Mort Cooper

Who was Mort Cooper?

Morton Cecil Cooper was an American baseball pitcher who played eleven seasons in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs from 1938 to 1949. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 210 pounds.

Cooper signed for the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1933 and played for seven of their minor league affiliates until 1938, when the Cardinals promoted him to the major leagues. After spending eight seasons with the organization, Cooper was traded in the middle of 1945 to the Boston Braves, where he spent the next two seasons. He was dealt to the New York Giants in 1947 and subsequently played for the Chicago Cubs, with whom he played his last game on May 7, 1949. He is most famous for winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1942.