MLB / Players

Mickey Cochrane

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 180 lb

BornApril 6, 1903 · Bridgewater, MA, USA

MLB debutApril 14, 1925

Final gameMay 25, 1937

Seasons13 (1925–1937)

Philadelphia Athletics 1925–1933; Detroit Tigers 1934–1937

Percentile snapshot

1935 season — qualified batters

115

22.4

522

34.5

411

21.6

74.1

131

35.3

70.7

15.5

38.8

RBI

28.4

95.7

48.3

15.5

.319

73.3

OBP

.452

96.6

SLG

.450

62.9

OPS

.902

83.6

wRC+

145.0

93.1

OPS+

139.0

86.2

wOBA

.426

89.7

sWAR

5.4

90.5

of 117 qualified 1935 batters (min 471 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

132.8

92.6

OPS+

130.8

90.8

sWAR

56.6

99.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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
1925	134	474	420	69	139	21	5	6	55	44	19	7	4	.331	.397	.448	.845	110.9	110.3	.394	3.2
1926	120	452	370	50	101	8	9	8	47	56	15	5	2	.273	.369	.408	.777	101.8	100.3	.368	2.5
1927	126	507	432	80	146	20	6	12	80	50	7	9	6	.338	.409	.495	.904	131.9	131.7	.417	4.6
1928	131	568	468	92	137	26	12	10	57	76	25	7	7	.293	.395	.464	.859	126.6	124.7	.396	4.8
1929	135	606	514	113	170	37	8	7	95	69	8	7	6	.331	.412	.475	.887	129.1	127.2	.407	5.2
1930	130	561	487	110	174	42	5	10	85	55	18	5	0	.357	.424	.526	.949	137.7	138.3	.425	5.5
1931	122	521	459	87	160	31	6	17	89	56	21	2	3	.349	.423	.553	.976	149.9	151.3	.441	5.8
1932	139	625	518	118	152	35	4	23	112	100	22	0	1	.293	.412	.510	.921	135.9	135.8	.418	5.9
1933	130	542	429	104	138	30	4	15	60	106	22	8	6	.322	.459	.515	.974	158.8	156.6	.450	6.8
1934	129	524	437	74	140	32	1	2	76	78	26	8	4	.320	.428	.412	.840	124.7	119.4	.400	4.3
1935	115	522	411	93	131	33	3	5	47	96	15	5	5	.319	.452	.450	.902	145.0	139.0	.426	5.4
1936	44	178	126	24	34	8	0	2	17	46	15	1	1	.270	.465	.381	.846	124.6	111.7	.416	1.4
1937	27	126	98	27	30	10	1	2	12	25	4	0	1	.306	.452	.490	.941	141.4	136.3	.434	1.3

Career totals

1,482

6,206

5,169

1,041

320th-most career R

1,652

333

370th-most career 2B

478th-most career 3B

119

RBI

832

480th-most career RBI

857

210th-most career BB

217

.3196

64th-highest career batting average

OBP

.4192

23rd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4778

238th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8970

78th-highest career OPS

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
1925-05-21	ATH @ BAL Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	3	3	0	12
1931-07-30	BAL @ ATH Gameday	4	2	4	0	0	2	6	0	10
1932-08-23	CWS @ ATH Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	2	5	1	10
1932-07-22	ATH @ MIN Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	1	4	0	10
1933-08-02	ATH @ NYY Gameday	4	3	4	1	1	1	4	2	10

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1925-04-14	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925-04-15	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925-04-16	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925-04-17	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925-04-18	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1947 (BBWAA)

2× Most Valuable Player2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.