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Wilbur Cooper
Arley Wilbur Cooper
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 24, 1892 in Bearsville, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 1912
Final Game: July 21, 1926
Died: August 7, 1973 in Encino, CA
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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
1912 20 PIT NL 3 0 1.000 1.66 6 4 2 3 2 0 38.0 32 7 7 1 15 30 0 0 1 158 197 1.237 7.6 0.2 3.6 7.1 2.00
1913 21 PIT NL 5 3 .625 3.29 30 9 15 3 1 0 93.0 98 52 34 0 45 39 2 0 4 414 91 1.538 9.5 0.0 4.4 3.8 0.87
1914 22 PIT NL 16 15 .516 2.13 40 34 4 19 0 0 266.2 246 99 63 4 79 102 5 0 4 1097 124 1.219 8.3 0.1 2.7 3.4 1.29
1915 23 PIT NL 5 16 .238 3.30 38 21 14 11 1 4 185.2 180 92 68 4 52 71 9 0 8 778 82 1.250 8.7 0.2 2.5 3.4 1.37
1916 24 PIT NL 12 11 .522 1.87 42 23 14 16 2 2 246.0 189 72 51 4 74 111 4 0 3 984 143 1.069 6.9 0.1 2.7 4.1 1.50
1917 25 PIT NL 17 11 .607 2.36 40 34 5 23 7 1 297.2 276 96 78 4 54 99 4 0 1 1159 120 1.109 8.3 0.1 1.6 3.0 1.83
1918 26 PIT NL 19 14 .576 2.11 38 29 9 26 2 3 273.1 219 86 64 2 65 117 10 0 4 1078 136 1.039 7.2 0.1 2.1 3.9 1.80
1919 27 PIT NL 19 13 .594 2.67 35 32 3 27 4 1 286.2 229 97 85 10 74 106 15 0 5 1147 113 1.057 7.2 0.3 2.3 3.3 1.43
1920 28 PIT NL 24 15 .615 2.39 44 37 6 28 3 2 327.0 307 113 87 4 52 114 11 0 1 1312 135 1.098 8.4 0.1 1.4 3.1 2.19
1921 29 PIT NL 22 14 .611 3.25 38 38 0 29 2 0 327.0 341 145 118 9 80 134 10 0 4 1377 118 1.287 9.4 0.2 2.2 3.7 1.68
1922 30 PIT NL 23 14 .622 3.18 41 37 3 27 4 0 294.2 330 130 104 13 61 129 7 0 4 1251 129 1.327 10.1 0.4 1.9 3.9 2.11
1923 31 PIT NL 17 19 .472 3.57 39 38 1 26 1 0 294.2 331 136 117 11 71 77 11 0 2 1259 112 1.364 10.1 0.3 2.2 2.4 1.08
1924 32 PIT NL 20 14 .588 3.28 38 35 3 25 4 1 268.2 296 116 98 13 40 62 5 0 2 1109 117 1.251 9.9 0.4 1.3 2.1 1.55
1925 33 CHC NL 12 14 .462 4.28 32 26 5 13 0 0 212.1 249 115 101 18 61 41 4 0 1 936 102 1.460 10.6 0.8 2.6 1.7 0.67
1926 34 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 5.77 16 11 0 3 2 0 68.2 92 50 44 6 30 20 3 0 0 318 68 1.777 12.1 0.8 3.9 2.6 0.67
1926 34 CHC NL 2 1 .667 4.42 8 8 0 3 2 0 55.0 65 32 27 6 21 18 0 0 0 240 87 1.564 10.6 1.0 3.4 2.9 0.86
1926 34 DET AL 0 4 .000 11.20 8 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 27 18 17 0 9 2 3 0 0 78 36 2.634 17.8 0.0 5.9 1.3 0.22
15 Seasons 216 178 .548 2.89 517 408 84 279 35 14 3480.0 3415 1406 1119 103 853 1252 100 0 44 14377 116 1.226 8.8 0.3 2.2 3.2 1.47
162 Game Avg. 16 13 .548 2.89 38 30 6 21 3 1 256 251 103 82 8 63 92 7 0 3 1057 116 1.226 8.8 0.3 2.2 3.2 1.47
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
PIT (13 yrs) 202 159 .560 2.74 469 371 79 263 33 14 3199.0 3074 1241 974 79 762 1191 93 0 43 13123 120 1.199 8.6 0.2 2.1 3.4 1.56
CHC (2 yrs) 14 15 .483 4.31 40 34 5 16 2 0 267.1 314 147 128 24 82 59 4 0 1 1176 99 1.481 10.6 0.8 2.8 2.0 0.72
DET (1 yr) 0 4 .000 11.20 8 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 27 18 17 0 9 2 3 0 0 78 36 2.634 17.8 0.0 5.9 1.3 0.22
NL (15 yrs) 216 174 .554 2.86 509 405 84 279 35 14 3466.1 3388 1388 1102 103 844 1250 97 0 44 14299 117 1.221 8.8 0.3 2.2 3.2 1.48
AL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 11.20 8 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 27 18 17 0 9 2 3 0 0 78 36 2.634 17.8 0.0 5.9 1.3 0.22

