Bob Hooper

Robert Nelson Hooper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 30, 1922 in Leamington, Ontario, CAN
School: Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1950
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians/Redlegs 1950-1955

Final Game: May 14, 1955
Died: March 17, 1980 in Brunswick, NJ
Buried: Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair, NJ
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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
1941	19	TAR	D	16	23	23		3	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261		3							TAR · COPL
1942	20	SFG-min	D,C,A1,B	23	41	41		5	2	0	0						.122	.122	.171	.293		7							SBY,LXG,FSM,OKC,JCK · NCSL,WA,TL,SALL
1946	24	SFG-min	A	34	62	62		11	2	1	1						.177	.177	.290	.468		18							JCK · SALL
1947	25	SFG-min	A,AAA	26	55	55		12	2	0	1						.218	.218	.309	.527		17							JCK,JER · SALL,IL
1948	26	SFG-min	A	39	86	86		19	3	0	0						.221	.221	.256	.477		22							JCK · SALL
1949	27	DET-min	AAA	43	71	66	11	13	2	0	0	2	0		0	23	.197	.197	.227	.424		15		0	5				BFL · IL
1950	28	PHA	AL	45	62	56	4	7	2	0	1	8	0	0	0	21	.125	.155	.214	.369	-5	12	2	2	4			1
1951	29	PHA	AL	38	75	72	8	15	3	0	1	8	0	0	1	19	.208	.219	.292	.511	37	21	1	0	2			1
1952	30	PHA	AL	43	45	41	3	8	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	10	.195	.214	.366	.580	55	15	1	0	3			1
1953	31	CLE	AL	43	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	-34	1	0	0	0			1
1954	32	CLE	AL	17	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		1
1955	33	CLE-min	AAA	43	23	20	0	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	7	.200	.200	.250	.450		5	0	0	3	0			INA · AA
1955	33	CIN	NL	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	34	BAL-min	Opn	21	18	14	2	2	0	0	1	1	0		2	4	.143	.294	.357	.651		5	1	1	1	0			VAN · PCL
1957	35	BAL-min	C	33	59	59		14	2	0	3						.237	.237	.424	.661		25							PHX · AZMX
1958	36	BAL-min	B	7	2	2		0									.000	.000											WLS · CARL
6 Yrs				194	201	187	15	31	6	0	4	19	0	0	3	51	.166	.188	.262	.450	19	49	4	2	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	168	156	13	26	5	0	3	16	0	0	3	43	.166	.188	.262	.450	19	41	3	2	8

PHA (3 yrs)				126	182	169	15	30	6	0	4	19	0	0	2	50	.178	.197	.284	.481	27	48	4	2	9
CLE (2 yrs)				60	17	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.059	.111	.059	.170	-53	1	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				186	199	186	15	31	6	0	4	19	0	0	3	51	.167	.188	.263	.452	20	49	4	2	9	0
NL (1 yr)				8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1950	28	PHA	AL	45	62	-10	0	0	0	7	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.494	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$	1
1951	29	PHA	AL	38	75	-7	0	-0	0	7	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1952	30	PHA	AL	43	45	-3	0	-0	0	5	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1953	31	CLE	AL	43	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1954	32	CLE	AL	17	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1955	33	CIN	NL	8	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/1
6 Seasons				194	201	-24	1	-0	0	22	-2	-0.2	5	3	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.0	3	$

PHA (3 yrs)				126	182	-20	1	-0	0	20	-0	0.0	5	5	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.0	5	$
CLE (2 yrs)				60	17	-3	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
CIN (1 yr)				8	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

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
1950	28	PHA	AL	62	55	2	1.0	112	.176	.125	.276	.155	.363	.214	.414	.369	.776	-5	.047	-9.2	-0.9	.275	.089	.089	.0
1951	29	PHA	AL	75	60	5	2.2	103	.269	.208	.269	.219	.350	.292	.394	.511	.744	37	.217	-6.8	-0.7	.379	.097	.083	.0
1952	30	PHA	AL	45	37	3	2.2	101	.207	.195	.267	.214	.348	.366	.390	.580	.738	55	.237	-2.9	-0.3	.471	.195	.171	.0
1953	31	CLE	AL	12	11	0	0.0	100	.083	.083	.266	.154	.342	.083	.392	.237	.733	-34	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.182	.083	.000
1954	32	CLE	AL	5	5	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.268	.000	.344	.000	.391	.000	.735	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	33	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.271	.000	.343	.000	.430	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				201	169	10	1.6	105	.205	.166	.270	.188	.353	.262	.399	.450	.752	19	.127	-23.0	-2.3	.338	.112	.096	.0
162 Game Avg.				168	141	8	1.6	105	.205	.166	.270	.188	.353	.262	.399	.450	.752	19	.127	-23.0	-2.3	.338	.112	.096

