3B Ben Cooper #4
Phoenix Scorchers (HOU) GWL
Age: 25 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
08/11/1975
BNN Index | GWL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
3B BEN COOPER #4 - AGE: 25 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
77 175 56 8 0 5 35 22 26 .320 .393 .451 0 0.7
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/10/1975 HAW Win, 6-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09/1975 HAW Win, 15-2 3 1 2 4 0 1 1 0
08/08/1975 @ POR Win, 2-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/07/1975 @ POR Win, 4-3 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
08/06/1975 @ POR Win, 5-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/05/1975 SLC Loss, 3-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/04/1975 SLC Loss, 4-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/03/1975 SLC Win, 8-1 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
08/02/1975 SJ Loss, 1-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/01/1975 SJ Win, 6-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/09/1950
Born in:Algona, IA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 4"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1968, 1st Pick in Round 6
GREAT WESTERN LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 77 175 56 8 0 5 35 24 22 26 .320 .393 .451 .844 .373 .131 118
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 34 202 1 4 0 4 1 3 79 13 0 3 0.0 30.7 6.37 .7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   57 19 2 0 2 9 8 10 7 1 1 0 .333 .426 .474 .900
Versus Right   118 37 6 0 3 26 16 12 19 2 0 1 .314 .376 .441 .817
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   15 4 1 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 .267 .353 .333 .686
April   25 9 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 .360 .467 .440 .907
May   43 15 1 0 0 6 4 3 3 1 0 0 .349 .383 .372 .755
June   38 9 0 0 3 13 6 6 8 1 0 0 .237 .333 .474 .807
July   48 16 3 0 2 10 8 6 12 1 0 1 .333 .411 .521 .932
August   21 7 2 0 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 .333 .391 .429 .820
Last Year   450 146 23 3 9 74 76 56 55 1 1 0 .324 .398 .449 .847
2 Years Ago   105 34 6 0 1 19 13 12 18 1 1 1 .324 .395 .410 .804
Career   817 257 39 3 15 134 122 94 117 5 3 3 .315 .385 .425 .810
Home   84 24 3 0 2 22 11 11 15 1 0 0 .286 .365 .393 .757
Road   91 32 5 0 3 13 13 11 11 2 1 1 .352 .419 .505 .925
Grass   175 56 8 0 5 35 24 22 26 3 1 1 .320 .393 .451 .844
Day   74 21 3 0 3 17 12 10 14 1 0 1 .284 .372 .446 .818
Night   101 35 5 0 2 18 12 12 12 2 1 0 .347 .409 .455 .864
As Starter   132 42 7 0 4 27 19 20 21 1 1 1 .318 .409 .462 .871
As Reliever / Substitution   43 14 1 0 1 8 5 2 5 2 0 0 .326 .340 .419 .759
Pinch Hitting   37 11 0 0 1 7 4 1 5 2 0 0 .297 .300 .378 .678
Close/Late   46 15 1 0 3 11 8 11 5 0 1 0 .326 .456 .543 1.000
Inning 1-3   41 13 3 0 0 8 3 4 11 0 0 0 .317 .378 .390 .768
Inning 4-6   56 20 3 0 1 11 9 6 6 2 0 1 .357 .415 .464 .880
Inning 7-9   72 20 1 0 4 16 11 10 9 1 1 0 .278 .361 .458 .820
Extra Innings   6 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .625 .667 1.292
0 Outs   65 19 4 0 1 6 10 8 11 1 1 0 .292 .365 .400 .765
1 Outs   49 17 1 0 4 17 9 9 8 2 0 0 .347 .433 .612 1.046
2 Outs   61 20 3 0 0 12 5 5 7 0 0 1 .328 .388 .377 .765
Scoring Position   55 21 2 0 2 30 5 8 7 3 1 0 .382 .439 .527 .967
Bases Empty   82 26 5 0 2 2 12 11 13 0 0 0 .317 .398 .451 .849
Runner on 1st   38 9 1 0 1 3 7 3 6 0 0 1 .237 .310 .342 .652
Runner on 2nd   11 7 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 .636 .714 .636 1.351
Runner on 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286
Runner on 1st & 2nd   11 3 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .273 .385 .545 .930
Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 6 1 0 0 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 .600 .538 .700 1.238
