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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-19 / in Starts: 13-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 91 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	55 (27-20-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 91 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-19-9)

Most Driven In
J Orengo	1
P Martin	1
W Cooper	1
F Crespi	0

Most Driven In By
S Martin	2
E Slaughter	2

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 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	52	2 (1)	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.78	0.005	1.74	0.01%	0.03	P
2	53	4 (1)	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
3	54	6 (1)	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	GS-4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.59	-0.034	1.13	-0.04%	-0.40	P
4	55	10 (3)	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.53	-0.040	.91	-0.04%	-0.57	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
5	56	22 (11)	May 13	STL	@	CIN	T,8-8	GS-5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	1.54	-0.075	1.84	-0.05%	-0.69	P
6	57	27 (4)	May 19	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.21	-0.043	1.00	-0.02%	-0.61	P
7	58	31 (3)	May 26	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.66	-0.033	.60	-0.02%	-0.34	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
8	59	38 (6)	Jun 4	STL		BRO	L,1-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
9	60	43 (4)	Jun 9 (1)	STL		NYG	L,9-11	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	9	.43	-0.011	.09	0.00%	-0.11	P
10	61	47 (3)	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	W,14-1	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.44	-0.054	.03	0.00%	0.09	P
11	62	51 (3)	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	7-GF(11)	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.318	.591	9	.86	-0.016	.15	0.00%	0.11	P
12	63	53 (1)	Jun 22	STL	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.259	.481	9	.75	-0.143	.13	-0.02%	-2.17	P
13	64	56 (2)	Jun 26	STL	@	NYG	L,9-10	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.250	.464	5	1.79	-0.044	.35	-0.01%	-0.16	P
14	65	58 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.226	.419	9	1.14	-0.102	.13	-0.01%	-1.03	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
15	66	62 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.212	.394	9	.62	-0.032	.08	0.00%	-0.35	P
16	67	68 (5)	Jul 7 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.194	.361	9	.71	-0.058	.01	0.00%	-0.78	P
17	68	71 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1			0	0	0	.158	.158	.184	.342	9						P
18	69	76 (4)	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,0-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.150	.150	.175	.325	9						P
19	70	81 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.163	.186	.349	9	.46	-0.017	.02	0.00%	-0.21	P
20	71	84 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.182	.341	9	.44	-0.013	.01	0.00%	-0.37	P
21	72	87 (2)	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.170	.191	.362	9	1.03	-0.037	.04	0.00%	-0.35	P
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
22	73	92 (4)	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.163	.163	.184	.347	9	1.77	-0.116	.11	0.00%	-0.93	P
23	74	97 (4)	Aug 6	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.154	.154	.173	.327	9	1.20	-0.132	.14	-0.01%	-0.77	P
24	75	99 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-12	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.173	.327	2						P
25	76	102 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.145	.145	.164	.309	9	.98	-0.093	.01	0.00%	-0.76	P
26	77	105 (2)	Aug 14	STL		PIT	W,7-6	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.145	.164	.309	9						P
27	78	108 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.138	.138	.155	.293	9	.66	-0.094	.02	0.00%	-1.71	P
28	79	113 (4)	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,9-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.161	.164	.325	9	.29	0.010	.06	0.00%	0.24	P
29	80	118 (4)	Aug 26	STL		BSN	L,1-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.145	.159	.161	.320	9						P
30	81	120 (1)	Aug 28	STL		NYG	L,2-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.159	.161	.320	9						P
Sept		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
31	82	124 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.141	.154	.156	.310	9	1.92	-0.193	.06	0.00%	-1.27	P
32	83	129 (4)	Sep 7	STL		PIT	L,9-14	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.145	.147	.292	9	.28	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-1.39	P
33	84	130	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PIT	L,14-16	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.145	.147	.292	9						P
34	85	135 (4)	Sep 12 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.155	.167	.183	.350	9	1.12	0.158	.00	0.00%	1.25	P
35	86	140 (4)	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.147	.158	.173	.331	9						P
36	87	147 (6)	Sep 22 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.150	.160	.175	.335	9						P
37	88	151 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.160	.175	.335	9						P
38	89	156 (4)	Sep 29	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.157	.167	.181	.347	9	.60	0.181	.00	0.00%	1.07	P
							18-19		91	83	5	13	2	0	0	3	1	0	22	0	7		0	3	0	0	.157	.167	.181	.347		.85	-1.058	.30	-0.22%	-12.15

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