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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB HBP SH Pos Awards
1938 23 BCA NAL 0.7 30 107 87 26 27 4 0 0 6 3 16 .310 .423 .356 .779 124 .380 131 31 1 3 2/45367
1939 24 2TM 2LG 0.3 12 34 29 10 10 2 0 1 5 1 5 .345 .441 .517 .958 161 .443 158 15 0 /2758
1939 24 IAB NAL 0.1 3 11 9 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .333 .455 .444 .899 160 .430 160 4 0 /25
1939 24 PS NN2 0.1 9 23 20 8 7 1 0 1 3 1 3 .350 .435 .550 .985 160 .449 158 11 0 /278
1940 25 PS NN2 0.2 53 185 166 32 44 6 2 3 24 1 17 .265 .333 .380 .713 85 .334 85 63 0 2 *25/978
1941 26 2TM NN2 0.3 48 176 161 18 43 8 1 0 17 4 12 .267 .322 .329 .651 83 .309 85 53 1 2 *2/579
1941 26 PS NN2 0.3 47 172 158 18 42 8 1 0 17 4 12 .266 .318 .329 .647 81 .306 83 52 0 2 *2/579
1941 26 NBY NN2 0.0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 137 .430 156 1 1 0 /2
1942 27 PS NN2 0.3 35 126 118 13 31 4 0 2 21 0 8 .263 .310 .347 .657 87 .315 86 41 0 0 *2
1943 28 PS NN2 0.0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -31 .196 7 0 0 0
1944 Did not play - Military Service
1945 Did not play - Military Service
1946 31 NBY NN2 0.1 5 16 13 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 .308 .400 .385 .785 119 .384 124 5 0 1 /29
7 Yrs 1.7 184 648 577 102 159 25 3 6 76 9 61 .276 .347 .360 .707 95 .337 97 208 2 8 25/794836
162 Game Avg 1.5 162 571 508 90 140 22 3 5 67 8 54 .276 .347 .360 .707 95 .337 97 183 2
PS (5 Yrs) 0.8 145 510 465 72 124 19 3 6 65 6 41 .267 .326 .359 .685 87 .324 87 167 0 4 25/798
IAB (2 Yrs) 0.8 33 118 96 28 30 5 0 0 8 3 18 .313 .426 .365 .791 128 .385 133 35 1 3 2/54367
NBY (2 Yrs) 0.0 6 20 16 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 .313 .421 .375 .796 123 .394 131 6 1 1 /29
NN2 (6 Yrs) 0.9 151 530 481 74 129 20 3 6 68 6 43 .268 .330 .360 .689 88 .327 89 173 1 5 25/978
NAL (2 Yrs) 0.8 33 118 96 28 30 5 0 0 8 3 18 .313 .426 .365 .791 128 .385 133 35 1 3 2/54367
Standard Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH Pos Awards
1938 23 BCA NAL 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
1939 24 PS NN2 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0 1
2 Yrs 3 10 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 0 0 1
162 Game Avg 162 540 432 108 54 0 0 0 0 0 54 .125 .222 .125 .347 54 0 0 54
PS (1 Yr) 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0 1
BCA (1 Yr) 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
NN2 (1 Yr) 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0 1
NAL (1 Yr) 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0

