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Wilbur Cooper

Arley Wilbur Cooper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 24, 1892 in Bearsville, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 1912
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Tigers 1912-1926

Final Game: July 21, 1926
Died: August 7, 1973 in Encino, CA
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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
1912 20 PIT NL 6 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 2 0 2 /1
1913 21 PIT NL 30 30 26 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .077 .172 .077 .249 -26 2 0 1 1
1914 22 PIT NL 40 97 92 5 19 1 1 0 16 0 2 17 .207 .223 .239 .463 40 22 0 3 1
1915 23 PIT NL 38 63 60 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .117 .131 .133 .264 -20 8 0 2 1
1916 24 PIT NL 44 86 79 4 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .215 .215 .241 .456 40 19 0 7 1/O
1917 25 PIT NL 41 111 103 8 21 5 1 0 5 0 6 20 .204 .248 .272 .520 57 28 0 2 1/O
1918 26 PIT NL 38 103 95 8 23 2 2 0 5 2 3 6 .242 .265 .305 .571 71 29 0 5 1
1919 27 PIT NL 36 107 101 9 29 2 2 0 7 5 4 9 .287 .321 .347 .667 97 35 1 1 1
1920 28 PIT NL 44 120 113 11 25 1 3 0 2 0 3 5 19 .221 .254 .283 .537 52 32 0 2 1
1921 29 PIT NL 38 131 122 11 31 5 2 0 9 0 1 3 7 .254 .283 .328 .611 60 40 2 4 1
1922 30 PIT NL 41 117 108 18 29 5 1 4 15 0 0 6 6 .269 .307 .444 .751 91 48 0 3 1
1923 31 PIT NL 39 115 107 9 28 3 1 0 10 2 2 5 8 .262 .295 .308 .603 58 33 0 3 1
1924 32 PIT NL 38 110 104 11 36 5 2 0 15 2 2 5 8 .346 .376 .433 .809 114 45 0 1 1
1925 33 CHC NL 32 85 82 12 17 2 1 2 10 0 1 1 4 .207 .226 .329 .555 39 27 1 1 1
1926 34 TOT MLB 16 25 22 2 7 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 .318 .375 .409 .784 109 9 0 1 1
1926 34 CHC NL 8 20 18 2 7 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 .389 .450 .500 .950 154 9 0 0 /1
1926 34 DET AL 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1 /1
15 Yrs 521 1316 1227 111 293 34 17 6 106 12 9 47 140 .239 .269 .309 .578 61 379 4 38
162 Game Avg. 162 409 382 35 91 11 5 2 33 4 15 44 .239 .269 .309 .578 61 118 1 12
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
PIT (13 yrs) 473 1206 1123 97 269 32 15 4 93 11 8 44 136 .240 .270 .305 .576 62 343 3 36
CHC (2 yrs) 40 105 100 14 24 2 2 2 12 1 1 3 4 .240 .269 .360 .629 60 36 1 1
DET (1 yr) 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
NL (15 yrs) 513 1311 1223 111 293 34 17 6 105 12 9 47 140 .240 .270 .310 .580 62 379 4 37
AL (1 yr) 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1

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
1912 20 PIT NL 6 16 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1913 21 PIT NL 30 30 -4 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $1,800 1
1914 22 PIT NL 40 97 -7 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 $ 1
1915 23 PIT NL 38 63 -8 0 0 0 5 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .490 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1916 24 PIT NL 44 86 -6 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1/O
1917 25 PIT NL 41 111 -5 0 0 0 7 2 0.3 3 6 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $ 1/O
1918 26 PIT NL 38 103 -3 -0 0 0 7 3 0.4 3 6 0.4 .511 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1
1919 27 PIT NL 36 107 -0 0 0 0 8 7 0.9 3 10 0.9 .524 .505 0.9 -0.0 10 $ 1
1920 28 PIT NL 44 120 -7 -1 0 0 9 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 $ 1
1921 29 PIT NL 38 131 -7 0 0 0 12 5 0.5 4 9 0.5 .514 .503 0.5 -0.0 9 $ 1
1922 30 PIT NL 41 117 -2 0 0 0 12 11 1.0 3 14 1.0 .525 .506 1.0 0.0 14 $ 1
1923 31 PIT NL 39 115 -6 -0 0 0 11 4 0.4 3 8 0.4 .511 .503 0.4 0.0 7 $ 1
1924 32 PIT NL 38 110 2 -0 0 0 10 12 1.1 3 15 1.1 .530 .507 1.2 -0.0 15 $ 1
1925 33 CHC NL 32 85 -8 -0 0 0 9 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1926 34 CHC NL 8 20 1 0 0 0 2 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .542 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ /1
1926 34 DET AL 8 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
15 Seasons 521 1316 -64 -1 0 0 111 47 4.8 37 84 4.6 .509 .502 4.8 -0.1 85 $1,800
PIT (13 yrs) 473 1206 -56 -0 0 0 100 44 4.5 34 78 4.3 .510 .502 4.5 -0.1 78 $1,800
CHC (2 yrs) 40 105 -6 -0 0 0 11 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .510 .501 0.4 -0.0 7 $
DET (1 yr) 8 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $

