Scott Cooper (baseball)

Scott Cooper
Third baseman
Born: (1967-10-13) October 13, 1967 (age 57)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: September 5, 1990, for the Boston Red Sox
NPB: March 30, 1996, for the Seibu Lions
Last appearance
NPB: August 8, 1996, for the Seibu Lions
MLB: September 28, 1997, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Batting average.265
Home runs33
Runs batted in211
NPB statistics
Batting average.243
Home runs7
Runs batted in27
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Scott Kendrick Cooper (born October 13, 1967) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, and Kansas City Royals, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Seibu Lions.

Early years

Cooper attended Pattonville High School in nearby Maryland Heights, Missouri, where he was a standout at baseball,[1] and played on their 1986 state championship team.[2] He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the third round of the 1986 MLB draft.

Career

Cooper rose through the Red Sox minor league system, playing for the Elmira Pioneers (1986), Greensboro Hornets (1987), Lynchburg Red Sox (1988), New Britain Red Sox (1989), and Pawtucket Red Sox (1990–1991).

Boston Red Sox

Cooper made his major league debut with the Red Sox on September 5, 1990, as the Red Sox hosted the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park. Appearing for Carlos Quintana as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of a 10–0 A's win, Cooper struck out looking, which was his only MLB at bat that season.[3]

Appearing in 14 games with Boston in 1991, Cooper hit .457 (16-for-35) with seven RBI. His first MLB hit came September 12, 1991, as a pinch hitter for Jody Reed, singling off New York Yankees pitcher Rich Monteleone in the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium.[4] He picked up the first of his 33 career home runs on September 4, 1992, hitting a solo shot off A's star Dave Stewart in Oakland.[5]

With future Hall of Fame third baseman Wade Boggs playing for the Red Sox, Cooper struggled to find time on the active roster and in ballgames. In 1992, Cooper played 62 games at first base; in 123 total games that season, he hit .276 with five home runs and 33 RBI over 337 at bats. When Boggs signed with the Yankees as a free agent in the offseason, Cooper became the starting third baseman and was selected to two All-Star teams.

Cooper's Red Sox career — the most productive seasons of his career — ended when he and reliever Cory Bailey were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals on April 9, 1995, for pitcher Rhéal Cormier and outfielder Mark Whiten.

Hitting for the cycle

On April 12, 1994, Cooper hit for the cycle in a 22–11 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.[6] Batting seventh and playing third base, Cooper hit a two-run double off Kevin Appier in the first inning, homered in the third inning, tripled off Hipólito Pichardo in the fifth inning (Cooper was called out at the plate trying to stretch it into an inside-the-park home run), reached on an error in sixth inning, hit another two-run double in the seventh inning off Jeff Montgomery, and singled in the ninth inning off infielder-turned-pitcher David Howard.[7] Cooper hit the 18th cycle in Red Sox history, and was the first player to do so since Mike Greenwell in 1988.[8]

All-Star games

In 1993 and 1994, Cooper was the lone Red Sox player named to the American League All-Star teams.

In 1993, Cooper entered the game as a replacement for former teammate Wade Boggs at third base in the sixth inning of the All-Star game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. Cooper went 0-for-2, hitting a flyout to left field off Steve Avery in the sixth inning and striking out against Rod Beck in the seventh inning.[9]

In 1994, Cooper again came into the game for Boggs in the sixth inning of the Midsummer Classic, which was played at Three Rivers Stadium that year. Cooper went 1-for-2 with a run scored and a RBI in the exhibition game. In the seventh inning, Cooper hit a RBI double off Danny Jackson in the seventh inning and grounded out to second base off reliever Randy Myers in the ninth inning.[10]

Cooper went 1-for-4 with a double, a run scored and a RBI in his two All-Star game appearances.

St. Louis Cardinals

Cooper's Cardinals career got off to a good start when he made his debut with St. Louis on April 26, 1995, in a 7–6 Cards win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Busch Stadium.[11] Hitting in the cleanup spot, Cooper went 3-for-5 in his Cardinals debut and hit a two-run walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to secure the St. Louis victory.[12] He finished the day with one run scored and four RBI. He continued to hit well early in the season, having a .302 average on May 25 only to finish the year with a .230 average, three homers, 40 RBI and 29 runs over 118 games. While he struggled in 1995, Cooper was paid a career-high $1,525,000 for the season.

