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.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 20	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 23 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,3-10	CG	46	8.0	4	0	3	7	0
6	7	Apr 26	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	GF	6	1.2	2	0	0	2	0
7	8	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	9	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12 (2)	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	15 (2)	May 6	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	20 (4)	May 12	STL		BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	21	May 13	STL		BRO	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	22	May 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
14	23	May 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	25 (1)	May 16 susp	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
16	26	May 17	STL		BSN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	28 (1)	May 19	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	31 (2)	May 21 (2)	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
19	32	May 26	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	33	May 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
21	34	May 28 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
22	36 (1)	May 29	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS	13	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
23	38 (1)	May 30 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	39	May 31	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	41 (1)	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	42	Jun 3	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
27	44 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	46 (1)	Jun 10	STL	@	CIN	W,18-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	47	Jun 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	48	Jun 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	50 (1)	Jun 14	STL		CHC	W,10-9	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	51	Jun 17	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
33	53 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	54	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	57 (2)	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
36	58	Jun 24	STL	@	PIT	W,16-0	GS	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
37	59	Jun 25 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
38	60	Jun 25 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	61	Jun 28	STL		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
40	62	Jun 29	STL		PHI	L,0-1	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	63	Jun 30	STL		PHI	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	66 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
44	72 (4)	Jul 8	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
45	73	Jul 9 (1)	STL		BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
46	75 (1)	Jul 13	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	76	Jul 14	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	78 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	81 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
50	84 (2)	Jul 22	STL	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	85	Jul 23 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	86	Jul 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	87	Jul 24	STL	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	88	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	W,9-0	GS	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
55	89	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	47	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
56	91 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	93 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	94	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	95	Jul 30 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-7	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	97 (1)	Aug 1	STL	@	BRO	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	99 (1)	Aug 3	STL	@	PIT	W,15-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	100	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
63	101	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	16	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	102	Aug 9	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
65	103	Aug 10	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	105 (1)	Aug 12	STL		PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	106	Aug 13 (1)	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	109 (2)	Aug 15	STL		BRO	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	111 (1)	Aug 17	STL		NYG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	113 (1)	Aug 19	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	114	Aug 20 (1)	STL		BSN	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	116 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
73	118 (1)	Aug 23	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	119	Aug 24	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	120	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
76	122 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	STL		PIT	T,1-1	CG	38	10.0	7	2	0	9	0
77	123	Aug 28	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
78	124	Aug 29	STL		CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	125	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	9	3	0	12	1
80	126	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	2	1	1	4	0
81	127	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
82	130 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	132 (1)	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
84	133	Sep 9	STL		CHC	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	135 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	136	Sep 12 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
87	137	Sep 12 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
88	139 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
89	140	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	142 (1)	Sep 16	STL	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	145 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
92	148 (2)	Sep 23	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	149	Sep 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	68	16.0	8	1	0	9	0
94	152 (2)	Sep 26	STL	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
95	153	Sep 27	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	155 (1)	Sep 29	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	3	1	0	4	0
97	157 (1)	Oct 1 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	0	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
							97gm		819.0	442	40	10	492	7