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 (Chicago, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Debut: September 3, 1957 (Age 20-289d, 11,486th 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

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

5.23

160

112

752.2

394

WHIP

1.439

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
1957	20	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	4.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	7	5	0	8	0	6	0	0	1	45	94	3.66	1.400	5.4	0.0	7.2	5.4	0.75
1958	21	CIN-min	AA	13	14	.481	3.70	33	30		13	3		219.0	202	103	90	13	131	4	160	9	0	10				1.521	8.3	0.5	5.4	6.6	1.22	NVL SOUA
1958	21	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	4	4	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	14	39	9.81	1.667	9.0	6.0	6.0	15.0	2.50
1959	22	CIN-min	AAA	10	7	.588	2.96	19	19		9	2		140.0	103	50	46	9	64		106	4	0	6				1.193	6.6	0.6	4.1	6.8	1.66	SLE PCL
1959	22	CIN	NL	5	5	.500	5.13	17	15	1	4	0	0	79.0	79	46	45	10	39	1	37	3	0	1	341	80	4.85	1.494	9.0	1.1	4.4	4.2	0.95
1960	23	CIN	NL	11	18	.379	4.50	36	33	2	10	2	0	222.0	222	119	111	31	73	7	103	5	0	2	939	85	4.47	1.329	9.0	1.3	3.0	4.2	1.41
1961	24	CIN	NL	1	3	.250	7.76	22	5	3	0	0	0	62.2	83	55	54	14	22	2	36	5	0	1	291	52	5.62	1.676	11.9	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.64
1962	25	NYM	NL	8	19	.296	4.84	37	34	2	13	0	0	213.2	230	137	115	31	71	4	113	8	0	9	938	86	4.55	1.409	9.7	1.3	3.0	4.8	1.59
1963	26	NYM	NL	4	14	.222	5.48	41	20	13	3	0	1	152.2	168	104	93	21	53	2	89	9	0	6	672	63	4.32	1.448	9.9	1.2	3.1	5.2	1.68
1964	27	MLN-min	AAA	5	6	.455	4.86	24	18		4	1		100.0	125	61	54	7	25	2	64	5	0	7				1.500	11.3	0.6	2.3	5.8	2.56	DEN PCL
1964	27	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	9.31	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	17	10	10	2	7	0	5	0	0	2	51	40	6.43	2.483	15.8	1.9	6.5	4.7	0.71
8 Yrs				29	62	.319	5.23	160	112	21	30	2	1	752.2	808	482	437	111	275	16	394	30	0	22	3291	74	4.63	1.439	9.7	1.3	3.3	4.7	1.43
162 Game Avg.				7	16	.319	5.23	40	28	5	8	0	0	188	202	120	109	28	69	4	98	8	0	6	823	74	4.63	1.439	9.7	1.3	3.3	4.7	1.43

CIN (5 yrs)				17	28	.378	5.23	79	56	6	14	2	0	376.2	393	231	219	57	144	10	187	13	0	5	1630	75	4.76	1.426	9.4	1.4	3.4	4.5	1.30
NYM (3 yrs)				12	34	.261	5.22	81	56	15	16	0	1	376.0	415	251	218	54	131	6	207	17	0	17	1661	74	4.51	1.452	9.9	1.3	3.1	5.0	1.58