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Bob Hooper
Robert Nelson Hooper

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 195 lb.
School Montclair State University

Debut April 19, 1950
Final Game May 14, 1955
Born May 30, 1922 in Leamington, Ontario, CAN
Died March 17, 1980 in New Brunswick, NJ

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 28 PHA AL  15  10  45  20   3   0  22  5  170.3  181  108   95  15   91   58   1   4   763       1  5.02  4.53   90 1.597
 1951 29 PHA AL  12  10  38  23   9   0   8  5  189.0  192   98   92  13   61   64   3   4   790       0  4.38  4.29   98 1.339
 1952 30 PHA AL   8  15  43  14   4   0  21  6  144.3  158  100   83  13   68   40   4   2   649       1  5.18  3.93   76 1.566
 1953 31 CLE AL   5   4  43   0   0   0  26  7   69.3   50   37   31   4   38   16   2   2   288       0  4.02  3.76   93 1.269
 1954 32 CLE AL   0   0  17   0   0   0   8  2   34.7   39   22   19   3   16   12   1   0   155       0  4.93  3.69   75 1.587
 1955 33 CIN NL   0   2   8   0   0   0   1  0   13.0   20   12   11   2    6    6   0   0    65   0   0  7.62  4.16   55 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .494  40  41 194  57  16   0  86 25  620.7  640  377  331  50  280  196  11  12  2710   0   2  4.80  4.18   87 1.482
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  11  52  15   4   0  23  6  168.0  173  102   89  13   75   53   2   3   734   0   0  4.80  4.18   87 1.482
 Career High     15  15  45  23   9   0  26  7  189.0  192  108   95  15   91   64   4   4   790   0   1  4.02  4.53   98 1.269

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 28 PHA AL  45   56    4    7   2  0   1    8   0  0   0  21  .125  .155  .214   -5   12   4           2   2
 1951 29 PHA AL  38   72    8   15   3  0   1    8   0  0   1  19  .208  .219  .292   36   21   2           0   1
 1952 30 PHA AL  43   41    3    8   1  0   2    3   0  0   1  10  .195  .214  .366   55   15   3           0   1
 1953 31 CLE AL  43   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .083  .154  .083  -34    1   0           0   0
 1954 32 CLE AL  17    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
 1955 33 CIN NL   8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      194  187   15   31   6  0   4   19   0  0   3  51  .166  .188  .262   19   49   9   0   0   2   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        156   13   26   5  0   3   16   0  0   3  43  .166  .188  .262   19   41   8   0   0   2   3
 Career High     45   72    8   15   3  0   2    8   0  0   1  21                          21   4   0   0   2   2

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 28 PHA AL   62   55    2   1.0   112| .125  .276| .155  .363| .214  .414| .369  .776|  -5  .047  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 1951 29 PHA AL   75   60    5   2.2   104| .208  .270| .219  .351| .292  .396| .511  .747|  36  .217  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1952 30 PHA AL   45   37    3   2.2   101| .195  .267| .214  .348| .366  .390| .580  .738|  55  .237  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1953 31 CLE AL   13   11    0   0.0   101| .083  .267| .154  .343| .083  .393| .237  .736| -34  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1954 32 CLE AL    5    5    0   0.0   100| .000  .268| .000  .344| .000  .391| .000  .735|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1955 33 CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0   109| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .428| .000  .770|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       201  169   10   1.6   105| .166  .271| .188  .353| .262  .400| .450  .753|  19  .126 -23.1  -2.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1950 28 PHA AL   P   45     19   37    2   10  .966  .951  1.24  0.96  2.96  2.03   20  170.3
 1951 29 PHA AL   P   38     18   37    3    3  .948  .953  1.45  0.99  2.62  2.07   23  189.0
 1952 30 PHA AL   P   43     22   32    1    5  .982  .966  1.26  1.03  3.37  2.10   14  144.3
 1953 31 CLE AL   P   43      3   16    0    2 1.000  .955  0.44  0.88  2.47  1.95    0   69.3
 1954 32 CLE AL   P   17      2    6    0    0 1.000  .964  0.47  0.93  2.07  2.00    0   34.7
 1955 33 CIN NL   P    8      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.82  2.77  2.01    0   13.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1950 28 PHA AL   P   45     19   37    2   10  .966  .951  1.24  0.96  2.96  2.03   20  170.3
 1951 29 PHA AL   P   38     18   37    3    3  .948  .953  1.45  0.99  2.62  2.07   23  189.0
 1952 30 PHA AL   P   43     22   32    1    5  .982  .966  1.26  1.03  3.37  2.10   14  144.3
 1953 31 CLE AL   P   43      3   16    0    2 1.000  .955  0.44  0.88  2.47  1.95    0   69.3
 1954 32 CLE AL   P   17      2    6    0    0 1.000  .964  0.47  0.93  2.07  2.00    0   34.7
 1955 33 CIN NL   P    8      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.82  2.77  2.01    0   13.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 194     64  132    6   20  .970  .957  1.01  0.96  2.84  2.05   57  620.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       194     64  132    6   20  .970  .957  1.01  0.96  2.84  2.05   57    621

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
1950 AL-15-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1951 AL-2.90-4

Games
1950 AL-45-6
1952 AL-43-4
1953 AL-43-6

Saves
1950 AL-5-6
1951 AL-5-6
1952 AL-6-4
1953 AL-7-6

Losses
1952 AL-15-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1951 AL-92-8

Wild Pitches
1951 AL-4-10

Games Finished
1950 AL-22-5
1952 AL-21-5
1953 AL-26-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 21 (1019) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1941 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.
November 15, 1948: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the New York Giants in the 1948 minor league draft.
Before 1950 Season: Returned to the Buffalo (International) by the Detroit Tigers after expiration of minor league working agreement.
Before 1950 Season: Obtained by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Buffalo (International) as part of a minor league working agreement.
December 19, 1952: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Dick Rozek and Bob Wilson (minors).
April 13, 1955: Purchased by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Cleveland Indians.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Wins 1950 AL-15-10	Bases on Balls/9IP 1951 AL-2.90-4	Games 1950 AL-45-6 1952 AL-43-4 1953 AL-43-6	Saves 1950 AL-5-6 1951 AL-5-6 1952 AL-6-4 1953 AL-7-6	Losses 1952 AL-15-4	Earned Runs Allow. 1951 AL-92-8
Wild Pitches 1951 AL-4-10	Games Finished 1950 AL-22-5 1952 AL-21-5 1953 AL-26-6