Bob Hooper
Robert Nelson Hooper
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 30, 1922 in Leamington, ON, CAN
School: Montclair State University
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1950
Final Game: May 14, 1955
Died: March 17, 1980 in New Brunswick, NJ
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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
1950 28 PHA AL 15 10 .600 5.02 45 20 22 3 0 5 170.1 181 108 95 15 91 58 1 1 4 763 90 1.597 9.6 0.8 4.8 3.1 0.64
1951 29 PHA AL 12 10 .545 4.38 38 23 8 9 0 5 189.0 192 98 92 13 61 64 3 0 4 790 98 1.339 9.1 0.6 2.9 3.0 1.05
1952 30 PHA AL 8 15 .348 5.18 43 14 21 4 0 6 144.1 158 100 83 13 68 40 4 1 2 649 76 1.566 9.9 0.8 4.2 2.5 0.59
1953 31 CLE AL 5 4 .556 4.02 43 0 26 0 0 7 69.1 50 37 31 4 38 16 2 0 2 288 93 1.269 6.5 0.5 4.9 2.1 0.42
1954 32 CLE AL 0 0 4.93 17 0 8 0 0 2 34.2 39 22 19 3 16 12 1 0 0 155 75 1.587 10.1 0.8 4.2 3.1 0.75
1955 33 CIN NL 0 2 .000 7.62 8 0 1 0 0 0 13.0 20 12 11 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 65 55 2.000 13.8 1.4 4.2 4.2 1.00
6 Seasons 40 41 .494 4.80 194 57 86 16 0 25 620.2 640 377 331 50 280 0 196 11 2 12 2710 87 1.482 9.3 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.70
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .494 4.80 53 15 23 4 0 7 168 173 102 90 14 76 53 3 1 3 734 87 1.482 9.3 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.70
PHA (3 yrs) 35 35 .500 4.82 126 57 51 16 0 16 503.2 531 306 270 41 220 162 8 2 10 2202 88 1.491 9.5 0.7 3.9 2.9 0.74
CLE (2 yrs) 5 4 .556 4.33 60 0 34 0 0 9 104.0 89 59 50 7 54 28 3 0 2 443 86 1.375 7.7 0.6 4.7 2.4 0.52
CIN (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.62 8 0 1 0 0 0 13.0 20 12 11 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 65 55 2.000 13.8 1.4 4.2 4.2 1.00
AL (5 yrs) 40 39 .506 4.74 186 57 85 16 0 25 607.2 620 365 320 48 274 190 11 2 12 2645 88 1.471 9.2 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.69
NL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.62 8 0 1 0 0 0 13.0 20 12 11 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 65 55 2.000 13.8 1.4 4.2 4.2 1.00

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
1954 32 CLE AL 17 156 136 22 39 8 1 3 1 0 16 12 .287 .361 .426 .788 .293 58 3 1 1 2
1955 33 CIN NL 8 65 55 12 20 3 0 2 0 0 6 6 .364 .426 .527 .954 .383 29 1 0 4 0 0
2 Seasons 25 221 191 34 59 11 1 5 1 0 22 18 .309 .380 .455 .835 .318 87 4 1 5 2 0
162 Game Avg. 68 601 520 92 160 30 3 14 3 0 60 49 .309 .380 .455 .835 .318 237 11 3 14 5
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
1954 32 CLE AL 17 17 8 0 0 3 2 1 67% 4 1 12 6 50% 7 0.441 3 3 11 4 0 13 5 12 14 1 14 2 6.1
1955 33 CIN NL 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0.830 1 1 6 0 1 7 1 7 4 2 4 2 4.9
2 Seasons 25 25 9 0 2 3 2 1 67% 4 1 13 6 46% 0.555 4 4 17 4 1 20 6 19 18 3 18 4 5.7

