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Jimmy Cooke



James Solomon Cooke
(Jay; Lefty; Dizzy)

Born: May 20, 1910 in Norfolk, VA
Died: February 25, 1937 in Asheville, NC
          (26 years old)

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• High School: St. Joseph's School (Norfolk, VA)


Compared to Contemporary Starting Pitchers (Top 100)

Compare With:

Glossary
# Players Pos Yrs Career HoF
WAR
Off
Fld
Pit
Adj
1
SP
19
1923-1946
✔
72.3
31.9
3.4
37.7
-0.6
2
SP
18
1917-1938
✔
56.5
24.8
-1.1
33.9
-1.1
3
SP
26
1907-1932
✔
55.9
5.0
0.3
50.8
-0.1
4
SP
19
1927-1947
✔
54.4
-0.3
0.0
54.7
0.0
5
SP
16
1931-1946
✔
48.2
7.4
-0.2
41.6
-0.6
6
SP
12
1928-1946
44.3
3.9
-1.2
41.7
-0.1
7
SP
15
1923-1937
✔
39.6
-0.6
-0.1
40.5
0.0
8
SP
22
1911-1936
39.6
-0.2
-0.4
40.2
-0.1
9
SP
15
1923-1937
37.6
2.4
-0.2
35.5
-0.1
10
SP
13
1930-1946
34.5
18.3
1.2
16.6
-1.5
11
SP
15
1932-1948
✔
30.7
3.7
-0.8
27.9
-0.1
12
SP
23
1919-1941
30.1
-2.5
-0.3
33.0
0.0
13
SP
11
1921-1932
29.3
4.1
-0.4
25.7
-0.2
14
SP
16
1931-1948
28.1
2.1
0.1
26.4
-0.5
15
SP
18
1930-1948
27.7
4.3
-0.3
24.2
-0.4
16
SP
12
1921-1932
26.9
0.9
-0.6
26.7
-0.1
17
SP
13
1929-1942
26.4
0.1
0.3
26.0
-0.1
18
SP
18
1920-1939
✔
25.2
-1.7
-0.1
27.0
0.0
19
SP
20
1924-1945
25.2
-2.2
0.0
27.4
0.0
20
SP
13
1912-1946
24.6
1.8
-0.5
23.3
0.0
21
SP
13
1927-1939
23.5
-3.2
0.0
26.7
0.0
22
SP
16
1921-1936
23.0
1.7
0.0
21.3
0.0
23
SP
18
1925-1948
20.9
0.7
-0.1
20.4
-0.1
24
SP
14
1919-1932
20.8
-0.6
-0.1
21.5
0.0
25
SP
13
1922-1939
20.4
0.3
0.0
20.1
0.0
26
SP
15
1919-1936
20.3
11.0
-0.3
10.9
-1.4
27
SP
12
1927-1946
19.8
3.5
-1.0
17.8
-0.5
28
SP
16
1922-1937
18.5
2.8
-0.8
16.7
-0.2
29
SP
12
1921-1935
18.2
-1.5
-0.2
20.1
-0.1
30
SP
15
1932-1948
17.7
-1.2
0.0
18.9
0.0
31
SP
22
1920-1944
17.4
-0.3
0.8
17.2
-0.2
32
SP
17
1922-1940
17.3
-0.4
-0.1
17.7
0.0
33
SP
11
1920-1932
16.1
-1.5
-0.3
17.9
-0.1
34
SP
6
1926-1946
15.5
1.0
0.1
14.4
0.0
35
SP
14
1930-1946
15.4
1.4
-0.6
14.9
-0.3
36
SP
8
1926-1936
14.9
-0.1
-0.1
15.2
0.0
37
SP
13
1919-1934
14.6
6.5
-1.6
10.2
-0.5
38
SP
14
1919-1932
14.5
0.1
-0.1
14.6
0.0
39
SP
8
1925-1932
14.3
-1.7
0.0
15.9
0.0
40
SP
11
1928-1939
13.7
0.0
-0.2
13.9
0.0
41
SP
19
1918-1939
13.4
0.1
-0.7
15.0
-1.0
42
SP
14
1929-1947
13.4
-1.4
0.0
14.8
0.0
43
SP
21
1928-1948
12.9
-3.2
0.0
16.1
0.0
44
SP
19
1909-1932
12.7
-2.7
0.0
15.5
0.0
45
SP
12
1916-1932
12.6
3.7
0.4
9.3
-0.8
46