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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 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 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 20 .215 .215 .241 .456 39 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 72 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 59 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 90 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 .784 108 9 0 1 1
1926 34 CHC NL 8 20 18 2 7 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 .389 .450 .500 .950 153 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 Seasons 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 59 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1912 PIT NL 20 P 6 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.33 .950 1.55
1913 PIT NL 21 P 30 20 0 18 2 1 .900 0.60 .960 1.57
1914 PIT NL 22 P 40 92 12 72 8 2 .913 2.10 .945 1.65
1915 PIT NL 23 P 38 70 6 58 6 0 .914 1.68 .954 1.68
1916 PIT NL 24 P 42 78 15 58 5 2 .936 1.74 .960 1.63
1916 PIT NL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1-0-0
1917 PIT NL 25 P 40 85 11 71 3 4 .965 2.05 .961 1.78
1917 PIT NL 25 OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.10 0-0-1
1918 PIT NL 26 P 38 72 4 68 0 0 1.000 1.89 .964 2.03
1919 PIT NL 27 P 35 72 4 63 5 0 .931 1.91 .961 1.89
1920 PIT NL 28 P 44 87 11 75 1 2 .989 1.95 .955 1.75
1921 PIT NL 29 P 38 81 10 68 3 4 .963 2.05 .953 1.52
1922 PIT NL 30 P 41 62 7 55 0 5 1.000 1.51 .955 1.29
1923 PIT NL 31 P 39 76 11 63 2 2 .974 1.90 .958 1.34
1924 PIT NL 32 P 38 61 6 51 4 4 .934 1.50 .966 1.42
1925 CHC NL 33 P 32 47 4 42 1 1 .979 1.44 .955 1.35
1926 TOT MLB 34 P 16 17 1 15 1 0 .941 1.00 .959 1.39
1926 CHC NL 34 P 8 13 1 11 1 0 .923 1.50 .962 1.39
1926 DET AL 34 P 8 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.50 .950 1.39
15 Seasons P 517 928 102 785 41 27 .956 1.72 .957 1.60
2 Seasons OF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.05 1-0-1
15 Seasons TOT 519 929 102 785 42 27 .955 1.71 .912 1.60 1-0-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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%)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1914 NL  2.126 (6th)
1916 NL  1.866 (4th)
1918 NL  2.107 (3rd)
1920 NL  2.395 (4th)
1921 NL  3.248 (8th)
1922 NL  3.176 (4th)
Career  2.894 (136th)

