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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	W,9-5	GS	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
3	4 (1)	Apr 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	5	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,16-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	6	Apr 25 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	8 (1)	Apr 26	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	9	Apr 27	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	12 (2)	May 1	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	13	May 2	NYG		BSN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
10	14	May 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	57 (42)	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	59 (1)	Jun 25	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	60	Jun 26	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	61	Jun 27	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	62	Jun 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-3	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	63	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	64	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	65	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	66	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	67	Jul 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,12-13	CG	48	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	68	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	GS	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	70 (1)	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
23	71	Jul 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	72	Jul 9	NYG		BRO	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
25	73	Jul 10	NYG		BRO	L,10-15	GS	48	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
26	74	Jul 11	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	75	Jul 15 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
28	77 (1)	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	78	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
30	80 (1)	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,14-2	GS	23	6.0	1	0	1	2	0
31	81	Jul 21	NYG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	82	Jul 22 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
33	84 (1)	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	85	Jul 24 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
35	87 (1)	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	88	Jul 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,13-4	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	89	Jul 27	NYG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	90	Jul 28	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
39	91	Jul 29	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	92	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	93	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,14-9	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	94	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	95	Aug 2	NYG		STL	L,5-21	GS	39	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	96	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-7	GS	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	98 (1)	Aug 6	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
46	99	Aug 7	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	GS	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
47	100	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	101	Aug 8 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	102	Aug 10	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	103	Aug 11	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	105 (1)	Aug 14	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
52	106	Aug 15 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	GS	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	107	Aug 15 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	108	Aug 17	NYG		BSN	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	109	Aug 18	NYG		BSN	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	110	Aug 21	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
57	111	Aug 22 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,9-4	GS	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	112	Aug 22 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	115 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	116	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.1	4	2	0	6	0
61	117	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	6	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
62	118	Aug 28 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	45	8.1	7	0	0	7	0
63	119	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	122 (2)	Sep 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
65	123	Sep 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	124	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	126 (1)	Sep 4	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	127	Sep 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	50	11.2	7	0	0	7	0
69	128	Sep 6 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	45	11.0	5	1	0	6	1
70	129	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	130	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	131	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-6	GF	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	132	Sep 8	NYG		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	133	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
75	134	Sep 11 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	GS	42	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
76	135	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	136	Sep 12	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	137	Sep 13	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							79gm		614.0	307	21	7	335	3