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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Team Record in Appearances: 9-8 / in Starts: 9-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 2

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	5	90	Jul 18	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	4	7	1	0	1.00	3.77	36	4	15	1	3	6	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.335	.12	0.03%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	6	94	Jul 24	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	GS-9	L(1-1)	5	8.2	7	2	2	6	5	1	1	1.53	4.52	37	5	13	2	3	7	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.62	-0.107	.29	-0.01%	2.26	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out d1
3	7	99	Jul 28	CIN		STL	W,6-4	GS-6		3	6.0	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	2.66	4.28	26	6	11	1	2	7	40			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.112	.12	-0.01%	-0.95	1t start tie	6t 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
4	8	104	Aug 2	CIN		CHC	W,2-0	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	6.2	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.08	4.09	24	3	11	1	2	3	67			1	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.345	.18	0.04%	3.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
5	9	108	Aug 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,9-6	GS-1		5	0.0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2.37	4.39	3	0	0	0	0	0	41			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.182	.20	-0.02%	-1.83	1b start a 2	1b 123 0 out a2
6	10	111	Aug 11(2)	CIN		MLN	L,3-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	2	7.0	9	4	4	1	0	2	0	2.89	4.82	31	7	13	2	3	9	42			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.152	.15	-0.01%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	11	118	Aug 16(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-6	GS-3	L(2-3)	4	2.2	4	6	6	4	4	1	0	4.05	5.09	15	2	1	0	0	4	26			1	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.309	.08	-0.02%	-4.83	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d6
8	12	119	Aug 17	CIN		SFG	L,3-6	8-GF		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.07	5.00	9	1	3	0	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.81	0.022	.08	0.00%	0.86	8t 123 0 out d1	9t end d 3
9	13	123	Aug 21	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	1	0	3.53	4.92	34	12	13	1	5	4	72			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.608	.05	0.01%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	14	127	Aug 26	CIN		CHC	L,5-9	GS-3		4	2.1	7	2	2	0	1	0	1	3.71	4.83	13	2	2	1	0	7	36			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.144	.01	0.00%	-1.39	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out a2
11	15	131	Aug 30	CIN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.75	4.68	35	10	12	1	2	7	59			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.162	.00	0.00%	0.72	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
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
12	16	135	Sep 5	CIN		MLN	W,5-1	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.41	4.31	32	8	16	2	3	2	79			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.55	0.283	.00	0.00%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	17	139	Sep 9(2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS-2		3	1.1	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.59	4.54	9	1	3	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-2.20	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 1 out a1
14	18	142	Sep 11	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-10	GS-1	L(5-4)	1	0.2	3	5	5	1	1	0	1	4.17	4.57	7	0	1	0	0	3	26			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.378	.00	0.00%	-3.85	1b start a 1	1b -2- 2 out d3
15	19	146	Sep 15	CIN	@	SFG	L,6-13	GS-1	L(5-5)	3	0.0	3	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.79	4.66	5	0	0	0	0	3	22			0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.358	.00	0.00%	-3.98	1b start a 1	1b 12- 0 out d2
16	20	150	Sep 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-10	3-4		4	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.70	4.63	4	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.97	3b 1-3 2 out d7	4b 3 out d7
17	21	154	Sep 27	CIN		PIT	W,9-7	GS-5		6	4.1	8	6	6	2	3	2	0	5.13	4.85	21	2	6	0	0	8	24			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.444	.00	0.00%	-4.40	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d3
							9-8		W-L:5-5	3.4	79.0	79	46	45	39	37	10	3	5.13	4.85	341	0.53		7%	12%	76	47	5	20%	2	3	0	296	15	3	1	5	1	0	1.05	-0.645	.09	0.01%	-5.42

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