What years did Dennis Cook play?

Dennis Cook played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2002.

Was Dennis Cook a pitcher?

Yes. Dennis Cook pitched in the major leagues, recording 64 wins and 739 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dennis Cook hit?

Dennis Cook hit 2 career home runs with 29 hits.

What was Dennis Cook's career batting average?

Dennis Cook batted .264 over his career, with 29 hits in 110 at bats.

How many RBI did Dennis Cook have?

Dennis Cook drove in 9 runs in his career.

What was Dennis Cook's career ERA?

Dennis Cook finished with a 3.91 career ERA, going 64-46 with 739 strikeouts.

Dennis Cook

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1988-2002)

Dennis Cook was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2002 for 9 teams, including the San Francisco Giants, a span of 15 seasons. Across 665 career appearances, he went 64-46 with a 3.91 ERA and 739 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 64–46

ERA 3.91

WHIP 1.32

SO 739

Pitcher PIV -5848.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 185 lb
Born: 10/4/1962 in LaMarque, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1988-09-12
Last Game: 2002-09-18

Full name: Dennis Bryan Cook

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Career Pitching Statistics

Dennis Cook — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
64	46	665	71	6	3	9	1011.2	950	440	130	390	739	3.91	-5848.9

Career ERA 3.91 vs. league average 4.26 across their career seasons — 8.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Dennis Cook Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1988	SFN	NL	2	1	4	4	1	1	0	22.0	9	7	11	13	2.86	3.73 (+23%)	30.7
1989	SFN	NL	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	15.0	13	3	5	9	1.80	3.71 (+51%)	105.6
1989	PHI	NL	6	8	21	16	1	1	0	106.0	97	47	33	58	3.99	3.71 (-8%)	-2739.2
1990	PHI	NL	8	3	42	13	2	1	1	141.2	132	56	54	58	3.56	3.86 (+8%)	-1795.7
1990	LAN	NL	1	1	5	3	0	0	0	14.1	23	12	2	6	7.53	3.86 (-95%)	-1747.7
1991	LAN	NL	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	17.2	12	1	7	8	0.51	3.91 (+87%)	342.4
1992	CLE	AL	5	7	32	25	1	0	0	158.0	156	67	50	96	3.82	3.75 (-2%)	-4723.9
1993	CLE	AL	5	5	25	6	0	0	0	54.0	62	34	16	34	5.67	4.19 (-35%)	-952.0
1994	CHA	AL	3	1	38	0	0	0	0	33.0	29	13	14	26	3.55	4.51 (+21%)	89.6
1995	CLE	AL	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	12.2	16	9	10	13	6.39	4.45 (-44%)	-723.2
1995	TEX	AL	0	2	35	1	0	0	2	45.0	47	20	16	40	4.00	4.45 (+10%)	294.0
1996	TEX	AL	5	2	60	0	0	0	0	70.1	53	32	35	64	4.09	4.61 (+11%)	1958.8
1997	FLO	NL	1	2	59	0	0	0	0	62.1	64	27	28	63	3.90	4.39 (+11%)	1615.5
1998	NYN	NL	8	4	73	0	0	0	1	68.0	60	18	27	79	2.38	4.43 (+46%)	2304.0
1999	NYN	NL	10	5	71	0	0	0	3	63.0	50	27	27	68	3.86	4.71 (+18%)	207.5
2000	NYN	NL	6	3	68	0	0	0	2	59.0	63	35	31	53	5.34	4.77 (-12%)	-237.8
2001	NYN	NL	1	1	43	0	0	0	0	36.0	28	17	10	34	4.25	4.42 (+4%)	157.7
2001	PHI	NL	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	9.2	15	6	4	4	5.59	4.42 (-26%)	0.0
2002	ANA	AL	1	1	37	0	0	0	0	24.0	21	9	10	13	3.38	4.28 (+21%)	-35.4
Career · 19 seasons			64	46	665	71	6	3	9	1,011.2	950	440	390	739	3.91	—	-5,849

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Dennis Cook — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
669	110	15	29	2	1	2	9	0	3	13	.264	.283	.355	.638	0

Career AVG .264 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .283 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 14.8% below league average.

Career SLG .355 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 13.4% below league average.

Career OPS .638 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — 14.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Dennis Cook Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1988	SFN	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	SFN	NL	2	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	PHI	NL	22	36	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	4	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	PHI	NL	43	42	6	13	0	0	1	4	0	4	.310	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	LAN	NL	5	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	LAN	NL	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	CLE	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	CLE	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	CHA	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	CLE	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	TEX	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	FLO	NL	61	9	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	.556	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	NYN	NL	73	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	NYN	NL	71	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	NYN	NL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	NYN	NL	43	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	PHI	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	ANA	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			669	110	15	29	2	1	2	9	3	13	.264	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Dennis Cook — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Dennis Cook — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2000	NLCS	NYN	1	.000
2000	NLDS2	NYN	2	.000
2000	WS	NYN	3	.000
1999	NLCS	NYN	3	.000
1999	NLDS2	NYN	1	.000
1997	NLCS	FLO	2	.000
1997	NLDS1	FLO	2	.000
1997	WS	FLO	3	.000
1996	ALDS2	TEX	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Dennis Cook — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	0	19	0	0	16.1	5	0	11	16	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Dennis Cook — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	BB	SO
2000	NLCS	NYN	0	1	1.0	1	0	2
2000	NLDS2	NYN	0	2	1.1	0	2	1
2000	WS	NYN	0	3	0.2	1	3	1
1999	NLCS	NYN	0	3	1.1	1	2	1
1999	NLDS2	NYN	0	1	1.2	1	1	1
1997	NLCS	FLO	0	2	2.1	0	0	2
1997	NLDS1	FLO	1	2	3.0	0	1	3
1997	WS	FLO	1	3	3.2	1	1	5
1996	ALDS2	TEX	0	2	1.1	0	1	0