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   14 5 1 0 1 12 2 0 2 1 0 0 .357 .333 .643 .976
Two Strikes   62 15 1 0 1 10 9 11 26 1 0 1 .242 .360 .306 .666
First Pitch   31 10 3 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 .323 .400 .419 .819
Count 0-1   17 6 1 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 .353 .353 .588 .941
Count 0-2   13 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615
Count 1-0   25 7 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 .280 .259 .320 .579
Count 1-1   19 8 2 0 3 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 .421 .421 1.000 1.421
Count 1-2   19 3 0 0 1 5 1 0 10 1 0 0 .158 .150 .316 .466
Count 2-0   3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Count 2-1   11 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455 .455 .455 .909
Count 2-2   13 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 .154 .214 .154 .368
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   7 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 .429 .636 .429 1.065
Full Count   17 6 1 0 0 4 5 11 4 0 0 0 .353 .607 .412 1.019
Behind in Count   49 13 1 0 2 11 5 0 16 1 1 0 .265 .260 .408 .668
Ahead in Count   46 17 1 0 0 6 7 7 0 2 0 0 .370 .436 .391 .828
Batting Leadoff   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Batting 4th   48 18 2 0 3 15 9 5 8 0 0 1 .375 .444 .604 1.049
Batting 5th   17 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 .176 .222 .294 .516
Batting 6th   55 16 3 0 0 8 5 10 9 1 1 0 .291 .394 .345 .739
Batting 7th   16 7 0 0 2 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 .438 .550 .812 1.363
Batting 8th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   35 12 1 0 0 3 4 1 5 1 0 0 .343 .351 .371 .723
Low Leverage   69 22 4 0 2 4 8 7 8 0 0 0 .319 .382 .464 .845
Medium Leverage   62 20 2 0 0 12 8 6 12 0 0 1 .323 .391 .355 .746
High Leverage   44 14 2 0 3 19 8 9 6 3 1 0 .318 .411 .568 .979
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+ wRC+ WAR
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+ wRC+ WAR
1968 St. Cloud - R 18 23 69 19 0 1 1 13 5 16 0 1 19 0 0 .275 .407 .348 .755 104 117 0.4
1968 Roanoke - A 18 19 45 12 3 0 0 4 4 5 0 1 7 0 0 .267 .333 .333 .667 102 73 0.2
1968 Lincoln - A 18 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 214 231 0.0
1969 St. Cloud - R 19 23 88 28 2 0 0 15 10 7 1 3 23 1 0 .318 .364 .341 .705 84 83 0.1
1969 Roanoke - A 19 8 26 11 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 .423 .464 .500 .964 190 183 0.6
1969 Lincoln - A 19 5 18 10 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .556 .556 .833 1.389 329 366 0.6
1970 Roanoke - A 20 98 317 79 8 4 4 58 43 46 4 6 60 0 1 .249 .346 .338 .683 105 105 1.1
1970 Lincoln - A 20 3 8 3 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 .375 .455 .750 1.205 253 236 0.2
1971 Utica - A 21 25 71 20 1 2 2 18 7 15 0 1 13 1 2 .282 .402 .437 .839 142 138 0.5
1971 Albuquerque - AA 21 112 369 79 10 3 9 49 31 42 1 2 85 1 1 .214 .295 .331 .625 64 57 -0.8
1972 Albuquerque - AA 22 41 119 26 3 0 1 11 8 17 0 2 23 0 0 .218 .312 .269 .581 53 55 -0.3
1972 Phoenix - AAA 22 51 87 21 2 0 0 6 9 4 1 0 18 0 0 .241 .283 .264 .547 48 55 -0.3
1973 Albuquerque - AA 23 27 83 22 7 0 1 18 9 10 1 2 13 0 0 .265 .344 .386 .729 88 80 0.3
1973 Phoenix - AAA 23 70 105 34 6 0 1 19 13 12 1 1 18 0 0 .324 .395 .410 .804 113 114 0.4
1974 Phoenix - AAA 24 131 450 146 23 3 9 74 76 56 0 1 55 1 0 .324 .398 .449 .847 119 118 2.3
1975 Phoenix - AAA 25 77 175 56 8 0 5 35 24 22 1 3 26 0 3 .320 .393 .451 .844 113 118 0.7
Total GWL 329 817 257 39 3 15 134 122 94 3 5 117 1 3 .315 .385 .425 .810 110 111
Total HL 10 28 14 2 0 2 7 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 .500 .516 .786 1.302 295 311
