Scott Cooper

Scott Kendrick Cooper

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 13, 1967 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Pattonville HS (Maryland Heights, MO)
Drafted
by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1990
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cardinals/Royals 1990-1997
Agents: Joe Sroba, previously: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1997
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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 Awards
1990 22 BOS AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 23 BOS AL 14 37 35 6 16 4 2 0 7 0 0 2 2 .457 .486 .686 1.172 215 24 0 0 0 0 0 5
1992 24 BOS AL 123 379 337 34 93 21 0 5 33 1 1 37 33 .276 .346 .383 .729 100 129 5 0 2 2 0 35/D46
1993 25 BOS AL 156 597 526 67 147 29 3 9 63 5 2 58 81 .279 .355 .397 .752 98 209 8 5 4 3 15 *5/36 AS
1994 26 BOS AL 104 406 369 49 104 16 4 13 53 0 3 30 65 .282 .333 .453 .786 98 167 6 1 1 5 2 *5 AS
1995 27 STL NL 118 430 374 29 86 18 2 3 40 0 3 49 85 .230 .321 .313 .634 70 117 9 3 0 4 3 *5
1997 29 KCR AL 75 182 159 12 32 6 1 3 15 1 1 17 32 .201 .283 .308 .592 54 49 4 2 2 2 0 5/3D
7 Yrs 592 2032 1801 197 478 94 12 33 211 7 10 193 299 .265 .337 .386 .723 91 695 32 11 9 16 20
162 Game Avg. 162 556 493 54 131 26 3 9 58 2 3 53 82 .265 .337 .386 .723 91 190 9 3 2 4 5
BOS (5 yrs) 399 1420 1268 156 360 70 9 27 156 6 6 127 182 .284 .349 .417 .767 101 529 19 6 7 10 17
KCR (1 yr) 75 182 159 12 32 6 1 3 15 1 1 17 32 .201 .283 .308 .592 54 49 4 2 2 2 0
STL (1 yr) 118 430 374 29 86 18 2 3 40 0 3 49 85 .230 .321 .313 .634 70 117 9 3 0 4 3
AL (6 yrs) 474 1602 1427 168 392 76 10 30 171 7 7 144 214 .275 .342 .405 .747 96 578 23 8 9 12 17
NL (1 yr) 118 430 374 29 86 18 2 3 40 0 3 49 85 .230 .321 .313 .634 70 117 9 3 0 4 3

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
1990 22 BOS AL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $100,000
1991 23 BOS AL 14 37 5 0 0 -0 0 5 0.5 1 6 0.6 .535 .503 0.7 0.0 6 $100,000 5
1992 24 BOS AL 123 379 0 -1 2 1 -4 -2 -0.1 13 11 1.1 .498 .499 1.0 -0.2 10 $145,000 35/D46
1993 25 BOS AL 156 597 -4 -0 0 11 1 8 0.9 20 28 2.7 .505 .505 1.7 1.3 16 $240,000 *5/36 AS
1994 26 BOS AL 104 406 -3 -4 1 9 1 4 0.5 13 17 1.7 .504 .502 0.9 1.0 8 $500,000 *5 AS
1995 27 STL NL 118 430 -16 -2 -2 3 1 -16 -1.6 12 -4 -0.5 .486 .490 -0.8 0.4 -7 $1,525,000 *5
1997 29 KCR AL 75 182 -11 -0 -0 2 -1 -10 -0.9 6 -4 -0.4 .486 .494 -0.6 0.2 -7 $375,000 5/3D
7 Seasons 592 2032 -30 -8 1 27 -2 -11 -0.8 64 53 5.2 .498 .499 2.9 2.8 26 $2,985,000
BOS (5 yrs) 399 1420 -2 -5 3 21 -2 15 1.8 47 62 6.1 .504 .502 4.3 2.1 40 $1,085,000
KCR (1 yr) 75 182 -11 -0 -0 2 -1 -10 -0.9 6 -4 -0.4 .486 .494 -0.6 0.2 -7 $375,000
STL (1 yr) 118 430 -16 -2 -2 3 1 -16 -1.6 12 -4 -0.5 .486 .490 -0.8 0.4 -7 $1,525,000

