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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 25	STL		CIN	L,1-5		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	11 (5)	May 4	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	13 (1)	May 6	STL	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	18 (4)	May 12	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS	26	4.2	0	1	1	2	0
5	21 (2)	May 16	STL		NYG	W,7-6		11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	22	May 17	STL		NYG	L,5-9	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	26 (3)	May 22	STL		PHI	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	31 (4)	May 27	STL		CIN	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	36 (4)	May 30 (2)	STL		PIT	L,8-14		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	38 (1)	Jun 2	STL	@	NYG	L,2-8	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
11	40 (1)	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	42 (1)	Jun 7	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	44 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	47 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	49 (1)	Jun 15	STL		BRO	L,3-8	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	51 (1)	Jun 17	STL		NYG	L,5-7		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	54 (2)	Jun 22	STL		PHI	W,11-5	GF	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	56 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-8		0	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
19	59 (2)	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,4-8	GS	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	64 (4)	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
21	65	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	69 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	71 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	GF	13	3.1	1	0	0	1	0
24	75 (3)	Jul 16	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	77 (1)	Jul 18	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	80 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
27	84 (3)	Jul 25	STL		NYG	L,3-6	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	87 (2)	Jul 28	STL		BRO	L,4-5	GS	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	93 (5)	Aug 3 (2)	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	97 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	101 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GS	37	8.2	0	2	1	3	0
32	108 (6)	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	T,3-3	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
33	113 (4)	Aug 23	STL	@	BRO	L,3-8	GS	17	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
34	114	Aug 24	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	118 (3)	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	125 (6)	Sep 4 (2)	STL		CIN	T,6-6	GS	32	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	128 (2)	Sep 7	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	133 (4)	Sep 11	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	135 (1)	Sep 13	STL		PHI	W,10-9		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	139 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	141 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	STL		NYG	L,2-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	144 (2)	Sep 20	STL		BRO	W,10-4	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	146 (1)	Sep 22	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	150 (3)	Sep 26 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	153 (2)	Sep 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS	40	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
							45gm		211.0	7	25	3	35	3