Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Dusty
Cooke		  
Nickname: Full Count
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 23, 1907 in Usa, NC, SWEPSONVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1933    1935    1939   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 23 DET AL $ 300,000   44 44 41 19 22 21 76 87 84 64 78 74 52 60 58
1931 24 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 9 9 7 8 8 6 7 7
1932 25 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 9 9 7 9 8 5 6 6
1933 26 DET AL $ 1,431,429   8 8 7 3 4 4 9 10 9 7 9 8 6 7 6
1934 27 DET AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 9 10 10 7 9 8 6 7 7
1935 28 DET AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 9 10 10 7 8 8 6 7 7
1936 29 DET AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 9 10 10 7 9 8 6 7 7
1937 30 DET AL $ 5,120,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 9 10 9 7 8 8 6 7 7
1938 31 BSN NL $ 5,120,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8 6 7 6
1939 32 DET AL $ 5,120,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 9 6 8 7 6 7 7
1940 33 DET AL $ 5,120,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 8 9 9 5 7 6 5 6 6
1941 34 DET AL $ 5,120,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 9 9 5 6 6 5 6 6
1942 35 NYA AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 8 9 9 5 6 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 8 9 9 5 6 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,120,000   44 44 41 19 22 21 76 87 84 64 78 74 52 60 58
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
1930 23 SEP AL 81 247 28 55 14 1 4 37 3 2 34 31 .223 .314 .336 .651 26.5 2.5
  DET AL 30 75 9 19 0 0 2 14 1 1 8 10 .253 .325 .333 .659 7.7 0.9
  TOT   111 322 37 74 14 1 6 51 4 3 42 41 .230 .317 .335 .652 34.3 3.4
1931 24 DET AL 83 226 34 59 18 6 2 30 3 2 37 20 .261 .367 .420 .787 34.7 6.2
1932 25 DET AL 79 172 26 58 13 3 1 29 1 0 32 21 .337 .439 .465 .904 34.3 7.8
1933 26 DET AL 149 599 96 203 38 9 8 80 3 6 70 81 .339 .408 .472 .881 106.7 22.2
1934 27 DET AL 150 600 95 177 34 4 12 70 4 2 75 91 .295 .372 .425 .797 92.9 16.7
1935 28 DET AL 147 531 95 180 37 9 10 92 3 3 84 58 .339 .429 .499 .928 105.5 22.3
1936 29 DET AL 157 572 96 170 39 10 8 80 5 4 87 77 .297 .389 .442 .831 95.3 17.7
1937 30 DET AL 152 598 112 178 38 7 10 72 3 1 93 90 .298 .392 .435 .826 99.4 20.5
1938 31 BSN NL 138 500 77 136 29 7 11 69 3 2 68 80 .272 .358 .424 .782 73.5 13.5
1939 32 BSN NL 25 95 13 34 13 3 3 21 0 0 9 20 .358 .410 .653 1.062 21.0 5.6
  DET AL 131 485 76 145 30 4 10 74 3 3 66 81 .299 .382 .439 .821 77.6 14.2
  TOT   156 580 89 179 43 7 13 95 3 3 75 101 .309 .386 .474 .861 98.6 19.9
1940 33 DET AL 148 568 95 171 41 9 7 76 1 2 69 86 .301 .376 .442 .817 87.3 16.0
1941 34 DET AL 113 245 38 75 19 5 3 44 1 0 23 30 .306 .363 .461 .824 37.2 6.4
1942 35 CIN NL 48 145 18 29 6 0 0 8 1 0 13 36 .200 .266 .241 .507 8.9 0.0
  NYA AL 65 161 28 46 9 1 4 30 1 1 25 24 .286 .382 .429 .810 25.9 6.0
  TOT   113 306 46 75 15 1 4 38 2 1 38 60 .245 .328 .340 .668 34.8 6.0
    AAA   18 30 2 5 0 1 2 8 0 0 4 8 .167 .265 .433 .698 3.9  
13 Years Sim 1696 5819 936 1735 378 78 95 826 36 29 793 836 .298 .381 .439 .820 934.4 178.6
1 Years AAA 18 30 2 5 0 1 2 8 0 0 4 8 .167 .257 .433 .690 3.9  
162 Game Average 555 89 165 36 7 9 78 3 2 75 79 .298 .381 .439 .820 89.3  
Career Highs 157 600 112 203 43 10 13 95 5 6 93 101 .339 .439 .499 .928 106.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4277 738 1323 290 59 75 637 30 23 618 545 .309 .396 .457 .853 752.2
vs LH   1542 198 412 88 19 20 189 6 6 175 291 .267 .340 .388 .728 204.6
Home 853 2862 463 893 182 41 46 429 22 12 384 407 .312 .392 .452 .845 493.6
Away 843 2957 473 842 196 37 49 397 14 17 409 429 .285 .371 .426 .797 463.3
RISP   1531 0 481 97 18 29 674 0 0 236 218 .314 .401 .458 .859 278.3
Pinch Hitting   204 30 63 15 2 2 35 2 1 35 28 .309 .405 .431 .836 36.2
Close/Late   750 111 240 38 9 15 120 0 0 108 91 .320 .404 .455 .859 135.1
Mar/Apr 274 938 144 267 65 12 16 142 4 4 124 159 .285 .367 .431 .797 146.5
