Wilbur Cooper stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 517
- W
- 216
- L
- 178
- ERA
- 2.89
- IP
- 3480.0
- K
- 1,252
- BB
- 853
- WHIP
- 1.23
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | PIT | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.66 | 38.0 | 30 | 15 | 1.24 |
| 1913 | PIT | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3.29 | 93.0 | 39 | 45 | 1.54 |
| 1914 | PIT | 40 | 16 | 15 | 2.13 | 266.2 | 102 | 79 | 1.22 |
| 1915 | PIT | 38 | 5 | 16 | 3.30 | 185.2 | 71 | 52 | 1.25 |
| 1916 | PIT | 42 | 12 | 11 | 1.87 | 246.0 | 111 | 74 | 1.07 |
| 1917 | PIT | 40 | 17 | 11 | 2.36 | 297.2 | 99 | 54 | 1.11 |
| 1918 | PIT | 38 | 19 | 14 | 2.11 | 273.1 | 117 | 65 | 1.04 |
| 1919 | PIT | 35 | 19 | 13 | 2.67 | 286.2 | 106 | 74 | 1.06 |
| 1920 | PIT | 44 | 24 | 15 | 2.39 | 327.0 | 114 | 52 | 1.10 |
| 1921 | PIT | 38 | 22 | 14 | 3.25 | 327.0 | 134 | 80 | 1.29 |
| 1922 | PIT | 41 | 23 | 14 | 3.18 | 294.2 | 129 | 61 | 1.33 |
| 1923 | PIT | 39 | 17 | 19 | 3.57 | 294.2 | 77 | 71 | 1.36 |
| 1924 | PIT | 38 | 20 | 14 | 3.28 | 268.2 | 62 | 40 | 1.25 |
| 1925 | CHC | 32 | 12 | 14 | 4.28 | 212.1 | 41 | 61 | 1.46 |
| 1926 |  CHC/DET | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5.77 | 68.2 | 20 | 30 | 1.78 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 279
- SHO
- 35
- K/9
- 3.2
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | PIT | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | PIT | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | PIT | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | PIT | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | PIT | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | PIT | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | PIT | 0 | 26 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | PIT | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | PIT | 0 | 28 | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | PIT | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | PIT | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | PIT | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | PIT | 0 | 25 | 4 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | CHC | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | CHC/DET | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Wilbur Cooper's career stats?
Wilbur Cooper played 15 seasons for the Pirates and the Cubs. He had 216 wins and 1,252 strikeouts with a 2.89 ERA over 3,480.0 innings. His best season was 1920: 24 wins, a 2.39 ERA and 114 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1912 to 1926
All-time career rank
- 84th in wins (pitching) (216)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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