PHA (3 yrs)				182	152	10	1.8	105	.226	.178	.271	.197	.354	.284	.399	.481	.753	27	.149	-19.0	-1.9	.364	.118	.107	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				17	16	0	0.0	100	.063	.059	.267	.111	.342	.059	.392	.170	.734	-53	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.125	.059	.000
CIN (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.271	.000	.343	.000	.430	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (5 yrs)				199	168	10	1.6	105	.206	.167	.270	.188	.353	.263	.399	.452	.751	20	.128	-22.7	-2.2	.340	.113	.097	.0
NL (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.271	.000	.343	.000	.430	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	28	PHA	AL	62	1.6%	33.9%	0.0%	4.8%	43%		2.7	56.0	7.0	0.44	55%
1951	29	PHA	AL	75	1.3%	25.3%	1.3%	5.3%	27%	19.00	3.8	72.0	9.0	0.68	69%
1952	30	PHA	AL	45	4.4%	22.2%	2.2%	6.7%	38%	10.00	4.1	20.5	13.7	2.71	64%
1953	31	CLE	AL	12	0.0%	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00				1.00	100%
1954	32	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			1.00	80%
1955	33	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	50%
6 Yrs				201	2.0%	25.4%	1.5%	5.0%	32%	17.00	3.7	46.8	9.8	0.96	66%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.6%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.11	8.4	42.7	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1950	28	PHA	AL	-9.2	-0.9	34	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.87	-0.4	-0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.98	-4.8
1951	29	PHA	AL	-6.8	-0.7	68	-0.3	1.0	-1.4	.94	-0.5	0.2	-3.3	-0.3	0.90	-5.2
1952	30	PHA	AL	-2.9	-0.3	44	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	1.00	-0.3	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.86	-2.8
1953	31	CLE	AL	-2.3	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.72	-0.2	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.71	-2.7
1954	32	CLE	AL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.27	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.72	-1.3
1955	33	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.12	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.62	-0.6
6 Yrs				-23.0	-2.3	165	-1.6	1.9	-3.5	.91	-1.6	-0.1	-14.6	-1.5	0.88	-17.5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1950	28	PHA	AL	1	38%	5	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
1951	29	PHA	AL	1	47%	18	57%	2	2	0	3	1	2	2	2
1952	30	PHA	AL	0	14%	9	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
1953	31	CLE	AL	0	0%	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	32	CLE	AL	0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	33	CIN	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2	34%	34	64%	3	2	1	4	2	2	4	4

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
1950	28	PHA	AL	62	38%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	400%	9	2	22%	7	0	0%	24	5	21%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
1951	29	PHA	AL	75	34%	15			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	11	1	9%	12	2	17%	45	8	18%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1952	30	PHA	AL	45	23%	8			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	100%	8	1	13%	8	1	13%	24	1	4%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1953	31	CLE	AL	12	8%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1954	32	CLE	AL	5	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	33	CIN	NL	2	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
6 Yrs				201	30%	31			0	0	0	0		4	0	4	2	2	3	1	0	7	9	129%	29	4	14%	30	3	10%	97	14	14%	9	3	33%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	28	45	62	56	4	7	2	1	8	0	21	.125	.155	.214	.369	-5	12	2	2	4
1951	29	83	137	128	12	22	5	2	16	1	40	.172	.191	.258	.449	18	33	3	2	6
1952	30	126	182	169	15	30	6	4	19	2	50	.178	.197	.284	.481	27	48	4	2	9
1953	31	169	194	181	15	31	6	4	19	3	50	.171	.194	.271	.464	23	49	4	2	9
1954	32	186	199	186	15	31	6	4	19	3	51	.167	.188	.263	.452	20	49	4	2	9	0
1955	33	194	201	187	15	31	6	4	19	3	51	.166	.188	.262	.450	19	49	4	2	9	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1950	28	47	63	57	3	6	2	1	6	0	22	.105	.136	.193	.329	1	45
1951	29	40	78	75	7	15	3	1	7	1	20	.200	.211	.280	.491	4	38
1952	30	45	46	42	3	8	1	2	3	1	10	.190	.209	.357	.566	3	43
1953	31	45	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	43
1954	32	18	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17
1955	33	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
6 Yrs		203	207	193	13	29	6	4	16	3	53	.150	.172	.244	.415	8	194
162 Game Avg.		162	165	154	10	23	5	3	13	2	42	.150	.172	.244	.415	6	194

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