Was Darltie Cooper a pitcher?

Yes. Darltie Cooper pitched in the major leagues, recording 70 wins and 399 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Darltie Cooper hit?

Darltie Cooper hit 8 career home runs with 163 hits.

What was Darltie Cooper's career batting average?

Darltie Cooper batted .248 over his career, with 163 hits in 656 at bats.

How many RBI did Darltie Cooper have?

Darltie Cooper drove in 86 runs in his career.

What was Darltie Cooper's career ERA?

Darltie Cooper finished with a 4.25 career ERA, going 70-56 with 399 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Darltie Cooper have?

Darltie Cooper recorded 399 career strikeouts.

Darltie Cooper

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Darltie Cooper was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for 9 teams, including the Indianapolis ABCs. Across 173 career appearances, he went 70-56 with a 4.25 ERA and 399 strikeouts. He also batted .248 with 8 home runs. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2122.2.

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 70–56

ERA 4.25

WHIP 1.40

SO 399

Pitcher PIV 2122.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 185 lb
Born: 8/2/1902 in Arkadelphia, AR, USA
Died: 2/13/1944 in Schenectady, NY, USA

Full name: Darlton D. Cooper

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Darltie Cooper — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
26.0	25.0	1.0	4.0	0	1.0	0	1.0	0	2.0	0	.160	.160	.240	.400

Pitching

Darltie Cooper — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1	2	3	1	2	0	34.0	45	29	0	5	24	11	0.00	2.03

Career Pitching Statistics

Darltie Cooper — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
70	56	173	125	89	6	3	1091.0	1,161	515	53	364	399	4.25	2122.2

Career ERA 4.25 vs. league average 4.26 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Darltie Cooper Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1923	ABC	NNL	14	4	25	19	13	1	1	167.0	169	77	41	47	4.15	4.03 (-3%)	-429.6
1924	HBG	ECL	9	9	21	13	9	0	1	126.0	123	56	32	48	4.00	4.13 (+3%)	1336.6
1925	HBG	ECL	8	4	23	14	8	1	1	124.2	140	68	40	52	4.91	4.55 (-8%)	2012.9
1926	HBG	ECL	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	20.0	18	12	10	4	5.40	4.11 (-32%)	-31.2
1926	BBS	ECL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	0	1	1	0.00	—	0.0
1926	NLG	ECL	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	7	9	5	1	40.50	—	0.0
1927	HBG	ECL	15	7	26	18	17	1	0	184.2	182	53	44	68	2.58	4.08 (+37%)	1774.6
1928	HIL	EAS	10	5	16	14	14	2	0	135.1	120	38	43	53	2.53	4.13 (+39%)	1124.8
1929	HIL	ANL	7	11	24	20	11	0	0	155.2	193	90	64	68	5.20	4.60 (-13%)	-1511.7
1930	HG	IND	2	3	10	7	3	0	0	45.1	65	41	18	12	8.14	4.80 (-70%)	-923.3
1931	BBS	IND	3	5	12	10	6	1	0	65.1	84	40	35	30	5.51	4.10 (-34%)	-505.6
1932	WAP	EWL	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	21.0	15	10	11	7	4.29	4.13 (-4%)	50.0
1932	HIL	EWL	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	4	1	2.00	4.13 (+52%)	0.0
1934	PBG	NN2	0	3	5	3	3	0	0	28.0	27	13	12	7	4.18	4.29 (+3%)	-775.4
1940	NE	NN2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	6	4	0	10.12	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			70	56	173	125	89	6	3	1,091.0	1,161	515	364	399	4.25	—	2,122

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

Darltie Cooper — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
261	656	77	163	21	11	8	86	2	27	6	.248	.282	.351	.633	-1,417

Career AVG .248 vs. league average .282 across their career seasons — 11.8% below league average.

Career OBP .282 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — 18.0% below league average.

Career SLG .351 vs. league average .398 across their career seasons — 11.9% below league average.

Career OPS .633 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — 14.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Darltie Cooper Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1923	ABC	NNL	54	160	28	36	5	1	2	27	1	6	0	.225	.282 (-20%)	.344 (-24%)	.390 (-21%)	.734 (-23%)	-607.3
1924	HBG	ECL	33	67	7	16	1	2	1	9	1	2	0	.239	.283 (-16%)	.345 (-24%)	.389 (-8%)	.734 (-16%)	-196.2
1925	HBG	ECL	26	63	7	17	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	.270	.288 (-6%)	.349 (-20%)	.407 (-3%)	.756 (-10%)	-130.5
1926	HBG	ECL	4	11	3	3	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
1926	BBS	ECL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1926	NLG	ECL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1927	HBG	ECL	32	85	12	26	3	3	0	10	0	6	0	.306	.282 (+8%)	.344 (+2%)	.392 (+5%)	.736 (+4%)	35.4
1928	HIL	EAS	20	61	4	15	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	.246	.280 (-12%)	.342 (-28%)	.395 (-17%)	.737 (-22%)	-237.9
1929	HIL	ANL	32	80	4	18	2	1	1	13	0	6	0	.225	.289 (-22%)	.353 (-16%)	.415 (-25%)	.769 (-21%)	-280.3
1930	HG	IND	19	39	4	7	0	2	0	4	0	1	2	.179	—	—	—	—	0.0
1931	BBS	IND	19	38	4	11	1	0	1	6	0	1	1	.289	—	—	—	—	0.0
1932	WAP	EWL	5	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1932	HIL	EWL	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1934	PBG	NN2	11	27	3	11	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	.407	—	—	—	—	0.0
1940	NE	NN2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			261	656	77	163	21	11	8	86	2	27	6	.248	—	—	—	—	-1,417

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.