SP
18
1928-1946
11.9
2.7
2.3
5.9
1.0
47
SP
13
1932-1948
11.9
-1.1
-0.1
13.0
0.0
48
SP
13
1923-1940
11.4
0.3
0.0
11.3
-0.2
49
SP
10
1932-1945
11.2
0.0
0.1
11.1
0.0
50
SP
11
1931-1944
10.9
-0.3
0.0
11.3
0.0
51
SP
18
1917-1934
10.5
1.7
-0.5
9.4
-0.2
52
SP
16
1919-1935
9.8
5.1
0.1
5.3
-0.7
53
SP
7
1932-1938
8.3
-0.1
-0.3
8.8
-0.1
54
SP
15
1929-1946
8.1
1.6
-0.4
6.9
-0.1
55
SP
16
1921-1937
7.7
0.5
0.0
7.6
-0.3
56
SP
12
1932-1947
7.1
2.3
-0.3
5.3
-0.1
57
SP
7
1928-1942
6.9
-0.6
0.0
7.4
0.0
58
SP
13
1921-1935
6.4
-0.1
-0.2
6.6
0.0
59
SP
9
1925-1934
6.1
-0.9
0.0
6.9
0.0
60
SP
16
1932-1948
5.9
-1.0
-0.1
7.0
0.0
61
SP
26
1917-1945
5.8
1.0
-0.6
5.3
0.1
62
SP
14
1926-1944
5.5
-2.5
0.0
8.1
0.0
63
SP
8
1927-1935
5.4
-0.2
0.0
5.6
0.0
64
SP
12
1920-1932
5.4
-1.3
-0.1
6.8
0.0
65
SP
14
1924-1941
5.4
1.6
0.5
3.5
-0.2
66
SP
9
1920-1932
4.6
0.0
0.0
4.6
0.0
67
SP
3
1932-1935
4.2
0.2
0.1
4.0
0.0
68
SP
1
1932
4.1
-0.1
0.0
4.2
0.0
69
SP
6
1927-1935
4.1
-0.4
0.0
4.6
0.0
70
SP
9
1930-1945
4.0
-0.9
0.0
4.9
0.0
71
SP
4
1929-1935
3.9
-0.5
0.0
4.4
0.0
72
SP
10
1932-1942
3.6
-0.8
0.0
4.4
0.0
73
SP
10
1932-1944
3.5
-0.6
-0.1
4.1
0.0
74
SP
12
1921-1934
3.4
-0.6
0.3
3.7
-0.1
75
SP
14
1932-1946
3.3
2.0
-0.6
2.1
-0.2
76
SP
3
1929-1933
3.3
0.0
-0.1
3.4
0.0
77
SP
8
1929-1940
2.9
0.6
0.0
2.3
0.0
78
SP
11
1929-1947
2.8
-0.3
-0.1
3.1
0.0
79
SP
3
1929-1937
2.4
0.3
0.0
2.2
0.0
80
SP
2
1930-1932
2.4
-0.2
0.0
2.6
0.0
81
SP
5
1928-1932
2.0
-0.2
0.0
2.2
0.0
82
SP
7
1929-1935
1.9
-0.6
-0.3
2.8
0.0
83
SP
8
1925-1939
1.9
-0.1
0.0
1.9
0.0
84
SP
3
1932-1938
1.8
-0.2
-0.1
2.0
0.0
85
SP
4
1928-1933
1.6
-0.3
0.0
1.9
0.0
86
SP
8
1928-1940
1.5
-1.2
0.0
2.7
0.0
87
SP
11
1922-1934
1.5
0.3
0.0
1.3
0.0
88
SP
3
1932-1937
1.2
0.3
0.0
0.9
0.0
89
SP
2
1932-1933
1.0
-0.1
0.1
1.0
0.0
90
SP
4
1930-1945
1.0
-0.1
0.0
1.0
0.0
91
SP
9
1932-1946
1.0
-0.2
-0.3
1.5
0.0
92
SP
10
1921-1932
0.7
0.8
-0.4
0.3
0.0
93
SP
2
1931-1932
0.6
-0.1
-0.1
0.7
0.0
94
SP
4
1928-1936
0.6
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
95
SP
7
1928-1935
0.5
-0.4
-0.1
1.1
0.0
96
SP
3
1930-1937
0.5
-0.2
0.2
0.6
0.0
97
SP
4
1932-1939
0.5
-0.2
0.0
0.7
0.0
98
SP
2
1932-1933
0.5
-0.1
0.0
0.6
0.0
99
SP
3
1929-1942
0.4
0.5
0.0
-0.1
0.0
100
SP
1
1932
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
 
SP
1
1932
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0

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