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Jay Hook

James Wesley Hook

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: November 18, 1936 in Waukegan, IL
High School: Grayslake (Chicago, IL)
School: Northwestern University
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1957
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds/Redlegs 1957-1964

Final Game: May 3, 1964
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Standard Batting

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
1957 20 CIN NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 21 CIN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 22 CIN NL 19 27 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .125 .160 .125 .285 -24 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1960 23 CIN NL 36 85 72 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 24 .083 .165 .083 .248 -30 6 1 0 6 0 0 1
1961 24 CIN NL 22 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 25 NYM NL 41 83 69 6 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 24 .203 .286 .203 .489 34 14 0 0 6 0 0 1
1963 26 NYM NL 41 43 38 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .237 .268 .263 .531 54 10 1 0 2 1 0 1
1964 27 NYM NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Seasons 166 260 225 16 34 1 0 0 10 0 0 18 77 .151 .213 .156 .369 2 35 2 0 16 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 254 220 16 33 1 0 0 10 0 0 18 75 .151 .213 .156 .369 2 34 2 0 16 1 0
CIN (5 yrs) 81 131 115 6 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 39 .096 .154 .096 .250 -31 11 1 0 8 0 0
NYM (3 yrs) 85 129 110 10 23 1 0 0 6 0 0 10 38 .209 .273 .218 .491 37 24 1 0 8 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1957 20 CIN NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1958 21 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1959 22 CIN NL 27 -4 -1 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1960 23 CIN NL 85 -13 0 -1 1 0 7 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1961 24 CIN NL 15 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1962 25 NYM NL 83 -7 0 0 1 0 8 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1963 26 NYM NL 43 -2 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1964 27 NYM NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
8 Seasons 260 -31 0 -1 2 0 21 9 0 -0.2 0 0.1 -0.3 $
CIN (5 yrs) 131 -21 -1 -1 1 0 10 5 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $
NYM (3 yrs) 129 -10 1 0 1 0 11 4 7 0.7 7 0.8 -0.1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1957 20 CIN NL 3 3 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .275 .000 .340 .000 .427 .000 .766 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1958 21 CIN NL 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .277 .000 .346 .000 .432 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1959 22 CIN NL 27 23 1 1.2 108 .200 .125 .275 .160 .342 .125 .426 .285 .767 -24 .074 -4.4 -0.4 .190 .042 .000
1960 23 CIN NL 85 73 2 0.7 101 .125 .083 .266 .165 .332 .083 .408 .248 .739 -30 .037 -13.3 -1.4 .194 .097 .000
1961 24 CIN NL 15 13 0 0.0 107 .200 .133 .273 .133 .339 .133 .424 .267 .764 -29 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .154 .000 .000
1962 25 NYM NL 83 61 5 2.2 103 .311 .203 .270 .286 .337 .203 .410 .489 .747 34 .207 -6.4 -0.6 .400 .116 .000
1963 26 NYM NL 43 33 3 2.4 89 .346 .237 .254 .268 .316 .263 .380 .531 .696 54 .298 -2.2 -0.2 .400 .079 .026
1964 27 NYM NL 3 3 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .260 .000 .317 .000 .386 .000 .703 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
8 Seasons 260 210 11 1.4 101 .228 .151 .267 .213 .332 .156 .407 .369 .739 2 .111 -31.1 -3.2 .275 .084 .004
162 Game Avg. 254 205 11 1.4 101 .228 .151 .267 .213 .332 .156 .407 .369 .739 2 .111 -31.1 -3.2 .275 .084 .004
CIN (5 yrs) 131 113 3 0.7 104 .145 .096 .269 .154 .335 .096 .414 .250 .749 -31 .034 -21.7 -2.2 .181 .070 .000
NYM (3 yrs) 129 97 8 2.2 98 .315 .209 .264 .273 .330 .218 .399 .491 .728 37 .226 -9.3 -1.0 .386 .100 .009

