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Cliff
Cook		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 208
 
Born: August 20, 1936 in Usa, TX, DALLAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1969   
Gold Glove 1965   
All-Star Selections 1966    1967    1969    1970   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 22 BOS AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 23 BOS AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 24 BOS AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 25 CLN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 26 CLN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 27 CLN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 28 CLN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 29 CLN NL $ 1,928,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 30 CLN NL $ 2,964,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 31 CLN NL $ 4,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 32 BOS AL $ 4,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 33 BOS AL $ 4,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 34 BOS AL $ 4,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 35 KCR AL $ 3,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 36 COL NL $ 1,004,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 37 CLE AL $ 6,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 38 BSN NL $ 3,870,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 22 BOS AL     3 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 6 4 3 3 3 3 3
1960 23 BOS AL     4 4 4 4 3 4 6 5 6 4 3 3 3 3 3
1961 24 BOS AL     4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 3 3 3
1962 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 3 3
1963 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3
1964 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 3 3 3
1965 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 5 3 3 3
1966 29 CLN NL $ 1,928,571   7 7 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1967 30 CLN NL $ 2,964,286   7 7 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1968 31 CLN NL $ 4,200,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 5 3 3 3
1969 32 BOS AL $ 4,200,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1970 33 BOS AL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3
1971 34 BOS AL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1972 35 KCR AL $ 3,750,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1973 36 COL NL $ 1,004,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 5 3 3 3
1974 37 CLE AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 5 3 3 3
1975 38 BSN NL $ 3,870,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3
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
1966 29 CLN NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 0 1 0 27.00 .600 .571 .600 1.171 0.0
1968 31 CLN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 3 0 4.50 .167 .444 .167 .611 0.1
2 Years Sim 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 4 0 4 0 12.00 .364 .500 .364 .864 0.1
Season Average 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.5 2 2 0 2 0 12.00 .364 .500 .364 .864  
Career Highs 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 3 0 27.00 .600 .571 .600 1.171  
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   3 3 0 4 0   .375 .583 .375 .958
vs LH   1 1 0 0 0   .333 .333 .333 .667
Home 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 4 0 4 0 12.00 .364 .533 .364 .897
May 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 3 0 4.50 .167 .444 .167 .611
August 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 0 1 0 27.00 .600 .667 .600 1.267
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
1959 22 A   137 524 35 117 24 6 11 52 3 3 45 162 .223 .285 .355 .640 53.2  
1960 23 A   137 522 58 147 30 5 17 83 9 3 67 126 .282 .363 .456 .819 86.2  
1961 24 AA   82 314 31 72 7 2 7 36 3 8 26 80 .229 .288 .331 .619 28.8  
    A   54 204 38 73 12 2 13 35 2 2 26 38 .358 .430 .627 1.058 48.4  
1962 25 CLN NL 103 342 23 79 13 4 6 30 0 0 21 90 .231 .277 .345 .622 32.9 3.9
    AAA   28 116 16 32 7 0 3 13 0 3 10 26 .276 .333 .414 .747 14.7  
    AA   26 99 12 30 8 0 4 10 0 1 9 26 .303 .361 .505 .866 16.6  
1963 26 CLN NL 157 561 50 156 30 2 5 63 2 2 38 115 .278 .325 .365 .690 60.2 10.8
1964 27 CLN NL 106 401 51 116 19 4 9 53 2 5 22 90 .289 .329 .424 .753 51.7 11.0
1965 28 CLN NL 147 488 43 128 22 2 3 50 4 3 33 111 .262 .308 .334 .642 45.4 6.1
1966 29 CLN NL 153 562 77 155 27 0 19 78 3 1 50 148 .276 .335 .425 .761 75.9 15.6
