Jay Hook

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 182lb (188cm, 82kg)

Born: November 18, 1936 in Waukegan, IL us

High School: Grayslake HS (Grayslake, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Debut: September 3, 1957 (Age 20-289d, 11,472nd in major league history)
vs. STL 2.1 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 3, 1964 (Age 27-167d)
vs. CIN 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: James Wesley Hook

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

5.23

160

112

752.2

394

WHIP

1.439

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	8-33 / in Starts: 5-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 43 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	28 (13-9-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 43 PAs	4
Avg. Runners on Base	25 (13-8-4)

Most Driven In
J Hickman	1
A Moran	0

Most Driven In By
R Hunt	2
J Christopher	1
D Snider	1

1963 Batting Game Log

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1963 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	123	3 (2)	Apr 11	NYM	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.70	-0.002	1.20	0.00%	-0.09	P
2	124	7 (3)	Apr 16	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.45	-0.011	.49	-0.01%	-0.09	P
3	125	11 (3)	Apr 21 (1)	NYM		MLN	W,8-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	1.05	0.044	1.22	0.03%	0.52	P
4	126	17 (5)	Apr 27	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	9	1.30	-0.016	1.93	-0.01%	-0.08	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	127	21 (3)	May 3	NYM		SFG	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	9	1.47	-0.075	1.93	-0.06%	-0.46	P
6	128	26 (4)	May 8	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.580	9	1.33	0.029	1.43	0.02%	-0.21	P
7	129	31 (4)	May 12 (2)	NYM		CIN	W,13-12	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.308	.641	9	.76	-0.022	.90	-0.02%	-0.85	P
8	130	35 (3)	May 16	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.267	.561	9	1.48	-0.070	2.07	-0.06%	-0.65	P
9	131	42 (6)	May 24	NYM	@	STL	L,4-10	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.294	.267	.561	9						P
10	132	43	May 25	NYM	@	STL	L,3-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.294	.267	.561	8						P
11	133	48 (4)	May 30 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.250	.222	.472	9	1.08	-0.103	.25	-0.01%	-0.87	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	134	52 (3)	Jun 2 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.250	.222	.472	1						P
13	135	54 (1)	Jun 5	NYM		MLN	L,9-11	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	9	.87	0.039	.16	0.00%	0.36	P
14	136	58 (3)	Jun 9 (2)	NYM		STL	L,4-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.238	.499	9	.81	-0.039	.17	-0.01%	-0.29	P
15	137	60 (1)	Jun 11	NYM		CIN	L,3-8	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.261	.238	.499	9						P
16	138	61	Jun 12	NYM	@	MLN	L,0-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.261	.238	.499	9						P
17	139	66 (4)	Jun 17	NYM	@	STL	L,1-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.227	.477	9	.80	-0.022	.06	0.00%	-0.22	P
18	140	73 (6)	Jun 25	NYM		CHC	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.208	.439	9	.78	-0.038	.03	0.00%	-0.29	P
19	141	77 (3)	Jun 30	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.208	.439	7						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	142	79 (1)	Jul 3	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	1.18	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.78	P
21	143	84 (4)	Jul 7	NYM		PIT	L,5-11	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9						P
22	144	87 (2)	Jul 12	NYM		LAD	L,0-6	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9						P
23	145	90 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,14-5	6-GF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	.160	.214	.200	.414	9	.15	0.010	.00	0.00%	1.60	P
24	146	93 (2)	Jul 17	NYM		SFG	W,9-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.214	.200	.414	9						P
25	147	94	Jul 18	NYM		SFG	L,5-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.214	.200	.414	9						P
26	148	96 (1)	Jul 20	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-5	3-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.233	.222	.456	9	.44	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
27	149	98 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.233	.222	.456	9						P
28	150	101 (2)	Jul 25	NYM	@	SFG	L,6-8	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.226	.214	.440	9	4.06	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
29	151	104 (2)	Jul 28	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-8	1-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.242	.233	.476	9	.93	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	152	107 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	NYM	@	MLN	L,0-8	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.242	.233	.476	9						P
31	153	109 (1)	Aug 3	NYM	@	MLN	L,7-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.242	.233	.476	9						P
32	154	116 (6)	Aug 11 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,1-8	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.242	.233	.476	9						P
33	155	119 (2)	Aug 15	NYM		PIT	L,2-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.242	.233	.476	9						P
34	156	122 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	NYM		LAD	L,0-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.242	.233	.476	9						P
35	157	129 (6)	Aug 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.257	.250	.507	9	.78	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.10	P
36	158	131 (1)	Aug 28	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.257	.250	.507	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	159	137 (5)	Sep 2 (2)	NYM		CIN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.263	.257	.520	9	1.07	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
38	160	140 (2)	Sep 5	NYM	@	STL	L,0-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.263	.257	.520	9						P
39	161	143 (2)	Sep 8	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.250	.243	.493	9	1.53	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
40	162	151 (7)	Sep 15 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,0-5	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.268	.263	.531	9	1.00	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.03	P
41	163	156 (4)	Sep 22	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.268	.263	.531	9						P
							8-33		43	38	4	9	1	0	0	1	2	0	13	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	.237	.268	.263	.531		1.04	-0.523	.65	-0.13%	-4.11

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