Value Batting

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1938 23 BCA NAL 107 4 0 0 -1 1 4 0.4 4 8 0.7 .512 .502 0.8 0.0 9 2/45367
1939 24 2TM 2LG 34 3 0 0 -1 0 2 0.1 1 3 0.3 .512 .500 0.4 -0.1 4 /2758
1939 24 IAB NAL 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .524 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /25
1939 24 PS NN2 23 2 0 0 -1 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .508 .500 0.2 -0.1 3 /278
1940 25 PS NN2 185 -4 0 0 -2 1 -5 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .493 .498 0.2 0.0 3 *25/978
1941 26 2TM NN2 176 -4 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.2 6 3 0.3 .495 .499 0.2 0.1 3 *2/579
1941 26 PS NN2 172 -4 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 6 4 0.3 .496 .499 0.2 0.2 3 *2/579
1941 26 NBY NN2 4 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 0.0 0 0 0.0 .460 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 /2
1942 27 PS NN2 126 -2 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .498 .500 0.2 0.2 3 *2
1943 28 PS NN2 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 0.0 0 0 0.0 .460 .500 0.0 0.0 0
1944 Did not play - Military Service
1945 Did not play - Military Service
1946 31 NBY NN2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /29
7 Yrs 648 -3 0 0 -3 4 -3 -0.2 22 19 1.7 .499 .499 1.9 0.1 22 25/794836
162 Game Avg 571 -3 0 0 -3 3 -2 -0.2 19 17 1.5 .499 .499 1.6 0.1 19
PS (5 Yrs) 510 -9 0 0 -1 3 -7 -0.6 17 10 0.8 .496 .499 0.8 0.2 11 25/798
IAB (2 Yrs) 118 5 0 0 -1 1 5 0.4 4 9 0.8 .513 .502 0.9 0.0 10 2/54367
NBY (2 Yrs) 20 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 /29
NN2 (6 Yrs) 530 -8 0 0 -2 3 -8 -0.6 18 10 0.9 .496 .499 1.0 0.1 12 25/978
NAL (2 Yrs) 118 5 0 0 -1 1 5 0.4 4 9 0.8 .513 .502 0.9 0.0 10 2/54367