Cooper filed for free agency at the end of the season but found himself without a job in MLB for 1996, instead signing a one-year deal with the Seibu Lions in Japan.

Seibu Lions

Unable to find a job in Major League Baseball in 1996, Cooper signed on with the Seibu Lions of the Pacific League in Japan.[13][14] Appearing in 81 games with the Lions, Cooper hit .243 with seven home runs, 27 RBI and 27 runs scored. It was with the Lions that he was given the nickname "Super Duper Cooper Scooper" in recognition of his tremendous defense.

Kansas City Royals

On December 16, 1996, Cooper signed with the Kansas City Royals, earning $375,000 for the season. In 1996, the Royals had finished last in American League Central division at 75–86, 24 games behind the Cleveland Indians. Cooper was signed just three days after the Royals traded incumbent third baseman Joe Randa and three other players to the Pittsburgh Pirates for infielders Jay Bell and Jeff King. Cooper went to spring training as a non-roster invitee,[15] and made the team.

Cooper hit just .201 with three home runs, 15 RBI and 12 runs over 159 at bats in 75 games for the 1997 Royals. By the end of the season, Cooper was primarily a defensive replacement and pinch hitter. In the last two games of his career, he appeared as a defensive replacement at third base without getting an at bat. His final MLB at bat came September 26, 1997, at Comiskey Park, striking out as a pinch hitter against Chicago White Sox lefty Jim Abbott.

A free agent at season's end, Cooper signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers,[16] but was released in March 1998,[17] without appearing in a game with the club.

Post-playing career

In 1999, Cooper was named head coach of the Fontbonne College baseball team.[18] He led the team for several seasons, and was named coach of the year for the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) in 2003.[19] In 2005, Cooper became part-owner of a baseball training facility in the St. Louis area.[20] In 2007, Cooper joined the staff of the St. Louis Gamers, a baseball program for 10 to 18 year-old players.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Why Cardinals were no dream team with Scott Cooper". retrosimba.com. April 1, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "PHS honors Pattonville-related baseball greats". psdr3.org. April 22, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "Oakland Athletics 10, Boston Red Sox 0". Retrosheet. September 5, 1990.
  4. ^ "Boston Red Sox 7, New York Yankees 2". Retrosheet. September 12, 1991.
  5. ^ "Boston Red Sox 8, Oakland Athletics 3". Retrosheet. September 4, 1992.
  6. ^ "RED SOX' HIT-MACHINE RUNS OVER ROYALS". Deseret News. AP. April 13, 1994. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  7. ^ "Boston Red Sox 22, Kansas City Royals 11". Retrosheet. April 12, 1994.
  8. ^ "Red Sox Cycles". Hartford Courant. July 15, 2005. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "American League 9, National League 3". Retrosheet. July 13, 1993.
  10. ^ "National League 8, American League 7". Retrosheet. July 12, 1994.
  11. ^ "How Scott Cooper made memorable Cardinals debut". retrosimba.com. April 4, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  12. ^ "St. Louis Cardinals 7, Philadelphia Phillies 6". Retrosheet. April 26, 1995.
  13. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASEBALL;Cooper Is Off to Japan". The New York Times. January 28, 1996. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  14. ^ Hummel, Rick (January 26, 1996). "Cooper Fulfills Yen To Move On; Signs With Japan's Seibu Lions". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Hummel, Rick (March 10, 1997). "Cooper Will Accept Less To Enjoy Life More". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Rangers agree to terms with third baseman". The Paris News. Paris, Texas. December 24, 1997. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Transactions". The Monitor. McAllen, Texas. March 25, 1998. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Miklasz, Bernie (August 7, 1999). "Bernie Bits". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "SLIAC All-Conference". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 13, 2003. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  20. ^ O'Neill, Dan (November 24, 2005). "Cooper joins list of former Cards staying home and staying active". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Coaching Staff". stlgamers.net. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
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