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1957 20 CIN NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1958 21 CIN NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1959 22 CIN NL 27 0.0% 33.3% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 9.00 2.7 24.0 2.25 56%
1960 23 CIN NL 85 0.0% 28.2% 8.2% 0.0% 0% 3.43 3.0 24.0 3.17 56%
1961 24 CIN NL 15 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 3.00 67%
1962 25 NYM NL 83 0.0% 28.9% 9.6% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.9 13.8 6.00 54%
1963 26 NYM NL 43 0.0% 30.2% 4.7% 2.3% 11% 6.50 2.9 38.0 3.50 60%
1964 27 NYM NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 0.00 67%
8 Seasons 260 0.0% 29.6% 6.9% 0.4% 3% 4.28 2.9 22.5 3.33 57%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.0% 8.5% 6.5% 29% 1.65 6.4 38.2 8.5 1.04 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1957 20 CIN NL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.09 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.13 -0.8 0
1958 21 CIN NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .70 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.60 -0.2 0
1959 22 CIN NL -4.4 -0.4 27 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .97 -0.4 -0.0 -4.6 -0.5 1.05 -4.9 0
1960 23 CIN NL -13.3 -1.4 85 -0.9 0.5 -1.5 .85 -1.1 0.0 -11.8 -1.2 0.97 -12.5 0
1961 24 CIN NL -2.8 -0.3 15 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .67 -0.2 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.92 -2.8 0
1962 25 NYM NL -6.4 -0.6 86 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 1.09 -0.6 -0.0 -4.6 -0.5 1.03 -4.9 3.33 1
1963 26 NYM NL -2.2 -0.2 47 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 1.04 -0.3 -0.2 -4.1 -0.4 0.99 -3.5 0
1964 27 NYM NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .85 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.86 -0.7 0
8 Seasons -31.1 -3.2 267 -2.8 2.2 -5.0 .97 -2.8 -0.1 -29.9 -3.0 1.00 -30.4 3.33 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 20 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 21 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 22 CIN NL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1960 23 CIN NL 1 0 23% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 7 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
1961 24 CIN NL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 25 NYM NL 2 0 27% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 40% 6 5 1 0 0 0 4 1 3
1963 26 NYM NL 2 0 36% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1964 27 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 5 0 31% 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 36% 16 12 3 1 1 0 8 2 6

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1957 20 CIN NL 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 21 CIN NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 22 CIN NL 27 89% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0 0% 6 1 17% 23 1 4% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1960 23 CIN NL 85 65% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 18 1 6% 16 6 38% 58 3 5% 4 2 50% 5 4 80% 0
1961 24 CIN NL 15 53% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1962 25 NYM NL 83 71% 14 1 0 0 0 3.33 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 21 0 0% 16 6 38% 63 6 10% 6 2 33% 5 3 60% 0
1963 26 NYM NL 43 65% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 1 11% 8 0 0% 28 1 4% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1964 27 NYM NL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 260 69% 34 1 0 0 0 3.33 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 21 16 76% 59 2 3% 50 13 26% 185 11 6% 15 5 33% 13 8 62% 0
MLB Averages 50% 75% 10% 31% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 20 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 21 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 22 23 31 28 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .107 .138 .107 .245 -34 3 0 0 2 0 0
1960 23 59 116 100 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 34 .090 .157 .090 .247 -31 9 1 0 8 0 0
1961 24 81 131 115 6 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 39 .096 .154 .096 .250 -31 11 1 0 8 0 0
1962 25 122 214 184 12 25 0 0 0 9 0 0 16 63 .136 .205 .136 .341 -6 25 1 0 14 0 0
1963 26 163 257 222 16 34 1 0 0 10 0 0 18 76 .153 .216 .158 .373 4 35 2 0 16 1 0
1964 27 166 260 225 16 34 1 0 0 10 0 0 18 77 .151 .213 .156 .369 2 35 2 0 16 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 20 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1958 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1959 22 20 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .038 .000 .038 0 19
1960 23 38 82 75 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 7 25 .080 .159 .080 .239 1 36
1961 24 23 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
1962 25 41 77 69 6 14 0 0 0 5 0 8 24 .203 .286 .203 .489 4 41
1963 26 41 41 38 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 13 .237 .268 .263 .531 3 41
1964 27 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
8 Seasons 170 249 230 13 29 1 0 0 9 0 18 78 .126 .189 .130 .319 8 166
162 Game Avg. 162 237 219 12 28 1 0 0 9 0 17 74 .126 .189 .130 .319 8 166

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