Bio
- Debut
- 1938
- NL MVP
- 1942
Bio
- Debut
- 1938
- NL MVP
- 1942
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 295
- W
- 128
- L
- 75
- ERA
- 2.95
- IP
- 1840.2
- K
- 913
- BB
- 571
- WHIP
- 1.22
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | STL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.04 | 23.2 | 11 | 12 | 1.23 |
| 1939 | STL | 45 | 12 | 6 | 3.25 | 210.2 | 130 | 97 | 1.45 |
| 1940 | STL | 38 | 11 | 12 | 3.63 | 230.2 | 95 | 86 | 1.35 |
| 1941 | STL | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3.91 | 186.2 | 118 | 69 | 1.31 |
| 1942 | STL | 37 | 22 | 7 | 1.78 | 278.2 | 152 | 68 | 0.99 |
| 1943 | STL | 37 | 21 | 8 | 2.30 | 274.0 | 141 | 79 | 1.12 |
| 1944 | STL | 34 | 22 | 7 | 2.46 | 252.1 | 97 | 60 | 1.14 |
| 1945 |  STL/ATL | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2.92 | 101.2 | 59 | 34 | 1.29 |
| 1946 | ATL | 28 | 13 | 11 | 3.12 | 199.0 | 83 | 39 | 1.11 |
| 1947 |  ATL/SF | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5.40 | 83.1 | 27 | 26 | 1.50 |
| 1949 | CHC | 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | INF |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- W
- 2
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 3.00
- IP
- 45.0
- K
- 35
- BB
- 12
- WHIP
- 1.09
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 128
- SHO
- 33
- K/9
- 4.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | STL | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | STL | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | STL | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | STL | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | STL | 0 | 24 | 6 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | 0 | 22 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL/ATL | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | ATL | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | ATL/SF | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Mort Cooper's career stats?
Mort Cooper played 11 seasons for the Cardinals, the Braves and the Cubs. He had 128 wins and 913 strikeouts with a 2.95 ERA over 1,840.2 innings. His best season was 1942: 22 wins, a 1.78 ERA and 152 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1938 to 1949
Championships ×2
- 1942 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1944 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
Awards
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