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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 84 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 12 tying, 20 go ahead

4 Tms
STL	56
BSN	21
NYG	7
CHC	1

Platoon
vs LHB	44
vs RHB	41

Home/Road
Home	48
Away	37

Outs
2	30
0	28
1	27

8 Opps
BRO	18
NYG	13
CHC	13
CIN	11
PHI	10
PIT	9
BSN	6
STL	5

57 Batters
Bill Nicholson	6
Mel Ott	5
Ron Northey	3
Frank McCormick	3
Elbie Fletcher	3
Pee Wee Reese	3
Dolph Camilli	2
Enos Slaughter	2
Eddie Lukon	2
Harry Danning	2
Tony Cuccinello	2
Pete Reiser	2
Augie Galan	2
Al Glossop	2
Nick Etten	2
Dixie Walker	2
Luis Olmo	2
Frankie Kelleher	1
Pete Coscarart	1
Lonny Frey	1
Buster Adams	1
Hank Greenberg	1
Ralph Kiner	1
Vince DiMaggio	1
Chuck Workman	1
Eddie Miller	1
Gene Moore	1
Cookie Lavagetto	1
Wally Flager	1
Ernie Lombardi	1
Phil Cavarretta	1
Frank Demaree	1
Babe Young	1
Sibby Sisti	1
Stan Hack	1
Jim Russell	1
Del Ennis	1
Buddy Kerr	1
Jimmie Foxx	1
Babe Dahlgren	1
Ferrell Anderson	1
Duke Snider	1
Eddie Joost	1
Danny Gardella	1
Al Rubeling	1
Hal Gregg	1
Harry Craft	1
Chet Ross	1
Erv Dusak	1
Arky Vaughan	1
Jack Albright	1
Rip Russell	1
Claude Passeau	1
Jim Tabor	1
Whitey Kurowski	1
Johnny Rizzo	1
Billy Myers	1

8 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	31
Braves Fld (BOS)	17
Polo Grounds (NYC)	12
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	12
Crosley Fld (CIN)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	2
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2

Where Hit
7	33
9	32
8	3
78	3

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	63
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	49
1--	19
-2-	6
1-3	5
12-	4
--3	1
-23	1

131 Runs
RISP	17
0 on	49
1 on	26
2 on	10
Any on	36

Inning
1	10
2	11
3	5
4	9
5	9
6	11
7	10
8	13
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	26
4-6	29
7-end	30

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	3
+2	8
+1	12
Tied	15
-1	10
-2	11
-3	9
-4..	14

Ahead	26
Tied	15
Behind	44

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	18
1B	17
CF	11
LF	9
SS	9
2B	6
3B	6
C	4
PH	3
P	2

