Jay Hook
James Wesley Hook
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
Final Game: May 3, 1964
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1957 20 CIN NL 0 1 .000 4.50 3 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 7 5 0 8 0 6 0 0 1 45 90 1.400 5.4 0.0 7.2 5.4 0.75
1958 21 CIN NL 0 1 .000 12.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 4 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 14 35 1.667 9.0 6.0 6.0 15.0 2.50
1959 22 CIN NL 5 5 .500 5.13 17 15 1 4 0 0 79.0 79 46 45 11 39 1 37 3 0 1 341 79 1.494 9.0 1.3 4.4 4.2 0.95
1960 23 CIN NL 11 18 .379 4.50 36 33 1 10 2 0 222.0 222 119 111 31 73 7 103 5 0 2 939 85 1.329 9.0 1.3 3.0 4.2 1.41
1961 24 CIN NL 1 3 .250 7.76 22 5 3 0 0 0 62.2 83 55 54 14 22 2 36 5 0 1 291 52 1.676 11.9 2.0 3.2 5.2 1.64
1962 25 NYM NL 8 19 .296 4.84 37 34 2 13 0 0 213.2 230 137 115 31 71 4 113 8 0 9 938 85 1.409 9.7 1.3 3.0 4.8 1.59
1963 26 NYM NL 4 14 .222 5.48 41 20 13 3 0 1 152.2 168 104 93 21 53 2 89 9 0 6 672 63 1.448 9.9 1.2 3.1 5.2 1.68
1964 27 NYM NL 0 1 .000 9.31 3 2 0 0 0 0 9.2 17 10 10 2 7 0 5 0 0 2 51 38 2.483 15.8 1.9 6.5 4.7 0.71
8 Seasons 29 62 .319 5.23 160 112 20 30 2 1 752.2 808 482 437 112 275 16 394 30 0 22 3291 74 1.439 9.7 1.3 3.3 4.7 1.43
162 Game Avg. 7 16 .319 5.23 40 28 5 8 1 0 188 202 121 109 28 69 4 99 8 0 6 823 74 1.439 9.7 1.3 3.3 4.7 1.43
CIN (5 yrs) 17 28 .378 5.23 79 56 5 14 2 0 376.2 393 231 219 58 144 10 187 13 0 5 1630 75 1.426 9.4 1.4 3.4 4.5 1.30
NYM (3 yrs) 12 34 .261 5.22 81 56 15 16 0 1 376.0 415 251 218 54 131 6 207 17 0 17 1661 74 1.452 9.9 1.3 3.1 5.0 1.58

