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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	BSN		NYG	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,13-12	CG	51	10.0	2	0	2	4	0	C
3	5	Apr 20	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	6	Apr 21	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
5	7	Apr 22	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
6	8	Apr 23	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	GF	27	6.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	9	Apr 24	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-4	GS	25	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	10	Apr 25	BSN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	3	1	11	1	C
9	12 (1)	Apr 27	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	14 (1)	Apr 29 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	18 (3)	May 3	BSN		CHC	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	20 (1)	May 5	BSN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	21	May 6 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,6-0	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
14	22	May 6 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	24 (1)	May 9	BSN		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
16	26 (1)	May 12	BSN		BRO	T,5-5	CG	52	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	29 (2)	May 16	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	30	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	26	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
19	31	May 18	BSN	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	32	May 19	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	33	May 20 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	35 (1)	May 22	BSN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	36	May 23	BSN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
24	37	May 25	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	39 (1)	May 28	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
26	40	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6		13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	41	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	42	Jun 1	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	43	Jun 2	BSN		CHC	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
30	44	Jun 3 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	46 (1)	Jun 4	BSN		CIN	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
32	47	Jun 5	BSN		PIT	L,0-8	CG	53	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
33	49 (1)	Jun 7	BSN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
34	50	Jun 8	BSN		STL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
35	51	Jun 9	BSN		STL	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	53 (1)	Jun 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,13-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	54	Jun 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
38	55	Jun 15	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS	30	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
39	62 (6)	Jun 22	BSN	@	STL	W,8-7	GS	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	64 (1)	Jun 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	65	Jun 28	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	45	9.2	5	2	0	7	0	C
42	66	Jun 30	BSN		NYG	W,19-7	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	67	Jul 1	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
44	68	Jul 2	BSN		BRO	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
46	73 (2)	Jul 6	BSN	@	NYG	L,10-12	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
47	75 (1)	Jul 8	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-5	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
48	77 (1)	Jul 14	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
49	79 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
50	80	Jul 16	BSN		CHC	W,9-4	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
51	85 (4)	Jul 22 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	87 (1)	Jul 23	BSN	@	PIT	W,15-14	GS	39	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	88	Jul 24	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
54	89	Jul 26	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	90	Jul 27	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
56	91	Jul 28	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-8	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	93 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
58	94	Jul 30	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
59	95	Jul 31	BSN	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	96	Aug 1	BSN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	97	Aug 2 susp	BSN	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
62	98	Aug 3	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	99	Aug 4	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
64	114 (14)	Aug 18	BSN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	117 (2)	Aug 22	BSN		PIT	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
66	118	Aug 24 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
67	121 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	BSN		STL	L,10-12	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
68	122	Aug 26 (2)	BSN		STL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	126 (3)	Aug 29	BSN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	128 (1)	Sep 1	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
71	129	Sep 2	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
72	130	Sep 3 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	132 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	134 (1)	Sep 7	BSN		NYG	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
75	136 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
76	139 (2)	Sep 12	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	140	Sep 13 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	141	Sep 14	BSN	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	142	Sep 15	BSN	@	STL	L,1-10	GS	35	6.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
80	144 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
81	145	Sep 18	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	146	Sep 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
83	147	Sep 22	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
84	148	Sep 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
85	149	Sep 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
86	150	Sep 25 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	152 (1)	Sep 26	BSN		BRO	L,5-15	GS	26	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
88	153	Sep 27	BSN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
89	154	Sep 29	BSN		NYG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	155	Sep 30	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
							90gm		730.1	367	57	8	432	9