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	26-45 / in Starts: 19-25
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	2 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 198 PAs	33
Actual Runners on Base	116 (61-39-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 198 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	127 (66-40-20)

Most Driven In
E Banks	8
Self	6
R Kiner	5
H Sauer	3
R Jackson	3
D Fondy	2
B Skinner	1
G Baker	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
F Baumholtz	4
B Talbot	3
R Jackson	2
H Pollet	2
P Minner	1
G Baker	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 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	1261	2 (1)	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.57	0.009	1.56	0.02%	-0.19	C
2	1262	5 (2)	Apr 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	.02	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.21	PH
3	1263	7 (1)	Apr 20	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	1.04	-0.027	2.26	-0.04%	-0.11	PH
4	1264	10 (2)	Apr 23	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	3.47	-0.088	8.25	-0.13%	-0.24	PH
5	1265	13 (2)	Apr 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	1.36	-0.039	3.04	-0.05%	-0.23	PH
6	1266	16 (2)	Apr 29	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	9						PH
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
7	1267	20 (3)	May 4	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	9	.69	-0.020	1.04	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
8	1268	23 (2)	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	2.70	-0.076	2.67	-0.05%	-0.36	PH
9	1269	25 (1)	May 12	PIT		STL	L,5-13	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	9	.56	0.017	.43	0.01%	0.21	PH
10	1270	26	May 13	PIT		MLN	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.580	9	.56	-0.015	.39	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
11	1271	27	May 14	PIT		MLN	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.417	.774	1	2.30	0.436	1.24	0.14%	1.09	PH
12	1272	29 (1)	May 16 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-12	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.231	.333	.385	.718	1						PH
13	1273	31 (1)	May 17	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.357	.670	9	4.13	-0.094	2.68	-0.04%	-0.48	PH C
14	1274	32	May 18	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.294	.333	.627	7	2.85	-0.124	1.69	-0.04%	-0.91	PH
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs
15	1275	29	May 21	CHC		MLN	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.313	.590	8	4.74	-0.110	12.84	-0.18%	-0.48	PH
16	1276	31 (1)	May 22 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	CG	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.304	.429	.733	7	.85	0.057	1.90	0.08%	1.75	C
17	1277	32	May 23 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.409	.701	9	1.22	-0.031	2.43	-0.04%	-0.17	PH
18	1278	33	May 23 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-9	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.296	.375	.671	7	.22	-0.009	.40	-0.01%	0.05	C
19	1279	35 (1)	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,4-9	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.323	.393	.715	8	.59	-0.052	.99	-0.05%	0.65	C
20	1280	38 (2)	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.379	.692	9	.47	-0.013	.82	-0.01%	-0.45	PH
21	1281	39	May 29	CHC		CIN	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.333	.485	.818	8	.99	0.270	1.43	0.24%	2.96	C
22	1282	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	8-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.324	.471	.795	8	2.44	-0.070	4.53	-0.08%	-0.24	PH
23	1283	42	May 31	CHC		STL	W,14-4	CG(7)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.317	.447	.764	8	.52	0.003	.92	0.00%	-0.39	C
Jun		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
24	1284	45 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.311	.415	.726	7	.55	-0.040	.82	-0.04%	-0.38	C
25	1285	47 (1)	Jun 8	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.306	.422	.728	7	.27	-0.003	.22	0.00%	-0.08	C
26	1286	48	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.244	.320	.422	.742	9						PH
27	1287	49	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,6-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.224	.296	.388	.684	7	.59	-0.081	.46	-0.04%	-2.12	C
28	1288	54 (4)	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.328	.392	.720	8	.39	0.058	.15	0.01%	0.67	C
29	1289	61 (6)	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.344	.415	.759	8	.80	0.089	.03	0.00%	0.70	C
30	1290	64 (2)	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-9	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.369	.491	.860	8	.79	0.179	.01	0.00%	1.41	C
31	1291	65	Jun 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.391	.500	.891	8	.64	0.059	.01	0.00%	0.67	C
32	1292	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.476	.851	8	1.53	-0.232	.01	0.00%	-1.93	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
33	1293	68 (1)	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.382	.500	.882	8	.45	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
34	1294	69	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	.286	.375	.486	.861	8						C
35	1295	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.270	.357	.459	.817	8	.52	-0.065	.01	0.00%	-1.84	C