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
1912 20 PIT NL 16 13 0 0.0 99 .182 .154 .279 .214 .349 .154 .380 .368 .729 2 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .273 .077 .000
1913 21 PIT NL 30 25 0 0.0 88 .118 .077 .265 .172 .329 .077 .360 .249 .689 -26 .000 -4.2 -0.5 .208 .115 .000
1914 22 PIT NL 97 76 5 1.8 80 .253 .207 .253 .223 .320 .239 .338 .463 .659 40 .220 -7.1 -0.8 .329 .054 .033
1915 23 PIT NL 63 55 1 0.5 80 .127 .117 .255 .131 .317 .133 .341 .264 .658 -20 .030 -8.7 -1.0 .170 .033 .017
1916 24 PIT NL 86 69 4 1.6 78 .288 .215 .254 .215 .313 .241 .339 .456 .652 40 .196 -5.8 -0.7 .306 .025 .025
1917 25 PIT NL 111 84 7 2.2 81 .253 .204 .261 .248 .319 .272 .345 .520 .664 57 .326 -5.4 -0.6 .415 .126 .068
1918 26 PIT NL 103 77 8 2.8 82 .258 .242 .266 .265 .324 .305 .343 .571 .667 71 .408 -3.8 -0.4 .472 .116 .063 .0
1919 27 PIT NL 107 73 11 4.1 85 .315 .287 .269 .321 .324 .347 .353 .667 .677 97 .562 -0.7 -0.1 .625 .149 .059 .0
1920 28 PIT NL 120 93 7 2.0 93 .266 .221 .280 .254 .334 .283 .372 .537 .706 52 .238 -7.6 -0.8 .374 .080 .062
1921 29 PIT NL 131 96 11 3.1 108 .270 .254 .301 .283 .351 .328 .414 .611 .765 60 .323 -7.3 -0.7 .478 .090 .074
1922 30 PIT NL 117 82 15 4.9 113 .255 .269 .302 .307 .360 .444 .421 .751 .781 91 .496 -2.1 -0.2 .684 .231 .176 .0
1923 31 PIT NL 115 84 9 2.9 109 .283 .262 .296 .295 .355 .308 .412 .603 .767 58 .286 -6.8 -0.7 .469 .093 .047 .0
1924 32 PIT NL 110 71 16 6.0 106 .375 .346 .292 .376 .348 .433 .407 .809 .755 114 .626 2.0 0.2 .714 .135 .087 .0
1925 33 CHC NL 85 67 6 2.4 116 .197 .207 .303 .226 .361 .329 .432 .555 .793 39 .199 -8.2 -0.8 .424 .122 .122 .0
1926 34 TOT MLB 25 16 4 6.7 105 .318 .318 .289 .375 .351 .409 .401 .784 .752 109 .667 0.1 0.0 .800 .227 .091 .0
1926 34 CHC NL 20 11 4 9.7 104 .389 .389 .288 .450 .348 .500 .400 .950 .748 154 .801 1.4 0.1 1.091 .278 .111 .0
1926 34 DET AL 5 5 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .291 .000 .363 .000 .408 .000 .771 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 1316 981 104 2.8 95 .265 .239 .279 .269 .337 .309 .379 .578 .716 61 .342 -67.4 -7.3 .459 .111 .070 8.0
162 Game Avg. 409 305 32 2.8 95 .265 .239 .279 .269 .337 .309 .379 .578 .716 61 .342 -67.4 -7.3 .459 .111 .070 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (13 yrs) 1206 898 94 2.8 94 .270 .240 .277 .270 .335 .305 .375 .576 .710 62 .346 -59.3 -6.5 .456 .108 .066 5.9
CHC (2 yrs) 105 78 10 3.4 114 .234 .240 .300 .269 .358 .360 .426 .629 .785 60 .333 -6.9 -0.6 .519 .150 .120 1.3
DET (1 yr) 5 5 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .291 .000 .363 .000 .408 .000 .771 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (15 yrs) 1311 976 104 2.9 95 .266 .240 .279 .270 .337 .310 .379 .580 .716 62 .345 -66.2 -7.2 .461 .111 .070 8.0
AL (1 yr) 5 5 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .291 .000 .363 .000 .408 .000 .771 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

