James
Cook
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: June 7, 1992 in Usa
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2014 22 UT GE   3 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 4 5
2015 23 UT GE $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5
2016 24 UT GE $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6
2017 25 UT GE $ 300,000 3 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
2018 26 UT GE $ 300,000 3 5 5 5 9 9 9 9 8 8
2019 27 UT GE $ 300,000 3 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
2020 28 UT GE $ 300,000 2 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
2021 29 UT GE $ 300,000 2 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 9 9
2022 30 UT GE $ 300,000 2 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 9 9
2023 31 NY FF $ 300,000 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
2024 32 NY FF $ 300,000 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
2025 33 NY FF $ 300,000 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
2026 34 NY FF $ 300,000 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
2027 35 NY FF $ 300,000 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
2028 36 NY FF $ 300,000 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 8
2029 37 NY FF $ 1,170,000 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   2 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,170,000 3 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2014 22 UT GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2015 23 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2016 24 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2017 25 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2018 26 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2019 27 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2020 28 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2021 29 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2022 30 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2023 31 NY FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2024 32 NY FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2025 33 NY FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2026 34 NY FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2027 35 NY FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2028 36 NY FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
2029 37 NY FF $ 1,170,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,170,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2014 22 AA   2 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 0 63.0 69 20 7 12 29 2.86 .288 .321 .446 .767  
2015 23 UT GE 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 8.7 8 3 1 3 1 3.12 .229 .289 .314 .604 0.8
    AAA   4 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 0 49.7 44 11 6 12 16 1.99 .243 .290 .403 .693  
    AA   2 1 .667 23 0 0 0 1 20.0 12 3 0 6 10 1.35 .176 .243 .235 .479  
2016 24 UT GE 3 1 .750 41 0 0 0 0 61.0 68 29 6 8 22 4.28 .289 .324 .443 .766 2.4
2017 25 UT GE 3 2 .600 78 0 0 0 0 87.7 94 32 2 23 33 3.29 .278 .334 .331 .666 6.5
    AAA   0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 10.0 8 2 1 2 6 1.80 .211 .250 .395 .645  
2018 26 UT GE 2 3 .400 27 24 0 0 0 74.0 61 18 3 11 35 2.19 .223 .272 .319 .591 6.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 8 8 0 0 0 22.7 27 11 0 6 13 4.37 .300 .344 .367 .710  
2019 27 UT GE 2 2 .500 52 3 0 0 1 62.7 62 11 4 9 30 1.58 .263 .294 .335 .629 8.3
2020 28 UT GE 7 4 .636 93 0 0 0 0 99.0 105 31 3 18 64 2.82 .266 .303 .316 .619 8.6
2021 29 UT GE 4 5 .444 67 1 0 0 21 72.7 62 28 4 22 45 3.47 .232 .294 .322 .616 9.8
2022 30 UT GE 4 7 .364 77 0 0 0 31 83.0 76 30 3 27 34 3.25 .247 .316 .308 .624 12.9
2023 31 UT GE 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 4.3 5 2 1 0 3 4.16 .313 .313 .563 .875 0.5
  NY FF 1 0 1.000 29 0 0 0 1 29.3 21 9 2 8 13 2.76 .208 .268 .317 .585 3.4
  TOT   1 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 2 33.7 26 11 3 8 16 2.94 .222 .273 .350 .624 3.9
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .091 .000 .091  
2024 32 NY FF 4 1 .800 38 0 0 0 3 36.3 38 14 1 9 27 3.47 .266 .318 .350 .668 3.9
2025 33 NY FF 4 3 .571 58 0 0 0 1 67.0 47 12 2 13 39 1.61 .197 .262 .277 .539 8.2
2026 34 NY FF 6 4 .600 98 0 0 0 5 105.7 99 46 6 30 59 3.92 .248 .318 .353 .672 8.0
2027 35 NY FF 4 5 .444 95 0 0 0 2 95.0 106 62 6 36 66 5.87 .277 .345 .390 .735 1.4
2028 36 NY FF 2 5 .286 76 0 0 0 1 74.7 82 36 7 27 53 4.34 .277 .340 .422 .763 3.2
2029 37 NY FF 4 0 1.000 81 0 0 0 1 82.7 86 40 10 21 32 4.36 .266 .329 .421 .750 6.7
15 Years Sim 51 42 .548 920 28 0 0 68 1043.6 1020 403 61 265 556 3.48 .256 .312 .353 .665 90.7
4 Years AAA 4 3 .571 40 11 0 0 0 85.7 79 24 7 21 35 2.52 .248 .294 .379 .673  
2 Years AA 4 1 .800 56 0 0 0 1 83.0 81 23 7 18 39 2.49 .263 .304 .399 .703  
6 Years Minors 8 4 .667 96 11 0 0 1 168.7 160 47 14 39 74 2.51 .255 .299 .389 .688  
Season Average 3 2 .600 61 1 0 0 4 69.6 68 26 4 17 37 3.48 .256 .312 .353 .665  
Career Highs 7 7 1.000 98 24 0 0 31 105.7 106 62 10 36 66 5.87 .289 .345 .443 .766  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   607 248 40 141 353   .251 .292 .348 .641
vs LH   413 155 21 124 203   .264 .318 .361 .678
Home 25 26 .490 480 12 0 0 33 534.0 514 229 33 135 259 3.86 .252 .299 .354 .653
Away 26 16 .619 440 16 0 0 35 509.6 506 174 28 130 297 3.07 .260 .306 .352 .658
Mar/Apr 7 5 .583 127 4 0 0 7 143.3 135 49 5 28 78 3.08 .246 .282 .324 .607
