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Cliff Cook
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 377 of 1252 players
Raymond Clifford Cook
Born: August 20, 1936 at Dallas, Tex.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 185

Cliff Cook was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on November 4, 2013, and June 9, 2019.

First Mets game: May 8, 1962
Last Mets game: July 10, 1963

Share your memories of Cliff Cook HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY: harvey k January 30, 2002 cliff cook was supposed to be a power hitting third base mainstay for the fledgling Mets....he was a huge bust. jbslapshot February 3, 2005 Cliff Cook was a power hitting third baseman who was on the TOPPS rookie team almost every year. There was only one problem with him: he had a chronic bad back and could not bend. That might be a problem for a thirdbaseman! KMT March 31, 2005 Got a look at his stats in the minors. 3 different seasons he hit 32 homers. Mets braintrust should have known something was wrong! 1963 yearbook said his back was only a mild problem. Once again, Mets get taken to the cleaners! Charles Robinson March 17, 2006 I grew up with Clifford (as we called him) in Oak Cliff a suburb of Dallas Texas. We played baseball on a field that we mowed so we could play ball. Our ball was an old one that we wrapped tape around. One of the kids that played with us was Carl Warwick who later played for the St Louis Cardnals Baseball Team. I knew that Cliff would become a fine basball player. I went to one of his minor league games against the Dallas Eagles when he played for the Indianaplois Indians AAA ball. He almost got the most valuable player award that year; he led the league in RBIs, Home Runs, and Batting Average. I enjoyed watching him in his career. Thanks for letting me write about Cliff. JC September 8, 2006 I remember seeing Cliff as a kid in '62, he was very bad, as were most of the others on that 120 loss team! Cliff did have some pop though! Jamey Bumbalo November 1, 2006 Although he had great numbers in the minor leagues, he never did anything with the Reds or Mets. Maestro September 3, 2007 In his first at bat in the Polo Grounds he hit a tremendous shot over the center fielder's head for a triple. We thought this guy was the real deal. We were wrong. But as one fellow said, he had some pop when he got a hold of one. andy johnstone November 25, 2007 I worked with Cliff in the early 90's at a sporting goods store in Arlington, Texas. He never would talk about playing I guess because he was so bad at it when he was younger. SHARON LYNNE COOK September 19, 2008 This is my wonderful dad! Even today at 47 years old I am so proud that Clifford Cook is my dad! He has and has always had a great deal of love for the game of baseball. My dad was injured early in his career, and suffered with so much pain, yet he still tried to play each game to his very best. In those days the doctors, etc. did not have the technology they have these days to heal and to fix severe medical problems. He kept playing because he loved the game more than anything. No he doesn't like to speak of it too much, because he knows how much better he was, and could have been if it hadn't been for the pain he was suffering through back then. Today my dad is doing fine. He was a loving, kind, caring dad growing up. I used to throw the baseball back and forth with him for hours (even though I am a girl, smile!) him and my sweet granddaddy (his dad) used to go to every local baseball game they could, and they would always let me tag along. I have so many wonderful memories of Clifford Cook, my dad! (Thanks daddy! I love you more than anything!) Denis October 30, 2008 Any man who makes it to the big leagues cannot be bad at what he does. Frank April 26, 2009 Sharon...thank you for sharing about your Dad. I remember him as a kid in the Polo Grounds. I believe he wore #6 but I really remember sitting in the upper deck, section 33 during batting practice and having your dad hit pitch after pitch right to us. I still remember that. Anthony Barcia August 20, 2022 As I’ve aged I have realized that anyone who has played in the major leagues was an exceptional ball player. To get there before expansion in the 1960’s you had to be one of the best 400 players in the world at any one time. Hope he has had a good life and Happy Birthday. Flitgun Frankie September 4, 2023 In surviving game broadcast recordings from games right after the Mets acquired Cliff Cook, Bob Murphy waxed very enthusiastic about Cook’s potential and credentials. First, he was compared to Harmon Killebrew in strength and the ability to hit very long home runs, and we were constantly informed the he won the MVP in the American Association in 1961. Of course he never became Killebrew, and now I see here that injuries might have been the reason why. The Mets suspicions that they were getting damaged goods should have been aroused when Cincinnati was willing to give him up and only get Don Zimmer in return. In one of the game broadcasts, from the description of the play, it sounds like Cook came very close to being the second player after Joe Adcock to hit a home run into the center field bleachers at the Polo Grounds, but the ball hit the wall and he ended up with a triple, so he showed he really could hit the ball a long way. A few games afterwards, Lou Brock managed to actually pull off the feat, and then Henry Aaron did it. So Cook almost ended up in some pretty illustrious company.

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