Walker Cooper
William Walker Cooper (Walk)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 8, 1915 in Atherton, MO
High School: Chrisman (Independence, MO)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1940
Final Game: September 20, 1957
Died: April 11, 1991 in Scottsdale, AZ
Relatives: Brother of Mort Cooper and Father-In-Law of Don Blasingame
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1940 STL NL 25 C 6 23 19 4 0 0 1.000 3.83 .978 4.05 0
1941 STL NL 26 C 63 296 247 39 10 11 .966 4.54 .983 4.06 3
1942 STL NL 27 C 115 598 519 62 17 6 .972 5.05 .979 4.28 8 AS,MVP-11
1943 STL NL 28 C 112 567 504 49 14 5 .975 4.94 .981 4.13 9 AS,MVP-2
1944 STL NL 29 C 97 492 442 40 10 7 .980 4.97 .979 3.95 4 AS,MVP-8
1945 STL NL 30 C 4 29 27 1 1 0 .966 7.00 .979 3.82 1
1946 NYG NL 31 C 73 324 277 38 9 3 .972 4.32 .980 4.24 3 AS
1947 NYG NL 32 C 132 625 561 51 13 8 .979 4.64 .981 4.37 5 AS,MVP-18
1948 NYG NL 33 C 79 335 307 21 7 3 .979 4.15 .980 4.41 4 AS
1949 TOT NL 34 C 117 536 464 61 11 5 .979 4.49 .982 4.39 15 AS
1949 NYG NL 34 C 40 169 148 18 3 2 .982 4.15 .982 4.39 4
1949 CIN NL 34 C 77 367 316 43 8 3 .978 4.66 .982 4.39 11
1950 TOT NL 35 C 101 516 448 54 14 9 .973 4.97 .982 4.53 6 AS
1950 CIN NL 35 C 13 71 62 7 2 0 .972 5.31 .982 4.53 1
1950 BSN NL 35 C 88 445 386 47 12 9 .973 4.92 .982 4.53 5
1951 BSN NL 36 C 90 432 367 57 8 9 .981 4.71 .981 4.43 8
1952 BSN NL 37 C 89 480 417 55 8 8 .983 5.30 .984 4.84 5 MVP-40
1953 MLN NL 38 C 35 174 165 6 3 1 .983 4.89 .984 4.66 0
1954 TOT NL 39 C 50 44 379.0 232 196 31 5 4 .978 0.0 0.0 0 5.39 4.54 .986 5.36 4.57 4 6 10 8 44%
1954 PIT NL 39 C 2 1 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.91 3.00 .983 5.40 4.55 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 39 C 48 43 368.0 226 190 31 5 4 .978 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 4.60 .986 5.36 4.57 4 6 10 8 44%
1955 CHC NL 40 C 31 21 202.2 103 88 11 4 1 .961 0.0 0.0 0 4.40 3.19 .987 5.65 4.82 1 2 5 3 38%
1956 STL NL 41 C 16 12 112.0 61 56 4 1 0 .984 -4.0 -42.9 -4 4.82 3.75 .985 5.83 5.01 2 9 5 0 0%
1957 STL NL 42 C 13 12 101.2 70 62 5 3 0 .957 -1.0 -11.8 -1 5.93 5.15 .989 5.98 4.99 1 4 2 1 33%
18 Seasons C 1223 89 795.1 5893 5166 589 138 80 .977 -5.0 -7.5 -5 65.12 4.71 .982 5.58 4.38 79 21 22 12 35%
18 Seasons TOT 1223 89 795.1 5893 5166 589 138 80 .977 -5.0 -7.5 -5 65.12 4.71 .958 5.58 4.38 79 21 22 12 35%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1940 STL NL 25 6 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 STL NL 26 68 68 68 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 STL NL 27 125 125 125 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 STL NL 28 122 122 122 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 STL NL 29 112 112 112 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 STL NL 30 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 NYG NL 31 87 87 87 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NYG NL 32 140 140 140 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 NYG NL 33 91 91 91 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CIN NL 34 82 82 82 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYG NL 34 42 42 42 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BSN NL 35 102 102 102 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CIN NL 35 15 15 15 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BSN NL 36 109 109 109 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BSN NL 37 102 102 102 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MLN NL 38 53 53 53 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 39 57 43 57 57 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1954 PIT NL 39 14 1 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1955 CHC NL 40 54 21 54 54 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1956 STL NL 41 40 12 40 40 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1957 STL NL 42 48 12 48 48 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
18 Seasons 1473 89 1473 1473 0 1223 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 CHC NL 39 1127 5.09 5.49 15 100% 0 0 129 11 1 2 115 19 4 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 100%
1954 PIT NL 39 41 5.00 6.00 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHC NL 40 517 5.43 5.83 7 100% 0 0 55 4 0 2 49 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 41 500 4.42 4.74 6 100% 0 0 57 6 0 1 50 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 42 450 4.16 4.69 5 80% 0 0 62 3 0 0 58 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2635 4.87 5.28 33 97% 0 0 308 24 1 5 277 33 8 0 0 9 6 1 1 4 1 4 0 1 1 2 100%
MLB Averages 3.95 4.45 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 CHC NL 39 2 6 432 10 8 8 44% 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 10 1.97 0.94
1954 PIT NL 39 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHC NL 40 1 2 184 5 3 2 38% 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 3 1.30 1.54
1956 STL NL 41 2 9 174 5 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 1.85
1957 STL NL 42 1 4 178 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 1.77 1.30
4 Seasons 6 21 985 22 12 11 35% 19 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 63 16 1.77 1.12
MLB Averages 45% 1.17 1.16

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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