Andy Cooper, baseball player, Final season: 1939

Andy Cooper

⭐ Hall of Fame 2006

Born: 4/24/1897 in Washington County, TX, USA

Died: 6/3/1941 in Waco, TX, USA

Bats: R | Throws: L | Height: 6'2" | Weight: 220 lbs

Full name: Andrew Lewis Cooper

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Biography

Andy Cooper, born in 1897, was a notable figure in baseball history, whose contributions transcended on-field statistics. He played during a transformative era of the game, marked by significant changes in player demographics and competitive structure. Despite a career that concluded with no recorded statistics—Games: 0, Hits: 0, Home Runs: 0, RBIs: 0, Batting Average: 0.0, Stolen Bases: 0—Cooper's legacy was cemented through his induction into the Hall of Fame in 2006, recognizing his impact beyond mere numbers. Cooper's playing career spanned several years, concluding on September 4, 1939, yet he was more than just a position player in the traditional sense. His journey reflects the struggles and triumphs of African American players during an era when opportunities were severely limited. As a member of the Negro Leagues, he played a vital role in paving the way for future generations, contributing to the eventual integration of Major League Baseball. His induction into the Hall of Fame serves as a testament to his significance in the sport, celebrating not only his participation but also the broader narrative of baseball's evolution.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
74.0 72.0 2.0 14.0 1.0 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0.194 0.192 0.208 0.400

Pitching

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
42.0 0 0 27.0 16.0 0 0 0.0 184.0 103.0 33.0 9.0 0 0 1.21

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1921 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1926 6.0 5.0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800
1929 5.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.600 1.000
1930 3.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1933 2.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1934 5.0 5.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400
1936 5.0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1937 28.0 28.0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.143 0.143 0.143 0.286
1938 6.0 6.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.334
1939 14.0 13.0 1.0 4.0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0.308 0.286 0.308 0.594

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
1921 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1926 1.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 11.0 6.0 0 1.0 0 0 0.00
1929 4.0 0 0 2.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 29.0 19.0 0 2.0 0 0 0.00
1930 1.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 18.0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1933 2.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 12.0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1934 2.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 7.0 2.0 1.0 0 0 0 0.84
1936 4.0 0 0 2.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 8.0 6.0 0 4.0 0 0 0.00
1937 20.0 0 0 11.0 7.0 0 0 0.0 56.0 25.0 23.0 2.0 0 0 2.23
1938 4.0 0 0 3.0 2.0 0 0 0.0 14.0 12.0 4.0 0 0 0 1.48
1939 3.0 0 0 5.0 4.0 0 0 0.0 28.0 16.0 5.0 0 0 0 0.84

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
114 64 286 167 105 15 32 1548.0 1533 626 66 313 659 3.64 0

Career ERA 3.64 vs. league average 4.23 across their career seasons — 13.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1920 DS NNL 1 2 9 4 2 0 1 42.3 35 17 16 13 3.61 3.45 (-5%) -514.8
1921 DS NNL 4 8 19 11 5 1 0 102.3 116 50 23 33 4.40 4.02 (-9%) 36.5
1922 DS NNL 9 4 20 17 11 4 1 129.3 130 63 25 61 4.38 4.18 (-5%) 342.1
1923 DS NNL 15 7 36 19 12 1 6 183.3 168 71 44 68 3.49 4.03 (+14%) 393.2
1924 DS NNL 12 7 31 14 8 1 5 151.0 145 62 33 81 3.70 4.13 (+10%) 2222.1
1925 DS NNL 12 2 30 13 8 1 4 146.7 133 47 25 49 2.88 4.55 (+37%) 4186.1
1926 DS NNL 13 9 37 23 12 1 3 182.0 196 84 35 70 4.15 4.11 (-1%) 2906.5
1927 DS NNL 4 4 12 9 5 0 2 78.3 102 41 13 27 4.71 4.08 (-15%) 222.1
1928 KCM NNL 12 7 22 17 9 2 0 130.3 128 56 18 53 3.87 4.13 (+6%) 3432.0
1929 KCM NNL 11 3 23 12 10 2 6 130.7 136 43 27 48 2.96 4.60 (+36%) 3139.6
1930 DS NNL 9 6 19 13 11 1 2 122.7 119 48 26 52 3.52 4.80 (+27%) 2009.5
1933 KCM IND 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 16.3 17 4 2 9 2.20 3.86 (+43%) 688.3
1934 KCM IND 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 11.0 11 4 2 8 3.27 4.29 (+24%) 545.8
1935 KCM IND 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 11.7 15 7 2 5 5.40 4.35 (-24%) 363.3
1936 KCM IND 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 13.0 7 0 4 11 0.00 4.59 (+100%) 651.3
1937 KCM NAL 3 1 9 6 4 0 0 49.7 34 9 5 36 1.63 4.34 (+62%) 2790.1
1937 CAG NAL 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 9 8 5 4 9.00 — 0.0
1938 KCM NAL 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 17.7 14 7 4 9 3.57 4.35 (+18%) 556.3
1939 KCM NAL 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 21.7 18 5 4 22 2.08 4.28 (+52%) 1465.3

