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: 28-9 / in Starts: 24-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 1

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	154	1	Apr 21	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(0-1)	99	10.1	6	1	1	2	4	0	1	0.87	2.75	39	12	15	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.63	0.386	4.22	0.60%	3.31	1b start tie	11b 1-- 1 out d1
2	155	5	Apr 27	STL		CHC	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.47	2.55	32	17	6	1	1	5	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.141	.91	0.22%	4.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
3	156	9	May 2(1)	STL		CIN	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.0	5	2	1	2	4	0	0	0.74	2.49	22	6	6	0	0	4	53			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.106	2.81	0.16%	0.41	1t start tie	6t --3 0 out a3
4	157	14	May 9(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	0.81	2.65	34	12	13	0	3	6	70			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.52	0.282	1.49	0.48%	3.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
5	158	18	May 15	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	10	3	3	3	6	0	0	1.28	2.58	39	9	12	2	0	9	58			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	0.166	3.99	0.32%	0.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	159	24	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(3-2)	4	8.0	8	5	2	7	7	0	0	1.43	2.73	40	9	9	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	31	2	1	2	0	0	1	.81	-0.259	3.49	-0.67%	-1.46	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
7	160	28	May 23(2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2		S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	2.73	2												2					0
8	161	29	May 26	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(3-3)	2	11.0	10	4	3	1	5	0	0	1.60	2.61	42	19	8	2	0	9	67			0	0	0	40	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.56	0.038	7.10	0.10%	1.12	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
9	162	32	May 29	STL		NYG	W,5-4	8-GF	BW(4-3)	2	1.2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.55	2.59	9	2	3	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.69	-0.051	20.49	-0.13%	0.12	8t -2- 1 out a1	9t end tie
10	163	35	May 31(1)	STL		BRO	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-3)	1	9.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.36	2.67	31	8	18	1	0	0	84			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.155	2.31	0.56%	4.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
11	164	40	Jun 4	STL		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-3)	3	9.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.21	2.54	28	11	12	1	3	0	90			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.465	4.23	1.30%	4.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	165	43	Jun 9	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	1.39	2.51	34	14	6	0	0	7	64			0	0	1	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.177	6.35	0.49%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	166	48	Jun 14	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	1.54	2.63	36	10	12	1	0	8	61			0	0	1	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.99	0.391	5.35	1.26%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	167	53	Jun 19	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.57	2.61	35	13	13	1	3	5	63			0	0	0	34	3	1	0	1	0	0	.84	0.181	3.95	0.51%	2.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	168	54	Jun 20(1)	STL		CHC	W,10-9		S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.56	2.57	3												3					0
16	169	57	Jun 23	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS-4	L(9-4)	2	3.2	6	5	5	3	3	0	0	1.91	2.60	21	2	7	2	0	6	29			0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	-0.378	8.18	-1.27%	-2.72	1b start a 2	4b 1-3 2 out d1
17	170	61	Jun 27(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	10	2	2	5	3	0	1	1.94	2.70	36	7	10	0	0	10	47			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.97	0.005	4.61	0.01%	1.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
18	171	63	Jun 30(1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(9-5)	2	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.00	2.74	8	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.08	-0.251	14.92	-0.73%	-0.35	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
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
19	172	66	Jul 3	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	W(10-5)	2	9.0	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.07	2.82	36	10	14	0	0	9	58			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.292	7.11	1.42%	0.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
20	173	72	Jul 9	STL	@	BSN	W,7-0	SHO	W(11-5)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.93	2.75	28	6	15	2	1	3	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.37	0.170	2.03	0.57%	3.87	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
21	174	80	Jul 18(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	W(12-5)	8	9.0	9	4	4	5	7	0	1	2.06	2.78	43	13	8	0	1	9	55			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.126	8.43	0.53%	0.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
22	175	81	Jul 18 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	8-GF	S(3)	-1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.03	2.78	7	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	0.319	14.58	1.27%	0.91	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
23	176	84	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.03	2.70	37	11	10	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.152	3.86	0.44%	2.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	177	89	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	W(14-5)	3	9.0	5	3	2	0	4	0	0	2.03	2.65	33	16	9	3	2	4	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.124	2.45	0.22%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	178	94	Jul 30	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(14-6)	3	11.0	9	3	2	2	7	0	0	2.00	2.61	43	15	11	1	0	8	74			0	0	0	41	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.78	0.237	3.76	0.30%	2.12	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
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
26	179	98	Aug 3	STL		BRO	W,7-4	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	10	4	3	1	6	1	0	2.05	2.63	39	7	15	1	0	10	58			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	1	.30	0.124	.44	0.11%	0.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	180	101	Aug 8(1)	STL		PIT	W,8-6	GS-		4	7.1	10	6	5	6	6	1	0	2.20	2.73	36						36						29					0
28	181	104	Aug 12	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(16-6)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	2.15	2.80	31	8	17	2	3	2	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.392	.42	0.10%	2.95	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
29	182	109	Aug 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS-6	L(16-7)	3	5.1	10	6	6	1	2	0	0	2.35	2.79	23	2	8	2	0	10	25			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.286	.53	-0.08%	-2.47	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 1 out d3
30	183	114	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS-9	W(17-7)	3	8.1	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.30	2.79	34	18	3	3	0	3	71			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	1	.68	0.081	.58	0.04%	1.28	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out a4
31	184	119	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(18-7)	3	10.0	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.20	2.74	41	6	17	4	2	11	75			0	2	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.811	.48	0.13%	4.30	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
32	185	122	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(18-8)	3	10.1	14	4	4	5	6	0	1	2.26	2.76	47	11	10	0	0	14	50			1	0	0	39	1	1	3	2	0	1	1.72	-0.079	.85	-0.02%	-0.72	1b start tie	11b 123 1 out d1
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
33	186	128	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS-2		3	2.0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	2.32	2.77	11	4	2	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.216	.22	-0.02%	-2.09	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
34	187	131	Sep 5(1)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(19-8)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.23	2.74	31	7	12	2	0	4	83			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.717	.01	0.00%	4.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	188	139	Sep 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(20-8)	11	10.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.18	2.72	35	24	2	0	0	4	81			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.641	.00	0.00%	3.65	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
36	189	144	Sep 22	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(21-8)	4	9.0	9	3	3	4	4	0	0	2.21	2.73	37	10	10	0	0	9	57			0	0	0	33	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.46	0.243	.00	0.00%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
37	190	151	Sep 28(1)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	GS-5		5	5.0	6	4	4	5	1	0	0	2.30	2.77	26	4	10	1	2	6	35			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
							28-9		W-L:21-8,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.2	274.0	228	81	70	79	142	5	5	2.30	2.77	1109	1.01		5%	3%	202	62	1	0%	4	4	2	1008	29	8	12	20	0	10	1.14	5.188	3.35	8.22%	44.58

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