Bob Hooper
1950–1955 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics
194G
.166AVG
.188OBP
.262SLG
More career statistics
31H
4HR
19RBI
0SB
40–41W–L
620.2IP
196K
4.80ERA
57GS
25SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 51 | 53 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,710 | 2,713 |
| Pitching · p k | 196 | 195 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 201 | 187 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | .166 | .188 | .262 | .450 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 620.7 | 194 | 57 | 16 | 40 | 41 | 25 | 640 | 377 | 331 | 50 | 280 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 1.482 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1950-05-30 to 1950-06-09
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1953-05-20 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1950-08-16 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1950-06-13 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 104 | 98 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 25 | .204 | .204 | .344 |
| Away | 90 | 103 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 28 | .128 | .136 | .181 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .267 | .500 |
| May | 38 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .133 | .161 | .233 |
| June | 34 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | .167 | .170 | .229 |
| July | 41 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | .195 | .214 | .366 |
| August | 42 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .111 | .219 |
| September | 27 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 31 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | .174 | .170 | .261 |
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .190 | .174 | .333 |
| boston-red-sox | 30 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .240 | .258 | .480 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 28 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | .139 | .132 | .250 |
| new-york-yankees | 27 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .111 | .158 | .111 |
| st-louis-browns | 21 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | .172 | .167 | .207 |
| cleveland-guardians | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .125 | .143 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 45 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 8 | – | .125 | 170 | 58 |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 8 | – | .208 | 189 | 64 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 3 | – | .195 | 144 | 39 |
| 1953 |  Cleveland Guardians | 43 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 69 | 16 |
| 1954 | Cleveland Guardians | 17 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 34 | 12 |
| 1955 |  Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 13 | 6 |