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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-23 / in Starts: 20-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 150 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	91 (53-30-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 150 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	96 (51-30-15)

Most Driven In
J Adcock	5
A Pafko	3
Self	3
D Crandall	1
H Hanebrink	1
S Gordon	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
J Dittmer	3
B Bruton	2
B Klaus	1
J Logan	1
S Gordon	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1208	3 (2)	Apr 17	MLN	@	CIN	L,9-10	GS-9	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	7	1.67	0.006	4.74	0.01%	0.06	C
2	1209	4	Apr 19	MLN	@	STL	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	7	4.57	-0.108	12.48	-0.18%	-0.38	PH
3	1210	5	Apr 20	MLN	@	STL	L,4-9	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	7						C
4	1211	8 (2)	Apr 25	MLN		CIN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.500	.500	1.000	8	.30	0.008	.68	0.01%	0.79	C
5	1212	10 (1)	Apr 29	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.500	.500	1.000	6						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1213	18 (7)	May 10 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.412	.400	.812	8	1.09	-0.105	3.25	-0.19%	-1.56	C
7	1214	23 (4)	May 16	MLN		PHI	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.389	.375	.764	7	.32	-0.008	1.52	-0.02%	-0.11	PH
8	1215	29 (5)	May 24 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.368	.429	.421	.850	8	1.08	0.061	4.24	0.14%	0.52	C
9	1216	31 (1)	May 25 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.348	.400	.391	.791	8	.16	0.003	.62	0.01%	-0.87	C
10	1217	36 (4)	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.346	.414	.385	.798	8	.75	0.051	3.79	0.16%	0.71	C
11	1218	37	May 31 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-8	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.394	.345	.739	8	1.07	-0.021	4.67	-0.06%	-0.19	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	1219	41 (3)	Jun 4	MLN	@	BRO	L,5-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.382	.333	.716	9	.16	-0.004	.99	-0.02%	-0.38	PH
13	1220	43 (1)	Jun 6	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.361	.313	.674	8	.75	-0.037	3.92	-0.12%	-0.55	C
14	1221	45 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.324	.410	.382	.793	8	1.44	0.052	7.72	0.17%	0.67	C
15	1222	51 (5)	Jun 12 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.308	.386	.359	.745	8	.11	0.010	.50	0.03%	-1.24	C
16	1223	52	Jun 13	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.378	.350	.728	9	1.48	-0.043	6.82	-0.12%	-0.24	PH
17	1224	54 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.311	.380	.356	.736	8						C
18	1225	56 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.373	.348	.720	9	5.61	-0.175	33.27	-0.62%	-0.81	PH
19	1226	57	Jun 16 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.389	.388	.777	8	.77	0.062	4.41	0.21%	0.51	C
20	1227	62 (4)	Jun 21 (2)	MLN		NYG	T,6-6	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.302	.362	.358	.721	8						C
21	1228	68 (5)	Jun 28	MLN		BRO	L,1-11	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.356	.352	.708	9	.02	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.16	PH
22	1229	69	Jun 30 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.350	.345	.695	9	.81	-0.022	3.90	-0.06%	-0.11	PH
23	1230	70	Jun 30 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.338	.322	.660	7	1.09	-0.097	4.84	-0.26%	-0.87	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1231	72 (1)	Jul 2	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.333	.317	.650	9	1.83	-0.052	8.85	-0.15%	-0.23	PH
25	1232	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,1-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.262	.328	.311	.640	8	1.84	-0.077	8.77	-0.22%	-0.92	PH
26	1233	75	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.329	.313	.641	7	1.26	0.079	5.74	0.22%	0.50	C
27	1234	77 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	MLN		STL	L,1-4	CG(8)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.315	.299	.614	4						C
28	1235	83 (5)	Jul 12 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.257	.325	.314	.639	7	1.41	0.054	8.26	0.19%	-0.15	C
29	1236	88 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG(5)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.329	.310	.639	8	.77	0.003	3.86	0.01%	0.04	C
30	1237	90 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.349	.387	.736	7	1.24	0.431	5.97	1.24%	3.79	C
31	1238	91	Jul 22	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.337	.372	.709	7	1.18	-0.088	5.61	-0.25%	-0.88	C
32	1239	92	Jul 24	MLN	@	BRO	W,11-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.330	.398	.727	7	.52	-0.002	3.47	-0.01%	1.57	C
33	1240	95 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	MLN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.316	.379	.695	4	.93	-0.100	5.43	-0.35%	-0.67	C
34	1241	100 (4)	Jul 31 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-5	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.323	.379	.702	9	.36	0.017	1.17	0.03%	0.26	PH
35	1242	101	Jul 31 (2)	MLN		PHI	T,0-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.310	.363	.673	7	1.88	-0.181	5.22	-0.30%	-1.24	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	1243	103 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.307	.359	.666	8	1.06	-0.027	2.69	-0.04%	-0.24	PH
37	1244	104	Aug 2 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.295	.344	.639	6	1.14	-0.113	2.50	-0.15%	-1.38	C
38	1245	106 (1)	Aug 5	MLN		BRO	W,5-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.302	.351	.652	9	3.59	0.238	12.98	0.52%	1.27	PH
39	1246	108 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	MLN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.309	.356	.666	6	2.09	-0.008	6.82	-0.02%	0.05	C
40	1247	111 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,7-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.255	.315	.373	.688	9						PH
41	1248	112	Aug 9 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.255	.313	.368	.681	6	.44	-0.018	1.10	-0.03%	0.25	C
42	1249	114 (1)	Aug 11	MLN		STL	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.310	.364	.675	9	3.49	-0.089	9.53	-0.15%	-0.24	PH
43	1250	116 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	MLN		STL	W,5-3	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.317	.364	.680	6	1.50	-0.030	3.37	-0.04%	-0.57	C
44	1251	119 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-2	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.314	.360	.674	8	1.66	-0.041	2.66	-0.04%	-0.32	PH
45	1252	120	Aug 16 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG(8)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.302	.345	.646	6	.61	-0.087	1.11	-0.10%	-2.04	C
46	1253	124 (3)	Aug 22	MLN		CHC	W,2-1	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.307	.350	.658	8	5.06	0.421	7.46	0.37%	0.91	PH
47	1254	128 (3)	Aug 25 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.313	.375	.688	6	.55	-0.013	.32	-0.01%	0.84	C
48	1255	129	Aug 26	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.311	.372	.683	9	4.57	-0.108	3.50	-0.05%	-0.38	PH
49	1256	133 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.240	.301	.360	.661	5						C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	1257	137 (3)	Sep 5	MLN		STL	L,5-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.299	.357	.656	9	2.48	-0.064	.43	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
51	1258	139 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	MLN		STL	T,3-3	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.291	.346	.637	4						C
52	1259	141 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.283	.336	.619	6	.73	-0.078	.01	0.00%	-0.92	C
53	1260	145 (3)	Sep 12	MLN		BRO	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.219	.282	.328	.610	6	.70	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
							27-23		150	137	12	30	6	0	3	16	11	3	17	1	1		1	6	1	0	.219	.282	.328	.610		1.14	-0.315	3.99	-0.22%	-5.39

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