Aaron Cook

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: February 8, 1979 in Fort Campbell, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hamilton HS (Hamilton, OH).

High School: Hamilton HS (Hamilton, OH)

Debut: August 10, 2002 (Age 23-183d, 18,151st in major league history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2012 (Age 33-233d)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Joe Bick

Full Name: Aaron Lane Cook

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.6

ERA

4.60

256

224

1406.1

578

WHIP

1.468

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1997	18	COL-min	Rk	1	3	.250	3.13	9	8	0	0	0	0	46.0	48	27	16	1	17	0	35	5	3	3	208			1.413	9.4	0.2	3.3	6.8	2.06	RKS ARIZ
1998	19	COL-min	A-	5	8	.385	4.88	15	15	0	1	0	0	79.1	87	50	43	8	39	0	38	7	0	7	364			1.588	9.9	0.9	4.4	4.3	0.97	POR NORW
1999	20	COL-min	A	4	12	.250	6.44	25	25	0	2	0	0	121.2	157	99	87	17	42	0	73	9	0	15	561			1.636	11.6	1.3	3.1	5.4	1.74	AVL SALL
2000	21	COL-min	A,A+	11	13	.458	3.54	28	28	0	5	2	0	185.2	182	87	73	14	35	0	155	23	0	8	775			1.169	8.8	0.7	1.7	7.5	4.43	AVL,SAL SALL,CARL
2001	22	COL-min	A+	11	11	.500	3.08	27	27	0	0	0	0	155.0	157	73	53	4	38	0	122	7	1	6	649			1.258	9.1	0.2	2.2	7.1	3.21	SAL CARL
2002	23	COL-min	AA,AAA	11	6	.647	2.37	24	24	0	3	2	0	159.1	140	64	42	10	37	0	90	8	1	12	645			1.111	7.9	0.6	2.1	5.1	2.43	CAR,CSP SOUL,PCL
2002	23	COL	NL	2	1	.667	4.54	9	5	1	0	0	0	35.2	41	18	18	4	13	0	14	2	0	0	154	106	4.90	1.514	10.3	1.0	3.3	3.5	1.08
2003	24	COL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.25	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	10	4	4	2	4	0	12	0	0	0	61			0.875	5.6	1.1	2.3	6.8	3.00	CSP PCL
2003	24	COL	NL	4	6	.400	6.02	43	16	4	1	0	0	124.0	160	89	83	8	57	7	43	8	0	10	579	83	4.75	1.750	11.6	0.6	4.1	3.1	0.75
2004	25	COL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.74	7	7	0	1	1	0	46.0	34	15	14	1	8	0	25	3	0	5	177			0.913	6.7	0.2	1.6	4.9	3.13	CSP PCL
2004	25	COL	NL	6	4	.600	4.28	16	16	0	1	0	0	96.2	112	47	46	7	39	5	40	7	1	6	433	115	4.59	1.562	10.4	0.7	3.6	3.7	1.03
2005	26	COL-min	AAA,A-,A+,AA	2	1	.667	5.06	7	7	0	0	0	0	32.0	34	20	18	2	8	0	17	1	0	3	136			1.313	9.6	0.6	2.3	4.8	2.13	CSP,TRI,MOD,TUL PCL,NORW,CALL,TL
2005	26	COL	NL	7	2	.778	3.67	13	13	0	2	0	0	83.1	101	38	34	8	16	2	24	2	0	3	357	131	4.34	1.404	10.9	0.9	1.7	2.6	1.50
2006	27	COL	NL	9	15	.375	4.23	32	32	0	0	0	0	212.2	242	107	100	17	55	11	92	7	0	2	915	116	4.20	1.397	10.2	0.7	2.3	3.9	1.67
2007	28	COL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8			5.000	36.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	CSP PCL
2007	28	COL	NL	8	7	.533	4.12	25	25	0	2	0	0	166.0	178	87	76	15	44	6	61	6	0	0	698	117	4.58	1.337	9.7	0.8	2.4	3.3	1.39
2008	29	COL	NL	16	9	.640	3.96	32	32	0	2	1	0	211.1	236	102	93	13	48	2	96	4	0	6	886	118	3.76	1.344	10.1	0.6	2.0	4.1	2.00	AS
2009	30	COL	NL	11	6	.647	4.16	27	27	0	1	1	0	158.0	175	76	73	19	47	2	78	2	0	2	675	113	4.60	1.405	10.0	1.1	2.7	4.4	1.66
2010	31	COL-min	AA	1	1	.500	2.53	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	8	3	3	1	3	1	10	0	0	1	41			1.031	6.8	0.8	2.5	8.4	3.33	TUL TL
2010	31	COL	NL	6	8	.429	5.08	23	23	0	2	0	0	127.2	147	77	72	11	52	4	62	4	1	3	572	91	4.54	1.559	10.4	0.8	3.7	4.4	1.19
2011	32	COL-min	AAA,AA	1	1	.500	5.65	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.2	29	18	18	3	5	0	18	0	0	2	115			1.186	9.1	0.9	1.6	5.7	3.60	CSP,TUL PCL,TL
2011	32	COL	NL	3	10	.231	6.03	18	17	0	0	0	0	97.0	127	67	65	9	37	5	48	5	0	3	441	76	4.54	1.691	11.8	0.8	3.4	4.5	1.30
2012	33	BOS-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	2.41	6	6	0	2	0	0	37.1	33	12	10	1	12	1	16	0	0	3	153			1.205	8.0	0.2	2.9	3.9	1.33	PAW IL
2012	33	BOS	AL	4	11	.267	5.65	18	18	0	1	1	0	94.0	117	68	59	15	21	1	20	1	0	2	411	75	5.45	1.468	11.2	1.4	2.0	1.9	0.95
2013	34	COL-min	AAA	0	5	.000	8.15	8	8	0	0	0	0	35.1	56	38	32	4	11	0	22	2	0	9	172			1.896	14.3	1.0	2.8	5.6	2.00	CSP PCL
11 Yrs				76	79	.490	4.60	256	224	5	12	3	0	1406.1	1636	776	719	126	429	45	578	48	2	37	6121	103	4.46	1.468	10.5	0.8	2.7	3.7	1.35
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.490	4.60	36	32	1	2	0	0	199	232	110	102	18	61	6	82	7	0	5	867	103	4.46	1.468	10.5	0.8	2.7	3.7	1.35

COL (10 yrs)				72	68	.514	4.53	238	206	5	11	2	0	1312.1	1519	708	660	111	408	44	558	47	2	35	5710	106	4.39	1.468	10.4	0.8	2.8	3.8	1.37
BOS (1 yr)				4	11	.267	5.65	18	18	0	1	1	0	94.0	117	68	59	15	21	1	20	1	0	2	411	75	5.45	1.468	11.2	1.4	2.0	1.9	0.95

NL (10 yrs)				72	68	.514	4.53	238	206	5	11	2	0	1312.1	1519	708	660	111	408	44	558	47	2	35	5710	106	4.39	1.468	10.4	0.8	2.8	3.8	1.37
AL (1 yr)				4	11	.267	5.65	18	18	0	1	1	0	94.0	117	68	59	15	21	1	20	1	0	2	411	75	5.45	1.468	11.2	1.4	2.0	1.9	0.95

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