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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 18	NYG		BRO	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 19	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 23	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-14	GS	47	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 29	NYG		STL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
11	11	Apr 30	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	13	May 6	NYG		CIN	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
14	14	May 8	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
15	15	May 9	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	2	10	0
16	16	May 10	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	17	May 11 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	18	May 11 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-11	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
19	19	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	20	May 14	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
22	22	May 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	23	May 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
25	26 (1)	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	27	May 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
27	28	May 24	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	29	May 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	30	May 27	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	GS	37	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	34 (3)	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
31	35	May 31	NYG		PIT	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	36	Jun 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	37	Jun 1 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,13-9	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	38	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	39	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	40	Jun 4	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	42 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	43	Jun 6	NYG		STL	W,7-4	CG	47	11.0	5	2	0	7	0
39	44	Jun 9	NYG		PIT	W,13-10	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	45	Jun 10	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	55	12.0	7	4	0	11	1
41	46	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
42	47	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	48	Jun 15 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	50 (1)	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,12-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	51	Jun 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
46	52	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	53	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	54	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	55	Jun 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	56	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
51	57	Jun 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	58	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
53	59	Jun 28	NYG		PHI	W,14-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	60	Jun 29 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	62 (1)	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,15-3	CG	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
56	63	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
57	64	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,19-2	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	65	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-16	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	67 (1)	Jul 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	68	Jul 6	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	69	Jul 10	NYG		STL	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	70	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
63	73 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	74	Jul 13 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	76 (1)	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
66	77	Jul 15	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
67	78	Jul 16	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	79	Jul 18	NYG		CIN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
69	80	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
70	82 (1)	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	83	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
72	84	Jul 24	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
73	85	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	86	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	87	Jul 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
76	88	Jul 28	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
77	89	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	90	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	1
79	91	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	92	Aug 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
81	94 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	6	1	0	7	0
82	95	Aug 3 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-8	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	97 (1)	Aug 5	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	98	Aug 6	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
85	99	Aug 7	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
86	100	Aug 8	NYG		BSN	L,5-7	CG	50	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	101	Aug 9	NYG		BSN	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	102	Aug 10 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	103	Aug 10 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,5-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	104	Aug 11	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	105	Aug 12	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	106	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	107	Aug 14	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
94	108	Aug 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	4	1	0	5	0
95	109	Aug 16	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	28	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
96	110	Aug 17 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	112 (1)	Aug 19	NYG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
98	113	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
99	115 (1)	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	116	Aug 22	NYG		PIT	W,8-7	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
101	118 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	119	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	121 (1)	Aug 25	NYG		CHC	L,7-9	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	122	Aug 26	NYG		CHC	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
105	123	Aug 27	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
106	124	Aug 28	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
107	125	Aug 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	126	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	127	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	128	Sep 1 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	129	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
112	130	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
113	131	Sep 5	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	132	Sep 6	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
115	133	Sep 7	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	134	Sep 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	135	Sep 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
118	136	Sep 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	137	Sep 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
120	138	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
121	140 (1)	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	W,9-1	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	141	Sep 15	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
123	142	Sep 16	NYG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
124	143	Sep 17 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
125	145 (1)	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
126	146	Sep 20	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
127	147	Sep 21 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
128	148	Sep 21 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
129	149	Sep 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
130	150	Sep 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
131	151	Sep 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
132	152	Sep 26	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
							132gm		1135.0	561	51	13	625	8