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	36-30 / in Starts: 28-16
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	44 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 14 bases loaded PA and 14 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 215 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	174 (82-54-38) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 215 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	142 (73-45-23)

Most Driven In
E Slaughter	3
J Mize	3
J Brown	3
M Marion	2
T Moore	1
Self	1
D Padgett	1
J Hopp	1

Most Driven In By
F Crespi	6
J Brown	3
T Moore	2
E Koy	1
M Marion	1
Self	1
E Crabtree	1
D Padgett	1

1941 Batting Game Log

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1941 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	7	1	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					6						C
2	8	2	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	2.54	-0.329	7.02	-0.55%	-1.78	C
3	9	3	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	W,7-6	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	6	2.37	-0.115	7.29	-0.21%	-0.46	C
4	10	4	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	6	.92	0.116	3.02	0.23%	0.87	C
5	11	5	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,10-11	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.533	.933	6	1.49	0.067	4.78	0.13%	2.06	C
6	12	6	Apr 22	STL		PIT	W,9-8	CG(12)	6	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.450	.450	.550	1.000	6	1.64	0.101	4.58	0.17%	0.40	C
7	13	7	Apr 23	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.458	.833	6	.85	-0.092	2.48	-0.16%	-1.27	C
8	14	8	Apr 24	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.429	.786	6	1.06	-0.067	3.45	-0.13%	-0.39	C
9	15	9	Apr 25	STL		CIN	W,8-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.394	.727	6	.56	0.003	1.79	0.01%	0.10	C
10	16	13 (3)	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	W,6-4	GS-9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.351	.368	.405	.774	6	.80	0.092	3.24	0.22%	1.39	C
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
11	17	17 (3)	May 4	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.357	.390	.747	6	1.95	-0.037	8.85	-0.10%	-0.09	C
12	18	19 (1)	May 6	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.372	.405	.777	9	1.05	0.044	4.97	0.13%	0.37	PH
13	19	20	May 7	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.362	.378	.739	6	1.25	0.006	7.40	0.02%	-0.16	C
14	20	21	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.354	.370	.724	8	2.31	-0.064	13.26	-0.22%	-0.23	C
15	21	22	May 11	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.300	.327	.340	.667	6	1.76	-0.258	7.54	-0.66%	-2.65	C
16	22	24 (1)	May 13	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.278	.304	.315	.618	6	1.14	0.013	5.45	0.04%	-0.52	C
17	23	25	May 15	STL		BSN	L,3-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.295	.293	.588	6	1.35	-0.169	5.90	-0.44%	-1.29	C
18	24	27 (1)	May 17	STL		BSN	L,3-6	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.290	.288	.578	9	.51	-0.013	2.26	-0.04%	-0.16	PH
19	25	28	May 18	STL		PHI	W,6-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.281	.279	.560	6	1.10	-0.037	4.68	-0.09%	-0.46	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
20	26	78 (49)	Jul 12	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.277	.274	.551	9	6.35	-0.275	29.38	-0.76%	-1.55	PH
21	27	79	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.242	.275	.288	.563	7	.43	0.123	2.01	0.35%	0.54	C
22	28	85 (5)	Jul 19	STL	@	BSN	L,6-10	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.286	.299	.584	9	.18	0.007	.95	0.02%	0.94	PH
23	29	86	Jul 20 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.296	.309	.605	8	1.06	0.019	5.43	0.06%	-0.13	PH C
24	30	87	Jul 20 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.264	.293	.306	.599	8						C
25	31	89 (1)	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG(12)	5	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.325	.351	.676	8	1.98	0.060	11.66	0.21%	1.20	C
26	32	90	Jul 24	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.333	.358	.691	8	2.22	0.082	12.46	0.28%	0.79	C
27	33	91	Jul 25	STL		BSN	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.357	.690	7	.06	0.000	.31	0.00%	-0.20	C
28	34	92	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,9-2	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.337	.353	.690	8	.03	-0.002	.17	-0.01%	-0.05	C
29	35	93	Jul 27 (1)	STL		BSN	L,10-12	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.322	.351	.378	.729	7						C
30	36	95 (1)	Jul 29	STL		BRO	T,7-7	6-GF(12)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.347	.366	.713	8	2.01	-0.197	20.72	-1.22%	-0.63	PH C
31	37	96	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.347	.366	.713	8						C
