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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Brother of Mort Cooper; Father-In-Law of Don Blasingame

+10

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 22	NYG		BSN	T,6-6	GF	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	9 (4)	Apr 27	NYG		BRO	W,11-8	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	10	Apr 28	NYG		BRO	L,2-15	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	11	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-9	CG	49	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
7	12	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	13	May 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	5	0	0	5	1
9	16 (2)	May 4	NYG		PIT	W,11-4	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	17	May 5	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	3	1	1	5	0
11	18	May 6	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	20 (1)	May 8	NYG		CHC	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
13	21	May 9	NYG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	22	May 11	NYG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	24 (1)	May 13	NYG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	25	May 14	NYG		PHI	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	26	May 15	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	27	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	28	May 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	29	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	30	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	31	May 22 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	32	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	33	May 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	34	May 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
26	35	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	GF	17	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	36	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	37	May 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	60	15.0	11	0	0	11	0
29	39 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	CG	52	13.0	5	2	0	7	0
30	41 (1)	May 31	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	57	14.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	42	Jun 1	NYG		CHC	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
32	43	Jun 2	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	44	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	W,15-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
34	46 (1)	Jun 5	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
35	47	Jun 6	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
36	48	Jun 7	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
37	49	Jun 8	NYG		STL	L,0-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	51 (1)	Jun 10	NYG		PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
39	52	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	53	Jun 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	GF	22	6.0	4	2	0	6	0
				Player went from New York Giants to Cincinnati Reds
41	53	Jun 14	CIN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	54	Jun 17	CIN		BSN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	55	Jun 18	CIN		BSN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
44	56	Jun 19 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
45	57	Jun 19 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,2-3	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
46	58	Jun 21	CIN		BRO	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
47	59	Jun 22	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	60	Jun 23	CIN		BRO	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
49	61	Jun 25	CIN		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	62	Jun 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	64 (1)	Jun 29	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	65	Jun 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	66	Jul 1	CIN	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	67	Jul 2	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	68	Jul 3	CIN	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	69	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
57	71 (1)	Jul 6	CIN		CHC	W,23-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
58	72	Jul 7	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
59	73	Jul 8	CIN		STL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	74	Jul 9	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
61	75	Jul 10 (1)	CIN		STL	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	76	Jul 10 (2)	CIN		STL	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	77	Jul 14	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	7	1	0	8	0
64	78	Jul 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	79	Jul 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	80	Jul 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
67	81	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
68	85 (3)	Jul 21	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	86	Jul 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
70	87	Jul 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	88	Jul 24 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	90 (1)	Jul 26	CIN		BSN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
73	91	Jul 27	CIN		BSN	L,7-9	CG	58	13.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	92	Jul 28	CIN		BSN	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	93	Jul 29	CIN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	95 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	97 (1)	Aug 2	CIN		PHI	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	98	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	99	Aug 4 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	101 (1)	Aug 5	CIN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
81	102	Aug 6	CIN		BRO	W,5-2	GS	32	7.2	4	1	0	5	0
82	105 (2)	Aug 8	CIN	@	STL	L,3-9	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	106	Aug 9	CIN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
84	107	Aug 10	CIN	@	STL	L,0-8	GS	37	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	108	Aug 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
86	109	Aug 14 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	45	11.0	6	3	0	9	0
87	111 (1)	Aug 15	CIN		PIT	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	112	Aug 16	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	113	Aug 17	CIN		STL	L,3-4	CG	55	13.0	6	1	0	7	0
90	114	Aug 19	CIN		CHC	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
91	115	Aug 20	CIN		CHC	W,7-4	GF	7	2.1	2	0	0	2	0
92	116	Aug 21 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	118 (1)	Aug 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	41	10.0	10	0	1	11	0
94	119	Aug 25	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	7	1	1	9	0
95	120	Aug 26	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	8	0	0	8	0
96	122 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	123	Aug 28 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	124	Aug 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	125	Sep 1 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	127 (1)	Sep 3	CIN	@	STL	T,9-9	CG	76	15.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	133 (5)	Sep 7	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
102	135 (1)	Sep 9	CIN		STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	136	Sep 10	CIN		STL	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	137	Sep 11 (1)	CIN		STL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	139 (1)	Sep 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
106	140	Sep 14	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
107	141	Sep 16	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	142	Sep 17	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	143	Sep 18 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	145 (1)	Sep 19	CIN		BSN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	146	Sep 21 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	7	2	0	9	0
112	148 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
113	150 (1)	Sep 24	CIN		PIT	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
114	152 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
115	153	Sep 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	154	Sep 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
117	155	Oct 2 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
							117gm		1005.0	464	61	11	536	5