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 20 CIN NL 3 45 34 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 8 6 .176 .326 .265 .590 .207 9 0 0 2 1 0
1958 21 CIN NL 1 14 12 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 .250 .357 .750 1.107 .200 9 0 0 0 0 0
1959 22 CIN NL 17 340 296 46 79 15 3 11 2 3 39 37 .267 .357 .449 .806 .273 133 5 3 1 1 1
1960 23 CIN NL 36 939 844 119 222 39 4 31 12 6 73 103 .263 .323 .429 .752 .266 362 17 5 10 7 7
1961 24 CIN NL 22 291 258 55 83 15 3 14 3 3 22 36 .322 .382 .566 .948 .327 146 3 5 3 3 2
1962 25 NYM NL 37 938 843 137 230 35 9 31 12 8 71 113 .273 .332 .446 .778 .281 376 21 8 6 10 4
1963 26 NYM NL 41 673 599 104 168 24 6 21 5 5 53 89 .280 .345 .446 .791 .298 267 9 9 7 5 2
1964 27 NYM NL 3 51 43 10 17 4 0 2 5 0 7 5 .395 .471 .628 1.098 .405 27 2 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 160 3291 2929 482 808 135 25 112 40 25 275 394 .276 .341 .454 .795 .284 1329 57 30 29 28 16
162 Game Avg. 40 823 732 121 202 34 6 28 10 6 69 99 .276 .341 .454 .795 .284 332 14 8 7 7 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1957 20 CIN NL 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 66 21 3 1 1 1 4.0 0.0 3.8
1958 21 CIN NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 0 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 3.0
1959 22 CIN NL 17 15 5 5 5 1 1 9 6 .600 0 2 4 0 5 33% 47 79 22 15 5 7 5 4.9 4.7 5.0
1960 23 CIN NL 36 33 11 18 4 1 4 13 20 .394 2 1 10 2 14 42% 50 87 14 20 11 12 10 4.6 4.4 6.7
1961 24 CIN NL 22 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 2 0 0 1 20% 35 53 22 6 1 1 4 4.4 4.0 3.9
1962 25 NYM NL 37 34 7 19 8 0 8 10 24 .294 2 6 13 0 17 50% 47 76 20 14 4 14 8 4.1 3.9 6.2
1963 26 NYM NL 41 20 3 14 3 0 4 5 15 .250 0 2 3 0 7 35% 44 84 18 15 6 7 7 3.5 2.0 5.7
1964 27 NYM NL 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40 48 31 5 0 0 1 3.0 2.7 4.5
8 Seasons 160 112 26 62 24 2 17 39 73 .348 4 14 30 2 44 39% 47 87 14 78 28 42 37 4.2 3.8 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1957 20 CIN NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0.746 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1959 22 CIN NL 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 1.062 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 5.0
1960 23 CIN NL 36 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 0.988 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 1.3
1961 24 CIN NL 22 17 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 40% 5 0.567 1 2 14 0 1 16 7 10 12 1 13 2 7.6
1962 25 NYM NL 37 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 1.039 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 4.3
1963 26 NYM NL 41 21 13 1 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 11 4 36% 8 0.883 2 5 12 2 1 18 6 15 10 4 10 5 5.5
1964 27 NYM NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.072 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
7 Seasons 159 48 20 3 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 38 12 32% 0.949 5 8 32 2 4 42 19 29 27 8 28 10 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1957 20 CIN NL 45 47% 0.0% 13.3% 17.8% 6.7% 50% 0.50 64% 8 0 0%
1958 21 CIN NL 14 79% 14.3% 35.7% 14.3% 14.3% 67% 0.00 36% 2 0 0%
1959 22 CIN NL 341 44% 3.2% 10.9% 11.5% 8.5% 37% 0.54 73% 72 5 7%
1960 23 CIN NL 939 47% 3.3% 11.0% 7.8% 7.9% 33% 0.76 76% 180 17 9%
1961 24 CIN NL 291 44% 4.8% 12.4% 7.6% 11.0% 39% 0.89 73% 64 3 5%
1962 25 NYM NL 938 45% 3.3% 12.1% 7.6% 8.0% 33% 0.99 76% 160 21 13%
1963 26 NYM NL 673 42% 3.1% 13.2% 7.9% 7.6% 30% 0.73 73% 117 9 8%
1964 27 NYM NL 51 39% 3.9% 9.8% 13.7% 11.8% 35% 1.00 73% 12 2 17%
8 Seasons 3292 45% 3.4% 12.0% 8.4% 8.3% 34% 0.79 74% 615 57 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1957 20 CIN NL 45 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 21 CIN NL 14 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 22 CIN NL 341 79 11 0 5 4 6 6 4 14 5 0 36% 0 1 0 138 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1960 23 CIN NL 939 222 31 0 13 18 13 17 14 45 27 6 60% 8 2 3 333 12 6 67% 9 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
1961 24 CIN NL 291 83 14 0 12 5 9 5 9 29 15 3 52% 3 1 0 113 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1962 25 NYM NL 938 230 31 1 10 16 15 21 10 66 40 6 61% 21 9 3 331 12 8 60% 10 8 1 0 1 0 3 0 30 0
1963 26 NYM NL 673 168 21 0 11 10 11 12 9 51 30 5 59% 10 6 3 241 5 5 50% 4 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 21 0
1964 27 NYM NL 51 17 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 33% 0 2 0 23 5 0 100% 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
8 Seasons 3292 808 112 1 53 55 56 61 50 212 121 20 57% 43 22 9 1198 40 25 62% 32 24 5 0 3 1 9 0 85 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1957 20 0 1 .000 4.50 3 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 7 5 0 8 0 6 0 0 1 45 90 1.400 5.4 0.0 7.2 5.4 0.75 90
1958 21 0 2 .000 6.23 4 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 9 11 9 2 10 0 11 0 0 1 59 66 1.462 6.2 1.4 6.9 7.6 1.10 66
1959 22 5 7 .417 5.28 21 18 1 4 0 0 92.0 88 57 54 13 49 1 48 3 0 2 400 77 1.489 8.6 1.3 4.8 4.7 0.98 77
1960 23 16 25 .390 4.73 57 51 2 14 2 0 314.0 310 176 165 44 122 8 151 8 0 4 1339 83 1.376 8.9 1.3 3.5 4.3 1.24 83
1961 24 17 28 .378 5.23 79 56 5 14 2 0 376.2 393 231 219 58 144 10 187 13 0 5 1630 75 1.426 9.4 1.4 3.4 4.5 1.30 75
1962 25 25 47 .347 5.09 116 90 7 27 2 0 590.1 623 368 334 89 215 14 300 21 0 14 2568 79 1.420 9.5 1.4 3.3 4.6 1.40 79
1963 26 29 61 .322 5.17 157 110 20 30 2 1 743.0 791 472 427 110 268 16 389 30 0 20 3240 75 1.425 9.6 1.3 3.2 4.7 1.45 75
1964 27 29 62 .319 5.23 160 112 20 30 2 1 752.2 808 482 437 112 275 16 394 30 0 22 3291 74 1.439 9.7 1.3 3.3 4.7 1.43 74

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1957 20 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 6 6 5 0 8 7 0 1.273 4.9 6.5 5.7 0.88 0.0 3
1958 21 0 0 12.00 3.0 3 4 4 2 2 5 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 15.0 2.50 6.0 1
1959 22 3 5 .375 5.26 77.0 81 50 45 11 40 36 3 1.571 9.5 4.7 4.2 0.90 1.3 17
1960 23 10 14 .417 4.81 221.0 236 131 118 33 78 103 5 1.421 9.6 3.2 4.2 1.32 1.3 36
1961 24 1 6 .143 7.86 63.0 87 61 55 15 23 36 5 1.746 12.4 3.3 5.1 1.57 2.1 22
1962 25 10 13 .435 4.61 211.0 226 120 108 30 70 112 8 1.403 9.6 3.0 4.8 1.60 1.3 37
1963 26 4 11 .267 6.48 143.0 178 114 103 22 56 83 10 1.636 11.2 3.5 5.2 1.48 1.4 41
1964 27 0 0 11.00 9.0 18 12 11 2 7 5 0 2.778 18.0 7.0 5.0 0.71 2.0 3
8 Seasons 28 50 .359 5.48 738.0 835 498 449 115 284 387 31 1.516 10.2 4.7 1.36 1.4 160

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
1960 NL--33--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
1962 NL--13--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 NL--31--1st
1962 NL--31--4th

Hits s c a p y
1960 NL--222--10th

Losses s c a p y
1960 NL--18--2nd
1962 NL--19--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1960 NL--111--2nd
1962 NL--115--4th
1963 NL--93--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1962 NL--9--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL--8--8th
1963 NL--9--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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