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
1990 22 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .264 .000 .333 .000 .394 .000 .727 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1991 23 BOS AL 37 19 12 17.0 101 .485 .457 .266 .486 .335 .686 .403 1.172 .739 215 .918 5.4 0.5 1.368 .286 .229
1992 24 BOS AL 379 254 46 4.9 99 .292 .276 .266 .346 .336 .383 .395 .729 .731 100 .546 0.4 0.0 .664 .217 .107 1.7
1993 25 BOS AL 597 396 76 5.1 108 .314 .279 .274 .355 .345 .397 .418 .752 .763 98 .528 -1.3 -0.1 .707 .234 .118 6.4
1994 26 BOS AL 406 280 55 5.3 115 .307 .282 .277 .333 .350 .453 .442 .786 .792 98 .492 -2.6 -0.2 .712 .244 .171 .0
1995 27 STL NL 430 304 39 3.4 105 .286 .230 .268 .321 .337 .313 .418 .634 .755 70 .349 -14.7 -1.4 .553 .206 .083 .0
1997 29 KCR AL 182 136 14 2.8 110 .230 .201 .272 .283 .342 .308 .431 .592 .773 54 .241 -11.0 -1.0 .515 .214 .107 1.5
7 Yrs 2032 1390 242 4.7 107 .300 .265 .272 .337 .342 .386 .419 .723 .762 91 .480 -24.0 -2.3 .656 .226 .120 11.6
162 Game Avg. 556 380 66 4.7 107 .300 .265 .272 .337 .342 .386 .419 .723 .762 91 .480 -24.0 -2.3 .656 .226 .120 3
BOS (5 yrs) 1420 950 189 5.3 107 .312 .284 .272 .349 .344 .417 .418 .767 .762 101 .543 1.6 0.2 .710 .233 .133 9.8
KCR (1 yr) 182 136 14 2.8 110 .230 .201 .272 .283 .342 .308 .431 .592 .773 54 .241 -11.0 -1.0 .515 .214 .107 1.5
STL (1 yr) 430 304 39 3.5 105 .286 .230 .268 .321 .337 .313 .418 .634 .755 70 .349 -14.7 -1.4 .553 .206 .083 .0
AL (6 yrs) 1602 1086 203 5.0 108 .303 .275 .272 .342 .344 .405 .420 .747 .764 96 .511 -9.4 -0.9 .685 .231 .130 11.4
NL (1 yr) 430 304 39 3.5 105 .286 .230 .268 .321 .337 .313 .418 .634 .755 70 .349 -14.7 -1.4 .553 .206 .083 .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
1993 BOS AL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BOS AL 26 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 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
1990 22 BOS AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1991 23 BOS AL 37 0.0% 5.4% 5.4% 16.2% 38% 1.00 17.5 5.0 0.38 0.55 89% 24% 0.0% 13%
1992 24 BOS AL 379 1.3% 8.7% 9.8% 6.9% 28% 0.89 10.2 67.4 10.2 0.84 1.10 79% 22% 3.4% 10%
1993 25 BOS AL 597 1.5% 13.6% 9.7% 6.9% 28% 1.40 6.5 58.4 8.3 0.57 0.79 74% 27% 3.5% 10%
1994 26 BOS AL 406 3.2% 16.0% 7.4% 8.1% 32% 2.17 5.7 28.4 7.0 0.62 0.90 73% 24% 7.3% 5%
1995 27 STL NL 430 0.7% 19.8% 11.4% 5.4% 27% 1.73 4.4 124.7 9.4 0.61 0.80 67% 30% 1.9% 14%
1997 29 KCR AL 182 1.7% 17.6% 9.3% 5.5% 31% 1.88 5.0 53.0 10.6 0.52 0.65 69% 22% 4.4% 20%
7 Yrs 2032 1.6% 14.7% 9.5% 6.8% 29% 1.55 6.0 54.6 8.5 0.63 0.85 73% 25% 4.0% 11%
MLB Averages 2.4% 15.7% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 1.78 5.7 37.2 7.9 0.82 1.08 71% 21% 7.1% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1990 22 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0.00 1
1991 23 BOS AL 5.4 0.5 37 0.2 0.8 -0.5 .84 0.4 -0.2 5.7 0.5 0.81 5.8 0.50 2
1992 24 BOS AL 0.4 0.0 387 1.2 7.9 -6.7 1.12 0.3 0.8 3.4 0.3 0.92 3.3 2.04 15
1993 25 BOS AL -1.3 -0.1 611 0.5 10.8 -10.3 1.03 0.0 0.4 4.5 0.4 0.96 1.3 1.63 4
1994 26 BOS AL -3.2 -0.3 419 -1.4 6.1 -7.5 1.01 -0.6 -0.8 -8.9 -0.8 0.95 -7.5 1.83 2
1995 27 STL NL -15.2 -1.5 436 -2.4 6.1 -8.5 1.02 -1.7 -0.7 -19.0 -1.9 0.93 -20.6 1.24 8
1997 29 KCR AL -11.0 -1.0 186 -2.0 2.6 -4.6 1.30 -1.1 -0.4 -16.1 -1.5 0.98 -14.1 1.88 29
7 Yrs -25.1 -2.4 2077 -3.9 34.2 -38.1 1.06 -2.6 -1.0 -30.6 -2.9 0.94 -32.1 1.74 61

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1990 22 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 23 BOS AL 0 0 33% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1992 24 BOS AL 3 1 23% 165 1 1 50% 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 6 37% 24 16 8 4 2 0 7 1 5
1993 25 BOS AL 6 1 29% 227 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 14 38% 30 23 7 15 9 6 18 5 11
1994 26 BOS AL 4 0 30% 166 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 9 21% 20 16 3 11 9 2 12 6 4
1995 27 STL NL 3 0 19% 177 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 24% 22 18 4 3 3 0 9 5 4
1997 29 KCR AL 1 0 19% 55 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 25% 9 8 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
7 Yrs 17 2 25% 814 7 10 41% 5 8 2 2 0 0 4 0 25 42 31% 109 83 25 34 24 8 51 19 27

