Don Cooper
Donald James Cooper
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 15, 1957 in New York, NY
School: New York Institute of Technology
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1981
Final Game: June 2, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 MIN AL 24 P 27 2 58.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.07 0.26 .957 1.98 0.81
1982 MIN AL 25 P 6 1 11.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.33 .950 1.83 0.73
1983 TOR AL 26 P 4 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.86 0.72
1985 NYY AL 28 P 7 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.89 0.70
4 Seasons P 44 3 85.1 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.95 0.20 .956 1.94 0.77
4 Seasons TOT 44 3 85.1 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.95 0.20 .956 1.94 0.77

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 MIN AL 24 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIN AL 25 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOR AL 26 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYY AL 28 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 44 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1981 MIN AL 24 275 76% 21% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 MIN AL 25 61 74% 23% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOR AL 26 23 78% 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYY AL 28 45 84% 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 404 77% 21% 7 100% 0 2 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 93% 91%

* 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.

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