OrderPos
4th	17
3rd	15
6th	13
7th	12
5th	12
1st	5
9th	4
2nd	4
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	35
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1938-09-28	Harry Craft	CIN	@	STL	behind 4-7	t 6	2	---	1	7	8	7%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1939-04-25	Billy Myers	CIN	@	STL	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	1--	2	8	6	14%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Lombardi Scores
3	3	2	1	1939-05-06	Harry Danning	NYG		STL	ahead 3-2	b 5	0	---	1	3	2	10%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	1939-05-27	Lonny Frey	CIN	@	STL	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	2	4	12%	81%		Home Run
5	5	4	1	1939-06-02	Harry Danning	NYG		STL	ahead 5-2	b 8	0	---	1	3	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	5	1	1939-06-05	Eddie Miller	BSN		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	6	6	12%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	6	1	1939-09-22	Bill Nicholson	CHC	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	1	5	9	9%	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1940-04-29	Phil Cavarretta	CHC	@	STL	behind 2-5	t 7	0	---	1	6	3	8%	18%		Home Run
9	9	2	2	1940-04-29	Augie Galan	CHC	@	STL	behind 3-5	t 8	1	1--	2	3	8	31%	45%		Home Run; B. Herman Scores
10	10	3	1	1940-05-19	Al Glossop	NYG		STL	behind 2-4	b 6	1	1-3	3	8	4	37%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); H. Danning Scores; B. Jurges Scores
11	11	4	1	1940-06-04	Pete Coscarart	BRO	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	7	4	18%	86%		Home Run; J. Vosmik Scores; D. Camilli Scores
12	12	5	1	1940-06-09 (1)	Mel Ott	NYG	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 3	2	12-	3	6	9	24%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Demaree Scores; B. Young Scores
13	13	6	1	1940-06-18	Cookie Lavagetto	BRO		STL	ahead 4-3	b 7	2	---	1	2	5	11%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	7	1	1940-06-26	Tony Cuccinello	NYG		STL	behind 7-9	b 7	2	-2-	2	7	4	34%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Ott Scores
15	15	8	1	1940-07-07 (2)	Vince DiMaggio	PIT	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	8	12%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Van Robays Scores/unER
16	16	9	1	1940-08-02 (1)	Mel Ott	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 4	1	1--	2	3	9	21%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Seeds Scores
17	17	10	2	1940-08-02 (1)	Babe Young	NYG		STL	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	1--	2	5	3	12%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Danning Scores
18	18	11	1	1940-08-26	Al Glossop	BSN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5			Lead-Off
19	19	12	1	1940-08-28	Tony Cuccinello	NYG	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 9	0	---	1	7	4	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	13	1	1940-09-22 (1)	Rip Russell	CHC		STL	behind 0-8	b 9	1	---	1	6	3
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1941-04-20	Stan Hack	CHC	@	STL	behind 5-7	t 4	1	1--	2	1	5	20%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Myers Scores
22	22	2	2	1941-04-20	Bill Nicholson	CHC	@	STL	behind 8-10	t 7	0	---	1	4	9	12%	31%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	3	1	1941-04-27	Bill Nicholson	CHC		STL	behind 0-1	b 1	1	12-	3	4	9	25%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Hack Scores; D. Dallessandro Scores
24	24	4	1	1941-05-26	Bill Nicholson	CHC	@	STL	tied 10-10	t 11	2	---	1	4	9	41%	81%		Home Run (LF-CF)
25	25	5	1	1941-05-29	Frank McCormick	CIN	@	STL	ahead 2-1	t 2	0	---	1	7	3	10%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	6	1	1941-06-03	Pete Reiser	BRO		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	8	17%	72%		Home Run; B. Herman Scores
27	27	7	2	1941-06-03	Dolph Camilli	BRO		STL	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	3	8%	85%		Home Run
28	28	8	1	1941-06-17	Nick Etten	PHI	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	6%	22%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	9	1	1941-08-03 (1)	Johnny Rizzo	PHI	@	STL	behind 0-6	t 8	1	---	1	3	PH	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	10	1	1941-08-13	Ernie Lombardi	CIN		STL	behind 0-1	b 7	0	1--	2	7	2	37%	80%		Home Run; B. Werber Scores
31	31	11	1	1941-08-26 (2)	Dolph Camilli	BRO		STL	behind 0-3	b 8	1	---	1	4	3	6%	12%		Home Run
32	32	12	1	1941-08-31	Frank McCormick	CIN		STL	behind 1-3	b 6	2	---	1	4	3	13%	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	13	1	1941-09-04 (2)	Babe Dahlgren	CHC		STL	behind 1-2	b 2	1	---	1	6	3	12%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	14	1	1941-09-18	Frank Demaree	BSN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	5	9	24%	74%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Cooney Scores; G. Moore Scores
35	35	15	2	1941-09-18	Gene Moore	BSN	@	STL	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	---	1	4	8	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1942-05-02	Sibby Sisti	BSN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	7	4	15%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	2	1	1942-05-16	Chet Ross	BSN		STL	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	9%	31%		Home Run (Deep CF)
38	38	3	1	1942-05-24 (1)	Eddie Joost	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 6	1	-2-	2	1	6	28%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hemsley Scores
39	39	4	1	1942-06-30	Elbie Fletcher	PIT	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	5	1	1942-07-04 (1)	Jimmie Foxx	CHC	@	STL	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	-23	3	4	3	11%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Cavarretta Scores; L. Novikoff Scores
41	41	6	1	1942-07-19 (1)	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	@	STL	behind 1-7	t 6	2	--3	2	8	6	3%	5%		Home Run; D. Camilli Scores/unER; P. Reese Scores/unER
42	42	7	1	1942-08-23 (1)	Elbie Fletcher	PIT	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	26%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	8	1	1942-09-06	Frankie Kelleher	CIN		STL	behind 0-3	b 2	1	1--	2	6	7	17%	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. McCormick Scores
