Mort Cooper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: March 2, 1913 in Atherton, MO us

Died: November 17, 1958 in Little Rock, AR

Buried: Salem Cemetery, Independence, MO

High School: William Chrisman HS (Independence, MO)

Debut: September 14, 1938 (Age 25-196d, 8,525th in major league history)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 8 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: May 7, 1949 (Age 36-066d)
vs. BRO 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Morton Cecil Cooper

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Relatives: Brother of Walker Cooper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.6

128

ERA

2.97

295

239

1840.2

913

WHIP

1.215

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Team Record in Appearances: 26-9 / in Starts: 26-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 1

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	117	1	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,4-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	7	5	4	3	6	0	0	6.75	1.51	26	4	6	1	2	7	39			1	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.29	-0.509	3.18	-0.76%	-3.56	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d2
2	118	7	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-1)	6	9.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.51	1.09	30	7	12	2	0	3	87			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.355	1.75	0.53%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
3	119	12	Apr 26(2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	GS-5		4	4.2	5	4	1	2	3	0	0	2.37	1.33	21	2	9	0	3	5	45			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.288	2.64	-0.39%	-1.87	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	120	17	May 2	STL		BSN	L,0-1	CG(6)	L(1-2)	5	6.0	6	1	1	3	1	1	0	2.16	2.31	26	11	5	0	2	6	54			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.19	0.163	2.76	0.23%	1.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
5	121	21	May 6	STL		PHI	W,11-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	6	2	1	3	5	0	0	1.85	2.22	34	15	6	0	4	5	71			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.31	0.148	.69	0.20%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
6	122	24	May 10(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(2-3)	3	8.0	7	1	1	4	7	0	0	1.71	2.14	34	8	7	3	0	7	67			0	0	1	27	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.10	0.189	2.84	0.29%	2.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	123	29	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	4	4	2	4	6	1	1	1.76	2.44	39	11	13	0	3	4	69			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.40	0.060	2.73	0.07%	-0.21	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
8	124	34	May 20	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.50	2.34	30	10	14	0	0	2	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.774	4.33	1.45%	3.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	125	36	May 24(1)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	1.61	2.35	26	6	10	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.044	2.65	0.08%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	126	41	May 28	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-		3	8.1	9	2	2	5	6	0	0	1.67	2.36	38						58						33					0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	127	45	Jun 2	STL		BSN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(5-3)	4	8.1	8	3	2	3	5	0	1	1.72	2.36	35	17	2	1	1	7	59			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.34	0.056	4.35	0.11%	0.30	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out a1
12	128	50	Jun 7(2)	STL		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.55	2.38	33	24	0	0	0	4	78			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.629	3.21	1.15%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	129	51	Jun 12	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.50	2.34	31	26	1	0	0	3	74			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.606	2.99	0.96%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	130	55	Jun 17	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	0	1.38	2.22	33	6	12	2	5	5	83			0	2	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.550	5.02	1.23%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
15	131	59	Jun 21(1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.28	2.20	35	11	16	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	.31	0.138	1.36	0.37%	3.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
16	132	63	Jun 25	STL	@	BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.19	2.13	30	11	10	1	0	2	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.284	1.07	0.36%	3.79	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
17	133	66	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(11-3)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	1.24	2.23	37	23	1	0	0	9	61			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	0.353	2.36	0.43%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	134	70	Jul 4(1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	GS-5	L(11-4)	3	4.1	5	6	5	4	4	1	0	1.52	2.35	22	9	1	1	0	4	31			2	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	-0.353	2.81	-0.51%	-3.90	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d5
19	135	75	Jul 10	STL		NYG	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	8	2	1	2	3	0	0	1.51	2.33	31	12	6	1	0	8	56			0	0	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.046	2.64	0.06%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
20	136	79	Jul 14	STL		BSN	W,7-5	GS-5		3	5.0	8	5	3	2	5	0	1	1.64	2.32	26	5	5	0	2	8	38			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.221	2.73	-0.28%	-2.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
21	137	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,3-4	10-GF(10)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	2.32	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	-0.135	5.66	-0.19%	-0.08	10t --3 1 out tie	10t end d 1
22	138	86	Jul 19(1)	STL		BRO	W,8-5	GS-8	W(12-4)	2	7.1	7	4	2	3	6	1	1	1.67	2.39	33	3	12	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.160	1.93	0.33%	0.25	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a4
23	139	97	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-5	L(12-5)	9	5.0	6	4	3	2	3	0	0	1.78	2.38	23	6	6	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.247	5.16	-0.72%	-1.79	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	140	101	Aug 2(2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	4	2	0	5	3	0	0	1.69	2.41	35	20	3	0	0	4	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.35	0.378	1.74	0.29%	1.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	141	105	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	GS-3		5	2.1	6	5	5	4	1	0	0	1.92	2.46	15	2	2	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.316	1.34	-0.23%	-4.51	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d5
26	142	108	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS-5	L(13-6)	1	4.1	6	5	4	2	1	0	0	2.07	2.48	22	6	13	6	3	0	32			0	0	0	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.36	-0.412	2.56	-0.47%	-2.66	1b start tie	5b --3 1 out d2
27	143	113	Aug 14	STL		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-6)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.97	2.39	30	7	15	0	0	2	89			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.416	1.27	0.45%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
28	144	118	Aug 19	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(15-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.93	2.37	33	21	1	0	0	7	71			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	2	0	0	.87	0.384	2.57	0.68%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	145	121	Aug 23(1)	STL		PIT	L,3-5	7-8	L(15-7)	3	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.00	2.43	12	3	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.296	3.16	-0.49%	-1.06	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
30	146	124	Aug 25	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG(14)	W(16-7)	1	14.0	10	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.91	2.38	51	15	21	0	0	10	91			0	0	0	49	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.50	0.878	7.62	2.67%	5.56	1t start tie	14t 3 out tie
31	147	129	Aug 29	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(17-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.91	2.36	33	15	8	0	3	6	67			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.194	3.90	0.40%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	148	132	Sep 1	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	W(18-7)	2	9.0	9	3	2	0	7	0	0	1.92	2.29	34	17	2	1	0	8	66			0	0	1	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.212	5.87	0.62%	1.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	149	137	Sep 6	STL	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	W(19-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	1	1.92	2.31	34	7	15	4	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.077	3.15	0.25%	1.91	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
34	150	141	Sep 11	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	SHO	W(20-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.85	2.29	31	11	13	2	0	3	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.530	14.20	4.78%	3.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
35	151	146	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.0	10	2	2	0	5	1	0	1.86	2.30	34	4	15	1	0	10	59			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.025	18.14	0.18%	0.91	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
36	152	149	Sep 20(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(21-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	1.80	2.23	32	10	8	0	0	4	87			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	0.753	12.21	3.42%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
37	153	154	Sep 24	STL		CIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(22-7)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.74	2.19	29	6	15	1	0	2	89			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.360	2.80	0.87%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							26-9		W-L:22-7	3.5	278.2	207	73	54	68	152	9	5	1.74	2.19	1100	1.30		4%	4%	185	65	1	100%	7	4	6	1011	23	6	6	17	0	12	1.07	5.985	4.16	18.43%	50.02

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