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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,4-5	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 18	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	7 (1)	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	10 (2)	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	2	7	0
6	11	Apr 26 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
7	12	Apr 26 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	GF	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	13	Apr 28	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	14	Apr 29	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	17 (2)	May 2	STL		BSN	L,0-1	CG	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	19 (1)	May 3 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	26	6.0	6	1	0	7	0
12	20	May 5	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	47	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	23 (2)	May 9	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
14	24	May 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
15	26 (1)	May 12	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
16	29 (2)	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	30	May 17 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
18	31	May 17 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
19	32	May 18	STL	@	NYG	W,16-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
20	33	May 19	STL	@	NYG	W,8-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	34	May 20	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	36 (1)	May 24 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
23	37	May 24 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	38	May 25	STL	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	39	May 26	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	40	May 27	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	41	May 28	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	6	2	0	8	1
28	42	May 30 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
29	44 (1)	May 31	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	45	Jun 2	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	46	Jun 3	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	47	Jun 4	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	48	Jun 5	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
34	49	Jun 7 (1)	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	50	Jun 7 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	53 (2)	Jun 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	54	Jun 16	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
38	55	Jun 17	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
39	56	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	58 (1)	Jun 20	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	59	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-0	GS	25	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
42	60	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	62 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
44	63	Jun 25	STL	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	65 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	66	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	67	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
48	69 (1)	Jul 3	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	70	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
50	73 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
51	74	Jul 9	STL		NYG	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	76 (1)	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
53	77	Jul 12 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	78	Jul 12 (2)	STL		BSN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	79	Jul 14	STL		BSN	W,7-5	GF	12	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	80	Jul 15 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
57	83 (2)	Jul 17	STL		PHI	W,10-1	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	84	Jul 18 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	85	Jul 18 (2)	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
60	86	Jul 19 (1)	STL		BRO	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
61	87	Jul 19 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	88	Jul 21	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
63	89	Jul 22	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
64	91 (1)	Jul 24	STL	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	92	Jul 25	STL	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	94 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	95	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	97 (1)	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	28	6.1	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	98	Aug 1 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	100 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	101	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	102	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	103	Aug 5	STL	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
74	104	Aug 7	STL	@	PIT	L,6-13	GS	31	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	105	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	64	16.0	6	1	0	7	1
76	106	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
77	108 (1)	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
78	109	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	110	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
80	113 (2)	Aug 14	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	114	Aug 16 (1)	STL		CIN	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	115	Aug 16 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
83	116	Aug 17	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	117	Aug 18	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
85	118	Aug 19	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	119	Aug 21	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	120	Aug 22	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	121	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
89	123 (1)	Aug 24	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	124	Aug 25	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	51	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	125	Aug 26	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	126	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
93	127	Aug 28 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
94	129 (1)	Aug 29	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
95	130	Aug 30 (1)	STL		BSN	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
96	131	Aug 30 (2)	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	132	Sep 1	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
98	133	Sep 2	STL		NYG	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	134	Sep 3	STL		NYG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
100	135	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
101	137 (1)	Sep 6	STL	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	138	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-11	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	140 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	141	Sep 11	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	142	Sep 12	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
106	143	Sep 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	4	0	1	5	0
107	146 (2)	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	7	0	0	7	0
108	147	Sep 16	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
109	148	Sep 17	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	149	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
111	151 (1)	Sep 21	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
112	152	Sep 22	STL		PIT	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
113	153	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	154	Sep 24	STL		CIN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
115	155	Sep 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
							115gm		976.0	519	62	17	598	6