May 4 6 .400 155 2 0 0 7 157.6 162 58 7 46 90 3.31 .270 .322 .362 .685
June 8 8 .500 159 6 0 0 16 185.3 165 61 9 44 93 2.96 .235 .280 .321 .601
July 9 10 .474 136 5 0 0 13 147.6 167 75 10 43 88 4.57 .284 .333 .400 .732
August 6 10 .375 147 5 0 0 8 177.3 195 90 19 54 96 4.57 .283 .336 .414 .750
Sep/Oct 17 3 .850 196 6 0 0 17 232.3 196 70 11 50 111 2.71 .228 .271 .310 .581
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2014 22 AA   8 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2015 23 AAA   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
    AA   3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
2016 24 UT GE 46 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0
2017 25 UT GE 85 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2018 26 UT GE 28 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5 0.0
2019 27 UT GE 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2021 29 UT GE 70 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0
2022 30 UT GE 82 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2023 31 UT GE 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  NY FF 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   36 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2026 34 NY FF 98 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.1 0.3
2027 35 NY FF 95 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 -0.1 0.0
2028 36 NY FF 76 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.8 0.2
2029 37 NY FF 81 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2
11 Years Sim 749 58 13 6 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 17 .103 .133 .121 .254 -0.8 0.7
1 Years AAA 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
2 Years AA 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
3 Years Minors 15 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
162 Game Average 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .103 .133 .121 .254 -0.2  
Career Highs 98 17 4 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   41 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 .073 .095 .098 .193 -1.4
vs LH   17 3 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 7 .176 .222 .176 .399 0.7
Home 322 25 3 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 7 .160 .160 .160 .320 0.2
Away 294 33 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .061 .114 .091 .205 -1.1
RISP   14 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .143 .200 .143 .343 0.2
Close/Late   14 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .071 .133 .071 .205 -0.4
Mar/Apr 59 9 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 0.5
May 35 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
June 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
July 44 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
August 81 16 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 .188 .235 .188 .423 0.8
Sep/Oct 96 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB  
2015 23 UT GE P 6 0 8.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0  
2016 24 UT GE P 41 0 61.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.18 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 25 UT GE P 78 0 87.7 6 21 0 1 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2018 26 UT GE P 27 24 74.0 4 12 0 0 1.000 1.95 0 0 .000 0  
2019 27 UT GE P 52 3 62.7 7 11 0 0 1.000 2.59 0 0 .000 0  
2020 28 UT GE P 93 0 99.0 9 18 2 1 .931 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
2021 29 UT GE P 67 1 72.7 1 20 0 1 1.000 2.60 0 0 .000 0  
2022 30 UT GE P 77 0 83.0 5 12 1 1 .944 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2023 31 UT GE P 4 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
  NY FF P 29 0 29.3 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
  TOT   P 33 0 33.7 0 9 0 0 1.000 2.41    
2024 32 NY FF P 38 0 36.3 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.49 0 0 .000 0  
2025 33 NY FF P 58 0 67.0 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.34 0 0 .000 0  
2026 34 NY FF P 98 0 105.7 5 23 0 1 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0  
2027 35 NY FF P 95 0 95.0 2 16 3 1 .857 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
2028 36 NY FF P 76 0 74.7 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0  
2029 37 NY FF P 81 0 82.7 6 13 0 4 1.000 2.07 0 0 .000 0  
  P 920 28 1043.6 57 183 6 13 .976 2.07 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   924 28 1049.9 58 183 6 13 .976 2.07 0 0 .000 0  
Career Highs   98 24 105.7 9 23 3 4 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2019 27 UT GE 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 9.3 15 5 0 4 5 4.82 .357 .413 .405 .818
2025 33 NY FF 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 3 0 0 1 3 0.00 .214 .267 .214 .481
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 0 13.0 18 5 0 5 8 3.46 .321 .377 .357 .734
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2021-10-21
2022-4-31
Games Pitched
2020-5-93
2026-5-98
2027-4-95
CAR-40-920
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 51st overall pick, by Utah in 2014
Earned first career win on 9/29/2015
Had first career hit on 8/17/2021, off Arnie Stier (CO)
Traded from Utah to New York on 4/21/2023 (Going to UT: CF John Pigeon, NY's 2nd and 3rd round picks in 2024, NY's 1st and 2nd round picks in 2025. Going to NY: SS Casey Wabash, P James Cook)
Injured on 6/24/2023 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Injured on 7/9/2025 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks