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Mort Cooper

Morton Cecil Cooper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 2, 1913 in Atherton, MO
High School: Christman HS (Independence, MO)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1938
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves/Giants/Cubs 1938-1949

Final Game: May 7, 1949
Died: November 17, 1958 in Little Rock, AR
Buried: Salem Cemetery, Independence, MO
Relatives: Brother of Walker Cooper
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All-Star

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 Awards
1938 25 STL NL 4 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .333 .556 48 3 0 0 1 /1
1939 26 STL NL 47 76 69 4 16 3 0 2 11 0 1 13 .232 .243 .362 .605 57 25 3 0 6 1
1940 27 STL NL 38 91 83 5 13 2 0 0 3 0 1 22 .157 .167 .181 .347 -6 15 3 0 7 1
1941 28 STL NL 29 75 70 4 13 0 0 0 5 0 4 10 .186 .230 .186 .415 15 13 1 0 1 1 MVP-24
1942 29 STL NL 37 113 103 6 19 1 0 0 7 0 3 21 .184 .208 .194 .402 14 20 0 0 7 1 AS,MVP-1
1943 30 STL NL 37 108 100 7 17 3 0 1 11 0 2 14 .170 .186 .230 .416 17 23 2 0 5 1 AS,MVP-5
1944 31 STL NL 34 107 94 9 19 3 0 0 13 0 7 12 .202 .257 .234 .491 37 22 2 0 4 1 MVP-9
1945 32 TOT NL 24 35 32 7 8 0 0 1 8 0 2 4 .250 .294 .344 .638 76 11 0 0 1 1
1945 32 STL NL 4 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 131 2 0 0 1 /1
1945 32 BSN NL 20 26 26 5 6 0 0 1 7 0 0 3 .231 .231 .346 .577 59 9 0 0 0 1
1946 33 BSN NL 28 77 67 5 14 1 0 1 7 0 2 14 .209 .232 .269 .501 41 18 2 0 8 1 AS
1947 34 TOT NL 18 32 27 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 1 5 .222 .276 .407 .683 80 11 1 1 3 1
1947 34 BSN NL 10 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 1 0 1 1
1947 34 NYG NL 8 17 14 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 .429 .467 .786 1.252 226 11 0 1 2 /1
1949 36 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Yrs 297 724 654 50 127 16 0 6 68 0 23 118 .194 .223 .246 .469 29 161 14 1 43
162 Game Avg. 162 395 357 27 69 9 0 3 37 0 13 64 .194 .223 .246 .469 29 88 8 1 23
STL (8 yrs) 230 589 534 37 101 13 0 3 51 0 20 96 .189 .218 .230 .449 24 123 11 0 32
BSN (3 yrs) 58 118 106 10 20 1 0 2 14 0 3 20 .189 .211 .255 .466 30 27 3 0 9
NYG (1 yr) 8 17 14 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 .429 .467 .786 1.252 226 11 0 1 2
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1938 25 STL NL 4 10 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .508 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1939 26 STL NL 47 76 -5 0 0 0 8 4 0.3 2 6 0.3 .508 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1
1940 27 STL NL 38 91 -13 0 0 0 10 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 -0.0 0 $ 1
1941 28 STL NL 29 75 -8 0 0 0 8 0 0.1 3 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1 MVP-24
1942 29 STL NL 37 113 -12 0 0 0 11 -0 -0.1 4 3 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1 AS,MVP-1
1943 30 STL NL 37 108 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 3 2 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 2 $ 1 AS,MVP-5
1944 31 STL NL 34 107 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $15,000 1 MVP-9
1945 32 STL NL 4 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .533 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $15,000 /1
1945 32 BSN NL 20 26 -2 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1946 33 BSN NL 28 77 -6 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $ 1 AS
1947 34 BSN NL 10 15 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .480 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1947 34 NYG NL 8 17 3 0 0 0 2 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .555 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $ /1
1949 36 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
11 Seasons 297 724 -65 1 0 0 72 8 0.7 23 31 0.6 .503 .500 0.7 -0.1 31 $30,000
STL (8 yrs) 230 589 -57 1 0 0 58 2 0.1 19 21 0.1 .501 .500 0.2 -0.1 21 $30,000
BSN (3 yrs) 58 118 -11 0 0 0 11 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 5 $
NYG (1 yr) 8 17 3 0 0 0 2 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .555 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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 PwrSpd
1938 25 STL NL 10 8 1 3.4 103 .333 .222 .281 .222 .345 .333 .399 .556 .745 48 .378 -0.7 -0.1 .429 .111 .111
1939 26 STL NL 76 62 6 2.6 108 .259 .232 .288 .243 .354 .362 .411 .605 .765 57 .261 -4.8 -0.5 .464 .145 .130 .0
1940 27 STL NL 91 80 3 1.0 102 .213 .157 .278 .167 .343 .181 .399 .347 .742 -6 .064 -12.5 -1.3 .219 .036 .024
1941 28 STL NL 75 59 3 1.4 100 .217 .186 .274 .230 .345 .186 .386 .415 .731 15 .115 -8.4 -0.9 .293 .057 .000
1942 29 STL NL 113 91 4 1.2 93 .232 .184 .265 .208 .338 .194 .368 .402 .706 14 .106 -11.9 -1.3 .274 .039 .010
1943 30 STL NL 108 90 4 1.2 94 .188 .170 .272 .186 .341 .230 .368 .416 .710 17 .102 -11.4 -1.2 .294 .080 .060 .0
1944 31 STL NL 107 81 6 2.0 97 .232 .202 .272 .257 .339 .234 .381 .491 .721 37 .203 -8.0 -0.8 .377 .106 .032
1945 32 TOT NL 35 25 3 3.2 97 .259 .250 .274 .294 .344 .344 .378 .638 .722 76 .371 -1.2 -0.1 .542 .156 .094 .0
1945 32 STL NL 9 5 1 5.4 99 .400 .333 .277 .500 .347 .333 .382 .833 .729 131 .602 0.5 0.0 1.000 .333 .000
1945 32 BSN NL 26 20 2 2.7 97 .227 .231 .273 .231 .343 .346 .377 .577 .720 59 .298 -1.7 -0.2 .450 .115 .115 .0
1946 33 BSN NL 77 63 4 1.7 94 .250 .209 .264 .232 .339 .269 .369 .501 .709 41 .170 -5.6 -0.6 .364 .090 .060 .0
1947 34 TOT NL 32 25 5 5.3 105 .238 .222 .274 .276 .349 .407 .406 .683 .754 80 .562 -0.9 -0.1 .591 .222 .185 .0
1947 34 BSN NL 15 15 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .071 .347 .000 .403 .071 .749 -79 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .071 .077 .000
1947 34 NYG NL 17 10 5 13.3 107 .455 .429 .275 .467 .351 .786 .408 1.252 .759 226 .873 2.5 0.2 1.500 .357 .357 .0
11 Yrs 724 584 39 1.8 98 .228 .194 .273 .223 .343 .246 .383 .469 .726 29 .176 -65.2 -6.9 .342 .087 .052 .0
162 Game Avg. 395 319 21 1.8 98 .228 .194 .273 .223 .343 .246 .383 .469 .726 29 .176 -65.2 -6.9 .342 .087 .052
STL (8 yrs) 589 476 28 1.6 98 .225 .189 .274 .218 .343 .230 .384 .449 .727 24 .146 -57.0 -6.1 .322 .079 .041 .0
BSN (3 yrs) 118 98 6 1.6 96 .214 .189 .267 .211 .341 .255 .375 .466 .716 30 .153 -10.7 -1.1 .337 .094 .066 .0
NYG (1 yr) 17 10 5 13.3 107 .455 .429 .275 .467 .351 .786 .408 1.252 .759 226 .873 2.5 0.2 1.500 .357 .357 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 29 STL NL WS NYY W 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1943 30 STL NL WS NYY L 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1944 31 STL NL WS SLB W 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 6 16 14 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 1 0 2 0 0
3 WS 6 16 14 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 1 0 2 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 STL NL 29 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 STL NL 30 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 BSN NL 32 DNP
1946 BSN NL 33 DNP
4 Yrs (2 GP) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1938 25 STL NL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 10.0% 50% 3.0 60%
1939 26 STL NL 76 2.6% 17.1% 1.3% 6.6% 31% 13.00 5.3 34.5 6.3 71%
1940 27 STL NL 91 0.0% 24.2% 1.1% 2.2% 15% 22.00 3.8 27.7 67%
1941 28 STL NL 75 0.0% 13.3% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 2.50 7.0 14.0 80%
1942 29 STL NL 113 0.0% 18.6% 2.7% 0.9% 5% 7.00 4.9 14.7 73%
1943 30 STL NL 108 0.9% 13.0% 1.9% 3.7% 24% 7.00 7.1 100.0 9.1 79%
1944 31 STL NL 107 0.0% 11.2% 6.5% 2.8% 16% 1.71 7.8 7.2 77%
1945 32 TOT NL 35 2.9% 11.4% 5.7% 2.9% 13% 2.00 8.0 32.0 4.0 77%
1945 32 STL NL 9 0.0% 11.1% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 0.50 6.0 6.0 56%
1945 32 BSN NL 26 3.9% 11.5% 0.0% 3.9% 17% 8.7 26.0 3.7 85%
1946 33 BSN NL 77 1.3% 18.2% 2.6% 2.6% 14% 7.00 4.8 67.0 9.6 68%
1947 34 TOT NL 32 3.1% 15.6% 3.1% 9.4% 50% 5.00 5.4 27.0 9.0 66%
1947 34 BSN NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 3.00 4.3 67%
1947 34 NYG NL 17 5.9% 11.8% 0.0% 17.7% 50% 7.0 14.0 4.7 65%
11 Yrs 724 0.8% 16.3% 3.2% 3.0% 17% 5.13 5.5 109.0 9.6 73%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.1% 9.2% 6.2% 26% 1.00 9.7 64.1 8.4 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1938 25 STL NL -0.7 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 26 STL NL -4.8 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 27 STL NL -12.6 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 28 STL NL -8.4 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 29 STL NL -11.9 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 30 STL NL -11.4 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 31 STL NL -8.0 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 32 TOT NL -1.2 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 32 STL NL 0.5 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 32 BSN NL -1.7 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 33 BSN NL -5.6 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 34 TOT NL -0.9 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 34 BSN NL -3.4 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 34 NYG NL 2.5 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 36 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -65.3 -6.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1938 25 4 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .333 .556 48 3 0 0 1
1939 26 51 86 78 4 18 4 0 2 11 0 1 16 .231 .241 .359 .599 56 28 3 0 7
1940 27 89 177 161 9 31 6 0 2 14 0 2 38 .193 .202 .267 .470 24 43 6 0 14
1941 28 118 252 231 13 44 6 0 2 19 0 6 48 .190 .211 .242 .453 22 56 7 0 15
1942 29 155 365 334 19 63 7 0 2 26 0 9 69 .189 .210 .228 .437 19 76 7 0 22
1943 30 192 473 434 26 80 10 0 3 37 0 11 83 .184 .204 .228 .433 19 99 9 0 27
1944 31 226 580 528 35 99 13 0 3 50 0 18 95 .188 .214 .229 .443 22 121 11 0 31
1945 32 250 615 560 42 107 13 0 4 58 0 20 99 .191 .219 .236 .455 25 132 11 0 32
1946 33 278 692 627 47 121 14 0 5 65 0 22 113 .193 .220 .239 .460 27 150 13 0 40
1947 34 296 724 654 50 127 16 0 6 68 0 23 118 .194 .223 .246 .469 29 161 14 1 43
1948 35 296 724 654 50 127 16 0 6 68 0 23 118 .194 .223 .246 .469 29 161 14 1 43
1949 36 297 724 654 50 127 16 0 6 68 0 23 118 .194 .223 .246 .469 29 161 14 1 43

