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Don Cooper

Donald James Cooper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 15, 1956 in New York, NY
Schools: New York City College of Technology (Brooklyn, NY), New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury, NY)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1981 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Yankees/BlueJays 1981-1985

Final Game: June 2, 1985 (Age 29)
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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
1978	22	NYY-min	A,A-	3	5	.375	2.62	15	11		3	1	1	72.0	59	34	21	1	30	1	34	2	1	2			1.236	7.4	0.1	3.8	4.2	1.13	FTL,ONE · FLOR,NYPL
1979	23	NYY-min	AA,AAA	6	4	.600	4.62	36	0		0	0	8	72.0	68	42	37	7	41	9	58	1	0	11			1.514	8.5	0.9	5.1	7.2	1.41	WHA,CLB · EL,IL
1980	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	12	7	.632	1.93	44	4		0	0	8	98.0	73	29	21	7	45	5	91	2	0	5			1.204	6.7	0.6	4.1	8.4	2.02	NVL,CLB · SOUL,IL
1981	25	MIN	AL	1	5	.167	4.30	27	2	11	0	0	0	58.2	61	33	28	9	32	4	33	1	2	1	262	93	1.585	9.4	1.4	4.9	5.1	1.03
1982	26	MIN-min	AAA	12	10	.545	4.64	28	28	0	4	1	0	176.2	196	105	91	19	69	2	125	3	0	9			1.500	10.0	1.0	3.5	6.4	1.81	TOL · IL
1982	26	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	9.53	6	1	2	0	0	0	11.1	14	12	12	0	11	2	5	0	0	1	57	46	2.206	11.1	0.0	8.7	4.0	0.45
1983	27	TOR-min	AAA	10	5	.667	3.21	46	1	41	0	0	22	87.0	69	33	31	7	33	2	73	3	1	2			1.172	7.1	0.7	3.4	7.6	2.21	SYR · IL
1983	27	TOR	AL	0	0		6.75	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	8	4	4	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	23	68	1.500	13.5	5.1	0.0	8.4

1984	28	NYY-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.17	41	3	25	0	0	9	88.0	81	42	31	8	31	3	62	1	2	2			1.273	8.3	0.8	3.2	6.3	2.00	CLB · IL
1985	29	NYY-min	AAA	7	3	.700	2.37	33	4	25	0	0	10	68.1	61	23	18	7	21	1	59	0	1	1			1.200	8.0	0.9	2.8	7.8	2.81	CLB · IL
1985	29	NYY	AL	0	0		5.40	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	12	6	6	2	3	0	4	0	0	1	44	77	1.500	10.8	1.8	2.7	3.6	1.33
1986	30	TOR-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.80	32	6	14	0	0	4	68.2	64	30	29	11	28	1	42	0	1	4			1.340	8.4	1.4	3.7	5.5	1.50	SYR · IL
1987	31	BAL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.82	14	3	3	0	0	2	37.2	39	16	16	2	14	2	22	0	1	3			1.407	9.3	0.5	3.3	5.3	1.57	ROC · IL
4 Yrs				1	6	.143	5.27	44	3	16	0	0	0	85.1	95	55	50	14	46	6	47	1	2	3	386	78	1.652	10.0	1.5	4.9	5.0	1.02
162 Game Avg.				1	9	.143	5.27	64	4	23	0	0	0	123	137	80	72	20	67	9	68	1	3	4	558	78	1.652	10.0	1.5	4.9	5.0	1.02

MIN (2 yrs)				1	6	.143	5.14	33	3	13	0	0	0	70.0	75	45	40	9	43	6	38	1	2	2	319	79	1.686	9.6	1.2	5.5	4.9	0.88
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	12	6	6	2	3	0	4	0	0	1	44	77	1.500	10.8	1.8	2.7	3.6	1.33
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	8	4	4	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	23	68	1.500	13.5	5.1	0.0	8.4

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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%
1981	25	MIN	AL	58.2	27	2	33	5.06	4.22	-0.17	-0.26	110.8	4.58	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.1	0.1	2	.488	.498
1982	26	MIN	AL	11.1	6	1	12	9.53	4.54	0.39	-0.33	102.1	3.90	-7	-0.7	.3	0.2	-0.4	-6	.389	.496
1983	27	TOR	AL	5.1	4	0	4	6.75	4.37	0.23	-0.35	106.1	4.02	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-1	.459	.499

1985	29	NYY	AL	10.0	7	0	6	5.40	4.31	0.19	-0.34	102.4	3.88	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.476	.499
4 Seasons				85.1	44	3	55	5.80	4.28	-0.03	-0.28	108.3	4.38	-13	-1.3	.9	0.1	-0.4	-6	.470	.498

MIN (2 yrs)				70.0	33	3	45	5.79	4.27	-0.08	-0.27	109.3	4.47	-10	-1.0	1.1	0.1	-0.3	-4	.470	.497
NYY (1 yr)				10.0	7	0	6	5.40	4.31	0.19	-0.34	102.4	3.88	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.476	.499
TOR (1 yr)				5.1	4	0	4	6.75	4.37	0.23	-0.35	106.1	4.02	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-1	.459	.499

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
1981	25	MIN	AL	27	262	223	33	61	4	1	9	8	1	32	33	.274	.364	.422	.786	.284	94	7	1	4	2	4	1
1982	26	MIN	AL	6	57	45	12	14	5	0	0	3	0	11	5	.311	.439	.422	.861	.341	19	0	0	0	1	2	0
1983	27	TOR	AL	4	23	23	4	8	1	1	3	0	0	0	5	.348	.348	.870	1.217	.333	20	1	0	0	0	0	0