May 308 1038 148 309 66 17 6 118 8 7 144 140 .298 .383 .411 .794 162.0
June 254 890 151 273 67 13 15 128 4 2 139 113 .307 .400 .462 .861 160.5
July 286 1015 154 296 59 16 18 151 7 2 118 149 .292 .364 .434 .799 158.3
August 296 956 174 288 65 8 20 148 5 8 138 145 .301 .388 .449 .836 162.6
Sep/Oct 278 982 165 302 56 12 20 139 8 6 130 130 .308 .389 .450 .839 167.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 23 SEP AL LF 60 58 516.0 110 3 3 2 .974 1.97   1.4
    RF 4 3 30.9 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.0
    CF 5 2 23.2 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 1.000 8.57   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.8 1 1 0 1 1.000 22.50   0.0
  DET AL LF 22 21 150.8 32 1 1 0 .971 1.97   0.2
    RF 2 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    CF 2 1 6.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.32   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 82 79 666.8 142 4 4 2 .973 1.97   1.6
      RF 6 4 39.9 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.26   0.0
      CF 7 3 30.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
      2B 1 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67   0.0
      SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1931 24 DET AL RF 16 16 146.0 39 1 1 0 .976 2.47   0.8
    LF 17 16 139.3 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.68    
    CF 15 15 117.0 24 0 1 0 .960 1.85    
    1B 12 12 107.0 142 9 6 12 .962 12.70   0.1
1932 25 DET AL LF 23 17 145.0 36 3 1 1 .975 2.42   1.1
    RF 20 13 135.0 31 1 1 0 .970 2.13    
    CF 12 9 82.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.30    
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1933 26 DET AL LF 147 142 1274.7 251 4 8 1 .970 1.80   0.8
1934 27 DET AL RF 146 139 1232.3 290 3 11 1 .964 2.14   1.7
    CF 1 1 9.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 3 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
1935 28 DET AL RF 145 139 1226.7 319 12 11 0 .968 2.43   2.8
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1936 29 DET AL RF 150 145 1316.3 333 8 13 1 .963 2.33   3.3
    CF 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1937 30 DET AL CF 112 108 970.3 283 5 7 1 .976 2.67   4.2
    RF 28 27 241.0 46 1 1 0 .979 1.76    
    LF 11 11 95.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.52    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 31 BSN NL LF 125 125 1094.3 189 8 6 4 .970 1.62   1.8
    CF 6 0 17.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.60    
    RF 7 0 16.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62    
1939 32 BSN NL LF 23 23 202.0 43 1 2 0 .957 1.96   0.3
    CF 2 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34   0.0
  DET AL LF 122 121 1073.4 228 6 8 1 .967 1.96   2.2
    CF 8 3 35.6 7 1 2 1 .800 2.02   0.0
  TOT   LF 145 144 1275.4 271 7 10 1 .965 1.96   2.5
      CF 10 3 42.3 8 1 2 1 .818 1.91   0.0
1940 33 DET AL LF 132 130 1141.3 245 7 8 3 .969 1.99   3.6
    1B 9 9 83.7 104 5 2 6 .982 11.73   0.1
    CF 5 0 16.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.25    
    RF 3 1 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1941 34 DET AL RF 19 18 156.0 35 1 0 1 1.000 2.08   1.0
    CF 51 9 153.7 38 0 3 0 .927 2.23    
    LF 18 13 123.3 37 0 2 0 .949 2.70    
    1B 2 2 16.0 23 2 1 2 .962 14.06   0.0
1942 35 CIN NL LF 29 22 223.2 43 0 1 0 .977 1.73   0.6
    CF 10 7 64.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.94   0.0
    RF 3 1 15.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.19   0.0
    1B 0 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.00   0.0
  NYA AL LF 39 29 264.1 50 0 1 0 .980 1.70   0.5
    CF 13 9 76.1 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.96   0.0
    RF 4 2 17.9 3 1 1 0 .800 2.01   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.3 4 1 0 0 1.000 13.64   0.0
  LF 769 728 6443.5 1306 34 41 13 .970 1.87   12.4
  RF 547 505 4548.9 1113 28 39 3 .967 2.26   9.6
  CF 247 164 1584.4 439 8 14 3 .970 2.54   4.2
