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Name Team Age
Rich Cooper Retired (2002, Age 38) Died (2038, Age 74)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11
(1984)		 CF B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Rickey Henderson League 0 11 years (83 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B  C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B  D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
F  0 8/13/1964
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (97.1 %) A+ (93.8 %) B  (62.2 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1987 PIT 15 63 3 17 3 2 0 4 3 9 2 1 0 .684 .303 .381 .270
1989 SD 109 407 56 108 22 4 10 52 42 78 5 6 5 .748 .336 .413 .265
1990 SD 101 373 54 106 14 3 17 63 38 61 8 4 5 .825 .351 .475 .284
1991 SD 130 499 77 146 15 6 13 59 50 97 13 10 17 .784 .359 .425 .293
1992 SD 98 354 55 111 20 2 10 49 32 55 12 6 6 .840 .374 .466 .314
1993 SD 133 457 79 139 18 4 23 73 61 73 8 3 5 .897 .385 .512 .304
1994 SD-SF 90 351 51 103 16 0 8 46 39 52 9 6 2 .770 .362 .407 .293
1995 SF-TEX 101 277 35 74 9 3 9 48 28 58 0 0 3 .752 .333 .419 .267
1996 TEX 125 301 40 78 11 2 9 47 42 64 0 0 7 .746 .348 .399 .259
1997 TEX-SD 118 417 57 128 20 2 13 46 39 66 17 16 4 .826 .368 .458 .307
1998 SD 128 434 81 130 19 5 15 65 49 70 0 0 5 .843 .373 .470 .300
1999 SD 42 153 32 46 7 1 7 28 22 25 0 0 1 .885 .389 .497 .301
2000 SD 63 223 30 62 11 0 7 31 27 47 0 0 1 .781 .360 .422 .278
2001 SD 118 332 39 87 11 2 10 47 35 59 0 0 1 .729 .332 .398 .262
2002 SD-PHI 3 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .708 .333 .375 .250
Total 1374 4649 690 1337 197 36 151 658 508 814 74 52 62 .801 .358 .443 .288
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2002-11-01Rich Cooper has retired from the Philadelphia Quakers
2002-09-02The Philadelphia Quakers have acquired Rich Cooper from the waiver wire.
2002-04-28The San Diego Surf Dawgs have waived Rich Cooper.
2002-04-04The San Diego Surf Dogs have designated Rich Cooper for assignment.
2001-04-01The San Diego Surf Dogs have promoted Michael Gettel to the major league team. The San Diego Surf Dogs have promoted Rich Cooper to the major league team. The San Diego Surf Dogs have promoted Ron Duncan to the major league team. The San Diego Surf Dogs have promoted Claude Jackson to the major league team.
2000-07-03The San Diego Murder City Devils have designated Rich Cooper for assignment.
1999-07-09Rich Cooper of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1999-05-06Rich Cooper of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1998-06-03Rich Cooper of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1997-05-27Rich Cooper of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1997-04-29A trade has been completed between the Texas Powerbombers and the San Diego Murder City Devils. The San Diego Murder City Devils receive Rich Cooper from the Texas Powerbombers in exchange for Draft Pick 1998 Round 2 SD (Wimpy Sierra). Protest This Trade.
1996-07-22Rich Cooper of the Texas Powerbombers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1995-06-12A trade has been completed between the San Francisco Atom Smashers and the Texas Powerbombers. The Texas Powerbombers receive Rich Cooper from the San Francisco Atom Smashers in exchange for Orth Scott. Protest This Trade.
1994-08-24Rich Cooper of the San Francisco Atom Smashers is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1994-08-06A trade has been completed between the San Diego Murder City Devils and the San Francisco Atom Smashers. The San Francisco Atom Smashers receive Gordon Sanders, Rich Cooper, Al Besana, Ken Sleater from the San Diego Murder City Devils in exchange for Lucky Oliver, Luke Valentin, Draft Pick 1995 Round 2 SF (Gerald Visner). Protest This Trade.
1994-06-28Rich Cooper of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1992-05-06Rich Cooper of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1990-07-15Rich Cooper of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1990-04-27Rich Cooper of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1989-03-01The San Diego Murder City Devils have promoted Rich Cooper to the major league team. The San Diego Murder City Devils have promoted Shane Barberich to the major league team. The San Diego Murder City Devils have designated Rich Gossage for assignment. The San Diego Murder City Devils have designated Todd Rhawn for assignment. The San Diego Murder City Devils have designated Jim Holloway for assignment.
1988-03-07The San Diego Murder City Devils have sent Vern Thurman to the minors. The San Diego Murder City Devils have sent Jim Scanlon to the minors. The San Diego Murder City Devils have sent Rich Cooper to the minors. The San Diego Murder City Devils have sent Shane Barberich to the minors.
1987-09-11The Pittsburgh Murder City Devils have promoted Rich Cooper to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Murder City Devils have promoted Shane Barberich to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Murder City Devils have promoted Jim Scanlon to the major league team.