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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 Pitching

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
1941	19	TAR	D	3	4	.429	3.79	16						76.0	78	39	32		55								1.750	9.2		6.5			TAR · COPL
1942	20	SFG-min	D,C,B,A1	7	5	.583	1.51	26	8					113.0	106	48	19		52								1.398	8.4		4.1			SBY,LXG,FSM,JCK,OKC · NCSL,WA,SALL,TL
1946	24	SFG-min	A	9	11	.450	3.51	29						164.0	156	97	64		79								1.433	8.6		4.3			JCK · SALL
1947	25	SFG-min	A,AAA	8	12	.400	3.82	28						158.0	159	96	67		72		4						1.462	9.1		4.1	0.2	0.06	JCK,JER · SALL,IL
1948	26	SFG-min	A	20	9	.690	2.45	35						206.0	187	72	56		71								1.252	8.2		3.1			JCK · SALL
1949	27	DET-min	AAA	19	3	.864	3.96	36	18		9	0		175.0	176	94	77		85		75	3	0	0			1.491	9.1		4.4	3.9	0.88	BFL · IL
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	97	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	76	1.587	10.1	0.8	4.2	3.1	0.75
1955	33	CLE-min	AAA	5	9	.357	4.22	43	1		0	0		79.0	76	40	37	7	41	8	54	4	0	4			1.481	8.7	0.8	4.7	6.2	1.32	INA · AA
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	57	2.000	13.8	1.4	4.2	4.2	1.00
1956	34	BAL-min	Opn	2	3	.400	6.64	21	5		1	0		63.2	81	49	47	6	38		39	7	0	5			1.869	11.5	0.8	5.4	5.5	1.03	VAN · PCL
1957	35	BAL-min	C	6	2	.750	3.62	24	3					87.0	99	46	35	8	13								1.287	10.2	0.8	1.3			PHX · AZMX
1958	36	BAL-min	B	0	1	.000	3.46	7						13.0			5																WLS · CARL
6 Yrs				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	57	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	57	2.000	13.8	1.4	4.2	4.2	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1950	28	PHA	AL	170.1	45	20	108	5.71	4.81	-0.10	0.00	100.4	4.93	-16	-1.4	1.6	-0.3	-0.4	3	.468	.491	$
1951	29	PHA	AL	189.0	38	23	98	4.67	4.69	0.12	0.00	102.9	4.71	-0	-0.0	2.2	-0.2	1.2	18	.499	.500	$
1952	30	PHA	AL	144.1	43	14	100	6.24	4.07	-0.11	0.00	107.4	4.49	-29	-3.0	1.9	-0.6	-2.5	-16	.431	.482	$
1953	31	CLE	AL	69.1	43	0	37	4.80	4.39	0.21	0.00	95.3	3.99	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.485	.496	$
1954	32	CLE	AL	34.2	17	0	22	5.71	4.37	0.23	0.00	100.4	4.16	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.463	.496	$
1955	33	CIN	NL	13.0	8	0	12	8.31	4.66	0.30	0.00	105.4	4.59	-5	-0.5	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.438	.497	$
6 Seasons				620.2	194	57	377	5.47	4.53	0.02	0.00	102.3	4.60	-62	-6.2	1.4	-1.1	-2.6	-2	.468	.494	$

PHA (3 yrs)				503.2	126	57	306	5.47	4.55	-0.02	0.00	103.3	4.72	-45	-4.4	1.9	-1.1	-1.7	5	.465	.491	$
CLE (2 yrs)				104.0	60	0	59	5.11	4.39	0.22	0.00	97.0	4.04	-12	-1.3	.9	-0.1	-0.6	-3	.478	.496	$
CIN (1 yr)				13.0	8	0	12	8.31	4.66	0.30	0.00	105.4	4.59	-5	-0.5	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.438	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1950	28	PHA	AL	45	473	666	108	181	17	7	15	3	0	91	58	.272	.360	.386	.746	.280	257	16	1	6	0		6
1951	29	PHA	AL	38	714	719	98	192	27	12	13	3	8	61	64	.267	.327	.392	.719	.279	282	19	3	7	0		8
1952	30	PHA	AL	43	574	566	100	158	25	4	13	0	5	68	40	.279	.361	.406	.767	.283	230	11	4	13	0		10
1953	31	CLE	AL	43	288	242	37	50	4	1	4	1	5	38	16	.207	.319	.281	.600	.207	68	8	2	6	0		7
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		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
6 Yrs				194	2270	2384	377	640	84	25	50	8	18	280	196	.268	.348	.388	.735	.276	924	58	11	37	2	0	35
162 Game Avg.				53	615	646	102	173	23	7	14	2	5	76	53	.268	.348	.388	.735	.276	250	16	3	10	1		9
MLB Averages																.261	.335	.383	.718	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	28	PHA	AL	-9.8	-0.9	484	-1.4	10.6	-12.0	1.33	-1.7	0.6	-9.4	-0.9	1.33	-14.7	12	4	4
1951	29	PHA	AL	-0.1	-0.0	733	0.8	14.0	-13.2	1.06	1.1	-0.3	5.7	0.6	1.06	15.2	9	2	4
1952	30	PHA	AL	-20.0	-2.0	629	-0.2	12.3	-12.6	1.20	-0.8	0.6	-17.3	-1.7	1.17	-10.5	16	6	5
1953	31	CLE	AL	-3.1	-0.3	297	-0.3	4.5	-4.7	.92	0.6	-0.9	5.9	0.6	0.92	6.6	10	11	22
1954	32	CLE	AL	-5.1	-0.5	157	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	.40	-0.1	-1.0	-7.3	-0.7	0.40	-6.1	3	2	12
1955	33	CIN	NL	-4.4	-0.4	66	0.1	0.8	-0.8	.81	-0.3	0.3	-6.0	-0.6	0.81	-5.4	1	1	6
6 Yrs				-42.5	-4.2	2366	-1.5	43.2	-44.7	1.08	-1.2	-0.2	-28.4	-2.7	1.08	-14.8	51	26	53