44	44	9	1	1942-09-15	Nick Etten	PHI		STL	behind 1-2	b 8	2	---	1	5	3	35%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1943-06-14	Frank McCormick	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-5	t 8	2	-2-	2	4	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Frey Scores
46	46	2	1	1943-07-03	Augie Galan	BRO		STL	behind 1-5	b 8	1	1--	2	4	8	7%	10%		Home Run; P. Waner Scores
47	47	3	1	1943-08-03	Luis Olmo	BRO	@	STL	behind 1-7	t 8	2	1--	2	6	8	1%	1%		Home Run; B. Herman Scores
48	48	4	1	1943-08-08 (1)	Elbie Fletcher	PIT	@	STL	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	1	5	3
49	49	5	1	1943-08-12	Mel Ott	NYG		STL	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---	1	5	9	10%	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1944-06-02	Buster Adams	PHI		STL	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---	1	3	8	9%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	2	1	1944-06-18 (1)	Al Rubeling	PIT	@	STL	behind 1-10	t 8	1	---	1	9	PH
52	52	3	1	1944-07-20 (1)	Buddy Kerr	NYG		STL	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	7	6	11%	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	4	1	1944-07-31	Luis Olmo	BRO		STL	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	12-	3	5	5	9%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Galan Scores; D. Walker Scores
54	54	5	1	1944-09-03 (1)	Jim Russell	PIT		STL	ahead 4-0	b 2	1	1--	2	2	7
55	55	6	1	1944-09-10 (2)	Bill Nicholson	CHC	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 9	0	---	1	4	9
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1945-05-13 (2)	Mel Ott	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	9	15%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rucker Scores
57	57	2	1	1945-06-10 (1)	Mel Ott	NYG	@	BSN	behind 1-4	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	8%	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
58	58	3	2	1945-06-10 (1)	Danny Gardella	NYG	@	BSN	behind 4-8	t 8	0	---	1	6	3	3%	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	4	1	1945-06-13 (1)	Wally Flager	PHI	@	BSN	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	6	11%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	5	1	1945-06-17 (1)	Hal Gregg	BRO	@	BSN	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	---	1	9	1	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1946-04-23	Ferrell Anderson	BRO		BSN	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	---	1	7	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	2	1	1946-05-10	Pete Reiser	BRO		BSN	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	3	1	1946-05-16	Enos Slaughter	STL	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	9	19%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Klein Scores
64	64	4	2	1946-05-16	Enos Slaughter	STL	@	BSN	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2	4	9	15%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Musial Scores
65	65	5	1	1946-05-20	Claude Passeau	CHC	@	BSN	ahead 3-2	t 2	1	-2-	2	9	1	15%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Jurges Scores
66	66	6	1	1946-06-02 (1)	Bill Nicholson	CHC		BSN	behind 2-6	b 7	0	---	1	9	PH	5%	10%		Home Run (Deep CF)
67	67	7	1	1946-06-21	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	BSN	behind 0-2	t 4	2	1--	2	6	8	23%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Gustine Scores
68	68	8	1	1946-07-04 (2)	Ron Northey	PHI	@	BSN	tied 1-1	t 5	2	1--	2	3	9
69	69	9	1	1946-07-11	Eddie Lukon	CIN		BSN	behind 0-2	b 4	2	1--	2	7	7	26%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Mueller Scores
70	70	10	1	1946-07-21 (2)	Erv Dusak	STL		BSN	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	1-3	3	6	7	22%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Slaughter Scores; W. Kurowski Scores
71	71	11	1	1946-07-29	Whitey Kurowski	STL	@	BSN	behind 0-2	t 9	2	---	1	5	5	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	12	1	1946-08-05	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	@	BSN	behind 1-3	t 5	2	12-	3	2	6	39%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); S. Rojek Scores; E. Stanky Scores
73	73	13	2	1946-08-05	Dixie Walker	BRO	@	BSN	ahead 4-3	t 5	2	1--	2	4	9	21%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Whitman Scores
74	74	14	1	1946-08-14	Ron Northey	PHI	@	BSN	behind 0-4	t 6	0	---	1	3	9	5%	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
75	75	15	1	1946-08-28 (2)	Eddie Lukon	CIN		BSN	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	7	7	11%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
76	76	16	1	1946-09-13 (1)	Chuck Workman	PIT	@	BSN	tied 2-2	t 14	1	---	1	5	9	39%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1947-05-04 (2)	Ron Northey	STL	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1--	2	6	7
78	78	2	1	1947-06-28	Del Ennis	PHI	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	10%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	3	2	1947-06-28	Jim Tabor	PHI	@	NYG	behind 3-14	t 8	1	1--	2	4	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Walker Scores
80	80	4	3	1947-06-28	Jack Albright	PHI	@	NYG	behind 5-14	t 9	2	---	1	1	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	5	1	1947-07-04 (2)	Arky Vaughan	BRO		NYG	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
82	82	6	2	1947-07-04 (2)	Dixie Walker	BRO		NYG	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	1	4	9	17%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
83	83	7	3	1947-07-04 (2)	Pee Wee Reese	BRO		NYG	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	---	1	6	6	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
84	84	8	1	1947-08-02 (2)	Hank Greenberg	PIT		NYG	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1	5	3	13%	56%		Home Run
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
85	85	1	1	1949-05-07	Duke Snider	BRO		CHC	ahead 6-4	b 4	1	1-3	3	3	8	11%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Reese Scores; G. Hermanski Scores

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