Jay Hook
1957–1964 · bats L / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets
166G
.151AVG
.213OBP
.156SLG
More career statistics
34H
0HR
10RBI
0SB
29–62W–L
752.2IP
394K
5.23ERA
112GS
1SV
4Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,291 | 3,292 |
| Pitching · p k | 394 | 395 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166 | 260 | 225 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | .151 | .213 | .156 | .369 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 752.7 | 160 | 112 | 30 | 29 | 62 | 1 | 808 | 482 | 437 | 111 | 275 | 394 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 1.439 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1962-08-11 to 1962-08-29
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1962-06-14 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1960-06-03 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1959-09-15 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 80 | 129 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 34 | .164 | .217 | .173 |
| Away | 86 | 131 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 43 | .139 | .183 | .139 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .273 | .333 | .273 |
| May | 27 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .125 | .170 | .146 |
| June | 31 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | .152 | .225 | .152 |
| July | 30 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | .086 | .133 | .086 |
| August | 33 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | .157 | .220 | .157 |
| September | 28 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .167 | .179 | .167 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| milwaukee-braves | 27 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .154 | .195 | .154 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 23 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .125 | .225 | .125 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 23 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .143 | .194 | .143 |
| chicago-cubs | 21 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .143 | .154 | .143 |
| san-francisco-giants | 20 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .053 | .095 | .053 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 17 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | .087 | .241 | .087 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 16 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .235 | .200 | .294 |
| cincinnati-reds | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .278 | .200 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 10 | 6 |
| 1958 | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | 5 |
| 1959 | Cincinnati Reds | 19 | 24 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 79 | 37 |
| 1960 | Cincinnati Reds | 36 | 72 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .083 | 222 | 104 |
| 1961 | Cincinnati Reds | 22 | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | .133 | 62 | 36 |
| 1962 |  New York Mets | 41 | 69 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .203 | 213 | 113 |
| 1963 | New York Mets | 41 | 38 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .237 | 152 | 89 |
| 1964 | New York Mets | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 5 |