Starting Pitching*

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
1950	28	PHA	AL	45	20	8	6	6	3	1	10	10	.500	0	3	3	0	7	35%	41.5	70	15	15	6	11	3	6.8	7.3	5.9
1951	29	PHA	AL	38	23	11	9	3	4	3	13	10	.565	0	2	9	0	11	48%	48.4	74	23	7	2	6	8	5.1	4.8	7.0
1952	30	PHA	AL	43	14	2	11	1	0	3	2	12	.143	1	0	4	0	5	36%	41.6	69	19	20	11	6	7	2.7	2.4	6.6
3 Yrs				126	57	21	26	10	7	7	25	32	.439	1	5	16	0	23	40%	44	74	15	42	19	23	18	5.1	4.5	6.5
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	118	-6					4.5	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	28	PHA	AL	45	25	22	7	4	10	5	6	50%	10	0	22	5	23%	8	1.329	12	4	4	11	1	8	13	7	13	4	11	5	6.3
1951	29	PHA	AL	38	15	8	1	1	6	5	1	83%	6	0	23	8	35%	7	1.059	9	2	4	6	4	5	12	3	9	2	10	2	5.7
1952	30	PHA	AL	43	29	21	6	4	8	6	2	75%	10	2	23	11	48%	8	1.198	16	6	5	10	10	8	11	17	18	3	19	8	5.3
1953	31	CLE	AL	43	43	26	5	4	5	7	2	140%	10	4	35	8	23%	9	.915	10	11	22	13	2	28	17	26	19	10	19	9	4.8
1954	32	CLE	AL	17	17	8	0	0	3	2	1	67%	4	1	12	6	50%	7	.402	3	2	12	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	.815	1	1	6	0	1	7	1	7	4	2	4	2	4.9
6 Yrs				194	137	86	19	15	32	25	12	78%	40	7	116	38	33%		1.080	51	26	53	44	18	69	59	72	77	22	77	28	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	28	PHA	AL	763	57%	3.2%	12.3%	19.2%	8.3%	22%	0.98	125%	114	16	14%
1951	29	PHA	AL	790	50%	1.8%	9.0%	8.5%	7.3%	27%	1.11	90%	139	19	14%
1952	30	PHA	AL	651	57%	2.3%	7.0%	11.9%	7.3%	27%	0.95	89%	118	11	9%
1953	31	CLE	AL	288	66%	1.4%	5.6%	13.2%	3.1%	18%	1.03	77%	67	8	12%
1954	32	CLE	AL	156	63%	1.9%	7.7%	10.3%	7.7%	31%	0.91	79%	33	3	9%
1955	33	CIN	NL	65	57%	3.1%	9.2%	9.2%	7.7%	25%	0.88	72%	20	1	5%
6 Yrs				2713	56%	2.2%	8.6%	12.3%	7.0%	25%	1.01	94%	491	58	12%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	11.9%	10.7%	6.8%	26%	0.95	85%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	473	181			15	1	28	4	6	6	4	40	18	3	45%	6	4	0	197	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	290
1951	29	PHA	AL	714	192			13	0	19	7	6	7	6	44	21	6	48%	8	4	1	251	3	8	27%	3	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	76
1952	30	PHA	AL	574	158			13	0	13	7	5	6	6	28	17	1	61%	10	2	1	243	0	5	0%	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	77
1953	31	CLE	AL	288	50			4	0	9	2	2	2	2	16	7	2	44%	7	2	1	111	1	5	17%	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0
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 Yrs				2270	640			50	2	79	21	23	26	18	142	70	12	49%	35	12	3	899	8	18	31%	8	16	0	0	0	2	4	1	27	443
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	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	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	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	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	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	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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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	4.26	190.0	195	100	90	13	62	64	3	1.353	9.2	2.9	3.0	1.03	0.6	38
1952	30	6	10	.375	5.30	146.0	164	96	86	13	71	41	4	1.610	10.1	4.4	2.5	0.58	0.8	43
1953	31	3	4	.429	4.63	68.0	54	39	35	4	41	16	2	1.397	7.1	5.4	2.1	0.39	0.5	43
1954	32	1	2	.333	5.56	34.0	42	23	21	3	17	12	1	1.735	11.1	4.5	3.2	0.71	0.8	17
1955	33	0	1	.000	6.43	14.0	20	11	10	2	6	6	0	1.857	12.9	3.9	3.9	1.00	1.3	8
6 Yrs		28	39	.418	4.73	628.0	653	367	330	50	286	199	11	1.495	9.4		2.9	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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