Dennis Cook

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: October 4, 1962 in La Marque, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round of the 1983 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Angelina College (Lufkin, TX) and the San Francisco Giants in the 18th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Dickinson HS (Dickinson, TX)

Schools: Angelina College (Lufkin, TX), University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: September 12, 1988 (Age 25-344d, 13,176th in MLB history)
vs. SDP 5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 18, 2002 (Age 39-349d)
vs. OAK 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: Dennis Bryan Cook

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1997 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

W

L

ERA

3.91

G

665

GS

SV

IP

1011.2

SO

739

WHIP

1.325

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1985	22	SFG-min	A	5	4	.556	3.36	13	13	0	1	0	0	83.0	73	35	31	7	27	0	40	2	4	5				1.205	7.9	0.8	2.9	4.3	1.48	CLI MIDW
1986	23	SFG-min	A	12	7	.632	3.97	27	25	2	2	1	1	170.0	141	92	75	16	100	1	173	5	3	7				1.418	7.5	0.8	5.3	9.2	1.73	FRE CALL
1987	24	SFG-min	AA,AAA	11	7	.611	3.27	28	27	0	2	1	0	167.2	166	77	61	9	46	3	122	2	8	8				1.264	8.9	0.5	2.5	6.5	2.65	SHV,PHX TL,PCL
1988	25	SFG-min	AAA	11	9	.550	3.88	26	25	0	5	1	0	141.1	138	73	61	14	51	1	110	3	4	5				1.337	8.8	0.9	3.2	7.0	2.16	PHX PCL
1988	25	SFG	NL	2	1	.667	2.86	4	4	0	1	1	0	22.0	9	8	7	1	11	1	13	0	0	1	86	117	3.68	0.909	3.7	0.4	4.5	5.3	1.18
1989	26	SFG-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.12	12	12	0	3	1	0	78.0	73	29	27	4	19	0	85	1	2	4				1.179	8.4	0.5	2.2	9.8	4.47	PHX PCL
1989	26	TOT	NL	7	8	.467	3.72	23	18	1	2	1	0	121.0	110	59	50	18	38	6	67	2	2	4	499	95	4.58	1.223	8.2	1.3	2.8	5.0	1.76
1989	26	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	1.80	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	13	3	3	1	5	0	9	0	0	1	58	192	3.43	1.200	7.8	0.6	3.0	5.4	1.80
1989	26	PHI	NL	6	8	.429	3.99	21	16	1	1	1	0	106.0	97	56	47	17	33	6	58	2	2	3	441	89	4.74	1.226	8.2	1.4	2.8	4.9	1.76
1990	27	TOT	NL	9	4	.692	3.92	47	16	4	2	1	1	156.0	155	74	68	20	56	9	64	2	3	6	663	97	4.77	1.353	8.9	1.2	3.2	3.7	1.14
1990	27	PHI	NL	8	3	.727	3.56	42	13	4	2	1	1	141.2	132	61	56	13	54	9	58	2	3	6	594	107	4.37	1.313	8.4	0.8	3.4	3.7	1.07
1990	27	LAD	NL	1	1	.500	7.53	5	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	23	13	12	7	2	0	6	0	0	0	69	50	8.74	1.744	14.4	4.4	1.3	3.8	3.00
1991	28	LAD-min	AAA,AA	8	6	.571	3.22	21	21	0	2	0	0	142.1	116	66	51	11	42	1	129	3	9	5	575			1.110	7.3	0.7	2.7	8.2	3.07	ABQ,SAN PCL,TL
1991	28	LAD	NL	1	0	1.000	0.51	20	1	5	0	0	0	17.2	12	3	1	0	7	1	8	0	0	0	69	719	3.14	1.075	6.1	0.0	3.6	4.1	1.14
1992	29	CLE	AL	5	7	.417	3.82	32	25	1	1	0	0	158.0	156	79	67	29	50	2	96	2	5	4	669	103	4.94	1.304	8.9	1.7	2.8	5.5	1.92
1993	30	CLE-min	AAA	3	2	.600	5.06	12	6	3	0	0	0	42.2	46	26	24	6	6	1	40	2	2	1	179			1.219	9.7	1.3	1.3	8.4	6.67	CHR IL
1993	30	CLE	AL	5	5	.500	5.67	25	6	2	0	0	0	54.0	62	36	34	9	16	1	34	2	1	0	233	77	4.90	1.444	10.3	1.5	2.7	5.7	2.13
1994	31	CHW	AL	3	1	.750	3.55	38	0	8	0	0	0	33.0	29	17	13	4	14	3	26	0	1	0	143	133	4.40	1.303	7.9	1.1	3.8	7.1	1.86
1995	32	TOT	AL	0	2	.000	4.53	46	1	10	0	0	2	57.2	63	32	29	9	26	3	53	2	0	1	255	108	4.75	1.543	9.8	1.4	4.1	8.3	2.04
