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 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
1981 24 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 92 1.585 9.4 1.4 4.9 5.1 1.03
1982 25 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 45 2.206 11.1 0.0 8.7 4.0 0.45
1983 26 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 64 1.500 13.5 5.1 0.0 8.4
1985 28 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 75 1.500 10.8 1.8 2.7 3.6 1.33
4 Seasons 1 6 .143 5.27 44 3 16 0 0 0 85.1 95 55 50 14 46 6 47 1 2 3 386 76 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 76 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 78 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 75 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 64 1.500 13.5 5.1 0.0 8.4

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
1981 24 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
1982 25 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
1983 26 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
1985 28 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
4 Seasons 44 386 331 55 95 12 2 14 11 1 46 47 .287 .372 .462 .834 .296 153 9 1 4 4 6
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
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
1981 24 MIN AL 27 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41 48 33 14 6 0 2 4.1 3.0 5.0
1982 25 MIN AL 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 27 27 4 1 0 1 7.0 0.0 0.7
2 Seasons 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

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
1981 24 MIN AL 27 25 11 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 25 8 32% 8 0.983 10 6 9 2 8 15 14 11 16 7 17 3 5.8
1982 25 MIN AL 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 0.273 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 3 4 0 4 0 6.4
1983 26 TOR AL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 0.094 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 4.0
1985 28 NYY AL 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 9 0.535 1 2 3 2 1 4 3 4 2 1 2 0 4.3
4 Seasons 44 41 16 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 39 13 33% 0.774 11 8 21 4 9 28 21 20 24 9 25 3 5.5

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%
1981 24 MIN AL 262 42% 3.4% 12.6% 12.2% 5.3% 23% 0.96 70% 57 7 12%
1982 25 MIN AL 57 26% 0.0% 8.8% 19.3% 8.8% 36% 1.08 72% 11 0 0%
1983 26 TOR AL 23 30% 13.0% 21.7% 0.0% 21.7% 63% 0.57 65% 2 1 50%
1985 28 NYY AL 44 34% 4.6% 9.1% 6.8% 9.1% 33% 0.73 80% 13 1 8%
4 Seasons 386 38% 3.6% 12.2% 11.9% 7.3% 30% 0.92 71% 83 9 11%
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
1981 24 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 1 0 7 0
1982 25 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 26 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 28 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 Seasons 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 1 0 13 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+
1981 24 1 5 .167 4.30 27 2 11 0 0 0 58.2 61 33 28 9 32 4 33 1 2 1 262 92 1.585 9.4 1.4 4.9 5.1 1.03 92
1982 25 1 6 .143 5.14 33 3 13 0 0 0 70.0 75 45 40 9 43 6 38 1 2 2 319 78 1.686 9.6 1.2 5.5 4.9 0.88 78
1983 26 1 6 .143 5.26 37 3 14 0 0 0 75.1 83 49 44 12 43 6 43 1 2 2 342 77 1.673 9.9 1.4 5.1 5.1 1.00 77
1984 27 1 6 .143 5.26 37 3 14 0 0 0 75.1 83 49 44 12 43 6 43 1 2 2 342 77 1.673 9.9 1.4 5.1 5.1 1.00 77
1985 28 1 6 .143 5.27 44 3 16 0 0 0 85.1 95 55 50 14 46 6 47 1 2 3 386 76 1.652 10.0 1.5 4.9 5.0 1.02 76

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 24 4 5 .444 4.88 83.0 96 50 45 14 50 47 2 1.759 10.4 5.4 5.1 0.94 1.5 27
1982 25 0 1 .000 10.64 11.0 14 14 13 0 11 5 0 2.273 11.5 9.0 4.1 0.45 0.0 6
1983 26 0 0 4.50 8.0 0 4 4 0 0 8 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 4
1985 28 0 1 .000 7.00 9.0 13 8 7 2 3 4 0 1.778 13.0 3.0 4.0 1.33 2.0 7
4 Seasons 4 7 .364 5.59 111.0 123 76 69 16 64 64 2 1.685 10.0 5.2 1.00 1.3 44

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