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	19-29 / in Starts: 10-2
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	23 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	67 (32-24-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (27-16-8)

Most Driven In
Self	3
W Moon	1
D Blasingame	1
D Ennis	1
E Kasko	1
J Cunningham	1
K Boyer	1
A Dark	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
D Blasingame	2
A Dark	1
E Kasko	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	1426	5 (4)	Apr 22	STL		CIN	L,6-10	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	1.400	2.000	7	.60	0.074	1.48	0.11%	1.63	C
2	1427	8 (2)	Apr 28 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.778	1.111	7	.46	-0.050	.86	-0.06%	-0.74	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
3	1428	11 (2)	May 1	STL	@	PIT	W,9-2	8-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	1.000	1.364	7	.33	0.081	.78	0.12%	1.28	PH C
4	1429	12	May 2	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	13-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.917	1.250	9	1.36	-0.035	4.04	-0.06%	-0.11	PH
5	1430	19 (6)	May 10	STL		MLN	L,5-10	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.923	1.308	9	.11	0.005	.37	0.01%	0.51	PH
6	1431	22 (2)	May 12 (2)	STL		MLN	L,4-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.357	.357	.857	1.214	9	.11	-0.003	.32	-0.01%	-0.52	PH
7	1432	23	May 14	STL		NYG	L,3-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.857	1.257	9	2.57	0.092	5.13	0.11%	0.39	PH
8	1433	27 (3)	May 18	STL		PHI	L,5-7	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.800	1.175	9	1.80	-0.049	3.51	-0.06%	-0.36	PH
9	1434	28	May 19	STL		BRO	L,3-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.750	1.103	9	3.63	-0.107	6.71	-0.12%	-0.60	PH
10	1435	29	May 20	STL		BRO	L,4-10	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.389	.750	1.139	8	.25	0.008	.39	0.01%	0.33	PH
11	1436	37 (7)	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.706	1.074	9	.15	-0.004	.31	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
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
12	1437	40 (2)	Jun 2	STL	@	MLN	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.350	.667	1.017	9	4.50	-0.225	9.25	-0.28%	-1.08	PH
13	1438	47 (6)	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-7	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.375	.682	1.057	7	.47	0.057	1.19	0.09%	0.80	C
14	1439	60 (12)	Jun 22	STL		BRO	L,4-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.400	.696	1.096	9	3.44	0.143	19.82	0.49%	0.61	PH
15	1440	63 (2)	Jun 26	STL		PHI	L,3-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.385	.667	1.051	9	1.07	-0.041	5.66	-0.13%	-0.90	PH
16	1441	65 (1)	Jun 28	STL		NYG	L,1-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.407	.680	1.087	9	.90	0.046	4.44	0.14%	0.38	PH
17	1442	66	Jun 29	STL		NYG	L,0-1	11-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.393	.654	1.047	9	6.39	-0.158	28.89	-0.43%	-0.77	PH
18	1443	67	Jun 30 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.379	.630	1.009	9	1.54	-0.044	6.25	-0.11%	-0.23	PH
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
19	1444	72 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.367	.607	.974	4	.33	-0.008	1.44	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
20	1445	74 (1)	Jul 5	STL		CIN	W,4-3	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.355	.586	.941	2	2.25	-0.057	13.46	-0.21%	-0.23	PH
21	1446	78 (3)	Jul 11	STL	@	NYG	L,0-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.344	.567	.910	9	3.05	-0.085	17.89	-0.30%	-0.35	PH
22	1447	80 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.290	.333	.548	.882	9	1.07	-0.048	7.50	-0.20%	-0.75	PH
23	1448	85 (4)	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,9-10	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.324	.531	.855	3	4.49	-0.117	27.46	-0.43%	-0.45	PH
24	1449	88 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.324	.531	.855	9						PH
25	1450	90 (1)	Jul 23	STL		BRO	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.515	.829	9	1.84	-0.046	11.65	-0.17%	-0.16	PH
26	1451	96 (5)	Jul 28 (2)	STL		PIT	W,9-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.515	.848	9	3.82	0.004	20.92	0.01%	0.11	PH
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
27	1452	103 (6)	Aug 4 (1)	STL		PHI	L,4-5	11-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.324	.500	.824	5	4.36	-0.111	32.05	-0.49%	-0.43	PH
28	1453	106 (2)	Aug 7	STL		CHC	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.257	.316	.486	.802	7	6.02	-0.297	39.69	-1.18%	-1.57	PH
29	1454	109 (2)	Aug 10	STL		MLN	L,0-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.500	.833	9	.01	0.000	.08	0.00%	0.13	PH
30	1455	110	Aug 11	STL		MLN	L,1-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.270	.325	.486	.811	9	.26	0.009	1.73	0.04%	0.21	PH
31	1456	114 (3)	Aug 16	STL	@	MLN	W,6-2	GS-7	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.318	.488	.806	5	.69	0.169	1.89	0.28%	1.20	C
32	1457	115	Aug 17	STL	@	MLN	L,4-5	11-11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.268	.311	.488	.799	9	4.61	0.147	17.10	0.33%	0.19	PH
33	1458	116	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,8-6	CG(10)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234	.275	.426	.700	5	.94	-0.151	2.50	-0.24%	-1.84	C
34	1459	119 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.273	.451	.724	6	.63	-0.032	2.13	-0.07%	-0.23	C
35	1460	120	Aug 21	STL	@	NYG	L,6-13	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.268	.442	.710	9	.02	0.000	.07	0.00%	-0.16	PH
36	1461	123 (2)	Aug 24	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.283	.464	.748	6	1.17	0.022	3.29	0.04%	0.82	C
37	1462	124	Aug 25	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.295	.474	.769	9	.98	0.047	3.04	0.09%	0.39	PH
38	1463	125	Aug 27	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.290	.466	.756	9	2.74	-0.076	6.27	-0.10%	-0.22	PH
39	1464	127 (1)	Aug 30	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.308	.483	.791	5	1.65	0.019	2.40	0.02%	0.02	C
40	1465	128	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.290	.453	.743	5	1.36	-0.141	1.86	-0.12%	-1.02	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
41	1466	129	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.286	.446	.732	9	4.62	-0.103	5.79	-0.08%	-0.46	PH
42	1467	130	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-10	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.288	.441	.729	6	1.02	-0.031	2.07	-0.04%	-0.06	C
43	1468	135 (4)	Sep 6	STL		CIN	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.284	.435	.719	9	4.66	-0.110	6.39	-0.09%	-0.29	PH
44	1469	137 (1)	Sep 8	STL		CIN	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.280	.429	.709	3	3.49	-0.099	4.22	-0.07%	-0.32	PH
45	1470	138	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-3	12-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.289	.429	.718	2	5.26	0.010	10.46	0.01%	0.39	PH
46	1471	142 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	STL		PIT	W,9-6	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.313	.486	.799	7	.81	0.106	2.83	0.22%	1.63	C
47	1472	144 (1)	Sep 17	STL		BRO	W,12-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.260	.301	.468	.769	7	1.17	0.013	6.79	0.04%	-0.04	C
48	1473	146 (1)	Sep 20	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.310	.474	.784	9	3.80	0.220	12.14	0.42%	0.76	PH
							19-29		85	78	7	21	5	1	3	10	5	1	10	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	.269	.310	.474	.784		1.53	-0.956	5.30	-2.48%	-2.43

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