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Walker Cooper

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Full name William Walker Cooper
Born January 8, 1915, Atherton, Missouri
Died April 11, 1991, Scottsdale, Arizona
Buried at Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Arizona
First Game: September 25, 1940; Final Game: September 20, 1957
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 210
Father-in-law of Don Blasingame
Brother of Mort Cooper
Named catcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1943 to 1944 and 1947)
Ejections as player: 1943 (1), 1944 (1). Total: 2
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1940 STL N Daily Splits 6 19 3 6 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .316 .381 .368 0.0 1940 STL N 1941 STL N Daily Splits 68 200 19 49 9 1 1 20 13 4 14 0 2 0 5 7 1 0 .245 .291 .315 -0.3 1941 STL N 1942 STL N Daily Splits 125 438 58 123 32 7 7 65 29 11 29 1 6 0 10 18 4 1 .281 .327 .434 1.8 1942 STL N 1943 STL N Daily Splits 122 449 52 143 30 4 9 81 19 7 19 2 6 0 8 13 1 2 .318 .349 .463 2.4 1943 STL N 1944 STL N Daily Splits 112 397 56 126 25 5 13 72 20 6 19 1 8 0 7 15 4 0 .317 .352 .504 2.9 1944 STL N 1945 STL N Daily Splits 4 18 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .389 .389 .389 0.2 1945 STL N 1946 NY N Daily Splits 87 280 29 75 10 1 8 46 17 7 12 0 3 0 5 10 0 2 .268 .310 .396 -0.6 1946 NY N 1947 NY N Daily Splits 140 515 79 157 24 8 35 122 24 3 43 3 4 0 5 13 2 1 .305 .339 .586 2.5 1947 NY N 1948 NY N Daily Splits 91 290 40 77 12 0 16 54 28 8 29 1 3 1 6 14 1 1 .266 .332 .472 0.4 1948 NY N 1949 NY N Daily Splits 42 147 14 31 4 2 4 21 7 1 8 3 0 1 4 10 0 1 .211 .261 .347 -0.8 1949 NY N 1949 CIN N Daily Splits 82 307 34 86 9 2 16 62 21 4 24 2 1 0 5 9 0 0 .280 .330 .479 0.8 1949 CIN N 1949 TOT N 124 454 48 117 13 4 20 83 28 5 32 5 1 1 9 19 0 1 .258 .308 .436 0.0 1949 TOT N 1950 CIN N Daily Splits 15 47 3 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .191 .191 .255 -0.3 1950 CIN N 1950 BOS N Daily Splits 102 337 52 111 19 3 14 60 30 6 26 3 3 0 8 8 1 1 .329 .389 .528 2.2 1950 BOS N 1950 TOT N 117 384 55 120 22 3 14 64 30 6 31 3 3 0 10 9 1 1 .313 .367 .495 1.9 1950 TOT N 1951 BOS N Daily Splits 109 342 42 107 14 1 18 59 28 5 18 1 1 2 8 10 1 1 .313 .367 .518 2.6 1951 BOS N 1952 BOS N Daily Splits 102 349 33 82 12 1 10 55 22 1 32 1 3 0 1 7 1 0 .235 .282 .361 -0.6 1952 BOS N 1953 MIL N Daily Splits 53 137 12 30 6 0 3 16 12 3 15 1 1 0 1 6 1 0 .219 .287 .328 -0.8 1953 MIL N 1954 PIT N Daily Splits 14 15 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .294 .333 -0.1 1954 PIT N 1954 CHI N Daily Splits 57 158 21 49 10 2 7 32 21 4 23 2 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 .310 .398 .532 1.2 1954 CHI N 1954 TOT N 71 173 21 52 12 2 7 33 23 4 24 2 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 .301 .389 .514 1.1 1954 TOT N 1955 CHI N Daily Splits 54 111 11 31 8 1 7 15 6 1 19 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 .279 .322 .559 -0.2 1955 CHI N 1956 STL N Daily Splits 40 68 5 18 5 1 2 14 3 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .265 .296 .456 -0.3 1956 STL N 1957 STL N Daily Splits 48 78 7 21 5 1 3 10 5 1 10 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 0 .269 .310 .474 0.1 1957 STL N Total (18 Years) Splits 1473 4702 573 1341 240 40 173 812 309 75 357 22 44 1 4 85 160 18 11 .285 .332 .464 13.1 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1942 STL N Daily Splits 5 21 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .333 1942 STL N 1943 STL N Daily Splits 5 17 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .294 .294 .294 1943 STL N 1944 STL N Daily Splits 6 22 1 7 2 1 0 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .318 .400 .500 1944 STL N Total ( 3 Years) Splits 16 60 5 18 3 1 0 6 3 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 .300 .333 .383 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1942 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1942 NL 1943 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1943 NL 1944 NL Daily Splits 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 1944 NL 1946 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1946 