Dennis Cook

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

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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
64 46 665 71 6 3 9 1011.7 950 440 130 390 739 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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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 1 141.7 132 56 54 58 3.56 3.86 (+8%) -1795.7
1990 LAN NL 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 14.3 23 12 2 6 7.53 3.86 (-95%) -1747.7
1991 LAN NL 1 0 20 1 0 0 0 17.7 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 12.7 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 70.3 53 32 35 64 4.09 4.61 (+11%) 1958.8
1997 FLO NL 1 2 59 0 0 0 0 62.3 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 9.7 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

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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2000 NLCS NYN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 NLDS2 NYN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 WS NYN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 NLCS NYN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 NLDS2 NYN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 NLCS FLO 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 NLDS1 FLO 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 WS FLO 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 ALDS2 TEX 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 0 19 0 0 16.3 5 0 11 16 0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2000 NLCS NYN 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 2 0.00
2000 NLDS2 NYN 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 0 0 2 1 0.00
2000 WS NYN 0 0 3 0 0 0.7 1 0 3 1 0.00
1999 NLCS NYN 0 0 3 0 0 1.3 1 0 2 1 0.00
1999 NLDS2 NYN 0 0 1 0 0 1.7 1 0 1 1 0.00
1997 NLCS FLO 0 0 2 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 2 0.00
1997 NLDS1 FLO 1 0 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 1 3 0.00
1997 WS FLO 1 0 3 0 0 3.7 1 0 1 5 0.00
1996 ALDS2 TEX 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 0 0 1 0 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home32566132103.318
Away344442826.182

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home322535.04862241853973.77
Away343476.24642162053424.08

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2002-09-18 LAAOAK — 0.2222011
2002-09-14 LAATEX — 0.1000000
2002-09-12 LAAOAK — 0.0000100
2002-09-05 LAATBR — 1.0000000
2002-07-04 LAABAL — 0.1100000
2002-06-28 LAALAD — 0.1100000
2002-06-27 LAATEX — 0.0000100
2002-06-25 LAATEX — 1.0100010
2002-06-20 LAASTL — 0.2000020
2002-06-18 LAASTL — 1.0211100

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 665 71 40 116 9 7

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

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 665

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

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

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Dennis Cook (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Doug Brocail
    52-48, 4.00 ERA
  2. 89
    Mark Guthrie
    51-54, 4.05 ERA
  3. 87
    Tim Worrell
    48-59, 3.97 ERA
  4. 83
    Jeff Robinson
    46-57, 3.79 ERA
  5. 82
    Jeremy Affeldt
    43-46, 3.97 ERA
  6. 82
    Gene Nelson
    53-64, 4.13 ERA

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.