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Jay Hook
James Wesley Hook
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: November 18, 1936 in Waukegan, IL
Schools: 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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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

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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 38 24 1 0 8 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 CIN NL 20 P 3 2 10.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 1.00 .967 2.07 0.83
1958 CIN NL 21 P 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.80
1959 CIN NL 22 P 17 15 79.0 16 7 8 1 2 .938 1.71 0.88 .956 1.99 0.82
1960 CIN NL 23 P 36 33 222.0 50 19 30 1 5 .980 1.99 1.36 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 CIN NL 24 P 22 5 62.2 14 10 4 0 0 1.000 2.01 0.64 .957 2.18 0.88
1962 NYM NL 25 P 37 34 213.2 56 22 31 3 2 .946 2.23 1.43 .948 2.07 0.82
1963 NYM NL 26 P 41 20 152.2 34 11 20 3 1 .912 1.83 0.76 .953 2.06 0.84
1964 NYM NL 27 P 3 2 9.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.72 1.33 .950 2.14 0.83
8 Seasons P 160 112 752.2 177 72 97 8 10 .955 2.02 1.06 .955 2.08 0.84
8 Seasons TOT 160 112 752.2 177 72 97 8 10 .955 2.02 1.06 .910 2.08 0.84

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

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 17, 1957: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1961 expansion draft.

May 8, 1964: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Braves for a player to be named later and Roy McMillan. The New York Mets sent Adrian Garrett (June 17, 1964) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.

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