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1938 25 4 11 10 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .500 .800 1 4
1939 26 49 80 73 4 17 3 0 2 11 0 1 14 .233 .243 .356 .599 6 47
1940 27 40 94 86 4 12 2 0 0 3 0 1 23 .140 .149 .163 .312 2 38
1941 28 30 78 73 4 14 0 0 0 5 0 4 10 .192 .234 .192 .426 3 29
1942 29 39 119 109 6 20 1 0 0 7 0 3 22 .183 .205 .193 .398 4 37
1943 30 39 113 106 9 19 3 0 1 13 0 2 15 .179 .194 .236 .430 5 37
1944 31 35 109 98 10 20 3 0 0 14 0 7 12 .204 .257 .235 .492 6 34
1945 32 25 36 33 7 8 0 0 1 8 0 2 4 .242 .286 .333 .619 3 24
1946 33 29 81 71 6 16 1 0 1 9 0 2 15 .225 .247 .282 .528 5 28
1947 34 19 38 31 3 9 3 0 2 3 0 2 5 .290 .371 .581 .952 5 18
10 Yrs 309 759 690 53 138 18 0 7 73 0 24 123 .200 .229 .257 .486 40 296
162 Game Avg. 162 398 362 28 72 9 0 4 38 0 13 64 .200 .229 .257 .486 21 296

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1969 BBWAA ( 0.9%)

All-Star Games
1942 (P)
1943 (P)
1945--not played
1946

Awards (yr lg award)
1942 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 NL (24, 2%)
1942 NL (1, 78%)
1943 NL (5, 39%)
1944 NL (9, 19%)
1 MVP
1.38 Career Shares (161st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1942 NL  8.1 (1st)
1943 NL  5.4 (6th)
1944 NL  5.4 (10th)

                                         

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