Player Report for #4 Don 'Hippo' Cook

04/26/1981

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1B Don 'Hippo' Cook #4

Age: 36

Bats: R

Throws: R

Morale: Normal

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0

	Overall	Potential
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's

Batting Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Contact	9	10	8	12
Gap	10	12	10	16
Power	14	16	13	16
Eye	15	18	15	15
Avoid K's	12	13	12	20

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	6	1
Errors:	-	6	1
Arm:	2	2	4
Turn DP:	-	1	-
Ability:	6	-	-

Position Ratings
Pitcher:	-	Shortstop:	-
Catcher:	3	Left Field:	-
1st Base:	9	Center Field:	-
2nd Base:	-	Right Field:	-
3rd Base:	-

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	2
Stealing Ability:	6
Baserunning Inst.:	7
Sacrifice Bunt:	13
Bunt for Hit:	6

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Very High
Loyalty:	Normal
Desire f. Win:	Normal
Greed:	High
Intelligence:	Very High
Work Ethic:	Low

Don Cook
Birthday:	04/28/1926
Born in:	Flossmoor (Illinois)
Nationality:	American
Height:	5' 11"
Weight:	210 lbs
Local Popularity:	Well Known
National Pop.:	Fair

Status
Contract:	RETIRED
Salary:	-
Signed Through:	-
Major Service:	13 Years, 134 Days
Service This Yr:	None
40-Man Service:	15 Years, 130 Days
Pro Service:	18 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	Out of option years
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	-

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1951 Los Angeles - ABA	25	41	109	17	3	1	0	2	9	6	1	0	27	0	0	.156	.207	.202	.409	7	-9.9
1952 Los Angeles - ABA	26	64	201	45	4	1	7	31	29	32	2	1	15	0	0	.224	.335	.358	.693	91	4.3
1953 Los Angeles - ABA	27	138	514	136	18	2	22	80	63	66	3	3	42	0	0	.265	.350	.436	.786	113	28.9
1954 Los Angeles - ABA	28	137	524	132	15	1	18	71	61	47	4	6	25	0	0	.252	.315	.387	.702	96	11.2
1955 Los Angeles - ABA	29	131	513	151	15	2	26	85	75	55	5	5	24	0	0	.294	.365	.483	.848	130	38.7
1956 Los Angeles - ABA	30	142	527	145	20	1	24	83	77	74	1	2	26	0	0	.275	.364	.454	.818	124	33.1
1957 Los Angeles - ABA	31	128	485	120	18	3	21	62	71	60	1	2	19	0	0	.247	.330	.427	.757	113	20.9
1958 Los Angeles - ABA	32	139	503	137	15	0	24	81	69	70	3	5	33	0	0	.272	.361	.445	.807	131	33.7
1959 Los Angeles - ABA	33	131	436	103	16	2	11	61	54	67	2	4	37	1	1	.236	.338	.358	.696	92	5.7
1960 Boston - ABA	34	37	98	21	6	0	5	13	10	11	0	1	11	0	0	.214	.291	.429	.719	96	0.7
1960 Los Angeles - ABA	34	32	57	13	1	1	2	9	7	11	0	2	6	0	0	.228	.343	.386	.729	100	2.1
1960 Total - ABA	34	69	155	34	7	1	7	22	17	22	0	3	17	0	0	.219	.311	.413	.724	0	2.7
1961 Detroit - ABA	35	6	7	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	262	2.1
1961 Boston - ABA	35	48	115	35	4	1	5	21	15	20	1	2	21	0	0	.304	.406	.487	.893	142	9.2
1961 Total - ABA	35	54	122	38	4	1	6	23	16	21	1	2	22	0	0	.311	.411	.508	.919	0	11.2
Total ABA		1174	4089	1058	135	15	166	601	541	520	23	33	287	1	1	.259	.343	.421	.764	111	180.7

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1962 San Bernadino - A	36	3	10	1	0	0	1	3	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.100	.400	.400	.800	130	0.5
1962 San Antonio - AA	36	37	117	31	0	0	16	37	23	33	3	2	19	0	0	.265	.432	.675	1.107	199	21.8
1962 Vaughan - AAA	36	49	149	26	4	0	6	26	18	38	1	2	19	0	0	.174	.342	.322	.664	85	-2.3
Total GHL		49	149	26	4	0	6	26	18	38	1	2	19	0	0	.174	.342	.322	.664	85	-2.3
Total STL		37	117	31	0	0	16	37	23	33	3	2	19	0	0	.265	.432	.675	1.107	199	21.8
Total SCL		3	10	1	0	0	1	3	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.100	.400	.400	.800	130	0.5

