Bob Hooper Notable

b. May 30, 1922 · Philadelphia Athletics 1950–1952, Cleveland Indians 1953–1954, Cincinnati Redlegs 1955

Bob Hooper played for three clubs across six seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1950 and closing with the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1955.

He went 40 and 41 with a 4.80 earned run average, pitching 620 innings in 194 games. He struck out 196. Across 194 games he batted .166, with 31 hits and 15 runs. He finished with 4 home runs and 6 doubles.

He was born in Leamington, ON, CAN on May 30, 1922, and died on March 17, 1980. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1950	PHA	45	56	4	7	2	1	8	0	21	.125
1951	PHA	38	72	8	15	3	1	8	1	19	.208
1952	PHA	43	41	3	8	1	2	3	1	10	.195
1953	CLE	43	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.083
1954	CLE	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1955	CIN	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Career	—	194	187	15	31	6	4	19	3	51	.166

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1950	PHA	15	10	45	20	5	170.1	181	95	91	58	5.02
1951	PHA	12	10	38	23	5	189.0	192	92	61	64	4.38
1952	PHA	8	15	43	14	6	144.1	158	83	68	40	5.18
1953	CLE	5	4	43	0	7	69.1	50	31	38	16	4.02
1954	CLE	0	0	17	0	2	34.2	39	19	16	12	4.93
1955	CIN	0	2	8	0	0	13.0	20	11	6	6	7.62
Career	—	40	41	194	57	25	620.2	640	331	280	196	4.80

On this day & linked events

1922

Born May 30, 1922

Leamington, ON, CAN

1980

Died March 17, 1980

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain