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Ron
Cook		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: July 11, 1947 in Usa, TX, JEFFERSON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980   
All-Star Selections 1975    1978   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 22 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6
1971 23 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1972 24 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 6 6
1973 25 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 5 8 6 7 7 7 7
1974 26 TOR AL $ 1,550,000 6 5 4 5 9 7 8 9 8 8
1975 27 SDP NL $ 2,821,429 6 5 4 4 9 7 8 8 8 8
1976 28 SDP NL $ 4,071,429 5 5 4 4 9 7 8 8 7 7
1977 29 SDP NL $ 4,570,000 5 5 4 4 9 7 8 8 8 8
1978 30 SDP NL $ 4,570,000 5 5 4 4 9 8 8 8 8 8
1979 31 SDP NL $ 4,570,000 5 5 4 4 9 8 8 8 8 8
1980 32 SDP NL $ 5,820,000 5 5 4 4 9 7 8 8 7 7
1981 33 SDP NL $ 5,820,000 3 5 4 4 9 7 8 8 7 7
1982 34 SDP NL $ 5,820,000 3 4 3 4 8 7 7 7 6 6
1983 35 SDP NL $ 5,820,000 3 4 3 4 8 7 7 5 5 5
1984 36 BOS AL $ 300,000 3 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,820,000 6 6 5 5 9 8 8 9 8 8
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
1970 22 TOR AL 4 5 .444 26 6 1 0 3 92.3 90 52 14 43 39 5.07 .255 .338 .402 .741 2.6
    AAA   5 6 .455 16 12 1 0 0 92.7 76 31 7 30 55 3.01 .224 .287 .324 .612  
1971 23 TOR AL 6 4 .600 17 17 1 0 0 121.7 113 46 9 34 59 3.40 .249 .307 .370 .677 8.3
    AAA   0 2 .000 33 0 0 0 2 34.0 37 21 3 26 23 5.56 .291 .412 .409 .821  
    AA   0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 0 2 4 1.29 .174 .240 .217 .457  
1972 24 TOR AL 11 8 .579 26 26 4 0 0 187.0 197 83 21 62 118 3.99 .274 .332 .421 .753 13.2
1973 25 TOR AL 12 10 .545 29 29 3 1 0 198.3 214 90 21 63 97 4.08 .274 .329 .424 .753 14.0
1974 26 TOR AL 16 15 .516 37 37 3 1 0 259.0 252 108 21 68 127 3.75 .252 .302 .383 .686 19.9
1975 27 TOR AL 10 4 .714 20 20 3 2 0 141.7 124 47 8 35 73 2.99 .232 .282 .325 .608 13.6
  SDP NL 7 4 .636 11 11 1 1 0 76.3 62 22 4 22 30 2.59 .219 .279 .311 .590 7.4
  TOT   17 8 .680 31 31 4 3 0 218.0 186 69 12 57 103 2.85 .227 .281 .320 .602 21.0
1976 28 SDP NL 7 2 .778 18 0 0 0 1 52.0 69 25 2 12 21 4.33 .321 .360 .409 .769 3.8
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.3 2 0 0 2 3 0.00 .182 .308 .182 .490  
1977 29 SDP NL 1 4 .200 27 1 0 0 5 54.7 62 21 4 12 23 3.46 .284 .322 .390 .712 3.4
1978 30 SDP NL 11 9 .550 76 0 0 0 26 128.3 143 53 8 35 47 3.72 .292 .341 .397 .738 12.0
1979 31 SDP NL 6 0 1.000 67 0 0 0 9 96.0 91 23 4 18 30 2.16 .255 .292 .350 .642 11.6
1980 32 SDP NL 1 3 .250 66 0 0 0 13 85.3 92 21 5 19 48 2.21 .280 .316 .341 .657 9.9
1981 33 SDP NL 3 6 .333 48 0 0 0 7 62.7 56 17 3 10 30 2.44 .242 .276 .316 .592 7.5
1982 34 SDP NL 3 2 .600 57 0 0 0 2 53.7 82 33 3 14 19 5.53 .355 .387 .476 .863 0.3
1983 35 SDP NL 4 5 .444 73 0 0 0 11 92.7 94 38 7 24 21 3.69 .269 .315 .369 .684 7.6
1984 36 AAA   2 1 .667 9 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 6 3 5 6 4.15 .280 .345 .480 .825  
14 Years Sim 102 81 .557 598 147 16 5 77 1701.6 1741 679 134 471 782 3.59 .266 .317 .383 .700 135.0
4 Years AAA 7 9 .438 59 13 1 0 2 143.0 129 58 13 63 87 3.65 .245 .325 .357 .682  
1 Years AA 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 0 2 4 1.29 .174 .240 .217 .457  
5 Years Minors 7 9 .438 69 13 1 0 2 150.0 133 59 13 65 91 3.54 .242 .322 .351 .673  
Season Average 7 5 .583 42 10 1 0 5 121.5 124 48 9 33 55 3.59 .266 .317 .383 .700  
Career Highs 17 15 1.000 76 37 4 3 26 259.0 252 108 21 68 127 5.53 .355 .387 .476 .863  
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   1153 437 89 348 470   .268 .323 .386 .709
vs LH   588 242 45 123 312   .262 .301 .376 .677
Home 49 39 .557 305 72 4 2 37 862.3 881 324 51 254 376 3.38 .266 .319 .363 .682