Total MAL 25 71 20 1 2 2 18 7 15 0 1 13 1 2 .282 .402 .437 .839 142 138
Total SEL 125 388 102 13 4 4 67 48 53 4 7 71 0 1 .263 .352 .348 .700 110 106
Total LSA 180 571 127 20 3 11 78 48 69 2 6 121 1 1 .222 .306 .326 .631 65 60
Total UMVA 46 157 47 2 1 1 28 15 23 1 4 42 1 0 .299 .384 .344 .728 93 99
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1968 Roanoke - A 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1968 St. Cloud - R 2B 2 2 5 5 1 10 0 1.000 16.0 5.62 +0.7 1.092
1968 Roanoke - A 3B 17 14 10 29 1 42 3 .929 121.0 2.90 +1.2 .992
1968 St. Cloud - R 3B 20 20 14 32 2 49 3 .939 157.1 2.63 -1.2 .924
1969 Lincoln - A 3B 5 5 5 6 1 12 1 .917 37.0 2.68 -0.3 1.058
1969 Roanoke - A 3B 8 8 5 12 2 17 0 1.000 67.2 2.26 +1.6 1.084
1969 St. Cloud - R 3B 23 22 19 28 4 49 2 .959 189.0 2.24 -0.5 .933
1970 Lincoln - A 1B 3 3 15 1 3 16 0 1.000 25.0 5.76 -0.2 1.043
1970 Roanoke - A 1B 44 43 362 39 45 406 5 .988 382.0 9.45 +0.3 1.016
1970 Roanoke - A 2B 3 3 9 3 0 12 0 1.000 26.0 4.15 +0.3 1.074
1970 Roanoke - A 3B 50 49 30 84 10 126 12 .905 422.1 2.43 -2.6 .963
1971 Albuquerque - AA 1B 43 40 322 36 30 361 3 .992 339.2 9.49 +4.0 1.108
1971 Utica - A 1B 7 7 60 5 3 66 1 .985 58.0 10.09 -0.1 .981
1971 Albuquerque - AA 2B 4 4 10 9 4 20 1 .950 33.2 5.08 -1.4 .744
1971 Utica - A 2B 1 1 2 3 2 5 0 1.000 7.0 6.43 -0.8 .688
1971 Albuquerque - AA 3B 65 64 51 118 17 178 9 .949 541.2 2.81 -0.1 1.001
1971 Utica - A 3B 16 15 15 22 0 38 1 .974 129.0 2.58 +0.1 1.022
1972 Phoenix - AAA 1B 31 18 171 19 14 194 4 .979 171.1 9.98 +0.8 .990
1972 Albuquerque - AA 1B 25 21 155 16 22 173 2 .988 172.0 8.95 +1.0 1.069
1972 Albuquerque - AA 2B 6 5 15 16 6 32 1 .969 45.0 6.20 -0.2 .963
1972 Phoenix - AAA 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 1.1 0.00 -0.5 .000
1972 Albuquerque - AA 3B 5 5 5 10 1 15 0 1.000 45.0 3.00 +0.3 .993
1973 Phoenix - AAA 1B 25 10 104 14 8 119 1 .992 103.2 10.24 +0.7 1.045
1973 Albuquerque - AA 1B 5 3 28 4 5 32 0 1.000 30.0 9.60 +0.9 1.238
1973 Phoenix - AAA 2B 3 1 5 2 1 8 1 .875 12.0 5.25 -0.3 .677
1973 Albuquerque - AA 2B 3 2 3 7 1 10 0 1.000 18.0 5.00 +0.6 1.060
1973 Phoenix - AAA 3B 11 7 7 17 2 27 3 .889 68.0 3.18 -1.2 .830
1973 Albuquerque - AA 3B 15 15 8 34 5 43 1 .977 126.1 2.99 +1.4 1.034
1974 Phoenix - AAA 1B 31 24 236 19 24 257 2 .992 231.0 9.94 +0.6 1.032
1974 Phoenix - AAA 2B 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 7.1 2.45 -0.4 .673
1974 Phoenix - AAA 3B 87 86 59 159 9 232 14 .940 728.0 2.70 -2.4 .954
1975 Phoenix - AAA 1B 22 15 152 18 15 172 2 .988 148.1 10.31 +1.0 1.044
1975 Phoenix - AAA 2B 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 -0.2 .000
1975 Phoenix - AAA 3B 21 19 13 40 5 57 4 .930 166.1 2.87 -0.4 .991
TOTAL 1B 236 184 1605 171 169 1796 20 .989 1661.0 9.62 +8.9 1.048
TOTAL 2B 30 18 51 47 15 101 3 .970 169.0 5.22 -1.8 .915
TOTAL 3B 345 329 241 591 59 886 54 .939 2800.0 2.67 -4.7 .972
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft out of high school (Ida Grove; Ida Grove, IA) by the Minneapolis Millers. (Round 6, Pick 1, 101st overall pick).
12/12/1968 Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the Minneapolis Millers development complex.
09/15/1969 Wins the 1969 Upper Mississippi Valley Association UMVA Championship Series with the St. Cloud Lumberjacks!
10/09/1969 Injured (flu-like symptoms),day-to-day for 1 day.
04/10/1970 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Minneapolis Millers development complex.
07/18/1970 Injured (twisted ankle),day-to-day for one week.
09/08/1970 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 4 days.
12/16/1970 Was traded by the Minneapolis Millers to the Houston Comets, along with LF Lindsay Cohn, in exchange for LF Bill Anderson and 1B Bill Bently.
07/13/1974 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 1 day.
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