Jay Hook

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 182lb (188cm, 82kg)

Born: November 18, 1936 in Waukegan, IL us

High School: Grayslake HS (Grayslake, IL)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Debut: September 3, 1957 (Age 20-289d, 11,472nd in major league history)
vs. STL 2.1 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 3, 1964 (Age 27-167d)
vs. CIN 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: James Wesley Hook

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

5.23

160

112

752.2

394

WHIP

1.439

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-23 / in Starts: 13-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	22	3	Apr 16	CIN	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.00	2.30	32	10	14	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	32	0	2	0	2	0	0	.53	0.219	1.46	0.36%	1.29	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
2	23	8	Apr 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-10	GS-1	L(1-1)	5	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	7.00	2.97	4	0	0	0	0	2	28			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.282	3.55	-0.40%	-2.83	1b start a 2	1b 123 0 out a1
3	24	13	Apr 27	CIN		MLN	L,5-8	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.1	6	7	7	3	3	1	1	9.45	4.25	23	2	8	0	0	6	23			3	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.359	2.32	-0.42%	-4.10	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	25	17	May 3	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS-9	W(2-2)	5	8.1	10	3	3	3	9	2	0	7.06	4.37	37	10	14	7	0	1	57			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.163	1.65	0.12%	0.57	1b start tie	9b --3 1 out a2
5	26	21	May 7	CIN		STL	W,6-2	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	5.58	3.67	34	6	16	2	3	7	68			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	.59	0.273	1.35	0.37%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	27	25	May 14	CIN		PHI	L,2-5	GS-3	L(3-3)	6	3.0	4	4	4	1	3	2	0	6.15	4.25	14	3	3	0	0	4	37			1	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.244	1.99	-0.40%	-2.55	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
7	28	26	May 15(1)	CIN		PHI	L,3-14	9-GF		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.23	4.58	4	0	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out d11	9t end d12
8	29	30	May 18	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	GS-11		2	11.0	10	4	4	2	10	0	0	5.52	3.78	43	8	22	7	0	1	69			1	1	0	39	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	0.023	2.67	0.03%	1.30	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
9	30	34	May 22(1)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-8		3	7.2	7	4	4	5	6	2	0	5.40	4.14	36	11	7	1	0	7	50			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.230	3.07	-0.32%	-0.36	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out tie
10	31	39	May 29	CIN		MLN	W,4-2	CG	W(4-3)	6	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.91	4.16	35	15	7	3	2	7	65			0	1	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.24	0.457	3.26	0.72%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
11	32	42	May 31	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	11-GF(11)		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	4.16	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	-0.064	8.91	-0.13%	-1.00	11b 123 0 out tie	11b end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	33	44	Jun 3	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-6	GS-4	L(4-4)	2	4.0	6	6	5	1	1	4	0	5.29	4.86	19	4	7	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.398	1.53	-0.60%	-4.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
13	34	48	Jun 7	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS-8	W(5-4)	3	7.2	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.86	4.57	29	5	12	0	0	5	68			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.263	1.91	0.34%	2.09	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a3
14	35	53	Jun 12	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-6	L(5-5)	4	5.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.90	4.51	25	7	13	6	0	0	41			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.080	2.62	-0.10%	-0.88	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d3
15	36	58	Jun 18	CIN		CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(6-5)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.50	4.33	33	10	12	0	1	7	69			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.334	.54	0.17%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	37	63	Jun 24	CIN		SFG	L,3-5	GS-7	L(6-6)	5	7.0	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.55	4.46	29	10	11	0	0	5	48			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.148	1.05	-0.10%	-0.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
