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Jay Hook

American baseball player

PersonAge 89humanQ6166712

Born: November 18, 1936
Birthplace: Waukegan
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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1.Stated in Baseball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-21
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, basketball player
Education: Grayslake Central High School
, Northwestern University
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Overview

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James Wesley Hook is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1957 through 1964, Hook played for the Cincinnati Reds (1957–61) and New York Mets (1962–64). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

8 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1957	Cincinnati Redlegs	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1958	Cincinnati Redlegs	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1959	Cincinnati Redlegs	19	24	2	3	0	1	1	9	.125	.160	.125	.285
1960	Cincinnati Reds	36	72	3	6	0	3	7	24	.083	.165	.083	.248
1961	Cincinnati Reds	22	15	1	2	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.133	.267
1962	New York Mets	41	69	6	14	0	5	8	24	.203	.286	.203	.489
1963	New York Mets	41	38	4	9	1	1	2	13	.237	.268	.263	.531
1964	New York Mets	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		166	225	16	34	1	10	18	77	.151	.213	.156	.369

MLB pitching stats — season by season

8 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1957	Cincinnati Redlegs	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	10.0	6	5	0	8	6	4.50	1.400
1958	Cincinnati Redlegs	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	4	2	2	5	12.00	1.667
1959	Cincinnati Redlegs	5	5	17	15	4	0	0	79.0	79	45	11	39	37	5.13	1.494
1960	Cincinnati Reds	11	18	36	33	10	2	0	222.0	222	111	31	73	103	4.50	1.329
1961	Cincinnati Reds	1	3	22	5	0	0	0	62.2	83	54	14	22	36	7.76	1.676
1962	New York Mets	8	19	37	34	13	0	0	213.2	230	115	31	71	113	4.84	1.409
1963	New York Mets	4	14	41	20	3	0	1	152.2	168	93	21	53	89	5.48	1.448
1964	New York Mets	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	9.2	17	10	2	7	5	9.31	2.483
Career		29	62	160	112	30	2	1	752.2	808	437	112	275	394	5.23	1.439

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: New York Mets
Cincinnati Reds
Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball(1955–1957)
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Northwestern Wildcats baseball
Given name: Jay
Family name: Hook
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
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1.Stated in MLB.comRetrieved 2022-05-04
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basketball
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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League: NCAA Division I men's basketball(1955–1957)
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Native language: English

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