32	38	97	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,5-9	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.340	.358	.698	8	.87	-0.047	8.83	-0.29%	-0.60	C
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
33	39	98	Aug 1	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.300	.333	.350	.683	7						C
34	40	101 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.330	.346	.676	7	.43	0.035	2.56	0.13%	-0.56	C
35	41	103 (1)	Aug 5	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.319	.333	.652	7	.53	-0.052	3.22	-0.19%	-0.72	C
36	42	104	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.284	.316	.330	.646	9	1.26	-0.055	7.62	-0.20%	-1.16	PH C
37	43	106 (1)	Aug 9	STL		PIT	L,4-5	8-GF(13)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.308	.321	.629	8	4.17	-0.331	27.10	-1.29%	-1.38	PH C
38	44	108 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.314	.330	.644	7	1.09	-0.061	7.26	-0.25%	-0.33	C
39	45	110 (1)	Aug 12	STL		CHC	W,8-7	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.314	.330	.644	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR C
40	46	112 (1)	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.311	.328	.639	9	1.26	-0.036	8.62	-0.15%	-0.31	PH
41	47	113	Aug 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.267	.307	.317	.624	7	.31	0.080	2.03	0.32%	0.57	C
42	48	115 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.266	.305	.315	.620	7	.63	-0.070	4.24	-0.28%	-0.80	C
43	49	117 (1)	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.311	.320	.631	7	.91	0.017	6.34	0.07%	0.06	C
44	50	118	Aug 22	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.311	.320	.631	8						C
45	51	119	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.317	.328	.645	6	.57	0.035	4.01	0.15%	0.22	C
46	52	120	Aug 24 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.315	.333	.648	6	.64	-0.012	9.26	-0.10%	-0.83	C
47	53	122 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.313	.331	.643	8	.02	0.000	.31	0.00%	-0.10	C
48	54	123	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.304	.321	.625	6	1.42	-0.138	20.73	-1.21%	-1.17	C
49	55	124	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.301	.338	.639	5	1.27	-0.121	10.27	-0.59%	-0.29	C
50	56	125	Aug 28	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.316	.349	.665	5	.41	0.074	3.38	0.36%	0.90	C
51	57	126	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.276	.317	.349	.665	6	1.29	-0.044	10.75	-0.22%	-0.37	C
52	58	127	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.269	.309	.340	.649	6	1.18	0.135	9.70	0.67%	0.92	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
53	59	128	Sep 1 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.269	.308	.344	.651	5	1.72	-0.048	13.93	-0.23%	-0.63	C
54	60	129	Sep 1 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-3	7-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.308	.344	.651	8						C
55	61	130	Sep 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.264	.302	.337	.640	6	1.27	-0.150	11.34	-0.81%	-1.43	C
56	62	131	Sep 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.301	.335	.636	8	1.25	-0.031	11.36	-0.17%	-0.09	C
57	63	132	Sep 6	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.294	.327	.621	5	1.03	-0.107	9.48	-0.59%	-0.89	C
58	64	134 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.293	.326	.618	6	.90	-0.055	8.30	-0.30%	-0.53	C
59	65	135	Sep 10 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.318	.605	6	1.61	-0.165	13.51	-0.83%	-1.89	C
60	66	141 (5)	Sep 14 (2)	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG(10)	6	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.298	.324	.622	5	2.68	0.314	30.98	2.18%	0.67	C
61	67	142	Sep 16	STL		NYG	T,1-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.297	.322	.620	6	1.33	-0.038	14.37	-0.25%	-0.78	C
62	68	145 (2)	Sep 18	STL		BSN	L,1-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.296	.321	.617	8	.18	-0.005	2.50	-0.04%	-0.11	PR C
63	69	147 (1)	Sep 20	STL		CHC	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.290	.314	.604	6	.71	-0.076	11.04	-0.71%	-1.01	C
64	70	148	Sep 21 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.291	.314	.605	7	1.15	-0.019	14.03	-0.14%	-0.01	C
65	71	150 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.289	.313	.602	8	.17	-0.004	2.83	-0.04%	-0.10	C
66	72	153 (2)	Sep 25	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.293	.313	.605	7	.42	0.023	4.47	0.15%	0.12	C
67	73	154	Sep 27	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.245	.292	.316	.608	6	.73	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.02	C
68	74	155	Sep 28	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.291	.315	.606	6	.80	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.30	C
							36-30		215	200	19	49	9	1	1	20	13	4	14	0	2		5	8	1	0	.245	.291	.315	.606		1.22	-1.889	8.12	-7.61%	-16.26

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