36	1296	73 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-8	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.365	.467	.831	1	1.37	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.87	PH
37	1297	75 (1)	Jul 7	CHC		MLN	L,0-1	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.375	.461	.836	8	2.05	0.107	.00	0.00%	0.62	C
38	1298	76	Jul 8	CHC		MLN	W,9-8	GS-7	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.391	.525	.916	8	1.80	0.247	.00	0.00%	1.48	C
39	1299	77	Jul 9	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.400	.537	.937	8	.91	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.85	C
40	1300	79 (1)	Jul 11	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.404	.529	.933	8	1.88	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.57	C
41	1301	81 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.408	.528	.936	8	.33	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.29	C
42	1302	83 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,11-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.319	.407	.553	.961	8						C
43	1303	85 (1)	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,6-12	GS-6	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.414	.583	.998	8	1.60	0.305	.00	0.00%	2.78	C
44	1304	88 (2)	Jul 21	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.411	.577	.988	8	2.89	-0.075	.01	0.00%	-0.45	PH C
45	1305	89	Jul 22	CHC		NYG	W,13-5	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.416	.582	.998	1	.29	0.012	.00	0.00%	1.34	C
46	1306	90	Jul 23 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.410	.569	.979	8	.79	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.33	C
47	1307	92 (1)	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.421	.596	1.018	8	.25	0.076	.00	0.00%	1.58	C
48	1308	93	Jul 25 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.416	.579	.995	8	.66	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.70	C
49	1309	94	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.413	.574	.987	8	3.49	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH C
50	1310	95	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.423	.577	1.000	8	1.19	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.16	C
51	1311	98 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.321	.420	.571	.991	8						PH C
52	1312	99	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.328	.422	.569	.991	8						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
53	1313	101 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	.325	.417	.558	.976	5						C
54	1314	104 (2)	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-11	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.417	.552	.969	8	1.07	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.06	C
55	1315	105	Aug 5	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.318	.405	.535	.940	8	1.21	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.01	C
56	1316	106	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.403	.531	.933	9	.36	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
57	1317	107	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.313	.399	.530	.929	8	1.67	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-1.68	C
58	1318	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.395	.522	.917	7	1.08	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.03	C
59	1319	112 (3)	Aug 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.312	.394	.518	.911	8	1.60	0.107	.00	0.00%	0.80	C
60	1320	114 (1)	Aug 14	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.387	.507	.893	7	1.38	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.79	C
61	1321	116 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	6-GF	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.394	.521	.914	8	.28	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.82	PH C
62	1322	121 (4)	Aug 21	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.307	.385	.507	.891	7	.20	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.12	C
63	1323	124 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.384	.500	.884	8	1.00	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
64	1324	126 (1)	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	12-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.301	.382	.497	.878	1	2.32	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
65	1325	128 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.301	.384	.500	.884	8	1.00	-0.085	.00	0.00%	0.17	C
66	1326	130 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,14-2	CG	5	5	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.390	.516	.906	8	.84	0.241	.00	0.00%	3.13	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
67	1327	132 (1)	Sep 1	CHC		BRO	W,9-5	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.392	.518	.911	8	1.08	0.152	.00	0.00%	0.52	C
68	1328	134 (1)	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.311	.396	.518	.914	9						PH
69	1329	139 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.403	.536	.939	8	1.21	0.260	.00	0.00%	2.14	C
70	1330	142 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.306	.395	.524	.918	8						C
71	1331	147 (4)	Sep 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.389	.514	.903	8	1.20	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
							26-45		198	173	21	52	12	2	7	33	23	3	24	2	0	0	5	8	0	0	.301	.389	.514	.903		1.01	1.121	.47	-0.31%	13.02

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