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1951 Los Angeles - ML	C	37	28	206	16	0	224	2	.991	261.0	7.66	-2.4	.869	1	35	9	25.7
1951 Los Angeles - ML	1B	2	0	3	0	0	4	1	.750	3.0	9.00	-0.4	.000
1952 Los Angeles - ML	C	56	55	217	29	1	247	1	.996	486.0	4.56	+1.3	.921	6	18	13	72.2
1953 Los Angeles - ML	C	136	136	544	68	6	628	16	.975	1178.2	4.67	+2.6	.981	5	66	28	42.4
1953 Los Angeles - ML	1B	2	0	11	1	1	12	0	1.000	12.0	9.00	+0.2	1.082
1954 Los Angeles - ML	C	137	133	522	58	6	586	6	.990	1148.0	4.55	+1.8	1.001	5	70	26	37.1
1954 Los Angeles - ML	1B	5	0	5	0	0	6	1	.833	6.0	7.50	-0.4	.000
1955 Los Angeles - ML	C	131	131	625	76	9	709	8	.989	1117.2	5.64	+4.4	.904	12	92	48	52.2
1955 Los Angeles - ML	1B	5	0	8	1	1	9	0	1.000	9.0	9.00	+0.0	1.076
1956 Los Angeles - ML	C	142	142	646	73	4	733	14	.981	1215.1	5.32	-3.7	.955	10	112	35	31.3
1956 Los Angeles - ML	1B	2	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	3.0	15.00	+0.0	1.069
1957 Los Angeles - ML	C	128	128	585	90	2	682	7	.990	1102.2	5.51	+7.7	1.017	13	127	55	43.3
1957 Los Angeles - ML	1B	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0	.000
1958 Los Angeles - ML	C	139	139	628	69	7	704	7	.990	1177.0	5.33	-2.2	.979	11	91	30	33.0
1958 Los Angeles - ML	1B	5	0	10	1	0	11	0	1.000	9.0	11.00	+0.1	1.072
1959 Los Angeles - ML	C	123	115	614	54	2	685	17	.975	1044.2	5.75	-9.8	.918	20	94	25	26.6
1959 Los Angeles - ML	1B	8	5	37	4	2	42	1	.976	45.0	8.20	-0.1	.987
1960 Boston - ML	C	24	20	115	12	1	133	6	.955	186.1	6.13	-1.4	.960	2	20	5	25.0
1960 Los Angeles - ML	C	18	8	47	2	0	52	3	.942	86.1	5.11	-1.9	.882	1	10	1	10.0
1960 Los Angeles - ML	1B	8	6	52	0	3	53	1	.981	54.1	8.61	-0.1	.973
1960 Boston - ML	1B	4	4	26	2	1	29	1	.966	32.0	7.88	-0.5	.884
1961 Boston - ML	C	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0	.000	0	0	0	0.0
1961 Detroit - ML	C	3	1	7	3	0	10	0	1.000	12.1	7.30	+0.0	1.014	0	0	0	0.0
1961 Boston - ML	1B	35	31	257	20	31	279	2	.993	266.0	9.37	+0.1	1.002

Player History
01/02/1951	Drafted in the 1951 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 6, 166th overall pick) by the Los Angeles Quakes.
01/01/1952	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (13); Power: 15 (18); Eye: 10 (12).
04/07/1952	Injured (fractured wrist), out for 6 weeks.
05/15/1952	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 3 weeks.
01/01/1953	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (13); Power: 18 (20); Eye: 14 (15).
01/01/1954	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (14); Power: 16 (17); Eye: 14 (14).
01/01/1955	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (13); Power: 16 (16); Eye: 12 (13).
07/10/1955	Was selected to the 1955 American Baseball Association All-Star Game.
09/13/1955	Injured (flu-like symptoms), day-to-day for 3 days.
09/15/1955	Injured (fractured thumb), out for 4 weeks.
01/01/1956	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (16); Power: 18 (19); Eye: 14 (14).
06/18/1956	Wins the ABA LL Player of the Week Award.
07/01/1956	Injured (sore thumb), day-to-day for 1 day.
07/08/1956	Was selected to the 1956 American Baseball Association All-Star Game.
01/01/1957	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (12); Power: 17 (17); Eye: 13 (13).
07/10/1957	Injured (sprained elbow), out for 2 weeks.
01/01/1958	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (13); Power: 17 (18); Eye: 14 (15).
09/15/1958	Injured (stomach virus), out for 3 days.
01/01/1959	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 18 (18); Eye: 14 (15).
03/25/1959	Injured (groin soreness), day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1960	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (12); Power: 16 (18); Eye: 15 (15).
07/13/1960	Got claimed off waivers by Boston while with Los Angeles.
08/27/1960	Injured (bruised knee), day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/1961	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (13); Power: 14 (16); Eye: 14 (14).
04/07/1961	Injured (hamstring tightness), day-to-day for 6 days.
08/22/1961	Got claimed off waivers by Detroit while with Boston.
01/01/1962	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (12); Power: 14 (16); Eye: 15 (15).
05/14/1962	Wins the STL GL Player of the Week Award.
05/16/1962	Injured (chronic back soreness), out for 5 weeks.
07/02/1962	Wins the STL GL Player of the Week Award.
09/01/1962	Retired from professional baseball.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	TB	Rank
1955	248	8
1958	224	9

Year	HR	Rank
1953	22	10
1954	18	9
1955	26	6
1956	24	9
1957	21	8
1958	24	3

Year	RBI	Rank
1958	81	8

Year	BB	Rank
1958	70	9

Year	IBB	Rank
1953	6	6

Year	HP	Rank
1954	4	9
1955	5	10

Year	AVG	Rank
1955	.294	8

Year	SLG	Rank
1955	.483	9

Year	RC	Rank
1958	77.12	10

Year	ISO	Rank
1955	.189	10
1957	.179	6

Year	WOBA	Rank
1955	.365	8
1958	.353	9

Year	OPS	Rank
1955	.848	8
1958	.807	9

Year	VORP	Rank
1955	38.7	5
1958	33.7	7