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
300 568 47 105 11 8 3 35 0 25 5 0.185 0.221 0.248 0.469 -1929.9

Career AVG .185 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — 34.3% below league average.

Career OBP .221 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — 35.9% below league average.

Career SLG .248 vs. league average .396 across their career seasons — 37.3% below league average.

Career OPS 0.469 vs. league average 0.740 across their career seasons — 36.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1920 DS NNL 10 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.067 — — — — 0.0
1921 DS NNL 23 42 5 11 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0.262 — — — — 0.0
1922 DS NNL 20 47 6 8 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0.170 — — — — 0.0
1923 DS NNL 36 64 2 7 3 0 0 5 0 2 0 0.109 .282 (-61%) .344 (-60%) .390 (-60%) .734 (-60%) -679.9
1924 DS NNL 34 62 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0.177 .283 (-37%) .345 (-38%) .389 (-50%) .734 (-44%) -474.5
1925 DS NNL 32 54 6 13 0 3 1 5 0 4 0 0.241 .288 (-16%) .349 (-16%) .407 (avg) .756 (-7%) -95.2
1926 DS NNL 37 65 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.154 .279 (-45%) .345 (-48%) .390 (-57%) .735 (-53%) -598.2
1927 DS NNL 14 29 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.207 — — — — 0.0
1928 KCM NNL 23 49 5 13 3 1 0 6 0 3 1 0.265 — — — — -82.1
1929 KCM NNL 22 42 3 11 1 2 1 6 0 5 0 0.262 — — — — 0.0
1930 DS NNL 19 41 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.098 — — — — 0.0
1933 KCM IND 3 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 — — — — 0.0
1934 KCM IND 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667 — — — — 0.0
1935 KCM IND 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1936 KCM IND 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1937 KCM NAL 11 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.118 — — — — 0.0
1937 CAG NAL 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1938 KCM NAL 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167 — — — — 0.0
1939 KCM NAL 4 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
5 12 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.083

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1939 ALC KCM 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.200
1937 ALC KCM 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1930 NNC DS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 0 5 3 0 33.7 30 7 7 19 1.87

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1939 ALC KCM 2 0 2 2 0 15.0 13 2 3 12 1.20
1937 ALC KCM 0 0 1 1 0 17.0 10 2 4 7 1.06
1930 NNC DS 0 0 2 0 0 1.7 7 3 0 0 16.20

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 3 1 17 0 0 2
2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
OF 8 3 4 1 2 0
P 285 168 59 439 25 19

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1920 DS P 9 4 5 17 3 0
1921 DS OF 4 2 2 1 1 0
1921 DS P 19 11 5 37 4 2
1922 DS P 20 17 2 43 2 1
1923 DS P 36 19 18 63 2 1
1924 DS 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1924 DS OF 3 1 2 0 1 0
1924 DS P 31 14 8 67 3 4
1925 DS OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 DS P 30 14 0 0 0 0
1926 DS P 37 23 4 49 3 3
1927 DS 1B 1 1 14 0 0 2
1927 DS P 12 9 2 18 1 1
1928 KCM P 22 17 1 34 1 1
1929 KCM P 22 12 2 25 3 3
1930 DS P 19 13 3 49 2 0
1933 KCM P 3 1 0 6 0 0
1934 KCM P 3 1 0 3 0 0
1935 KCM P 3 1 3 1 0 1
1936 KCM P 2 1 0 4 0 0
1937 KCM 1B 2 0 3 0 0 0
1937 KCM P 9 6 5 11 1 1
1937 CAG P 1 1 0 2 0 1
1938 KCM P 3 2 0 5 0 0
1939 KCM P 4 2 1 5 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 285
First Base 3
Second Base 1
Left Field 6
Right Field 2