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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BSN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 16	BSN		BRO	L,8-14	GS	39	6.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 17	BSN		BRO	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	6 (2)	Apr 20 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	5	0	0	5	1	C
5	8 (1)	Apr 22 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	40	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
6	10 (1)	Apr 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	11	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-3	GS	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
8	12	Apr 26	BSN		PHI	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
9	13	Apr 29	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	15 (1)	May 1	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	16	May 2	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
12	18 (1)	May 4 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
13	20 (1)	May 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS	22	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
14	22 (1)	May 10	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	30 (7)	May 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	31	May 27 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
17	32	May 27 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	33	May 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	34	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	36 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	38 (1)	Jun 2	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	C
22	39	Jun 3	BSN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
23	40	Jun 4	BSN	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	41	Jun 5	BSN	@	STL	W,8-3	GS	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	42	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS	36	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
26	43	Jun 7	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-9	GS	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	53 (9)	Jun 15 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	54	Jun 17	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
29	56 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
30	57	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
31	58	Jun 20	BSN		STL	W,12-7	GS	22	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
32	65 (6)	Jun 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	GS	37	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	66	Jun 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
34	67	Jun 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	68	Jun 30 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	70 (1)	Jul 1	BSN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	71	Jul 2	BSN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
38	72	Jul 3	BSN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	74 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	75	Jul 5	BSN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	77 (1)	Jul 10	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	78	Jul 11	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
43	79	Jul 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
44	80	Jul 13 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	82 (1)	Jul 15	BSN	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	83	Jul 16	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	53	12.1	9	2	0	11	0
47	84	Jul 17	BSN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	85	Jul 18	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7	GS	27	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	86	Jul 19	BSN	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	87	Jul 20	BSN	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	88	Jul 22	BSN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	90 (1)	Jul 24	BSN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	91	Jul 25	BSN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
54	92	Jul 26	BSN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	93	Jul 27 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
56	95 (1)	Jul 29	BSN		STL	L,5-6	CG	61	13.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
57	96	Jul 30	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	97	Jul 31	BSN		STL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	100 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	102 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
61	104 (1)	Aug 8	BSN		NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	105	Aug 9	BSN		NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
63	106	Aug 11 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	108 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
65	110 (1)	Aug 14	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
66	111	Aug 15 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
67	113 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	115 (1)	Aug 19	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
69	118 (2)	Aug 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	119	Aug 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
71	120	Aug 24 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	122 (1)	Aug 26	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
73	123	Aug 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,12-7	CG	47	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	124	Aug 28	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	44	10.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	126 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	127	Aug 31 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	129 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	131 (1)	Sep 3	BSN		BRO	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
79	132	Sep 4	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	133	Sep 5	BSN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	134	Sep 6 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-7	GF	18	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	PH C
82	137 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	139 (1)	Sep 10	BSN		CIN	L,5-6	CG	50	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	140	Sep 12 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
85	145 (4)	Sep 16 (1)	BSN		STL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
86	147 (1)	Sep 19	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	148	Sep 20	BSN		BRO	L,0-1	CG	41	10.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
88	149	Sep 21	BSN		BRO	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
89	150	Sep 24 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
							89gm		753.1	417	55	8	480	8