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Dennis Cook — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	325	66	13	21	0	3	.318
Away	344	44	2	8	2	6	.182

Pitching — Home / Away

Dennis Cook — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	322	535.0	486	224	185	397	3.77
Away	343	476.2	464	216	205	342	4.08

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dennis Cook — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2002-09-18	LAA	OAK	—	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	1
2002-09-14	LAA	TEX	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002-09-12	LAA	OAK	—	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2002-09-05	LAA	TBR	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002-07-04	LAA	BAL	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002-06-28	LAA	LAD	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002-06-27	LAA	TEX	—	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2002-06-25	LAA	TEX	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2002-06-20	LAA	STL	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0
2002-06-18	LAA	STL	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dennis Cook — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	665	71	40	116	9	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dennis Cook — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1988	SFN	P	4	4	0	1	0	0
1989	SFN	P	2	2	0	3	0	0
1989	PHI	P	21	16	4	13	3	0
1990	PHI	P	42	13	7	20	0	1
1990	LAN	P	5	3	3	2	0	0
1991	LAN	P	20	1	0	4	0	0
1992	CLE	P	32	25	3	15	1	0
1993	CLE	P	25	6	2	6	2	1
1994	CHA	P	38	0	2	2	0	0
1995	CLE	P	11	0	0	2	0	0
1995	TEX	P	35	1	0	4	0	0
1996	TEX	P	60	0	4	5	0	0
1997	FLO	P	59	0	3	9	0	2
1998	NYN	P	73	0	2	9	1	1
1999	NYN	P	71	0	2	8	0	0
2000	NYN	P	68	0	4	10	0	2
2001	NYN	P	43	0	2	3	1	0
2001	PHI	P	19	0	0	0	0	0
2002	ANA	P	37	0	2	0	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Dennis Cook Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	665

Salary History

Dennis Cook — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2002	ANA	AL	$1,250,000
2001	NYN	NL	$2,400,000
2000	NYN	NL	$2,200,000
1999	NYN	NL	$2,000,000
1998	NYN	NL	$850,000
1997	FLO	NL	$850,000
1996	TEX	AL	$330,000
1995	TEX	AL	$440,000
1994	CHA	AL	$325,000
1993	CLE	AL	$610,000
1992	CLE	AL	$375,000
1991	LAN	NL	$240,000
1990	PHI	NL	$120,000
Total Career Earnings			$11,990,000

College History

Dennis Cook — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Texas at Austin	Austin	TX	1984, 1985
Angelina College	Lufkin	TX	1982, 1983

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Dennis Cook: the record in brief

Between the debut on September 12, 1988 and the final game on September 18, 2002, Dennis Cook built the record summarized on this page. Cook played for the San Francisco Giants (1988 to 1989), the Philadelphia Phillies (1989 through 2001), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1990 to 1991), the Cleveland Indians (1992 through 1995), the Chicago White Sox (1994), the Texas Rangers (1995 to 1996), the Florida Marlins (1997), and the New York Mets (1998 through 2001), among other clubs in the table. Cook, a pitcher by primary position, both batted and threw left-handed. Cook is listed at 6 feet, 3 inches and 185 pounds. The birth record reads October 4, 1962, in LaMarque, TX, USA. Dennis Cook was the playing name; the full given name is Dennis Bryan.

Across 665 games (71 starts), Cook recorded 64 wins against 46 losses with a 3.91 ERA. Cook had 739 strikeouts. That 3.91 ERA compares with a 4.26 league average across the same seasons, 8.1% better. No season topped the 10 wins of 1999. 1992 produced Cook's most strikeouts, 96.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dennis Cook

What years did Dennis Cook play?: Dennis Cook played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2002.
Was Dennis Cook a pitcher?: Yes. Dennis Cook pitched in the major leagues, recording 64 wins and 739 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dennis Cook hit?: Dennis Cook hit 2 career home runs with 29 hits.
What was Dennis Cook's career batting average?: Dennis Cook batted .264 over his career, with 29 hits in 110 at bats.
How many RBI did Dennis Cook have?: Dennis Cook drove in 9 runs in his career.
What was Dennis Cook's career ERA?: Dennis Cook finished with a 3.91 career ERA, going 64-46 with 739 strikeouts.