Darltie Cooper
Indianapolis ABCs 1923; Harrisburg Giants 1924–1925; Baltimore Black Sox 1926; Harrisburg Giants 1926; New York Lincoln Giants 1926; Harrisburg Giants 1927; Hilldale Club 1928–1929; Homestead Grays 1930; Baltimore Black Sox 1931; Hilldale Club 1932; Washington Pilots 1932; Philadelphia Bacharach Giants 1934; Newark Eagles 1940
Percentile snapshot
1934 season — qualified pitchers
of 103 qualified 1934 pitchers (min 25 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 54 | 177 | 160 | 28 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .225 | .262 | .306 | .568 | 51.7 | 47.8 | .265 | 1.4 |
| 1924 | 33 | 74 | 67 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .261 | .358 | .619 | 66.4 | 66.8 | .284 | 1.8 |
| 1925 | 26 | 65 | 63 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .281 | .397 | .678 | 71.9 | 73.6 | .304 | 1.4 |
| 1926 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .353 | .500 | .853 | 124.2 | 138.1 | .395 | -0.5 |
| 1927 | 32 | 92 | 85 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .352 | .412 | .763 | 98.1 | 99.7 | .355 | 6.0 |
| 1928 | 20 | 62 | 61 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .328 | .574 | 49.6 | 50.1 | .259 | 4.4 |
| 1929 | 32 | 92 | 80 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .295 | .313 | .608 | 54.5 | 48.6 | .289 | 2.0 |
| 1930 | 19 | 41 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .200 | .282 | .482 | 13.7 | 9.1 | .213 | -0.8 |
| 1931 | 19 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .308 | .395 | .702 | 89.1 | 91.2 | .319 | -0.4 |
| 1932 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 7.3 | -0.5 | .181 | 0.4 |
| 1934 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .407 | .407 | .593 | 1.000 | 165.4 | 178.3 | .458 | 0.7 |
| 1940 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -84.7 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 169 | 77 | 41 | 47 | 11 | 167.0 | 4.15 | 1.257 | 2.53 | 4.39 | 99.8 | 106.0 | 1.4 |
| 1924 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 123 | 56 | 32 | 48 | 4 | 126.0 | 4.00 | 1.230 | 3.43 | 4.18 | 95.3 | 109.8 | 1.8 |
| 1925 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 140 | 68 | 40 | 52 | 0 | 124.7 | 4.91 | 1.444 | 3.75 | 4.80 | 98.3 | 99.4 | 1.4 |
| 1926 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 23.7 | 7.99 | 1.859 | 2.28 | 4.86 | 108.6 | 56.0 | -0.5 |
| 1927 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 182 | 53 | 44 | 68 | 8 | 184.7 | 2.58 | 1.224 | 3.31 | 4.02 | 87.8 | 177.4 | 6.0 |
| 1928 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 120 | 38 | 43 | 53 | 5 | 135.3 | 2.53 | 1.204 | 3.52 | 4.17 | 94.9 | 173.9 | 4.4 |
| 1929 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 193 | 90 | 64 | 68 | 14 | 155.7 | 5.20 | 1.651 | 3.93 | 5.82 | 106.8 | 104.7 | 2.0 |
| 1930 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 45.3 | 8.14 | 1.831 | 2.38 | 6.42 | 119.1 | 66.2 | -0.8 |
| 1931 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 84 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 65.3 | 5.51 | 1.821 | 4.13 | 4.43 | 120.6 | 66.7 | -0.4 |
| 1932 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 30.0 | 3.60 | 1.267 | 2.40 | 4.55 | 108.9 | 116.0 | 0.4 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 28.0 | 4.18 | 1.393 | 2.25 | 6.25 | 138.5 | 108.0 | 0.7 |
| 1940 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 | 10.13 | 2.063 | 0.00 | 11.16 | 213.7 | 51.6 | -0.3 |
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
Pitching
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
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-08-25 | DTS @ ABC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1923-05-07 | ABC @ TOL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1923-07-25 | ABC @ CUB Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1934-07-22 | PBG @ TIC Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1923-09-07 | ABC @ KCM Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-05-22 | MIL @ ABC Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 1923-07-30 | ABC @ DTS Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1932-05-31 | DTW @ WPI Gameday | 8.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1923-05-19 | MIL @ ABC Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1923-06-01 | ABC @ KCM Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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.