	25	3	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	14	.240	.269	.400	.669	83	10	0	0	1	0	0

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	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1970	22	43	18	17	2	4	2	1	1	11	.235	.278	.471	.748	2	43
1971	23	6	9	9	2	3	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	6
2 Seasons		49	27	26	4	7	2	1	1	14	.269	.296	.423	.719	3	49
162 Game Avg.		162	89	86	13	23	7	3	3	46	.269	.296	.423	.719	10	49

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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