  1B 24 23 212.7 276 17 9 20 .970 12.40   0.3
  2B 2 0 4.7 1 4 0 2 1.000 9.57   0.1
  SS 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1592 1420 12797.1 3137 92 103 42 .969 2.27   26.7
Career Highs   155 147 1320.7 355 12 13 13 .981 4.26    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 25 DET AL 11 50 13 21 2 3 1 9 0 0 6 7 .420 .482 .640 1.122
1933 26 DET AL 6 25 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 .240 .387 .280 .667
1934 27 DET AL 20 80 13 25 5 1 0 5 0 1 10 15 .313 .385 .400 .785
1941 34 DET AL 6 6 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .667 1.167
Career Post-Season Batting 43 161 30 55 9 4 1 17 0 1 22 26 .342 .418 .466 .884
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1933-4-.339
1935-3-.339
 On-Base Pct
1933-7-.408
1935-3-.429
1936-10-.389
1939-9-.382
 Slugging Pct
1935-5-.499
 OPS
1933-9-.881
1935-3-.928
 XR
1933-4-106.7
1935-3-105.5
 Games
1933-9-149
1934-5-150
1936-5-157
At-Bats
1933-1-599
1934-2-600
 Runs
1937-2-112
 Hits
1933-2-203
 Total Bases
1933-7-283
 Singles
1933-4-148
 Doubles
1940-10-41
Triples
1935-5-9
1936-4-10
1938-6-7
1940-4-9
CAR-42-78
 Stolen Bases
1934-9-4
1936-10-5
 Caught Stealing
1933-5-6
1936-8-4
 Walks
1933-10-70
1934-9-75
1935-4-84
1936-6-87
1937-2-93
 Strikeouts
1933-5-81
1934-4-91
1936-7-77
1937-4-90
1938-8-80
1939-10-81
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Pepper Martin (950)
  2. Irv Noren (939)
  3. Bobby Estalella (923)
  4. Bruce Campbell (923)
  5. Barney McCosky (922)
  6. John Stone (917)
  7. Les Fleming (914)
  8. Jerry White (909)
  9. Randy Elliott (905)
  10. Clint Hurdle (903)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Seattle (P) in 1930
Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off Dick Coffman (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1930, off Red Lucas (SEM)
Traded from Seattle (P) to Detroit on 7/31/1930 (Going to DET: 2B Babe Ellison, RF Dusty Cooke, 1B Lu Blue, P Glenn Liebhardt. Going to SEP: RF Harry Heilmann)
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle (M) on 9/25/1931
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,431,429 through salary arbitration
5/16/1933: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 6/25/1933
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 9/25/1933
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Minnesota on 8/28/1934
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Injured on 9/8/1935 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
6/1/1936: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,120,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Brooklyn on 8/29/1936
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 7/8/1937
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle (M) on 9/7/1937
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/12/1937
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 2/1/1938 (Going to DET: P Jim Tobin, RF Gene Moore. Going to BSN: CF Dusty Cooke)
Injured on 4/20/1938 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1938, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 6/15/1938 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 5/1/1939 (Going to DET: LF Dusty Cooke, P Roy Mahaffey, P Johnny Murphy. Going to BSN: RF Gene Moore, RF Don Ross)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/12/1939
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1939, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1940, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 4/30/1941
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 7/11/1941
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 4/2/1942 to a 1-year deal worth $1,772,000 per year
Traded from Cincinnati to New York (A) on 6/1/1942 (Going to CIN: CF Vince Dimaggio. Going to NYA: LF Dusty Cooke, CF Mike Chartak)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1942, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Released by New York (A) on 10/22/1942
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.