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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	39	10.1	4	1	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	42	9.2	3	2	0	5	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	5	Apr 27	STL		CHC	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	6	Apr 28	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	2	11	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	9 (2)	May 2 (1)	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	12 (2)	May 5	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	21	5.1	2	0	0	2	0
8	14 (1)	May 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	17 (2)	May 14	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	5	1	0	6	0
10	19 (1)	May 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	20	May 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	22 (1)	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	23	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
14	24	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
15	26 (1)	May 22 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
16	27	May 23 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	29 (1)	May 26	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	5	0	1	6	0
18	31 (1)	May 28	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	33 (1)	May 30 (1)	STL		NYG	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	35 (1)	May 31 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	37 (1)	Jun 1	STL		BRO	W,11-9	CG	54	12.0	4	2	0	6	0
22	38	Jun 2	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	39	Jun 3	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	41 (1)	Jun 5 susp	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	43 (1)	Jun 9	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	46 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-10	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
27	47	Jun 13 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	48	Jun 14	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	49	Jun 15	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	50	Jun 16	STL		CIN	L,1-4	CG	46	11.0	9	1	0	10	0
31	52 (1)	Jun 18	STL		CHC	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	2	11	1
32	53	Jun 19	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	54	Jun 20 (1)	STL		CHC	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
34	56 (1)	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	57	Jun 23	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
36	60 (2)	Jun 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	61	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	63 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	5	0	1	6	0
39	64	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	65	Jul 2	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	66	Jul 3	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	34	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
43	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	69	Jul 5 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-15	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	70	Jul 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	13	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	71	Jul 6	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	72	Jul 9	STL	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	73	Jul 10	STL	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	74	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	75	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	76	Jul 15	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	77	Jul 16	STL	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
53	79 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	80	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
55	81	Jul 18 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	82	Jul 21 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	83	Jul 21 (2)	STL		NYG	W,14-6	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	84	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
59	85	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
60	86	Jul 24	STL		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
61	87	Jul 25 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	88	Jul 25 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
63	89	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	90	Jul 27 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
65	92 (1)	Jul 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
66	94 (1)	Jul 30	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
67	95	Jul 31	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	96	Aug 1 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	98 (1)	Aug 3	STL		BRO	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
70	99	Aug 6	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
71	100	Aug 7	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
72	101	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
73	103 (1)	Aug 11	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
74	104	Aug 12	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	106 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
76	107	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	109 (1)	Aug 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	110	Aug 17	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	111	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	112	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	113	Aug 19	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	114	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
83	115	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	116	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	117	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	118	Aug 23	STL	@	BSN	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	119	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	41	10.0	7	3	0	10	0
88	121 (1)	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	122	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	47	10.1	5	3	0	8	0
90	123	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	124	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	7	0	1	8	0
92	125	Aug 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	126	Aug 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
94	127	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	128	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
96	129	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	131 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
98	134 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	135	Sep 8	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
100	137 (1)	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	138	Sep 16	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
102	139	Sep 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	140	Sep 18 (1)	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
104	143 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,9-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
105	144	Sep 22	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	145	Sep 23	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
107	146	Sep 24	STL		BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
108	147	Sep 25	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
109	148	Sep 26 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	151 (2)	Sep 28 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	56	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	153 (1)	Sep 29	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	156 (2)	Oct 2	STL		NYG	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							112gm		958.0	504	49	14	567	5