1995	32	CLE	AL	0	0		6.39	11	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	16	9	9	3	10	2	13	1	0	0	62	75	6.73	2.053	11.4	2.1	7.1	9.2	1.30
1995	32	TEX	AL	0	2	.000	4.00	35	1	9	0	0	2	45.0	47	23	20	6	16	1	40	1	0	1	193	122	4.19	1.400	9.4	1.2	3.2	8.0	2.50
1996	33	TEX	AL	5	2	.714	4.09	60	0	9	0	0	0	70.1	53	34	32	2	35	7	64	7	0	0	298	129	3.51	1.251	6.8	0.3	4.5	8.2	1.83
1997	34	FLA	NL	1	2	.333	3.90	59	0	12	0	0	0	62.1	64	28	27	4	28	4	63	2	0	0	272	104	3.37	1.476	9.2	0.6	4.0	9.1	2.25
1998	35	NYM	NL	8	4	.667	2.38	73	0	18	0	0	1	68.0	60	21	18	5	27	4	79	3	1	1	286	177	3.09	1.279	7.9	0.7	3.6	10.5	2.93
1999	36	NYM	NL	10	5	.667	3.86	71	0	12	0	0	3	63.0	50	27	27	11	27	1	68	1	0	0	262	115	4.58	1.222	7.1	1.6	3.9	9.7	2.52
2000	37	NYM	NL	6	3	.667	5.34	68	0	15	0	0	2	59.0	63	35	35	8	31	4	53	5	2	3	269	84	4.93	1.593	9.6	1.2	4.7	8.1	1.71
2001	38	PHI-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7			3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50	SWB IL
2001	38	TOT	NL	1	1	.500	4.53	62	0	14	0	0	0	45.2	43	24	23	8	14	3	38	2	1	3	194	93	4.71	1.248	8.5	1.6	2.8	7.5	2.71
2001	38	NYM	NL	1	1	.500	4.25	43	0	11	0	0	0	36.0	28	18	17	6	10	1	34	1	1	3	148	99	4.24	1.056	7.0	1.5	2.5	8.5	3.40
2001	38	PHI	NL	0	0		5.59	19	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	15	6	6	2	4	2	4	1	0	0	46	79	6.46	1.966	14.0	1.9	3.7	3.7	1.00
2002	39	ANA-min	A+	0	1	.000	17.18	4	3	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	7	7	3	1	0	5	0	0	1	20			2.455	19.6	7.4	2.5	12.3	5.00	RCU CALL
2002	39	ANA	AL	1	1	.500	3.38	37	0	5	0	0	0	24.0	21	9	9	2	10	0	13	1	0	0	100	133	4.34	1.292	7.9	0.8	3.8	4.9	1.30
15 Yrs				64	46	.582	3.91	665	71	116	6	3	9	1011.2	950	486	440	130	390	49	739	31	16	23	4298	106	4.41	1.325	8.5	1.2	3.5	6.6	1.89
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.582	3.91	61	7	11	1	0	1	93	88	45	41	12	36	5	68	3	1	2	397	106	4.41	1.325	8.5	1.2	3.5	6.6	1.89
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYM (4 yrs)				25	13	.658	3.86	255	0	56	0	0	6	226.0	201	101	97	30	95	10	234	10	4	7	965	113	4.17	1.310	8.0	1.2	3.8	9.3	2.46
PHI (3 yrs)				14	11	.560	3.81	82	29	8	3	2	1	257.1	244	123	109	32	91	17	120	5	5	9	1081	98	4.60	1.302	8.5	1.1	3.2	4.2	1.32
CLE (3 yrs)				10	12	.455	4.41	68	31	4	1	0	0	224.2	234	124	110	41	76	5	143	5	6	4	964	92	5.03	1.380	9.4	1.6	3.0	5.7	1.88
SFG (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	2.43	6	6	0	2	1	0	37.0	22	11	10	2	16	1	22	0	0	2	144	140	3.58	1.027	5.4	0.5	3.9	5.4	1.38
LAD (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	3.66	25	4	5	0	0	0	32.0	35	16	13	7	9	1	14	0	0	0	138	102	5.65	1.375	9.8	2.0	2.5	3.9	1.56
TEX (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	4.06	95	1	18	0	0	2	115.1	100	57	52	8	51	8	104	8	0	1	491	126	3.78	1.309	7.8	0.6	4.0	8.1	2.04
ANA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.38	37	0	5	0	0	0	24.0	21	9	9	2	10	0	13	1	0	0	100	133	4.34	1.292	7.9	0.8	3.8	4.9	1.30
FLA (1 yr)				1	2	.333	3.90	59	0	12	0	0	0	62.1	64	28	27	4	28	4	63	2	0	0	272	104	3.37	1.476	9.2	0.6	4.0	9.1	2.25
CHW (1 yr)				3	1	.750	3.55	38	0	8	0	0	0	33.0	29	17	13	4	14	3	26	0	1	0	143	133	4.40	1.303	7.9	1.1	3.8	7.1	1.86

NL (9 yrs)				45	28	.616	3.75	427	39	81	5	3	7	614.2	566	279	256	75	239	33	453	17	9	18	2600	106	4.31	1.310	8.3	1.1	3.5	6.6	1.90
AL (6 yrs)				19	18	.514	4.17	238	32	35	1	0	2	397.0	384	207	184	55	151	16	286	14	7	5	1698	107	4.57	1.348	8.7	1.2	3.4	6.5	1.89

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