Bob
Hooper
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 30, 1922 in Can, ON, LEAMINGTON
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 28 NYG NL   7 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
1951 29 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 5 6 5 5 6 6
1952 30 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1953 31 NYG NL   6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1954 32 NYG NL   5 3 3 3 5 6 5 5 6 5
1955 33 NYG NL   5 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 28 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1952 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1953 31 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1954 32 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1955 33 NYG NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 28 AAA   1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 1 14.0 12 3 0 9 9 1.93 .250 .368 .292 .660  
    AA   6 5 .545 64 0 0 0 4 51.7 56 26 4 30 36 4.53 .281 .376 .442 .818  
1951 29 NYG NL 5 8 .385 66 1 0 0 8 71.3 74 53 10 48 21 6.69 .269 .378 .436 .815 2.4
    AAA   0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 3 7.7 7 3 0 4 5 3.52 .241 .333 .310 .644  
1952 30 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 0 10.3 13 12 3 12 3 10.45 .351 .472 .703 1.174 0.0
    AAA   3 1 .750 34 0 0 0 5 52.7 55 24 5 23 23 4.10 .271 .345 .429 .774  
1953 31 AA   3 9 .250 65 0 0 0 9 104.0 81 37 5 33 78 3.20 .209 .271 .302 .574  
1954 32 AA   5 3 .625 51 0 0 0 3 60.7 80 39 5 16 43 5.79 .316 .357 .451 .807  
1955 33 AA   0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 0 20.7 25 7 0 7 14 3.05 .309 .364 .383 .746  
2 Years Sim 6 8 .429 78 1 0 0 8 81.7 87 65 13 60 24 7.16 .279 .392 .468 .859 2.4
3 Years AAA 4 2 .667 51 0 0 0 9 74.3 74 30 5 36 37 3.63 .264 .348 .393 .741  
4 Years AA 14 18 .438 191 0 0 0 16 237.0 242 109 14 86 171 4.14 .263 .326 .380 .706  
7 Years Minors 18 20 .474 242 0 0 0 25 311.3 316 139 19 122 208 4.02 .263 .331 .383 .715  
Season Average 3 4 .429 39 0 0 0 4 40.8 43 32 6 30 12 7.16 .279 .392 .468 .859  
Career Highs 5 8 1.000 66 1 0 0 8 71.3 74 53 10 48 21 10.45 .351 .472 .703 1.174  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   51 35 7 25 14   .311 .402 .506 .908
vs LH   36 30 6 35 10   .243 .388 .426 .814
Home 4 2 .667 41 0 0 0 1 36.7 48 35 7 26 14 8.59 .324 .425 .547 .973
Away 2 6 .250 37 1 0 0 7 45.0 39 30 6 34 10 6.00 .238 .369 .396 .765
Mar/Apr 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 0 10.3 13 12 3 12 3 10.45 .351 .510 .703 1.213
May 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 2 7.3 8 2 2 5 2 2.46 .267 .371 .467 .838
June 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 3 13.0 8 6 0 7 4 4.15 .195 .313 .195 .508
July 2 0 1.000 12 1 0 0 1 23.3 20 11 2 14 5 4.24 .230 .337 .356 .693
August 2 1 .667 15 0 0 0 0 11.0 16 17 4 11 6 13.91 .340 .466 .681 1.146
Sep/Oct 1 5 .167 20 0 0 0 2 16.7 22 17 2 11 4 9.18 .314 .407 .500 .907
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1951 29 NYG NL 66 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.1
1 Years Sim 66 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.1
162 Game Average 17 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 1.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
vs LH   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Home 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Away 32 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7
RISP   4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
June 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 12 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7
Sep/Oct 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1951 29 NYG NL P 66 1 71.3 4 17 1 3 .955 2.65    
1952 30 NYG NL P 12 0 10.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87    
Career Totals   78 1 81.7 4 18 1 3 .957 2.42    
Career Highs   66 1 71.3 4 17 1 3 1.000 2.65    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1951-9-8
Games Pitched
1951-7-66
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
History
Drafted in 4th round, 62nd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1950
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 7/31/1950 (Going to TAM: P Ralph Branca, P Sheldon Jones, 1B Merv Connors. Going to NYG: P Bob Hooper, 1B Pat Seerey)
Earned first career win on 7/23/1951
Had first career hit on 7/31/1951, off Butch Wensloff (CIN)