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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1938 23 BCA NAL 107 .380 131 .310 .046 0.0 15.0 59.1 2/45367
1939 24 2TM 2LG 34 .443 158 .321 .172 2.9 14.7 64.3 /2758
1939 24 IAB NAL 11 .430 160 .333 .111 0.0 18.2 40.0 /25
1939 24 PS NN2 23 .449 158 .316 .200 4.3 13.0 77.8 /278
1940 25 PS NN2 185 .334 85 .252 .114 1.6 9.2 50.0 *25/978
1941 26 2TM NN2 176 .309 85 .267 .062 0.0 6.8 32.1 *2/579
1941 26 PS NN2 172 .306 83 .266 .063 0.0 7.0 33.3 *2/579
1941 26 NBY NN2 4 .430 156 .333 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 /2
1942 27 PS NN2 126 .315 86 .250 .085 1.6 6.3 29.7 *2
1943 28 PS NN2 4 .196 7 .000 .000 0.0 25.0 100.0
1944 Did not play - Military Service
1945 Did not play - Military Service
1946 31 NBY NN2 16 .384 124 .308 .077 0.0 12.5 33.3 /29
7 Yrs 648 .337 97 .268 .085 0.9 9.4 44.4 25/794836
MLB Average .329 100 .277 .108 1.3 8.9 33.0
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Batting Batting Ratios
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% BB% RS% Pos Awards
1938 23 BCA NAL 2 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1939 24 PS NN2 8 .167 .000 0.0 12.5 50.0
2 Yrs 10 .125 .000 0.0 10.0 100.0
MLB Average .256 .115 1.8 7.3 33.4
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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG PB SB Awards
1938 23 BCA NAL C 20 18 146.2 113 94 16 3 0 .973 .978 6.75 7.66 5.50 4.52 3 30
1938 23 BCA NAL 2B 3 2 19.0 9 3 5 1 2 .889 .918 3.79 5.26 2.67 3.10
1938 23 BCA NAL 3B 3 3 27.0 10 5 4 1 0 .900 .898 3.00 2.63 3.00 1.57
1938 23 BCA NAL LF 1 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .940 1.80 1.44 1.00 0.90
1938 23 BCA NAL SS 1 1 9.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 .905 5.00 4.70 5.00 2.80
1938 23 BCA NAL 1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .980 0.00 10.80 0.00 6.30
1939 24 2TM 2LG C 5 3 28.0 24 20 4 0 1 1.000 .971 7.71 6.33 4.80 4.14 1 1
1939 24 IAB NAL C 1 1 9.0 8 6 2 0 1 1.000 .966 8.00 6.80 8.00 4.90 0 0
1939 24 PS NN2 C 4 2 19.0 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 .974 7.58 6.11 4.00 3.95 1 1
1939 24 PS NN2 LF 3 3 24.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 .942 1.50 1.80 1.33 1.17
1939 24 IAB NAL 3B 1 0 5.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 .905 1.80 2.70 1.00 1.90
1939 24 IAB NAL 1B 1 1 7.0 6 5 0 1 1 .833 .977 6.43 10.80 5.00 7.70
1940 25 PS NN2 C 36 32 266.0 176 143 26 7 3 .960 .968 5.72 6.37 4.69 7.32 2 15
1940 25 PS NN2 3B 10 9 67.1 20 7 12 1 1 .950 .935 2.54 2.82 1.90 3.24
1940 25 PS NN2 RF 3 2 16.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 .963 1.13 1.52 0.67 1.77
1940 25 PS NN2 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.80
1940 25 PS NN2 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.90
1941 26 2TM NN2 C 35 34 278.0 180 143 32 5 4 .972 .974 5.67 6.32 5.00 8.25 4 24
1941 26 PS NN2 C 34 33 268.1 172 136 32 4 4 .977 .974 5.63 6.32 4.94 8.25 3 22
1941 26 NBY NN2 C 1 1 9.2 8 7 0 1 0 .875 .974 6.52 6.33 7.00 8.30 1 2
1941 26 PS NN2 3B 5 4 36.0 15 1 10 4 1 .733 .902 2.75 2.88 2.20 3.74
1941 26 PS NN2 LF 5 4 26.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .938 2.08 1.83 1.20 2.38
1941 26 PS NN2 RF 4 2 25.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .937 2.13 1.56 1.50 2.03
1942 27 PS NN2 C 34 31 286.0 201 165 31 5 2 .975 .981 6.17 6.40 5.76 9.51 2 5
1943 28 PS NN2 C 1 1 9.0 12 8 3 1 0 .917 .969 11.00 6.10 11.00 8.00 0 0
1944 Did not play - Military Service
1945 Did not play - Military Service
1946 31 NBY NN2 C 3 2 18.0 11 8 2 1 0 .909 .981 5.00 6.10 3.33 5.97 1 1
1946 31 NBY NN2 RF 2 2 14.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .950 2.45 1.60 2.00 1.55
Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG PB SB Awards
7 Yrs 159 141 1203.0 786 603 150 33 15 .958 .970 5.63 6.11 4.74 6.90 13 76
C (7 Yrs) C 134 121 1031.2 717 581 114 22 10 .969 .975 6.06 6.54 5.19 7.56 13 76
3B (4 Yrs) 3B 19 16 135.1 47 13 27 7 2 .851 .915 2.66 2.79 2.11 3.04
LF (4 Yrs) LF 10 8 57.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 .940 1.74 1.78 1.10 1.82
RF (3 Yrs) RF 9 6 56.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 .947 1.93 1.56 1.33 1.83
1B (2 Yrs) 1B 2 1 8.0 7 5 0 2 1 .714 .977 5.63 10.80 2.50 7.00
2B (1 Yr) 2B 3 2 19.0 9 3 5 1 2 .889 .918 3.79 5.26 2.67 3.10
CF (1 Yr) CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.80
SS (1 Yr) SS 1 1 9.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 .905 5.00 4.70 5.00 2.80
Standard Fielding Table
Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB SB CS Awards
1938 23 BCA NAL C 1 1 0 12.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 2.25 3.00 0 3
1939 24 PS NN2 C 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0
2 Yrs 3 1 0 12.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 2.25 1.00 0 3 0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bill Cooper born?

Bill Cooper was born on February 19, 1915.

Where was Bill Cooper born?

Bill Cooper was born in Sumter, SC.

How tall was Bill Cooper?

Bill Cooper was 5-8 (173 cm) tall.

How much did Bill Cooper weigh when playing?

Bill Cooper weighed 170 lbs (77 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bill Cooper play?

Bill Cooper played 7 seasons.

Is Bill Cooper in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Cooper has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bill Cooper play?

Bill Cooper was a Catcher, Outfielder and Third Baseman.

How many hits did Bill Cooper have?

Bill Cooper had 159 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Bill Cooper have?

Bill Cooper had 6 home runs over his career.

What was Bill Cooper's average?

Bill Cooper had a .276 average over his career.

How many teams has Bill Cooper played for?

Bill Cooper played for 3 teams; the Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers, New York Black Yankees and Philadelphia Stars.

When did Bill Cooper retire?

Bill Cooper last played in 1946.

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