Walker Cooper

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: January 8, 1915 in Atherton, MO us

Died: April 11, 1991 in Scottsdale, AZ

Buried: Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ

High School: William Chrisman HS (Independence, MO)

Debut: September 25, 1940 (Age 25-261d, 8,954th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 20, 1957 (Age 42-255d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: William Walker Cooper

Nicknames: Walk

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Relatives: Brother of Mort Cooper; Father-In-Law of Don Blasingame

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.2

4702

1341

173

.285

573

RBI

812

OBP

.332

SLG

.464

OPS

.796

OPS+

116

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-35 / in Starts: 9-12
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 119 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	74 (43-21-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 119 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	76 (40-24-11)

Most Driven In
Self	6
E Banks	2
R Jackson	2
E Miksis	1
J Bolger	1
H Sauer	1
D Fondy	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
E Miksis	1
G Baker	1
C McCullough	1
L Merriman	0

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1332	5 (4)	Apr 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		1.000			5						PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	1333	16 (10)	May 1 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.800	1.667	2.467	7	.92	0.223	1.95	0.28%	2.02	C
3	1334	22 (5)	May 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.667	1.250	1.917	9	1.90	-0.098	4.36	-0.13%	-0.81	PH
4	1335	23	May 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.571	1.000	1.571	9	2.18	-0.055	4.46	-0.07%	-0.17	PH
5	1336	27 (3)	May 11	CHC		BRO	W,10-8	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.625	1.000	1.625	5	1.43	0.101	2.93	0.13%	1.00	PH
6	1337	34 (6)	May 20	CHC	@	MLN	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.556	.857	1.413	5	5.65	-0.140	14.08	-0.21%	-0.76	PH
7	1338	40 (5)	May 27	CHC		MLN	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.500	.750	1.250	9	1.85	-0.047	5.87	-0.09%	-0.24	PH
8	1339	43 (2)	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,9-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.500	.750	1.250	8						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	1340	46 (2)	Jun 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS-8	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.571	.818	1.390	6	.14	0.020	.41	0.04%	0.60	C
10	1341	48 (1)	Jun 4	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.462	.563	.846	1.409	8	1.19	0.098	3.56	0.18%	0.94	C
11	1342	53 (4)	Jun 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.471	.550	.941	1.491	8	1.08	0.118	2.61	0.17%	0.17	C
12	1343	55 (1)	Jun 11	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.458	.762	1.220	8	1.57	-0.156	6.59	-0.39%	-1.04	C
13	1344	58 (2)	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.423	.696	1.119	9	.65	-0.030	1.36	-0.04%	-0.78	PH C
14	1345	59	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.296	.367	.593	.959	8	.78	0.012	1.33	0.01%	-0.08	C
15	1346	61 (1)	Jun 17	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.355	.571	.926	1	3.26	-0.205	6.09	-0.23%	-1.19	PH
16	1347	63 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	10-GF(15)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.324	.516	.840	9	3.37	-0.251	5.80	-0.26%	-0.95	PH C
17	1348	66 (2)	Jun 22	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.314	.500	.814	8	2.65	-0.066	5.92	-0.09%	-0.16	PH
18	1349	68 (1)	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,10-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.583	.917	8	.56	0.124	.36	0.05%	1.89	C
19	1350	69	Jun 25	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.349	.641	.990	8	.70	0.097	.58	0.05%	0.68	C
20	1351	70	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.650	1.014	9	3.48	0.180	2.77	0.09%	0.96	PH
21	1352	73 (2)	Jun 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-14	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.354	.614	.968	8	.66	-0.042	.64	-0.02%	-0.78	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	1353	76 (2)	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.365	.660	1.025	8	1.51	0.079	1.30	0.04%	1.53	C
23	1354	79 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.345	.620	.965	8	1.15	-0.087	1.33	-0.06%	-0.57	C
24	1355	83 (3)	Jul 8	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.322	.574	.896	8	1.31	-0.131	.73	-0.04%	-1.20	C
25	1356	85 (1)	Jul 10	CHC	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.317	.569	.886	8	.37	-0.024	.19	-0.01%	-0.67	C
26	1357	87 (1)	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.313	.559	.872	7	2.11	-0.051	1.02	-0.02%	-0.30	PH
27	1358	88	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.550	.858	7	2.89	-0.086	.94	-0.02%	-0.48	PH
28	1359	90 (1)	Jul 17 susp	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.304	.531	.836	7	1.14	0.016	.20	0.00%	-0.18	C
29	1360	91	Jul 18	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.314	.538	.853	9	2.80	0.062	.23	0.00%	0.21	PH
30	1361	99 (7)	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	8-GF(12)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.306	.522	.828	1	2.78	-0.141	.03	0.00%	-0.61	PH C
31	1362	100	Jul 27 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.307	.529	.835	8	.56	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.52	C
32	1363	101	Jul 27 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,9-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.316	.563	.879	7	1.57	0.115	.01	0.00%	1.53	PH
33	1364	102	Jul 28	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.312	.556	.867	9	.18	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
34	1365	106 (3)	Jul 31 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.308	.548	.856	9	2.69	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	1366	107	Aug 1	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.257	.304	.541	.844	8						PH
36	1367	109 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.300	.533	.833	9	1.83	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
37	1368	117 (7)	Aug 10 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.296	.526	.823	9	.18	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
38	1369	118	Aug 11	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	9-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.289	.513	.802	8	2.66	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-0.35	PH C
39	1370	120 (1)	Aug 13	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.289	.513	.802	8						C
40	1371	124 (3)	Aug 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.302	.513	.815	8	1.31	0.119	.00	0.00%	0.77	C
41	1372	129 (4)	Aug 24	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.299	.506	.805	8	1.85	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.79	PH C
42	1373	130	Aug 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.308	.518	.825	8	1.18	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.07	C
43	1374	132 (1)	Aug 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	0-GF	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.267	.323	.558	.881	9						PH C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	1375	137 (4)	Sep 2	CHC		STL	W,12-2	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.320	.578	.897	8	.34	0.043	.00	0.00%	1.24	C
45	1376	138	Sep 3	CHC		STL	L,2-3	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.327	.582	.909	9	1.22	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
46	1377	139	Sep 4	CHC		STL	W,4-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.333	.598	.931	8	2.35	0.188	.00	0.00%	1.16	PH
47	1378	140	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,2-0	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.330	.591	.921	3	.47	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH
48	1379	142 (1)	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.320	.573	.893	8	1.30	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.64	C
49	1380	144 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,9-16	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.317	.567	.884	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
50	1381	147 (2)	Sep 13	CHC		PHI	L,0-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.314	.561	.876	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
51	1382	148	Sep 17	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	6-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.318	.570	.888	8	.22	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
52	1383	149	Sep 18	CHC		CIN	L,5-12	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.324	.567	.892	8	.41	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.04	C
53	1384	150	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.284	.328	.569	.896	8	1.22	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-1.24	C
54	1385	151	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.322	.559	.881	9	2.74	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-1.09	PH C
							19-35		119	111	11	31	8	1	7	15	6	1	19	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	.279	.322	.559	.881		1.27	-0.719	1.28	-0.65%	-0.63

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