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
1918 26 PIT NL 103 0.0% 5.8% 2.9% 3.9% 17% 2.00 15.8 19.0 86%
1919 27 PIT NL 107 0.0% 8.4% 3.7% 3.7% 14% 2.25 11.2 14.4 86%
1920 28 PIT NL 120 0.0% 15.8% 4.2% 3.3% 16% 3.80 5.9 56.5 78%
1921 29 PIT NL 131 0.0% 5.3% 2.3% 5.3% 23% 2.33 17.4 13.6 88%
1922 30 PIT NL 117 3.4% 5.1% 5.1% 8.6% 35% 1.00 18.0 27.0 7.2 84%
1923 31 PIT NL 115 0.0% 7.0% 4.4% 3.5% 14% 1.60 13.4 10.7 86%
1924 32 PIT NL 110 0.0% 7.3% 4.6% 6.4% 19% 1.60 13.0 6.9 87%
1925 33 CHC NL 85 2.4% 4.7% 1.2% 5.9% 29% 4.00 20.5 41.0 8.2 89%
1926 34 TOT MLB 25 0.0% 0.0% 8.0% 4.0% 14% 0.00 7.3 88%
1926 34 CHC NL 20 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 5.0% 14% 0.00 9.0 90%
1926 34 DET AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 80%
15 Yrs 913 0.7% 15.3% 5.2% 6.2% 20% 2.98 8.8 204.5 11.6 118%
MLB Averages 1.2% 15.3% 13.8% 10.1% 24% 1.11 10.3 128.3 9.0 141%

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
1912 20 6 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 2 0 2
1913 21 36 46 39 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 .103 .186 .103 .289 -17 4 0 3
1914 22 76 143 131 7 23 1 1 0 18 0 0 6 28 .176 .212 .198 .410 22 26 0 6
1915 23 114 206 191 8 30 2 1 0 21 0 0 7 33 .157 .187 .178 .365 10 34 0 8
1916 24 158 292 270 12 47 4 1 0 25 0 0 7 53 .174 .195 .196 .391 18 53 0 15
1917 25 199 403 373 20 68 9 2 0 30 0 0 13 73 .182 .210 .217 .427 29 81 0 17
1918 26 237 506 468 28 91 11 4 0 35 2 0 16 79 .194 .221 .235 .456 37 110 0 22
1919 27 273 613 569 37 120 13 6 0 42 7 0 20 88 .211 .239 .255 .494 48 145 1 23
1920 28 317 733 682 48 145 14 9 0 44 7 3 25 107 .213 .242 .260 .501 49 177 1 25
1921 29 355 864 804 59 176 19 11 0 53 7 4 28 114 .219 .248 .270 .518 51 217 3 29
1922 30 396 981 912 77 205 24 12 4 68 7 4 34 120 .225 .255 .291 .546 56 265 3 32
1923 31 435 1096 1019 86 233 27 13 4 78 9 6 39 128 .229 .259 .292 .552 56 298 3 35
1924 32 473 1206 1123 97 269 32 15 4 93 11 8 44 136 .240 .270 .305 .576 62 343 3 36
1925 33 505 1291 1205 109 286 34 16 6 103 11 9 45 140 .237 .267 .307 .574 60 370 4 37
1926 34 521 1316 1227 111 293 34 17 6 106 12 9 47 140 .239 .269 .309 .578 61 379 4 38

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
1912 20 6 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 6
1913 21 31 31 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 30
1914 22 42 103 98 6 22 1 1 0 20 0 2 18 .224 .240 .255 .495 6 40
1915 23 39 65 62 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 .113 .127 .129 .256 1 38
1916 24 46 91 84 5 20 2 0 0 5 0 0 21 .238 .238 .262 .500 5 44
1917 25 43 118 109 10 24 6 1 0 6 0 7 21 .220 .267 .294 .561 8 41
1918 26 48 134 124 12 32 3 3 0 7 3 4 8 .258 .281 .331 .612 11 38
1919 27 42 127 120 12 37 3 3 0 10 6 5 10 .308 .341 .383 .725 15 36
1920 28 46 129 121 13 28 1 3 0 2 0 6 20 .231 .268 .289 .557 9 44
1921 29 40 136 127 11 31 5 2 0 9 0 3 7 .244 .273 .315 .588 11 38
1922 30 43 120 111 17 28 5 1 4 14 0 6 6 .252 .291 .423 .714 14 41
1923 31 41 119 111 9 28 3 1 0 10 2 5 8 .252 .284 .297 .582 9 39
1924 32 40 115 109 11 37 5 2 0 15 2 5 8 .339 .368 .422 .790 17 38
1925 33 34 88 85 11 16 2 1 2 9 0 1 4 .188 .207 .306 .513 5 32
1926 34 17 27 24 2 8 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 .333 .385 .417 .801 4 16
15 Yrs 558 1420 1326 120 318 37 19 6 113 14 51 147 .240 .270 .310 .580 115 521
162 Game Avg. 162 412 385 35 92 11 6 2 33 4 15 43 .240 .270 .310 .580 33 521

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1948 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1949 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1953 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1954 BBWAA ( 2.8%)
1955 BBWAA ( 4.4%)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1916 NL  6.0 (4th)
1917 NL  7.0 (4th)
1918 NL  4.8 (5th)
1919 NL  4.9 (8th)
1920 NL  5.9 (6th)
1921 NL  4.8 (6th)
1922 NL  7.1 (2nd)
Career  51.8 (224th)

                           

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