1985	29	NYY	AL	7	44	40	6	12	2	0	2	0	0	3	4	.300	.341	.500	.841	.286	20	1	0	0	1	0	0
4 Yrs				44	386	331	55	95	12	2	14	11	1	46	47	.287	.372	.462	.834	.296	153	9	1	4	4	6	1
162 Game Avg.				64	558	479	80	137	17	3	20	16	1	67	68	.287	.372	.462	.834	.296	221	13	1	6	6	9	1
MLB Averages																.259	.323	.386	.709	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1981	25	MIN	AL	-2.6	-0.3	275	-0.7	4.1	-4.7	.95	-0.7	-0.0	-3.5	-0.4	0.95	-5.0	10	5	10
1982	26	MIN	AL	-5.7	-0.5	61	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.25	-0.4	-1.3	-6.7	-0.6	0.25	-4.2	0	0	5
1983	27	TOR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	23	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.08	-0.4	0.2	-0.5	-0.1	0.08	-2.6	0	0	4

1985	29	NYY	AL	-1.1	-0.1	45	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	.52	-0.1	-0.2	-1.2	-0.1	0.52	-0.7	1	2	3
4 Yrs				-10.4	-1.0	404	-1.2	4.6	-5.8	.75	-1.5	-0.1	-11.9	-1.1	0.75	-12.5	11	7	22

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
1981	25	MIN	AL	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	40.5	48	33	14	6	0	2	4.1	3.0	5.0
1982	26	MIN	AL	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.0	27	27	4	1	0	1	7.0	0.0	0.7
2 Yrs				33	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	36	48	27	18	7	0	3	5.1	2.7	3.6
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-12					4.3	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1981	25	MIN	AL	27	25	11	1	4	0	0	0	2	2	25	8	32%	8	.947	10	5	10	2	8	15	14	11	16	7	17	3	5.8
1982	26	MIN	AL	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	7	.255	0	0	5	0	0	5	2	3	4	0	4	0	6.4
1983	27	TOR	AL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0%	4	.084	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	2	0	4.0

1985	29	NYY	AL	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	50%	9	.516	1	2	3	2	1	4	3	4	2	1	2	0	4.3
4 Yrs				44	41	16	1	4	0	0	0	2	2	39	13	33%		.744	11	7	22	4	9	28	21	20	24	9	25	3	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1981	25	MIN	AL	262	58%	3.4%	12.6%	12.2%	5.3%	23%	0.96	70%	57	7	12%
1982	26	MIN	AL	57	74%	0.0%	8.8%	19.3%	8.8%	36%	1.08	72%	11	0	0%
1983	27	TOR	AL	23	70%	13.0%	21.7%	0.0%	21.7%	63%	0.57	65%	2	1	50%

1985	29	NYY	AL	44	66%	4.6%	9.1%	6.8%	9.1%	33%	0.73	80%	13	1	8%
4 Yrs				386	62%	3.6%	12.2%	11.9%	7.3%	30%	0.92	71%	83	9	11%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.5%	8.4%	6.6%	29%	1.08	75%			11%

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
1981	25	MIN	AL	262	61			9	2	9	6	3	7	2	15	7	3	47%	1	1	1	110	8	1	89%	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1982	26	MIN	AL	57	14			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	8	4	1	50%	0	1	0	21	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1983	27	TOR	AL	23	8			3	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1985	29	NYY	AL	44	12			2	0	1	1	1	2	0	8	4	1	50%	0	1	0	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Yrs				386	95			14	2	14	9	5	10	4	31	15	5	48%	1	3	1	158	11	1	92%	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1981	25	1	5	.167	4.30	27	2	11	58.2	61	33	28	9	32	4	33	1	2	1	262	93	1.585	9.4	1.4	4.9	5.1	1.03	93
1982	26	1	6	.143	5.14	33	3	13	70.0	75	45	40	9	43	6	38	1	2	2	319	79	1.686	9.6	1.2	5.5	4.9	0.88	79
1983	27	1	6	.143	5.26	37	3	14	75.1	83	49	44	12	43	6	43	1	2	2	342	78	1.673	9.9	1.4	5.1	5.1	1.00	78
1984	28	1	6	.143	5.26	37	3	14	75.1	83	49	44	12	43	6	43	1	2	2	342	78	1.673	9.9	1.4	5.1	5.1	1.00	78
1985	29	1	6	.143	5.27	44	3	16	85.1	95	55	50	14	46	6	47	1	2	3	386	78	1.652	10.0	1.5	4.9	5.0	1.02	78

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
1981	25	4	5	.444	4.99	83.0	96	51	46	14	50	47	2	1.759	10.4	5.4	5.1	0.94	1.5	27
1982	26	0	1	.000	9.82	11.0	14	13	12	0	11	5	0	2.273	11.5	9.0	4.1	0.45	0.0	6
1983	27	0	0		4.50	8.0	0	4	4	0	0	7	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	7.9		0.0	4

1985	29	0	1	.000	5.40	10.0	12	7	6	2	3	4	0	1.500	10.8	2.7	3.6	1.33	1.8	7
4 Yrs		4	7	.364	5.46	112.0	122	75	68	16	64	63	2	1.661	9.8		5.1	0.98	1.3	44

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