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
1990 22 BOS AL 1 100% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 23 BOS AL 37 81% 16 3 0 2 1 0 0 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 47% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1992 24 BOS AL 379 87% 93 23 0 15 5 0 0 2.04 5 0 11 4 1 2 3 0 3 2 67% 65 5 8% 30 16 53% 215 29 13% 18 12 67% 13 9 69% 0
1993 25 BOS AL 597 73% 147 9 0 4 2 0 0 1.63 9 0 16 7 2 3 6 0 5 4 80% 120 8 7% 44 13 30% 398 55 14% 31 13 42% 21 10 48% 0
1994 26 BOS AL 406 70% 104 3 0 2 0 0 0 1.83 13 1 13 10 3 9 4 0 5 1 20% 76 6 8% 45 19 42% 246 44 18% 27 19 70% 18 12 67% 0
1995 27 STL NL 430 73% 86 5 0 8 2 0 0 1.24 3 0 12 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 69 9 13% 35 13 37% 263 40 15% 24 13 54% 17 11 65% 0
1997 29 KCR AL 182 88% 32 4 0 29 5 1 1 1.88 3 0 9 2 1 3 0 0 2 2 100% 36 4 11% 20 10 50% 128 13 10% 7 4 57% 11 6 55% 0
7 Yrs 2032 77% 478 47 0 61 15 1 1 1.74 33 1 61 26 7 18 15 0 15 9 60% 366 32 9% 174 71 41% 1265 188 15% 110 63 57% 81 49 60% 0
MLB Averages 58% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1990 22 BOS AL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 33% 0% 67% 0% 67% 0% 40% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
1991 23 BOS AL 37 121 3.27 75 62% 19% 12% 25% 44% 81% 0% 50% 85% 32% 11% 4 1 22% 8 4 14% 5 4 0% 0 0 0
1992 24 BOS AL 381 1357 3.56 803 59% 24% 8% 30% 38% 76% 0% 45% 90% 27% 4% 17 0 18% 69 38 9% 36 20 24% -2 0 0
1993 25 BOS AL 592 2157 3.64 1297 60% 23% 12% 30% 35% 77% 7% 46% 84% 29% 6% 37 0 17% 100 48 6% 37 26 23% 5 0 0
1994 26 BOS AL 401 1509 3.76 967 64% 20% 16% 33% 32% 80% 1% 51% 80% 37% 3% 13 1 12% 47 26 6% 26 22 17% 5 0 2
1995 27 STL NL 386 1558 4.04 923 59% 27% 13% 32% 28% 73% 1% 43% 82% 28% 5% 19 0 17% 67 34 9% 36 24 43% 44 0 0
1997 29 KCR AL 182 731 4.02 444 61% 26% 13% 32% 29% 74% 0% 45% 83% 33% 4% 7 0 9% 16 5 9% 17 12 41% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1980 7438 3.76 4512 61% 23% 12% 31% 33% 76% 2% 46% 84% 30% 5% 97 2 16% 307 155 8% 157 108 29% 52 0 2
MLB Averages 3.67 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 28%

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
1990 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 23 16 38 36 6 16 4 2 0 7 0 0 2 3 .444 .474 .667 1.140 207 24 0 0 0 0 0
1992 24 139 417 373 40 109 25 2 5 40 1 1 39 36 .292 .357 .410 .768 110 153 5 0 2 2 0
1993 25 295 1014 899 107 256 54 5 14 103 6 3 97 117 .285 .356 .403 .759 103 362 13 5 6 5 15
1994 26 399 1420 1268 156 360 70 9 27 156 6 6 127 182 .284 .349 .417 .767 101 529 19 6 7 10 17
1995 27 517 1850 1642 185 446 88 11 30 196 6 9 176 267 .272 .343 .393 .736 94 646 28 9 7 14 20
1996 28 517 1850 1642 185 446 88 11 30 196 6 9 176 267 .272 .343 .393 .736 94 646 28 9 7 14 20
1997 29 592 2032 1801 197 478 94 12 33 211 7 10 193 299 .265 .337 .386 .723 91 695 32 11 9 16 20

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
1990 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1991 23 14 37 35 6 16 4 2 0 7 0 2 2 .457 .486 .686 1.172 12 14
1992 24 123 379 338 35 94 21 0 5 34 1 37 33 .278 .347 .385 .732 46 123
1993 25 156 589 521 63 142 28 3 9 59 5 56 81 .273 .347 .390 .737 69 156
1994 26 148 561 513 61 136 21 5 17 66 0 39 92 .265 .314 .425 .739 70 104
1995 27 133 480 419 31 95 20 2 3 43 0 54 96 .227 .317 .305 .622 40 118
1997 29 75 180 158 11 31 6 1 3 14 1 16 32 .196 .275 .304 .579 13 75
7 Yrs 651 2227 1985 207 514 100 13 37 223 7 204 337 .259 .329 .378 .707 250 592
162 Game Avg. 162 554 494 52 128 25 3 9 55 2 51 84 .259 .329 .378 .707 62 592

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 AL  15 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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