Jay Hook

Position: 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)

Debut: September 3, 1957 (Age 20-289d, 11,472nd in major league history)
vs. STL 2.1 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 4-18 / in Starts: 2-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 7

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	58	3	Apr 14	CIN	@	STL	W,7-3	GS-4		99	4.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	2	6.75	7.32	20	6	2	1	0	5	41			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.100	3.06	-0.18%	-0.79	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
2	59	9	Apr 21	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-3	L(0-1)	6	2.0	6	5	5	2	0	2	1	12.00	11.57	14	5	4	0	0	2	22			0	1	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.433	2.69	-0.80%	-4.76	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d1
3	60	15	Apr 30(1)	CIN		PIT	L,3-6	GS-5	L(0-2)	8	4.2	7	5	5	0	3	1	0	10.97	8.29	21	5	6	0	2	7	33			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.353	1.55	-0.40%	-2.76	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d2
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	61	22	May 7(1)	CIN	@	MLN	W,5-4	6-7		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.24	7.39	6	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.014	.25	0.02%	0.93	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
5	62	25	May 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-8	5-7		4	2.1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	7.80	6.64	10	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.035	.97	0.07%	1.11	5b --- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d3
6	63	26	May 13	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-13	6-6		0	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	9.00	7.07	7	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.122	1.10	-0.24%	-2.50	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d5
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
7	64	51	Jun 9	CIN	@	STL	L,4-8	4-6		26	2.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	7.71	6.43	10	4	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.032	2.81	0.09%	1.09	4b --3 1 out d2	6b 3 out d3
8	65	62	Jun 20(1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	GS-7		10	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	6.66	5.77	27	7	9	2	3	7	53			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.104	6.66	-0.33%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	66	67	Jun 24	CIN		LAD	L,7-9	7-8		3	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.49	5.73	4	0	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	-0.067	25.87	-0.30%	0.20	7t 123 1 out tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
10	67	69	Jun 27	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-8	4-6	W(1-2)	2	3.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	6.44	5.74	13	2	4	0	2	3		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.022	4.81	-0.07%	0.87	4b 1-3 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
11	68	70	Jun 28(1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-16	5-GF(8)		0	4.0	8	8	8	3	3	1	2	7.83	6.02	25	4	5	1	0	8		0	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.021	.17	-0.07%	-5.97	5b --- 0 out d6	8b end d11
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
12	69	74	Jul 1	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-5	5-7		2	3.0	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	7.68	6.34	14	4	4	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.21	-0.032	1.24	-0.12%	-0.60	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
13	70	83	Jul 8	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-10	5-6		6	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	8.22	6.51	13	2	8	4	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.063	.66	-0.27%	-2.91	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d8
14	71	89	Jul 17	CIN		MLN	L,4-13	5-GF		8	5.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	8.10	6.40	23	8	5	1	1	6		2	2	1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.034	.81	-0.09%	-1.94	5t -23 0 out d3	9t end d 9
15	72	93	Jul 22	CIN		SFG	L,3-8	6-8		4	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	8.16	6.35	12	2	5	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.061	.72	-0.25%	-1.46	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d7
16	73	101	Jul 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-7	6-7		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.82	6.19	5	1	4	1	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.024	1.08	0.08%	2.86	6b 123 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
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
17	74	108	Aug 5	CIN		PIT	L,7-11	1-6		6	5.2	8	6	6	3	1	1	0	8.00	6.19	27	8	7	1	1	8		1	0	0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	1	0	.59	-0.181	3.59	-0.66%	-2.90	1t 1-- 1 out d4	6t 3 out d6
18	75	123	Aug 22(1)	CIN		SFG	L,2-12	4-7		16	4.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	7.60	5.83	17	5	5	0	1	4		0	0	1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.06	0.001	.39	0.01%	1.05	4t --- 0 out d8	7t 3 out d7
19	76	128	Aug 26	CIN		LAD	L,6-10	GS-2	L(1-3)	3	1.2	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	7.99	5.79	11	3	7	4	0	0	26			0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.287	11.97	-2.24%	-3.30	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d4
Sep/Oct				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
20	77	136	Sep 4(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	7-7		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.86	5.71	3	1	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.63	-0.012	4.21	-0.05%	0.33	7b 123 0 out d2	7b 3 out d4
21	78	150	Sep 24	CIN		SFG	L,5-12	6-6		19	1.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.88	5.70	6	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	.07	-0.009	.08	-0.01%	-1.49	6t --- 0 out d7	6t 3 out d9
22	79	154	Oct 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.76	5.62	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
							4-18		W-L:1-3	4.6	62.2	83	55	54	22	36	14	5	7.76	5.62	291	0.90		10%	10%	66	35	15	40%	3	3	0	258	15	3	2	3	3	3	.56	-1.781	2.88	-5.79%	-21.83

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