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%
1950 28 PHA AL
1951 29 PHA AL
1952 30 PHA AL
1953 31 CLE AL
1954 32 CLE AL 156 37% 1.9% 7.7% 10.3% 7.7% 31% 0.91 79% 33 3 9%
1955 33 CIN NL 65 43% 3.1% 9.2% 9.2% 7.7% 25% 0.88 72% 20 1 5%
6 Seasons 221 39% 22.6% 88.7% 126.7% 7.7% 3% 0.91 77% 53 4 8%
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
1950 28 PHA AL 181 15 4
1951 29 PHA AL 192 13 4
1952 30 PHA AL 158 13 2
1953 31 CLE AL 50 4 2
1954 32 CLE AL 156 39 3 0 9 0 3 3 0 13 6 0 46% 2 0 0 62 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1955 33 CIN NL 65 20 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 221 640 50 1 10 1 4 5 0 14 7 0 50% 4 12 0 97 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 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+
1950 28 15 10 .600 5.02 45 20 22 3 0 5 170.1 181 108 95 15 91 58 1 1 4 763 90 1.597 9.6 0.8 4.8 3.1 0.64 90
1951 29 27 20 .574 4.68 83 43 30 12 0 10 359.1 373 206 187 28 152 122 4 1 8 1553 94 1.461 9.3 0.7 3.8 3.1 0.80 94
1952 30 35 35 .500 4.82 126 57 51 16 0 16 503.2 531 306 270 41 220 162 8 2 10 2202 88 1.491 9.5 0.7 3.9 2.9 0.74 88
1953 31 40 39 .506 4.73 169 57 77 16 0 23 573.0 581 343 301 45 258 178 10 2 12 2490 89 1.464 9.1 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.69 89
1954 32 40 39 .506 4.74 186 57 85 16 0 25 607.2 620 365 320 48 274 190 11 2 12 2645 88 1.471 9.2 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.69 88
1955 33 40 41 .494 4.80 194 57 86 16 0 25 620.2 640 377 331 50 280 0 196 11 2 12 2710 87 1.482 9.3 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.70 87

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1950 28 8 11 .421 4.50 176.0 178 98 88 15 89 60 1 1.517 9.1 4.6 3.1 0.67 0.8 45
1951 29 10 11 .476 4.17 192.0 192 99 89 13 61 65 3 1.318 9.0 2.9 3.0 1.07 0.6 38
1952 30 6 10 .375 5.24 146.0 164 94 85 13 71 40 4 1.610 10.1 4.4 2.5 0.56 0.8 43
1953 31 3 4 .429 4.30 69.0 53 37 33 4 40 16 2 1.348 6.9 5.2 2.1 0.40 0.5 43
1954 32 1 2 .333 5.56 34.0 41 23 21 3 17 12 1 1.706 10.9 4.5 3.2 0.71 0.8 17
1955 33 0 1 .000 7.07 14.0 21 12 11 2 6 6 0 1.929 13.5 3.9 3.9 1.00 1.3 8
6 Seasons 28 39 .418 4.66 631.0 649 363 327 50 284 199 11 1.479 9.3 2.8 0.70 0.7 194

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1950 AL--15--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL--2.905--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1950 AL--45--6th
1952 AL--43--4th
1953 AL--43--6th

Saves s c a p y
1950 AL--5--6th
1951 AL--5--6th
1952 AL--6--4th
1953 AL--7--6th

Losses s c a p y
1952 AL--15--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1951 AL--92--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 AL--4--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1950 AL--22--5th
1952 AL--21--5th
1953 AL--26--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Johnny Welch (968)
  3. Don Johnson (963)
  4. Willie Banks (962)
  5. Todd Wellemeyer (958)
  6. Willie Fraser (958)
  7. Bob McGraw (958)
  8. Jim Bullinger (958)
  9. Joe Cascarella (954)
  10. John Montague (954)
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  2. Bob Chesnes (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Bullinger (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Willie Fraser (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rich DeLucia (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Willie Banks (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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