Away 53 42 .558 293 75 12 3 43 839.3 860 355 83 217 406 3.81 .266 .312 .403 .715
Mar/Apr 14 11 .560 85 21 3 2 10 255.0 254 91 20 70 127 3.21 .261 .310 .376 .686
May 17 12 .586 102 23 1 1 16 276.6 294 119 19 73 126 3.87 .274 .320 .390 .711
June 10 10 .500 79 17 3 0 8 193.6 215 71 18 44 107 3.30 .277 .316 .403 .719
July 17 20 .459 106 31 3 0 15 312.3 334 151 30 87 146 4.35 .275 .324 .409 .732
August 22 14 .611 111 28 4 1 15 333.0 320 124 22 94 142 3.35 .254 .305 .348 .653
Sep/Oct 22 14 .611 115 27 2 1 16 331.0 324 123 25 103 134 3.34 .260 .317 .379 .696
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 22 TOR AL P 26 6 92.3 7 21 0 1 1.000 2.73    
1971 23 TOR AL P 17 17 121.7 2 21 1 2 .958 1.70    
1972 24 TOR AL P 26 26 187.0 15 25 1 4 .976 1.93    
1973 25 TOR AL P 29 29 198.3 18 31 1 3 .980 2.22    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 26 TOR AL P 37 37 259.0 19 50 4 4 .945 2.40    
1975 27 TOR AL P 20 20 141.7 13 20 2 1 .943 2.10    
  SDP NL P 11 11 76.3 7 11 1 1 .947 2.12    
  TOT   P 31 31 218.0 20 31 3 2 .944 2.11    
1976 28 SDP NL P 18 0 52.0 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.38    
1977 29 SDP NL P 27 1 54.7 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.32    
1978 30 SDP NL P 76 0 128.3 11 22 2 3 .943 2.31    
1979 31 SDP NL P 67 0 96.0 14 10 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1980 32 SDP NL P 66 0 85.3 5 14 1 2 .950 2.00    
1981 33 SDP NL P 48 0 62.7 6 10 2 1 .889 2.30    
1982 34 SDP NL P 57 0 53.7 1 11 1 1 .923 2.01    
1983 35 SDP NL P 73 0 92.7 9 23 1 0 .970 3.11    
  P 598 147 1701.6 131 281 17 24 .960 2.18    
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   599 147 1702.6 131 281 17 24 .960 2.18    
Career Highs   76 37 259.0 20 50 4 4 1.000 3.11    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1971 23 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .143 .143 .143 .286
1976 28 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 30 SDP NL 3 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 2 16.3 6 1 1 5 1 0.55 .111 .186 .185 .372
1980 32 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 5.7 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .111 .111 .111 .222
1981 33 SDP NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 2 1 0 0 6.77 .273 .273 .545 .818
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 0 1.000 17 0 0 0 3 27.3 12 3 2 5 3 0.99 .132 .177 .209 .386
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1974-8-3.75
 Wins
1974-6-16
 Losses
1974-7-15
 Saves
1978-1-26
 Games Pitched
1978-6-76
1979-7-67
1980-8-66
1983-3-73
 Games Started
1974-2-37
Shutouts
1973-8-1
1974-7-1
1975-3-2
 Innings Pitched
1974-5-259.0
 Walks per 9IP
1974-8-2.4
 WHiP
1974-5-1.24
 OOBP
1974-5-.302
 OOPS
1974-10-.686
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 92nd overall pick, by Toronto in 1970
Injured on 3/31/1970 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 7/20/1970
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,550,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/16/1974 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1975, going 4-0, 0.98
Injured on 6/9/1975 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Traded from Toronto to San Diego on 7/31/1975 (Going to TOR: 1B Andre Thornton. Going to SDP: P Ron Cook)
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/4/1976 with a Broken Hand, out for 6 weeks
10/29/1976: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $4,570,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
10/23/1979: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $5,820,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
 
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