1967 30 CLN NL 139 500 89 143 23 4 24 89 6 3 64 127 .286 .369 .492 .861 86.6 20.6
1968 31 CLN NL 145 525 64 142 30 2 23 82 1 0 41 137 .270 .325 .467 .791 75.7 17.2
1969 32 BOS AL 154 600 71 159 31 1 26 94 2 1 45 153 .265 .317 .450 .767 82.5 16.2
1970 33 BOS AL 155 573 78 152 44 2 20 87 2 1 52 149 .265 .328 .454 .781 79.7 17.0
1971 34 BOS AL 156 587 66 151 38 2 24 91 3 1 39 147 .257 .306 .451 .758 76.1 14.3
1972 35 TAM AL 34 100 12 27 4 2 3 14 0 1 8 24 .270 .321 .440 .761 13.6 2.2
  KCR AL 40 115 13 28 3 0 4 16 1 1 11 28 .243 .305 .374 .679 13.7 1.2
  TOT   74 215 25 55 7 2 7 30 1 2 19 52 .256 .312 .405 .717 27.3 3.4
1973 36 COL NL 119 348 52 92 19 3 17 62 1 0 30 84 .264 .324 .483 .806 49.6 8.9
1974 37 BSN NL 79 289 30 74 11 1 9 47 1 3 21 73 .256 .308 .394 .703 35.2 4.9
  CLE AL 48 148 18 44 10 0 6 37 1 1 9 39 .297 .342 .486 .828 23.4 3.9
  TOT   127 437 48 118 21 1 15 84 2 4 30 112 .270 .319 .426 .745 58.6 8.8
    AAA   19 28 5 11 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 8 .393 .414 .429 .842 4.1  
1975 38 BSN NL 108 281 36 75 7 5 8 43 1 0 23 63 .267 .321 .413 .734 36.5 6.2
14 Years Sim 1843 6420 773 1721 331 34 206 936 30 23 507 1578 .268 .323 .426 .749 838.6 160.0
2 Years AAA 47 144 21 43 8 0 3 16 0 4 11 34 .299 .350 .417 .767 18.8  
2 Years AA 108 413 43 102 15 2 11 46 3 9 35 106 .247 .311 .373 .683 45.4  
3 Years A 328 1250 131 337 66 13 41 170 14 8 138 326 .270 .345 .442 .786 187.8  
7 Years Minors 483 1807 195 482 89 15 55 232 17 21 184 466 .267 .337 .424 .761 252.1  
162 Game Average 564 67 151 29 2 18 82 2 2 44 138 .268 .323 .426 .749 73.7  
Career Highs 157 600 89 159 44 5 26 94 6 5 64 153 .289 .369 .492 .861 86.6  
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   4056 480 1050 214 22 125 565 17 17 291 1036 .259 .309 .415 .724 509.4
vs LH   2364 293 671 117 12 81 371 13 6 216 542 .284 .345 .446 .792 355.2
Home 913 3115 389 845 177 17 104 452 17 11 243 752 .271 .325 .439 .764 432.6
Away 930 3305 384 876 154 17 102 484 13 12 264 826 .265 .321 .415 .735 432.0
RISP   1662 0 458 79 12 64 700 0 0 165 405 .276 .337 .453 .790 253.5
Pinch Hitting   158 17 47 7 2 6 32 0 0 10 40 .297 .337 .481 .818 24.5
Close/Late   771 105 241 46 6 29 113 0 0 72 182 .313 .373 .501 .874 134.7
Mar/Apr 293 1030 129 277 59 4 32 157 5 6 79 275 .269 .321 .427 .748 137.3
May 290 1006 113 264 69 5 33 143 7 3 78 268 .262 .316 .439 .755 136.5
June 318 1109 123 294 51 5 36 155 6 5 80 246 .265 .316 .417 .733 143.2
July 284 998 124 266 39 10 28 129 4 3 89 223 .267 .328 .410 .737 133.0
August 339 1186 148 334 62 5 39 173 5 5 106 307 .282 .343 .441 .784 173.5
Sep/Oct 319 1091 136 286 51 5 38 179 3 1 75 259 .262 .310 .423 .733 141.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1962 25 CLN NL 3B 76 76 606.3 52 154 12 12 .945 3.06   1.7
    RF 26 26 213.7 50 1 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.5
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1963 26 CLN NL 3B 141 138 1183.3 88 276 24 27 .938 2.77   1.6
    RF 12 9 85.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.26   0.1
1964 27 CLN NL RF 97 94 818.3 175 5 0 1 1.000 1.98   2.8
    3B 13 6 66.0 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.1
1965 28 CLN NL RF 131 122 1054.7 237 6 1 1 .996 2.07   4.6
    3B 9 6 57.0 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.1
    LF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1966 29 CLN NL RF 146 145 1244.3 225 3 0 0 1.000 1.65   2.8
    LF 4 0 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    P 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00    
1967 30 CLN NL RF 133 126 1139.0 234 4 0 1 1.000 1.88   4.0
    3B 2 1 12.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 31 CLN NL RF 134 127 1155.0 215 1 0 1 1.000 1.68   2.6
    LF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
    P 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1969 32 BOS AL RF 119 115 1021.3 200 3 0 1 1.000 1.79   3.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 33 BOS AL RF 36 34 296.7 60 3 0 1 1.000 1.91   0.9
    3B 3 1 11.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.27   0.1
1971 34 BOS AL RF 24 20 188.3 34 2 0 1 1.000 1.72   0.4
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
1972 35 TAM AL RF 19 16 133.4 28 1 0 1 1.000 1.96   0.6
    LF 10 8 69.8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.0
    3B 3 1 12.1 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.0
  KCR AL RF 23 18 157.6 33 2 1 1 .972 2.00   0.6
    LF 11 9 82.5 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.0
    3B 3 1 14.3 0 3 1 0 .750 1.89   0.0
  TOT   RF 42 34 291.0 61 3 1 2 .985 1.98   1.2
