Mort Cooper
Morton Cecil Cooper
Born: March 2, 1913
Atherton, MO USA
Deceased: 1958
Little Rock, AR USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 210
Career: 1938-1949
Minor League Statistics
Mort Cooper compiled a career record of 128 wins and 75 losses in his 297-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs. He began playing during the 1938 season and last took the field during the 1949 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1938 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.04 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.7 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
1939 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.25 | 45 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 210.7 | 208 | 94 | 76 | 6 | 97 | 0 | 130 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 919 |
1940 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.63 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 230.7 | 225 | 103 | 93 | 12 | 86 | 0 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 992 |
1941 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.91 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 186.7 | 175 | 88 | 81 | 15 | 69 | 0 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 800 |
1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 7 | .759 | 1.78 | 37 | 35 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 278.7 | 207 | 73 | 55 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1100 |
1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 8 | .724 | 2.30 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 274.0 | 228 | 81 | 70 | 5 | 79 | 0 | 141 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1109 |
1944 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 7 | .759 | 2.46 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 252.3 | 227 | 74 | 69 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1023 |
1945 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.52 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
1945 | NL | Boston Braves | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.35 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 78.0 | 77 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 329 |
1946 | NL | Boston Braves | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.12 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 199.0 | 181 | 76 | 69 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 805 |
1947 | NL | Boston Braves | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.05 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 48 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 198 |
1947 | NL | New York Giants | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 51 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
1949 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Totals | 128 | 75 | .631 | 2.97 | 295 | 239 | 39 | 128 | 33 | 14 | 1840.7 | 1666 | 703 | 607 | 85 | 571 | 0 | 913 | 28 | 7 | 28 | 7648 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1938 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 47 | 76 | 69 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .232 | .243 | .362 | .605 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 91 | 83 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .157 | .167 | .181 | .347 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 75 | 70 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .186 | .230 | .186 | .415 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 113 | 103 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .184 | .208 | .194 | .402 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 107 | 100 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .170 | .186 | .230 | .416 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1944 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 105 | 94 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .202 | .257 | .234 | .491 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | NL | Boston Braves | 20 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .346 | .577 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | NL | Boston Braves | 28 | 77 | 67 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .209 | .232 | .269 | .501 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NL | Boston Braves | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NL | New York Giants | 8 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .429 | .467 | .786 | 1.252 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 297 | 721 | 654 | 50 | 127 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 118 | .194 | .223 | .246 | .469 | 161 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1938 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | |
1939 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .914 | .711 | |
1940 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.105 | |
1941 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.310 | |
1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 1.351 | |
1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 46 | 3 | 3 | .946 | 1.432 | |
1944 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .941 | |
1945 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | |
1945 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .944 | .850 | |
1946 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 1.107 | |
1947 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | |
1947 | NL | New York Giants | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | |
1949 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
Totals | 295 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 270 | 16 | 20 | .952 | 1.085 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.81 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 |
1944 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
Totals | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.00 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 183 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1944 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | .500 |
1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .563 | .500 |
1944 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 3.000 |
Totals | 6 | 6 | 45.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | 1.333 |
Awards
1942 - NL Most Valuable Player
1942 - NL TSN Guide MVP
1942 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1943 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1944 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
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