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Jay HookTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1957-1964 MLB Years: 1957-1964
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PositionsP-160Player Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameJames Wesley Hook
Height6-2Weight182BatsLeftThrowsRight
Born DateNovember 18,1936 [83.026]PlaceWaukegan,Illinois
High SchoolGrayslake Central (Grayslake,IL)
CollegeNorthwestern University (Evanston,IL)
MLB DebutSeptember 3,1957 [20.289]
OrganizationsCIN [5] NYN [3] Awards0
TBC Player ID12966Retrosheet IDhookj101MLBAM ID116124
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Pitching

Strikeouts

34

Walks

56

Hittable

26

SO/BB

45

vsPower

26

Hitting

48

Durability

51

Team

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1957	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	S/R	20	0	1	4.50	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	7	5	0	8	6	1	0	0	1.40	5.40	--	7.20	5.40	0.75	.000	3.66
1958	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	ST	21	0	1	12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	4	4	2	2	5	0	0	0	1.67	9.00	6.00	6.00	15.00	2.50	.000	9.81
1959	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	ST	22	5	5	5.13	17	15	2	4	0	1	0	79.0	79	46	45	11	39	37	1	0	0	1.49	9.00	1.25	4.44	4.22	0.95	.500	4.90
1960	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	ST	23	11	18	4.50	36	33	3	10	2	1	0	222.0	222	119	111	31	73	103	2	0	0	1.33	9.00	1.26	2.96	4.18	1.41	.379	4.40
1961	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	S/R	24	1	3	7.76	22	5	17	0	0	3	0	62.2	83	55	54	14	22	36	1	0	0	1.68	11.92	2.01	3.16	5.17	1.64	.250	5.38
1962	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	47	ST	25	8	19	4.84	37	34	3	13	0	2	0	213.2	230	137	115	31	71	113	9	0	0	1.41	9.69	1.31	2.99	4.76	1.59	.296	4.44
1963	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	47	S/R	26	4	14	5.48	41	20	21	3	0	13	1	152.2	168	104	93	21	53	89	6	0	0	1.45	9.90	1.24	3.12	5.25	1.68	.222	4.14
1964	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	47	S/R	27	0	1	9.31	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	9.2	17	10	10	2	7	5	2	0	0	2.48	15.83	1.86	6.52	4.66	0.71	.000	6.43
MLB Totals - 8 Season(s)Filter								29	62	5.23	160	112	48	30	2	20	1	750.2	808	482	437	112	275	394	22	0	0	1.44	9.66	1.34	3.29	4.71	1.43	.319	1.98
New York Mets Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								12	34	5.22	81	56	25	16	0	15	1	374.0	415	251	218	54	131	207	17	0	0	1.45	9.93	1.29	3.14	4.95	1.58	.261	-
Cincinnati Reds Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								17	28	5.23	79	56	23	14	2	5	0	376.2	393	231	219	58	144	187	5	0	0	1.43	9.39	1.39	3.44	4.47	1.30	.378	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								8	18	5.23	47	33	14	9	1	6	0	220.0	236	141	128	33	80	115	6	0	0	1.44	9.66	1.34	3.29	4.71	1.43	.308	1.98

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1957	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	p	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1958	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	p	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1959	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	p	22	19	24	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	0	2	0	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	3	0	27	.200	.000	.042	.136	3.70	33.33	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1960	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	p	23	36	72	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	24	0	6	0	0	1	.083	.165	.083	.248	6	0	85	.125	.000	.097	.131	8.24	28.24	3.43	0.00	0.00	0.00
1961	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	47	p	24	22	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.266	2	0	15	.200	.000	.000	.121	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1962	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	47	p	25	41	69	6	14	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	24	0	6	0	0	0	.203	.286	.203	.489	14	0	83	.311	.000	.116	.238	9.64	28.92	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1963	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	47	p	26	41	38	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	0	2	1	0	1	.237	.268	.263	.531	10	1	43	.346	.026	.079	.240	4.65	30.23	6.50	0.00	0.00	11.11
1964	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	47	p	27	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 8 Season(s)Filter								166	225	16	34	1	0	0	10	0	0	18	77	0	16	1	0	2	.151	.213	.156	.369	35	1	260	.228	.005	.084	.000	6.92	29.62	4.28	0.00	0.00	2.94
Cincinnati Reds Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								81	115	6	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	39	0	8	0	0	1	.096	.154	.096	.250	11	0	131	.145	.000	.070	.000	6.11	29.77	4.88	0.00	0.00	0.00
New York Mets Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								85	110	10	23	1	0	0	6	0	0	10	38	0	8	1	0	1	.209	.273	.218	.491	24	1	129	.315	.009	.100	.000	7.75	29.46	3.80	0.00	0.00	4.35
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	220	16	33	1	0	0	10	0	0	18	75	0	16	1	0	2	.151	.213	.156	.369	34	1	254	.228	.005	.084	.000	6.92	29.62	4.28	0.00	0.00	2.94

Fielding Statistics

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Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1957	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	20	P	3	-	10	2	1	-	-	3	3	1.000	1.00	0.30	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	1.9
1958	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	21	P	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	1	100.0	0.6
1959	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	22	P	17	-	79	7	8	1	2	16	15	.938	0.88	0.19	-	-	--	-	19	89.5	11.0
1960	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	23	P	36	-	222	19	30	1	5	50	49	.980	1.36	0.22	-	-	--	-	36	100.0	23.4
1961	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	24	P	22	-	62	10	4	-	-	14	14	1.000	0.64	0.23	-	-	--	-	22	100.0	14.3
1962	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	25	P	37	-	213	22	31	3	2	56	53	.946	1.43	0.25	-	-	--	-	41	90.2	23.1
1963	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	26	P	41	-	152	11	20	3	1	34	31	.912	0.76	0.20	-	-	--	-	41	100.0	25.3
1964	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	27	P	3	-	9	1	3	-	-	4	4	1.000	1.33	0.44	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	1.9
MLB Totals for P - 8 season(s)				-	�	P	160	-	750	72	97	8	10	177	169	.955	1.06	0.23	-	-	--	-	160	0.0	0.0

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Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1957	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	20	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	21	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1959	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	22	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	23	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1961	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	24	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	25	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	26	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	27	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1964-05-08						Trade	Traded by Mets with Adrian Garrett to Braves for Roy McMillan.		�
1961-10-10							Selected by Mets from Reds in expansion draft.		�
1957-08-17						Contract	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent (bonus baby) by Reds.		�

* Transactions data can be divided into 2 eras. 2012-2019 includes all MLB/Minor roster movement whereas 1903-2012 contains only MLB change of organization with some DL-related data since 2000s.