      LF 21 17 152.3 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.30   0.0
      3B 6 2 26.4 0 6 1 0 .857 2.05   0.1
1973 36 COL NL RF 94 77 697.3 162 4 1 1 .994 2.14   3.2
    3B 10 0 22.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.1
    LF 5 0 21.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
1974 37 BSN NL RF 46 45 422.2 82 2 0 1 1.000 1.79   1.7
    LF 27 26 236.8 47 1 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.0
    3B 5 0 8.6 0 3 1 0 .750 3.14   0.0
  CLE AL RF 28 28 213.1 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.5
    LF 16 15 119.5 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.0
    3B 3 0 4.4 0 1 1 0 .500 2.05   0.0
  TOT   RF 74 73 635.3 124 3 0 1 1.000 1.80   2.2
      LF 43 41 356.3 70 1 0 0 1.000 1.79   0.0
      3B 8 0 13.0 0 4 2 0 .667 2.77   0.0
1975 38 BSN NL RF 47 43 364.0 77 3 1 1 .988 1.98   1.2
    3B 9 9 74.0 4 12 1 0 .941 1.95   0.2
    LF 11 6 56.7 10 3 0 1 1.000 2.06    
  RF 1115 1045 9204.6 1866 41 4 12 .998 1.86   29.8
  3B 284 239 2085.1 153 492 40 40 .942 2.78   4.2
  LF 100 65 639.3 134 7 0 1 1.000 1.99   0.0
  P 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  CF 1 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
Career Totals   1502 1349 11934.6 2157 541 44 53 .984 2.03   34.0
Career Highs   153 147 1269.0 244 276 24 27 1.000 2.83    
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
1964 27 CLN NL 13 45 6 11 1 0 2 6 0 2 5 12 .244 .320 .400 .720
1965 28 CLN NL 7 26 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 .231 .323 .308 .630
1966 29 CLN NL 17 65 5 16 2 1 2 6 0 1 2 20 .246 .279 .400 .679
1967 30 CLN NL 12 47 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 13 .234 .308 .255 .563
1968 31 CLN NL 20 77 9 24 2 0 5 13 2 0 3 15 .312 .341 .532 .874
1969 32 BOS AL 19 68 10 14 4 0 2 6 1 0 12 15 .206 .325 .353 .678
1973 36 COL NL 11 38 3 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 9 .211 .268 .289 .558
1974 37 CLE AL 5 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .100 .000 .100
1975 38 BSN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 105 385 40 90 12 1 12 38 3 3 36 101 .234 .301 .364 .665
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.
On-Base Pct
1967-8-.369
 Slugging Pct
1967-9-.492
1969-10-.450
 OPS
1967-5-.861
 Games
1963-8-157
1970-7-155
1971-3-156
 At-Bats
1969-8-600
 Runs
1967-8-89
Total Bases
1969-5-270
1970-10-260
1971-10-265
 Singles
1963-10-119
 Doubles
1963-6-30
1970-1-44
1971-1-38
 Triples
1975-10-5
 Homeruns
1969-8-26
 RBIs
1969-7-94
Strikeouts
1963-10-115
1966-3-148
1967-6-127
1968-3-137
1969-5-153
1970-5-149
1971-4-147
CAR-28-1578
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 62nd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1959
Injured on 6/2/1960 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 6/2/1962, off Milt Pappas (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 6/6/1962, off Paul Foytack (MIN)
Drove in 6 runs against Worcester on 9/8/1962
Injured on 4/7/1964 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1965
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,928,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,964,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 4/25/1967
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1967, hitting .315 with 7 HR, 30 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Los Angeles on 9/5/1967
10/20/1967: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/24/1968 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1968, hitting .519 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Boston (A) on 2/1/1969 (Going to CLN: P Galen Cisco. Going to BOS: P Joe Hoerner, P Bob Veale, RF Cliff Cook, SS Tom Tresh)
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1971, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/4/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $3,750,000 per year
Traded from Tampa Bay to Kansas City on 6/1/1972 (Going to KCR: P Jack Aker, LF Cliff Cook, 1B Bob Robertson, P Tom Walker, LF Joe Lis. Going to TAM: RF Tony Conigliaro)
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 4/2/1973 to a 1-year deal worth $1,004,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/3/1974 to a 1-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Traded from Boston (N) to Cleveland (A) on 7/1/1974 (Going to BSN: P Sterling Slaughter. Going to CLE: RF Cliff Cook)
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 9/7/1974
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1975 to a 1-year deal worth $3,870,000 per year
 
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