Mort Cooper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: March 2, 1913 in Atherton, MO us

Died: November 17, 1958 in Little Rock, AR

Buried: Salem Cemetery, Independence, MO

High School: William Chrisman HS (Independence, MO)

Debut: September 14, 1938 (Age 25-196d, 8,525th in major league history)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 8 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: May 7, 1949 (Age 36-066d)
vs. BRO 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Morton Cecil Cooper

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Relatives: Brother of Walker Cooper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.6

128

ERA

2.97

295

239

1840.2

913

WHIP

1.215

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-19 / in Starts: 13-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 6

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	50	2	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	4	3	4	0	0	0	4.50	5.00	27	9	9	0	1	5	40			0	0	0	22	2	0	2	1	0	0	.94	-0.166	2.11	-0.22%	-1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
2	51	4	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	4.80	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.53	0.534	11.97	0.59%	1.38	9b -23 1 out a1	9b end a 1
3	52	6	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	GS-4		3	3.1	6	5	5	4	3	0	0	7.20	4.80	20	4	3	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.365	2.32	-0.42%	-3.99	1b start a 3	4b --3 1 out a1
4	53	10	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8		3	7.1	12	5	5	5	3	2	0	6.75	6.05	39	8	13	3	5	10	32			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.48	-0.192	2.52	-0.20%	-1.17	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	54	22	May 13	STL	@	CIN	T,8-8	GS-5		13	4.2	8	7	7	1	1	0	1	8.18	5.59	23	5	7	1	0	8	20			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.527	1.53	-0.38%	-3.85	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d1
6	55	27	May 19	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	GS-6		5	5.1	6	5	5	5	3	1	0	8.23	5.89	26	4	9	0	3	5	34			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.389	1.16	-0.19%	-2.30	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d1
7	56	31	May 26	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	6	7.0	11	4	4	2	2	0	0	7.60	5.36	34	8	11	2	0	11	39			1	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	.54	-0.157	.50	-0.09%	-0.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	57	38	Jun 4	STL		BRO	L,1-10	GS-1	L(0-3)	8	0.2	2	5	5	3	0	1	0	8.74	5.94	7	2	0	0	0	2	25			0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	-0.365	.71	-0.11%	-4.59	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d5
9	58	43	Jun 9(1)	STL		NYG	L,9-11	GS-5		4	5.0	9	7	7	2	1	1	0	9.23	6.00	25	5	9	0	1	8	20			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.441	.17	-0.06%	-4.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
10	59	47	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	W,14-1	CG	W(1-3)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	7.71	5.41	32	10	12	0	3	4	77			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.175	.04	0.01%	3.18	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a13
11	60	51	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	7-GF(11)	W(2-3)	2	5.0	3	1	1	4	3	1	0	7.17	5.53	22	3	9	0	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	0.416	.40	0.04%	1.62	7b --- 0 out d1	11b end a 2
12	61	53	Jun 22	STL	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	10	2	2	1	2	0	0	6.43	5.16	36	8	15	1	5	10	60			0	1	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	.58	0.280	.10	0.03%	2.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
13	62	56	Jun 26	STL	@	NYG	L,9-10	7-9	BS(1)	3	1.2	3	1	1	3	1	1	0	6.40	5.41	13	6	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	2.42	-0.283	.47	-0.03%	-1.60	7b -2- 2 out a2	9b 12- 1 out tie
14	63	58	Jun 30(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.62	5.07	31	6	16	0	0	5	79			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.825	.18	0.06%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	64	62	Jul 4(1)	STL		CHC	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-4)	3	5.2	7	3	1	3	6	0	0	5.33	4.89	27	11	0	0	0	7	50			0	1	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.38	-0.163	.18	-0.01%	-0.70	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d2
16	65	68	Jul 7(2)	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	L(4-5)	2	9.0	5	4	1	2	2	1	0	4.89	4.86	33	11	13	2	0	5	67			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.34	-0.164	.01	0.00%	0.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
17	66	71	Jul 13(2)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(5-5)	5	9.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.72	4.70	36						62						33	1	0			0
18	67	76	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,0-3	CG	L(5-6)	3	9.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.57	4.61	37						60						33	2	1			0
19	68	81	Jul 21(2)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	5	2	1	5	6	0	0	4.29	4.51	38	9	13	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.00	0.314	.03	0.01%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	69	84	Jul 27(1)	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	8-GF	S(2)	5	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.22	4.50	8	0	4	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.268	.05	0.00%	1.44	8b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
21	70	87	Jul 28(2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG(8)	L(6-7)	0	8.0	13	7	6	2	2	0	1	4.38	4.44	39	7	14	2	0	13	30			1	1	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	.78	-0.269	.03	-0.01%	-2.81	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	71	92	Aug 2(1)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	8	4	4	0	5	2	0	4.39	4.47	31	10	8	0	2	8	55			1	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.100	.04	0.00%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
23	72	97	Aug 6	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(6-8)	3	8.0	7	3	2	4	1	0	1	4.27	4.48	38	13	12	0	5	7	55			0	0	0	32	2	0	2	0	0	2	1.12	-0.017	.13	0.00%	0.87	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
24	73	99	Aug 7(2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-12	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	4.47	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
25	74	102	Aug 11(1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(7-8)	3	9.0	2	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.10	4.37	31	8	15	1	0	2	77			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0.414	.01	0.00%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	75	105	Aug 14	STL		PIT	W,7-6	9-10	BS(2)	2	1.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.06	4.38	8	0	3	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	-0.328	.10	-0.01%	-0.42	9t 12- 0 out a1	10t 12- 2 out tie
27	76	108	Aug 18(1)	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.89	4.27	35	5	18	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.471	.04	0.01%	3.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	77	113	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,9-0	SHO	W(9-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.68	4.17	35	5	18	0	0	6	79			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.41	0.227	.08	0.03%	4.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
29	78	118	Aug 26	STL		BSN	L,1-3	GS-	L(9-9)	3	5.0	4	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.73	4.17	20						50						19					0
30	79	120	Aug 28	STL		NYG	L,2-5	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.74	4.25	9	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.28	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.03	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	80	124	Sep 2(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(9-10)	4	8.0	6	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.68	4.25	35	11	13	1	0	6	59			1	0	0	30	1	0	3	0	0	1	1.21	0.077	.04	0.00%	1.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	81	129	Sep 7	STL		PIT	L,9-14	GS-8		4	7.1	13	7	7	3	3	0	0	3.86	4.22	38	16	4	0	0	12	24			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.001	.00	0.00%	-2.43	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a3
33	82	130	Sep 8(1)	STL		PIT	L,14-16	7-7		0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.90	4.21	4	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-1.31	7t -2- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d5
34	83	135	Sep 12(2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	GS-8	L(9-11)	3	7.1	15	6	6	2	2	0	0	4.02	4.18	38	11	9	0	1	14	24			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-3.23	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d5
35	84	140	Sep 16(1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	L(9-12)	3	8.2	7	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.99	4.12	35						61						30	3	0			0
36	85	147	Sep 22(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	W(10-12)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	1	0	3.86	4.10	35						75						33	2	0			0
37	86	151	Sep 25(2)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	7-GF	S(3)	2	2.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.82	4.08	9	4	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.511	.00	0.00%	2.23	7t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end a 1
38	87	156	Sep 29	STL		CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-12)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.67	4.06	36	24	1	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.263	.00	0.00%	4.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							18-19		W-L:11-12,Sv:3,BSv:2	3.1	230.2	225	103	94	86	95	13	3	3.67	4.06	995	0.90		3%	5%	185	52	9	44%	7	4	2	892	39	4	14	8	0	12	1.04	0.707	.43	-0.95%	3.57

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