Jay Hook

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 182lb (188cm, 82kg)

Born: November 18, 1936 in Waukegan, IL us

High School: Grayslake HS (Grayslake, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Last Game: May 3, 1964 (Age 27-167d)
vs. CIN 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: James Wesley Hook

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

5.23

160

112

752.2

394

WHIP

1.439

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1957	20	-7.6	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	4.50	6.30	3	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	7	5	0	8	0	6	0	0	1	45	1.400	5.4	0.0	7.2	5.4	0.75
1958	21	-3.5	Nashville	SOUA	AA	CIN	13	14	.481	3.70	4.23	33	30		13	3		219.0	202	103	90	13	131	4	160	9	0	10		1.521	8.3	0.5	5.4	6.6	1.22
1958	21	-6.7	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	12.00	12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	4	4	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	14	1.667	9.0	6.0	6.0	15.0	2.50
1959	22	-5.2	Seattle	PCL	AAA	CIN	10	7	.588	2.96	3.21	19	19		9	2		140.0	103	50	46	9	64		106	4	0	6		1.193	6.6	0.6	4.1	6.8	1.66
1959	22	-5.7	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	5	5	.500	5.13	5.24	17	15	1	4	0	0	79.0	79	46	45	10	39	1	37	3	0	1	341	1.494	9.0	1.1	4.4	4.2	0.95
1960	23	-4.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	11	18	.379	4.50	4.82	36	33	2	10	2	0	222.0	222	119	111	31	73	7	103	5	0	2	939	1.329	9.0	1.3	3.0	4.2	1.41
1961	24	-3.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	3	.250	7.76	7.90	22	5	3	0	0	0	62.2	83	55	54	14	22	2	36	5	0	1	291	1.676	11.9	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.64
1962	25	-2.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	8	19	.296	4.84	5.77	37	34	2	13	0	0	213.2	230	137	115	31	71	4	113	8	0	9	938	1.409	9.7	1.3	3.0	4.8	1.59
1963	26	-2.3	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	4	14	.222	5.48	6.13	41	20	13	3	0	1	152.2	168	104	93	21	53	2	89	9	0	6	672	1.448	9.9	1.2	3.1	5.2	1.68
1964	27	1.9	Denver	PCL	AAA	MLN	5	6	.455	4.86	5.49	24	18		4	1		100.0	125	61	54	7	25	2	64	5	0	7		1.500	11.3	0.6	2.3	5.8	2.56
1964	27	-1.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	1	.000	9.31	9.31	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	17	10	10	2	7	0	5	0	0	2	51	2.483	15.8	1.9	6.5	4.7	0.71
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		29	62	.319	5.23	5.76	160	112	21	30	2	1	752.2	808	482	437	111	275	16	394	30	0	22	3291	1.439	9.7	1.3	3.3	4.7	1.43
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		28	27	.509	3.73	4.20	76	67		26	6		459.0	430	214	190	29	220	6	330	18	0	23		1.416	8.4	0.6	4.3	6.5	1.50
All Levels (8 Seasons)							57	89	.390	4.66	5.17	236	179	21	56	8	1	1211.2	1238	696	627	140	495	22	724	48	0	45	3291	1.430	9.2	1.0	3.7	5.4	1.46

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		15	13	.536	3.75	4.16	43	37		13	3		240.0	228	111	100	16	89	2	170	9	0	13		1.321	8.6	0.6	3.3	6.4	1.91
AA (1 season)					Minors		13	14	.481	3.70	4.23	33	30		13	3		219.0	202	103	90	13	131	4	160	9	0	10		1.521	8.3	0.5	5.4	6.6	1.22