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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
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 Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1940 25 STL NL 6 21 19 3 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 .316 .381 .368 .749 103 7 0 0 0 /2
1941 26 STL NL 68 215 200 19 49 9 1 1 20 1 13 14 .245 .291 .315 .606 66 63 7 0 2 2
1942 27 STL NL 125 474 438 58 123 32 7 7 65 4 29 29 .281 .327 .434 .761 115 190 18 1 6 *2 AS,MVP-11
1943 28 STL NL 122 476 449 52 143 30 4 9 81 1 19 19 .318 .349 .463 .812 129 208 13 2 6 *2 AS,MVP-2
1944 29 STL NL 112 426 397 56 126 25 5 13 72 4 20 19 .317 .352 .504 .855 137 200 15 1 8 2 AS,MVP-8
1945 30 STL NL 4 18 18 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .389 .389 .389 .778 114 7 0 0 0 /2
1946 31 NYG NL 87 300 280 29 75 10 1 8 46 0 17 12 .268 .310 .396 .706 99 111 10 0 3 2 AS
1947 32 NYG NL 140 546 515 79 157 24 8 35 122 2 24 43 .305 .339 .586 .926 141 302 13 3 4 *2 AS,MVP-18
1948 33 NYG NL 91 322 290 40 77 12 0 16 54 1 28 29 .266 .332 .472 .805 115 137 14 1 3 2 AS
1949 34 TOT NL 124 488 454 48 117 13 4 20 83 0 28 32 .258 .308 .436 .744 97 198 19 5 1 *2 AS
1949 34 NYG NL 42 157 147 14 31 4 2 4 21 0 7 8 .211 .261 .347 .608 62 51 10 3 0 2
1949 34 CIN NL 82 331 307 34 86 9 2 16 62 0 21 24 .280 .330 .479 .809 113 147 9 2 1 2
1950 35 TOT NL 117 420 384 55 120 22 3 14 64 1 30 31 .313 .367 .495 .862 129 190 9 3 3 2 AS
1950 35 CIN NL 15 47 47 3 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 .191 .191 .255 .447 16 12 1 0 0 2
1950 35 BSN NL 102 373 337 52 111 19 3 14 60 1 30 26 .329 .389 .528 .917 145 178 8 3 3 2
1951 36 BSN NL 109 372 342 42 107 14 1 18 59 1 1 28 18 .313 .367 .518 .884 142 177 10 1 1 2
1952 37 BSN NL 102 375 349 33 82 12 1 10 55 1 0 22 32 .235 .282 .361 .643 79 126 7 1 3 2 MVP-40
1953 38 MLN NL 53 151 137 12 30 6 0 3 16 1 0 12 15 .219 .287 .328 .615 64 45 6 1 1 2
1954 39 TOT NL 71 198 173 21 52 12 2 7 33 0 0 23 24 .301 .389 .514 .903 133 89 8 2 0 0 2
1954 39 PIT NL 14 17 15 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .294 .333 .627 65 5 1 0 0 0 /2
1954 39 CHC NL 57 181 158 21 49 10 2 7 32 0 0 21 23 .310 .398 .532 .929 140 84 7 2 0 0 2
1955 40 CHC NL 54 119 111 11 31 8 1 7 15 0 0 6 19 .279 .322 .559 .881 129 62 3 1 1 0 1 2
1956 41 STL NL 40 72 68 5 18 5 1 2 14 0 0 3 8 .265 .296 .456 .752 99 31 2 0 1 0 1 2
1957 42 STL NL 48 85 78 7 21 5 1 3 10 0 0 5 10 .269 .310 .474 .784 106 37 6 0 1 1 1 2
18 Seasons 1473 5078 4702 573 1341 240 40 173 812 18 1 309 357 .285 .332 .464 .796 116 2180 160 22 44 1 3
162 Game Avg. 162 558 517 63 147 26 4 19 89 2 34 39 .285 .332 .464 .796 116 240 18 2 5
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
STL (8 yrs) 525 1787 1667 203 493 107 19 35 265 11 0 91 102 .296 .334 .446 .779 116 743 61 4 24 1 2
NYG (4 yrs) 360 1325 1232 162 340 50 11 63 243 3 76 92 .276 .322 .488 .809 116 601 47 7 10
MLN (4 yrs) 366 1271 1165 139 330 51 5 45 190 4 1 92 91 .283 .339 .452 .790 115 526 31 6 8
CHC (2 yrs) 111 300 269 32 80 18 3 14 47 0 0 27 42 .297 .368 .543 .911 136 146 10 3 1 0 1
CIN (2 yrs) 97 378 354 37 95 12 2 16 66 0 21 29 .268 .313 .449 .762 101 159 10 2 1
PIT (1 yr) 14 17 15 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .294 .333 .627 65 5 1 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 27 STL NL WS NYY W 5 21 21 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .333 .619 7 0 0 0 0 0
1943 28 STL NL WS NYY L 5 18 17 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .294 .294 .294 .588 5 1 0 1 0 0
1944 29 STL NL WS SLB W 6 26 22 1 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 .318 .400 .500 .900 11 1 0 1 0 2
3 Seasons (3 Series) 16 65 60 5 18 3 1 0 6 0 1 3 4 .300 .333 .383 .717 23 2 0 2 0 2
3 WS 16 65 60 5 18 3 1 0 6 0 1 3 4 .300 .333 .383 .717 23 2 0 2 0 2

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942 (C)
1943 (C)
1944 (C)
1946 (C)
1947 (C)
1948 (C)
1949
1950

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1942-NL-11-8%
1943-NL-2-56%
1944-NL-8-21%
1947-NL-18-6%
1952-NL-40-0%
0.92 Career Shares (260th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1943 NL--.318--3rd
1944 NL--.317--7th
1947 NL--.305--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1942 NL--.434--10th
1943 NL--.463--3rd
1944 NL--.504--6th
1947 NL--.586--3rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1943 NL--.812--7th
1944 NL--.855--10th
1947 NL--.926--5th

Total Bases s c a p y
1947 NL--302--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1942 NL--32--6th
1943 NL--30--8th

Triples s c a p y
1942 NL--7--5th
1947 NL--8--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 NL--13--9th
1947 NL--35--4th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1943 NL--81--5th
1947 NL--122--3rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1943 NL--129--9th
1947 NL--141--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1947 NL--101--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1947 NL--24--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1947 NL--2.4--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1942 NL--46--8th
1947 NL--67--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1943 NL--.681--7th
1947 NL--.688--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 NL--5--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1942 NL--18--3rd
1944 NL--15--7th
1949 NL--19--5th
Career--160--211th

AB per SO s c a p y
1944 NL--20.895--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1944 NL--30.538--8th
1947 NL--14.714--3rd
1949 NL--22.700--6th

Oldest s c a p y
1951 NL--born 1915-01-08--9th
1952 NL--born 1915-01-08--5th
1953 NL--born 1915-01-08--4th
1954 NL--born 1915-01-08--2nd
1955 NL--born 1915-01-08--1st
1956 NL--born 1915-01-08--2nd
1957 NL--born 1915-01-08--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 46 (533), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 74 (248), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (552), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1935 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

January 5, 1946: Purchased by the New York Giants from the St. Louis Cardinals for $175,000.

June 13, 1949: Traded by the New York Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Ray Mueller.

May 10, 1950: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Braves for Connie Ryan.

February 3, 1954: Released by the Milwaukee Braves.

February 9, 1954: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 19, 1954: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December 14, 1955: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

December 15, 1955: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 8, 1956: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 21, 1957: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 15, 1957: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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