Wins s c a p y
1917 NL  17 (8th)
1918 NL  19 (3rd)
1919 NL  19 (4th)
1920 NL  24 (2nd)
1921 NL  22 (1st)
1922 NL  23 (2nd)
1923 NL  17 (10th)
1924 NL  20 (3rd)
Career  216 (82nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1920 NL  .615 (7th)
1921 NL  .611 (8th)
1922 NL  .622 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1918 NL  1.039 (3rd)
1919 NL  1.057 (7th)
1920 NL  1.098 (2nd)
1922 NL  1.327 (10th)
Career  1.226 (195th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 NL  6.915 (3rd)
1918 NL  7.211 (3rd)
1919 NL  7.189 (2nd)
1920 NL  8.450 (9th)
1921 NL  9.385 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 NL  1.633 (7th)
1920 NL  1.431 (2nd)
1922 NL  1.863 (7th)
1923 NL  2.169 (6th)
1924 NL  1.340 (3rd)
Career  2.206 (157th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1918 NL  3.852 (2nd)
1919 NL  3.328 (10th)
1921 NL  3.688 (2nd)
1922 NL  3.940 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1916 NL  42 (8th)
1918 NL  38 (2nd)
1919 NL  35 (9th)
1920 NL  44 (4th)
1924 NL  38 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1915 NL  4 (3rd)
1916 NL  2 (8th)
1918 NL  3 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1917 NL  297.7 (4th)
1918 NL  273.3 (3rd)
1919 NL  286.7 (3rd)
1920 NL  327.0 (2nd)
1921 NL  327.0 (1st)
1922 NL  294.7 (2nd)
1923 NL  294.7 (7th)
1924 NL  268.7 (3rd)
Career  3480.0 (73rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1918 NL  117 (2nd)
1919 NL  106 (5th)
1920 NL  114 (6th)
1921 NL  134 (2nd)
1922 NL  129 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1917 NL  34 (9th)
1918 NL  29 (8th)
1919 NL  32 (3rd)
1920 NL  37 (3rd)
1921 NL  38 (1st)
1922 NL  37 (2nd)
1923 NL  38 (1st)
1924 NL  35 (2nd)
Career  408 (111th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1917 NL  23 (8th)
1918 NL  26 (3rd)
1919 NL  27 (1st)
1920 NL  28 (2nd)
1921 NL  29 (2nd)
1922 NL  27 (1st)
1923 NL  26 (4th)
1924 NL  25 (3rd)
Career  279 (53rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1917 NL  7 (2nd)
1919 NL  4 (5th)
1921 NL  2 (9th)
1922 NL  4 (3rd)
1924 NL  4 (1st)
1926 NL  2 (10th)
Career  35 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1919 NL  10 (1st)
1922 NL  13 (8th)
1924 NL  13 (7th)
1925 NL  18 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1916 NL  74 (7th)
1918 NL  65 (9th)
1919 NL  74 (4th)
1921 NL  80 (4th)
Career  853 (187th)

Hits s c a p y
1917 NL  276 (4th)
1918 NL  219 (6th)
1919 NL  229 (6th)
1920 NL  307 (3rd)
1921 NL  341 (1st)
1922 NL  330 (2nd)
1923 NL  331 (4th)
1924 NL  296 (2nd)
Career  3415 (74th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1917 NL  1.833 (10th)
1918 NL  1.800 (4th)
1920 NL  2.192 (4th)
1921 NL  1.675 (7th)
1922 NL  2.115 (2nd)
1924 NL  1.550 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL  .135 (7th)
1918 NL  .066 (8th)
1920 NL  .110 (5th)
1921 NL  .248 (8th)
Career  .266 (239th)

Losses s c a p y
1915 NL  16 (9th)
1918 NL  14 (7th)
1919 NL  13 (8th)
1920 NL  15 (9th)
1921 NL  14 (10th)
1922 NL  14 (10th)
1923 NL  19 (1st)
1924 NL  14 (9th)
1925 NL  14 (9th)
Career  178 (76th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1917 NL  78 (9th)
1919 NL  85 (1st)
1921 NL  118 (1st)
1923 NL  117 (4th)
1924 NL  98 (10th)
Career  1119 (162nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1915 NL  8 (4th)
1918 NL  4 (9th)
1919 NL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1915 NL  9 (10th)
1918 NL  10 (3rd)
1919 NL  15 (1st)
1920 NL  11 (2nd)
1921 NL  10 (3rd)
1922 NL  7 (9th)
1923 NL  11 (1st)
Career  100 (63rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1917 NL  1159 (7th)
1918 NL  1078 (3rd)
1919 NL  1147 (3rd)
1920 NL  1312 (2nd)
1921 NL  1377 (1st)
1922 NL  1251 (2nd)
1923 NL  1259 (6th)
1924 NL  1109 (3rd)
Career  14377 (66th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1913 NL  15 (7th)
1915 NL  14 (8th)
1916 NL  14 (8th)
1918 NL  9 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1914 NL  124 (6th)
1916 NL  143 (3rd)
1917 NL  120 (9th)
1918 NL  136 (3rd)
1920 NL  135 (4th)
1921 NL  118 (8th)
1922 NL  129 (4th)
Career  116 (181st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 17 (120), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 173 (66), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 76 (151), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 25, 1912: Traded by Columbus (American Association) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for 2 players to be named.

October 27, 1924: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Charlie Grimm and Rabbit Maranville to the Chicago Cubs for Vic Aldridge, George Grantham and Al Niehaus.

June 7, 1926: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Chicago Cubs.

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