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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	10	0	0	10	0
2	5	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	6	Apr 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	7	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	8	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	9	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	GS	13	3.1	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	38 (28)	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	39	Jun 2 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
9	40	Jun 2 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-6	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	41	Jun 3	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	42	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
12	43	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
13	45 (1)	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
14	46	Jun 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
15	47	Jun 9 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	49 (1)	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
17	50	Jun 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	51	Jun 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
19	52	Jun 15	NYG		STL	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	53	Jun 16 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
21	54	Jun 16 (2)	NYG		STL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	55	Jun 18	NYG		CIN	L,0-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	56	Jun 19	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	57	Jun 21	NYG		CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	58	Jun 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
26	60 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,15-10	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	61	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	62	Jun 25	NYG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	64 (1)	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-7	GF	20	4.2	2	0	0	2	0
30	67 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	68	Jul 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
32	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,5-8	CG	50	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	72 (1)	Jul 6	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	74 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	75	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	76	Jul 12 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	78 (1)	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	80 (1)	Jul 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
39	81	Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,1-0	GS	24	5.2	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	98 (16)	Aug 2 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	99	Aug 2 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	GF	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	100	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
43	101	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
44	102	Aug 6	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	103	Aug 8	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	104	Aug 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
47	105	Aug 11 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-10	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	106	Aug 11 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	107	Aug 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	108	Aug 14 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
51	109	Aug 14 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
52	110	Aug 15	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
53	111	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	113 (1)	Aug 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	114	Aug 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
56	115	Aug 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	116	Aug 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	2	4	1
58	117	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
59	118	Aug 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
60	119	Aug 26	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	120	Aug 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
62	121	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,8-13	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	122	Aug 28 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	14	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
64	123	Aug 29	NYG	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	124	Aug 30	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
66	125	Aug 31	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	126	Sep 1 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
68	128 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	129	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-3	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
70	130	Sep 3	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	136 (5)	Sep 9	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
72	139 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
73	140	Sep 12	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	141	Sep 13	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
							73gm		579.0	277	38	9	324	3