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Jumbo Brown League
10-14-2128
Mike Hopper Third Base
Retired (1959, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .248 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .687 Status Deceased (1986) Option Years 0  
H 182 Age at Death 61 Date of Birth 10-26-1925
HR 21 Drafted Round 2, Pick 28
(1944)
Majors Svc Time 7 years
(83 games)
RBI 97
SB 14
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B D- (4.1%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 25 24.00 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 8 3 / 4 4 / 5 9 / 24
1951 Minors 26 27.00 2 / 5 2 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 3 4 / 5 0 / 3 11 / 27
1952 Majors 27 29.58 162 24 0 1 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 0 4 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 2 3 / 7 10 / 29
1953 Majors 28 20.78 162 2 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 5 2 / 20
1954 Majors 29 18.45 162 3 0 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 7 0 / 18
1955 Majors 30 30.90 153 31 9 1 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 30
1956 Majors 31 28.33 162 14 0 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 28
1957 Majors 32 25.93 162 17 0 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 25
1958 Minors 33 4.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4
1958 Majors 33 21.60 83 20 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 21
1959 Majors 34 31.85 137 20 25 -6 / 3 -3 / 11 -6 / 5 -8 / 3 -7 / 2 -2 / 2 -2 / 5 -34 / 31
Total 1183 131 34 -2 / 41 1 / 42 -5 / 30 -1 / 36 -5 / 40 7 / 25 6 / 43 1 / 257
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Mike Hopper has retired from the Chicago Cubs
1959-04-20Mike Hopper of the Chicago Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1958-06-29The Chicago Cubs have promoted Mike Hopper to the major league team.
1958-06-29The Chicago Cubs have acquired Mike Hopper from the waiver wire.
1958-05-01The Houston Cornhuskers have acquired Tom Whitney from the waiver wire. The Houston Cornhuskers have waived Mike Hopper.
1958-04-01The Houston Drillers have promoted Joe Benjamin to the major league team. The Houston Drillers have promoted Rich Curtis to the major league team. The Houston Drillers have sent Bob Shea to the minors. The Houston Drillers have designated Mike Hopper for assignment. The Houston Drillers have sent Erubiel Barr to the minors.
1955-07-23Mike Hopper of the Houston Drillers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1952-03-25The Houston Drillers have promoted Chris Nettles to the major league team. The Houston Drillers have promoted Mark Murray to the major league team. The Houston Drillers have promoted Mike Hopper to the major league team.