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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CIN		CHC	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
2	2	Apr 21	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS	26	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 24	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	6	Apr 26	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	8 (1)	Apr 29	CIN		PIT	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	9	Apr 30 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	11 (1)	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	12	May 4	CIN		BSN	L,6-12	GF	7	1.0	0	0	2	2	0	PH C
10	13	May 5	CIN		BSN	L,1-13	GS	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	15 (1)	May 7 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	16	May 7 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	17	May 8	CIN		PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Boston Braves
14	23	May 13	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	24	May 14	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	25	May 16	BSN		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
17	27 (1)	May 20	BSN		STL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
18	28	May 21 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
19	29	May 21 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	30	May 23	BSN		CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
21	31	May 24	BSN		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	32	May 26	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
23	33	May 27	BSN		BRO	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	34	May 28	BSN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	35	May 30 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	36	May 30 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	37	Jun 1	BSN	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	38	Jun 2	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	39	Jun 3	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	40	Jun 4 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	42 (1)	Jun 6	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	43	Jun 7	BSN	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
33	44	Jun 8	BSN	@	STL	L,6-18	GS	33	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	45	Jun 9	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	46	Jun 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,10-13	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
36	47	Jun 11 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	49	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	49 (1)	Jun 13	BSN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	50	Jun 15 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	51	Jun 15 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
40	52	Jun 16	BSN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	53	Jun 17	BSN		PIT	W,15-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	54	Jun 18 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
43	55	Jun 18 (2)	BSN		PIT	T,8-8	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	56	Jun 19	BSN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	57	Jun 20	BSN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
46	59 (1)	Jun 23	BSN		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
47	60	Jun 24	BSN		STL	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	61	Jun 25	BSN		STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	62	Jun 27	BSN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	63	Jun 28	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
51	64	Jun 29	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	65	Jun 30	BSN	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	66	Jul 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
54	67	Jul 2 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,11-5	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	82 (14)	Jul 18	BSN	@	PIT	W,11-3	GS	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	84 (1)	Jul 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	85	Jul 22 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	87 (1)	Jul 23	BSN	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
59	88	Jul 25	BSN		PIT	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	89	Jul 26	BSN		PIT	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
61	90	Jul 27	BSN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
62	92 (1)	Jul 29	BSN		CIN	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	94 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	95	Jul 31	BSN		STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	96	Aug 1	BSN		STL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	98 (1)	Aug 3	BSN		STL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	99	Aug 4	BSN		CHC	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	101 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	102	Aug 6 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-9	GS	26	5.0	5	0	2	7	0
70	103	Aug 7	BSN		NYG	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
71	104	Aug 8	BSN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
72	106 (1)	Aug 10	BSN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
73	107	Aug 11	BSN		BRO	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	108	Aug 12	BSN		BRO	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	109	Aug 13	BSN		BRO	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	C
76	110	Aug 15	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	111	Aug 16	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
78	112	Aug 18	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	113	Aug 21	BSN	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	114	Aug 22	BSN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
81	116 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
82	118 (1)	Aug 25	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	119	Aug 26	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
84	121 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	122	Aug 29	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	124 (1)	Aug 31	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-19	GS	31	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	125	Sep 1	BSN		PHI	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	127 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	3	11	0	C
89	129 (1)	Sep 6	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
90	130	Sep 7	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
91	131	Sep 8	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
92	132	Sep 9	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	3	2	0	5	1	C
93	133	Sep 10	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	134	Sep 12	BSN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
95	136 (1)	Sep 14	BSN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
96	138 (1)	Sep 16	BSN		PIT	L,0-4	GS	33	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
97	140 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	141	Sep 19	BSN		STL	W,8-7	GS	0	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	144 (2)	Sep 23	BSN		NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
100	145	Sep 24	BSN		NYG	L,4-12	GS	26	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
101	150 (4)	Sep 27 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS	17	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	C
							101gm		833.1	448	54	14	516	9