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Darltie Cooper — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	2	6	0	1	0	0	.167

Pitching — Home / Away

Darltie Cooper — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	4.0	8	0	2	0	0.00
Away	2	10.0	15	0	11	5	0.00

Last 3 Games — Batting

Darltie Cooper — Last 3 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H
1940-05-19	NW2	PH5	L	0	0
1940-05-12	NW2	NY5	L	2	0
1929-09-01	HIL	NYL	L	4	1

Last 3 Games — Pitching

Darltie Cooper — Last 3 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HR
1940-05-19	NW2	PH5	L	4.0	8	4	2	0	2
1940-05-12	NW2	NY5	—	3.0	4	6	2	0	0
1929-09-01	HIL	NYL	—	7.0	11	6	9	5	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Darltie Cooper — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	14	12	120	5	0	7
3B	10	0	1	4	0	0
OF	45	29	52	10	5	4
P	173	125	35	312	17	19
SS	1	1	0	7	0	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Darltie Cooper — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1923	ABC	1B	13	12	116	5	0	7
1923	ABC	OF	15	12	23	4	2	2
1923	ABC	P	25	19	9	58	2	5
1923	ABC	SS	1	1	0	7	0	1
1924	HBG	3B	6	0	1	2	0	0
1924	HBG	OF	4	1	4	1	0	0
1924	HBG	P	21	13	3	41	3	0
1925	HBG	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1925	HBG	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1925	HBG	P	23	14	0	0	0	0
1926	HBG	OF	1	1	3	0	0	0
1926	HBG	P	3	2	0	6	0	1
1926	BBS	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1926	NLG	P	1	1	0	1	1	0
1927	HBG	1B	1	0	4	0	0	0
1927	HBG	P	26	18	4	57	2	5
1928	HIL	OF	3	0	2	0	0	0
1928	HIL	P	16	14	1	57	2	4
1929	HIL	3B	2	0	0	2	0	0
1929	HIL	OF	3	2	5	0	0	0
1929	HIL	P	24	20	8	53	2	1
1930	HG	OF	5	4	7	3	0	2
1930	HG	P	10	7	3	10	0	0
1931	BBS	OF	6	5	5	2	3	0
1931	BBS	P	12	10	4	12	3	2
1932	WAP	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1932	WAP	P	3	2	2	7	1	0
1932	HIL	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
1932	HIL	P	1	1	0	1	1	1
1934	PBG	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1934	PBG	OF	5	3	3	0	0	0
1934	PBG	P	5	3	0	7	0	0
1940	NE	P	2	1	1	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Darltie Cooper Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	173
First Base	14
Third Base	10
Shortstop	1
Left Field	8
Center Field	5
Right Field	32

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Darltie Cooper: the record in brief

Darltie Cooper's record on this page is drawn from the season tables, which run from 1923 to 1940. The season rows list, in order, the Indianapolis ABCs (1923), the Harrisburg Giants (1924 to 1927), the Baltimore Black Sox (1926 through 1931), the New York Lincoln Giants (1926), the Hilldale Club (1928 to 1932), the Homestead Grays (1930), the Washington Pilots (1932), and the Philadelphia Bacharach Giants (1934), with further stops in the season rows. The bio lists Cooper as a pitcher who both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 5'10" and 185 pounds. The birth record reads August 2, 1902, in Arkadelphia, AR, USA. Cooper died on February 13, 1944, in Schenectady, NY, USA. Cooper's full given name, per the bio, is Darlton D. Cooper.

Cooper's career pitching line is 70 wins, 56 losses and a 4.25 ERA over 173 appearances. The totals include 399 strikeouts, 89 complete games, and 6 shutouts. Cooper's 4.25 ERA was close to the 4.26 league figure for those seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions about Darltie Cooper

Was Darltie Cooper a pitcher?: Yes. Darltie Cooper pitched in the major leagues, recording 70 wins and 399 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Darltie Cooper hit?: Darltie Cooper hit 8 career home runs with 163 hits.
What was Darltie Cooper's career batting average?: Darltie Cooper batted .248 over his career, with 163 hits in 656 at bats.
How many RBI did Darltie Cooper have?: Darltie Cooper drove in 86 runs in his career.
What was Darltie Cooper's career ERA?: Darltie Cooper finished with a 4.25 career ERA, going 70-56 with 399 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Darltie Cooper have?: Darltie Cooper recorded 399 career strikeouts.