NL 1947 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1947 NL 1948 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1948 NL Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 15 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1940 STL N Daily Splits C 6 5 5 50 19 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 1941 STL N Daily Splits C 63 45 41 446.1 247 39 10 11 0 3 16 15 3 .966 1942 STL N Daily Splits C 115 105 102 964 519 62 17 6 0 8 21 24 4 .972 1943 STL N Daily Splits C 112 104 101 957.2 504 49 14 5 0 9 21 17 5 .975 1944 STL N Daily Splits C 97 91 87 813 442 40 10 7 0 4 21 17 3 .980 1945 STL N Daily Splits C 4 4 4 36.1 27 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 .966 1946 NY N Daily Splits C 74 67 60 579.1 277 38 9 3 0 3 23 17 2 .972 1947 NY N Daily Splits C 132 130 124 1134 561 51 13 8 0 5 23 20 1 .979 1948 NY N Daily Splits C 79 75 56 629 307 21 7 3 0 4 22 14 0 .979 1949 NY N Daily Splits C 40 34 34 334.1 148 18 3 2 0 4 12 8 1 .982 1949 CIN N Daily Splits C 77 74 65 670.2 316 43 8 3 0 11 17 28 1 .978 1949 TOT N C 117 108 99 1005 464 61 11 5 0 15 29 36 2 .979 1950 CIN N Daily Splits C 13 11 9 94 62 7 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .972 1950 BOS N Daily Splits C 88 88 76 739.1 386 47 12 9 0 5 29 23 1 .973 1950 TOT N C 101 99 85 833.1 448 54 14 9 0 6 30 24 1 .973 1951 BOS N Daily Splits C 90 84 73 730.1 367 57 8 9 0 8 27 26 1 .981 1952 BOS N Daily Splits C 89 87 74 753.1 417 55 8 8 0 5 21 24 3 .983 1953 MIL N Daily Splits C 35 34 29 285 165 6 3 1 0 0 8 3 0 .983 1954 PIT N Daily Splits C 2 1 1 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1954 CHI N Daily Splits C 48 43 35 367 190 31 5 4 0 4 16 8 0 .978 1954 TOT N C 50 44 36 378 196 31 5 4 0 4 18 8 0 .978 1955 CHI N Daily Splits C 31 21 16 200.2 88 11 4 1 0 1 10 3 1 .961 1956 STL N Daily Splits C 16 12 10 112 56 4 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 .984 1957 STL N Daily Splits C 13 12 8 101.2 62 5 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 .957 Total (18 Years) Splits C 1224 1127 1010 10009 5166 589 138 80 0 79 301 252 26 .977 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1942 STL N Daily Splits C 5 5 5 45 24 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 .963 1943 STL N Daily Splits C 5 5 4 38.2 28 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .939 1944 STL N Daily Splits C 6 6 6 55 55 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) Splits C 16 16 15 138.2 107 5 3 0 0 1 5 0 1 .974 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1942 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1943 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1944 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1946 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1947 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1948 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 Total ( 6 Years) Splits C 6 6 0 32 28 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1957 STL N 4-16 9-29 1960 KC A 4-19 10- 2 Total ( 2 Years)

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 8- 1-1943(1) BOX STL N Al Barlick Fighting 7-25-1944 BOX STL N Jocko Conlan Too many visits to mound

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1935).

Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants for $175000 (January 5, 1946).

Traded by New York Giants to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ray Mueller (June 13, 1949).

Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Boston Braves in exchange for Connie Ryan (May 10, 1950).

Released by Milwaukee Braves (February 3, 1954).

Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (February 9, 1954).

Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Pittsburgh Pirates (May 19, 1954).

Released by Chicago Cubs (December 14, 1955).

Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 15, 1955).

Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 8, 1956).

Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (April 21, 1957).

Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 15, 1957).

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