Wilbur Cooper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: February 24, 1892 in Bearsville, WV us

Died: August 7, 1973 in Encino, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA

Debut: August 29, 1912 (Age 20-187d, 3,775th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 21, 1926 (Age 34-147d)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Arley Wilbur Cooper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

53.4

216

178

ERA

2.89

517

406

3480.0

1252

WHIP

1.226

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-18 / in Starts: 19-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 111 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	54 (22-24-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 111 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (32-22-12)

Most Driven In
B Wagner	2
W Fischer	1
A McCarthy	1
F Blackwell	1
C Ward	0
R Smith	0
A DeBus	0

Most Driven In By
J Pitler	2
H Wagner	2
H Caton	2
C Bigbee	1
M Carey	1

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	159	2 (1)	Apr 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.73	-0.034	1.76	-0.05%	-0.27	P
2	160	6 (3)	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.33	-0.033	.67	-0.04%	-0.74	P
3	161	9 (2)	Apr 19	PIT		CHC	L,3-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	162	13 (3)	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.78	0.032	1.16	0.03%	0.22	P
5	163	15 (1)	Apr 25	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8	4-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.19	-0.063	1.76	-0.06%	-0.61	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	164	22 (6)	May 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	3-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.077	.077	.077	.154	9	.32	-0.016	.41	-0.01%	-0.29	P
7	165	27 (4)	May 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-4	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1		0		0		.125	.176	.188	.364	9	.28	-0.005	.19	0.00%	2.01	P
8	166	30 (2)	May 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.105	.190	.158	.348	9	1.58	0.010	.84	0.00%	0.10	P
9	167	34 (3)	May 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.150	.227	.200	.427	9	.96	0.043	.56	0.02%	0.36	P
10	168	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.217	.190	.408	9	.56	-0.013	.22	0.00%	-0.13	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	169	39 (2)	Jun 1	PIT		PHI	L,1-9	1-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.200	.174	.374	9	.15	-0.007	.08	0.00%	-0.16	P
12	170	43 (3)	Jun 8	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.120	.185	.160	.345	9	.41	0.015	.10	0.00%	0.31	P
13	171	46 (2)	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.107	.167	.143	.310	9	1.66	-0.123	.26	-0.01%	-0.79	P
14	172	50 (3)	Jun 18	PIT	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.176	.156	.333	9	.47	0.022	.04	0.00%	0.11	P
15	173	54 (3)	Jun 22	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.211	.171	.382	9	1.59	-0.005	.16	0.00%	-0.01	P
16	174	58 (3)	Jun 26	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.158	.220	.184	.404	9	.54	-0.030	.02	0.00%	-0.34	P
17	175	62 (3)	Jun 30	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.150	.209	.175	.384	9	1.18	-0.037	.02	0.00%	-0.42	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	176	68 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		STL	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.140	.196	.163	.358	9	1.51	-0.165	.00	0.00%	-1.08	P
19	177	72 (3)	Jul 12	PIT	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.133	.188	.156	.343	9	.96	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
20	178	77 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,7-8	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.149	.216	.170	.386	9	1.21	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.34	P
21	179	82 (4)	Jul 19	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.157	.218	.176	.395	9	.54	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.35	P
22	180	85 (2)	Jul 23	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.224	.204	.428	9	1.57	0.207	.00	0.00%	0.70	P
23	181	90 (4)	Jul 27	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.193	.246	.228	.474	9	1.24	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
24	182	93 (2)	Jul 30	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.193	.246	.228	.474	9						P
25	183	94	Jul 31 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,7-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.242	.224	.466	9	.85	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
26	184	95	Jul 31 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-9	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.254	.271	.525	3	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.90	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	185	98 (2)	Aug 3	PIT		BSN	L,4-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.250	.267	.517	9	.45	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
28	186	101 (2)	Aug 10	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.190	.239	.254	.493	9	.66	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
29	187	106 (4)	Aug 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.179	.225	.239	.464	9	1.23	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
30	188	112 (5)	Aug 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.178	.221	.233	.454	9	2.36	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-1.57	P
31	189	115 (2)	Aug 22	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.225	.250	.475	9	.98	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.47	P
32	190	119 (3)	Aug 27	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.177	.217	.241	.457	9	.89	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.58	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	191	124 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.183	.221	.256	.477	9	1.45	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
34	192	129 (4)	Sep 4	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.179	.216	.250	.466	9	1.26	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
35	193	132 (2)	Sep 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.220	.253	.473	9	1.18	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
36	194	137 (4)	Sep 13	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.191	.234	.258	.492	9	.69	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
37	195	142 (4)	Sep 18 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,3-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.196	.237	.261	.498	9	1.05	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
38	196	146 (3)	Sep 20	PIT		NYG	T,9-9	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.235	.258	.493	9	2.14	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
39	197	148 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.196	.235	.258	.493	9	1.35	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
40	198	153 (4)	Sep 27	PIT		BRO	W,10-2	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.210	.255	.280	.535	9	.25	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.54	P
41	199	157 (3)	Oct 1	PIT		BSN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.204	.248	.272	.520	9	.83	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
							22-18		111	103	8	21	5	1	0	5	6	0	20	0	2		0		0		.204	.248	.272	.520		1.00	-1.081	.19	-0.13%	-4.18

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