MLB / Players

Bob Hooper

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 195 lb
BornMay 30, 1922 · Leamington, ON, CAN
MLB debutApril 19, 1950
Final gameMay 14, 1955
Seasons6 (1950–1955)

Philadelphia Athletics 1950–1952; Cleveland Indians 1953–1954; Cincinnati Redlegs 1955

Percentile snapshot

1951 season — qualified pitchers

G
38
59.6
GS
23
17.3
W
12
42.3
L
10
59.6
SV
5
92.3
CG
9
19.2
SHO
0
0
H
192
69.2
ER
92
38.5
BB
61
86.5
SO
64
11.5
HR
13
75
IP
189.0
26.9
ERA
4.38
17.3
WHIP
1.339
57.7
K/9
3.05
13.5
FIP
3.81
42.3
FIP-
90.4
69.2
ERA+
96.2
23.1
sWAR
1.4
19.2

of 53 qualified 1951 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.2
65.6

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
195045625647201802100.125.155.214.369-19.9-5.7.1710.6
1951387572815301811900.208.219.292.51122.735.7.2341.4
195243454138102311000.195.214.366.58038.854.5.261-0.6
19534313120100001000.083.154.083.237-40.9-32.9.1290.4
195417550000000100.000.000.000.000-137.7-100.0.000-0.2
19558110000000000.000.000.000.000-128.5-100.0.000-0.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19504520151053018195915815170.35.021.5973.064.80105.990.30.6
19513823121059019292616413189.04.381.3393.053.8190.496.21.4
1952431481564015883684013144.35.181.5662.494.48114.575.5-0.6
19534305470050313816469.34.021.2692.084.59120.394.70.4
19541700020039191612334.74.931.5873.124.28116.574.5-0.2
19558002000201166213.07.622.0004.154.77113.155.4-0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
194
PA
201
AB
187
R
15
H
31
2B
6
3B
0
HR
4
RBI
19
BB
3
SO
51
SB
0
BA
.1658
OBP
.1875
SLG
.2620
OPS
.4495

Pitching

G (P)
194
GS
57
W
40
L
41
SV
25
CG
16
SHO
0
IP
621
SO (P)
196
BB allowed
280
ERA
4.800
WHIP
1.4823
K/9
2.84

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1951-07-15ATH @ CWS Gameday411001304
1950-05-30MIN @ ATH Gameday311001204
1952-07-04BOS @ ATH Gameday211001104
1952-08-19DET @ ATH Gameday111001104
1950-06-04BAL @ ATH Gameday312100403

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1951-08-22ATH @ CWS Gameday9.0822160
1950-08-04ATH @ BAL Gameday5.0444262
1951-08-07ATH @ BOS Gameday9.0944250
1950-06-04BAL @ ATH Gameday7.0544352
1950-07-23CWS @ ATH Gameday6.2844350

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.