17	38	67	Jun 29	CIN	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-4	L(6-7)	4	4.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	1	4.73	4.41	20	6	4	1	0	6	35			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.242	1.38	-0.16%	-1.96	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	39	71	Jul 4(1)	CIN		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.33	4.25	33	11	13	2	4	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.383	1.03	0.27%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
19	40	76	Jul 8	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-6	GS-5	L(7-8)	3	5.0	7	6	4	0	1	1	1	4.46	4.30	25	7	9	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	2	.53	-0.309	.32	-0.11%	-3.83	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
20	41	80	Jul 16	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-8		7	7.0	4	4	4	6	1	1	0	4.50	4.44	29	7	11	2	0	4	48			1	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	.99	0.013	.72	0.01%	-0.04	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
21	42	84	Jul 20(1)	CIN		CHC	L,0-4	GS-9	L(7-9)	3	8.0	10	4	4	4	3	0	0	4.50	4.36	40	16	12	3	3	5	45			1	0	0	35	3	0	2	0	1	2	1.15	0.142	.38	0.03%	-0.76	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out d4
22	43	89	Jul 24	CIN		STL	L,5-6	GS-9	L(7-10)	3	8.1	11	6	6	3	0	3	0	4.62	4.60	37	4	19	1	4	11	34			0	0	0	34	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.213	.22	-0.02%	-0.83	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a1
23	44	94	Jul 29	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-6	L(7-11)	4	6.0	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	4.43	4.45	22	5	8	0	0	4	65			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	.70	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	45	99	Aug 3(2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-12)	4	8.0	6	4	3	3	4	1	0	4.37	4.44	34	10	12	4	1	5	57			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.125	.02	0.00%	-0.30	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
25	46	103	Aug 7(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,18-4	GS-7	W(8-12)	3	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	1	4.35	4.43	28	5	9	1	0	6	56			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.52	-0.065	.01	0.00%	0.57	1b start tie	7b 3 out a10
26	47	108	Aug 12	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	CG	W(9-12)	4	9.0	5	2	2	5	0	0	0	4.22	4.41	36	10	21	6	0	0	64			0	1	0	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.222	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	48	114	Aug 16	CIN		MLN	L,1-2	CG	L(9-13)	3	9.0	9	2	2	4	3	1	1	4.11	4.44	37	11	9	1	0	9	60			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	4	0	0	1.28	0.143	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	49	119	Aug 21	CIN		PIT	W,8-4	GS-8	W(10-13)	4	8.0	9	4	4	1	1	3	0	4.12	4.58	33	11	11	5	2	9	48			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.154	.00	0.00%	-0.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
29	50	124	Aug 26(1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-10	GS-5	L(10-14)	4	4.0	9	9	7	3	5	1	0	4.37	4.60	24	6	8	6	0	2	14			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.265	.00	0.00%	-5.84	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d6
30	51	128	Aug 31	CIN		STL	L,1-2	CG	L(10-15)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	4	1	0	4.26	4.57	36	9	11	0	5	9	62			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	0.140	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	52	132	Sep 4	CIN		MLN	W,9-5	GS-7		3	6.1	8	5	4	2	2	0	0	4.31	4.52	28	7	9	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.339	.00	0.00%	-2.29	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d3
32	53	136	Sep 8	CIN		LAD	L,4-7	GS-1	L(10-16)	3	0.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.49	4.54	5	1	2	2	0	1	25			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.347	.00	0.00%	-4.34	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d3
33	54	142	Sep 14	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-6	L(10-17)	5	6.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.53	4.48	25	3	9	2	0	8	41			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	.76	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-0.94	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
34	55	146	Sep 20	CIN	@	MLN	W,9-0	SHO	W(11-17)	5	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.34	4.36	29	8	13	3	0	2	87			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.54	0.297	.00	0.00%	3.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
35	56	150	Sep 25	CIN		PHI	L,1-7	GS-4	L(11-18)	4	4.0	5	5	5	3	3	2	0	4.47	4.46	19	6	3	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.259	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
36	57	154	Oct 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6	6-6		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	4.46	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.22	6b 1-- 2 out d6	6b 3 out d6
							13-23		W-L:11-18	3.8	222.0	222	119	110	73	104	31	5	4.46	4.46	939	0.71		11%	4%	171	50	4	25%	12	6	0	844	39	4	6	17	7	8	.97	-0.908	.97	-0.33%	-11.49

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