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Walker Cooper All-Star Selection 1942-44, 1946-50 |
| Full Name: William Walker "Walk" Cooper Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 lbs. Born: Jan 08, 1915 in Atherton, MO Major League Debut: Sep 25, 1940 Died: Apr 11, 1991 in Scottsdale, AZ |
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CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1949 1950 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1954 1955 1956 1957 |
TM StL StL StL StL StL StL NY NY NY NY Cin Cin Bos Bos Bos Mil Pit Chi Chi StL StL |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
POS C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C |
G 6 68 125 122 112 4 87 140 91 42 82 15 102 109 102 53 14 57 54 40 48 |
AB 19 200 438 449 397 18 280 515 290 147 307 47 337 342 349 137 15 158 111 68 78 |
R 3 19 58 52 56 3 29 79 40 14 34 3 52 42 33 12 0 21 11 5 7 |
H 6 49 123 143 126 7 75 157 77 31 86 9 111 107 82 30 3 49 31 18 21 |
2B 1 9 32 30 25 0 10 24 12 4 9 3 19 14 12 6 2 10 8 5 5 |
3B 0 1 7 4 5 0 1 8 0 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 |
HR 0 1 7 9 13 0 8 35 16 4 16 0 14 18 10 3 0 7 7 2 3 |
RBI 2 20 65 81 72 1 46 122 54 21 62 4 60 59 55 16 1 32 15 14 10 |
TB 7 63 190 208 200 7 111 302 137 51 147 12 178 177 126 45 5 84 62 31 37 |
BB 2 13 29 19 20 0 17 24 28 7 21 0 30 28 22 12 2 21 6 3 5 |
IBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 |
| Totals | G 1473 |
AB 4702 |
R 573 |
H 1341 |
2B 240 |
3B 40 |
HR 173 |
RBI 812 |
TB 2180 |
BB 309 |
IBB 3 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1949 1950 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1954 1955 1956 1957 |
TM StL StL StL StL StL StL NY NY NY NY Cin Cin Bos Bos Bos Mil Pit Chi Chi StL StL |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
K 2 14 29 19 19 1 12 43 29 8 24 5 26 18 32 15 1 23 19 8 10 |
HBP 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 |
SH 0 2 6 6 8 0 3 4 3 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 |
SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 |
GDP 0 7 18 13 15 0 10 13 14 10 9 1 8 10 7 6 1 7 3 2 6 |
SB 1 1 4 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
CS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SB% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 -.--- -.--- 1.000 1.000 -.--- -.--- -.--- 1.000 .500 1.000 1.000 -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- |
AVG .316 .245 .281 .318 .317 .389 .268 .305 .266 .211 .280 .191 .329 .313 .235 .219 .200 .310 .279 .265 .269 |
OBP .381 .291 .327 .349 .352 .389 .310 .339 .332 .261 .330 .191 .389 .367 .282 .287 .294 .398 .322 .296 .310 |
SLG .368 .315 .434 .463 .504 .389 .396 .586 .472 .347 .479 .255 .528 .518 .361 .328 .333 .532 .559 .456 .474 |
AB/HR --.- 200.0 62.6 49.9 30.5 --.- 35.0 14.7 18.1 36.8 19.2 --.- 24.1 19.0 34.9 45.7 --.- 22.6 15.9 34.0 26.0 |
AB/K 9.5 14.3 15.1 23.6 20.9 18.0 23.3 12.0 10.0 18.4 12.8 9.4 13.0 19.0 10.9 9.1 15.0 6.9 5.8 8.5 7.8 |
| Totals | K 357 |
HBP 22 |
SH 44 |
SF 1 |
GDP 160 |
SB 18 |
CS 1 |
SB% .947 |
BAVG .285 |
OBP .332 |
SLG .464 |
AB/HR 27.2 |
AB/K 13.2 |
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ALL-STAR STATISTICS -
BATTING TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1942 1943 1944 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 |
TM StL StL StL NY NY NY Cin Bos |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
G 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 |
AB 2 2 5 1 3 2 0 0 |
R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
H 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 |
2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
RBI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
TB 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 |
BB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
K 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 |
SB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
BAVG .500 .500 .400 1.000 .000 .000 -.--- -.--- |
SLG .500 .500 .400 1.000 .000 .000 -.--- -.--- |
AB/HR --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- |
AB/K --.- --.- 5.0 --.- 3.0 --.- --.- --.- |
| Totals | G 6 |
AB 15 |
R 1 |
H 5 |
2B 0 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 1 |
TB 5 |
BB 0 |
K 2 |
SB 0 |
AVG .333 |
SLG .333 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 7.5 |
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WORLD SERIES STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1942 1943 1944 |
TM StL StL StL |
LG NL NL NL |
G 5 5 6 |
AB 21 17 22 |
R 3 1 1 |
H 6 5 7 |
2B 1 0 2 |
3B 0 0 1 |
HR 0 0 0 |
RBI 4 0 2 |
TB 7 5 11 |
BB 0 0 3 |
K 1 1 2 |
SB 0 0 0 |
BAVG .286 .294 .318 |
SLG .333 .294 .500 |
AB/HR --.- --.- --.- |
AB/K 21.0 17.0 11.0 |
| Totals | G 16 |
AB 60 |
R 5 |
H 18 |
2B 3 |
3B 1 |
HR 0 |
RBI 6 |
TB 23 |
BB 3 |
K 4 |
SB 0 |
AVG .300 |
SLG .383 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 15.0 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEARS 1940-1957 1946-1949 1949-1950 1950-1952 1953 1954-1955 1954 |
TM StL NY Cin Bos Mil Chi Pit |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
TEAM NAME St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants Cincinnati Reds Boston Braves Milwaukee Braves Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates |
LEAGUE NAME National League National League National League National League National League National League National League |
Only catcher, and only one of 11 players, to have hit 10 or more RBI's in a single game. Walker did this on July 6, 1949 when he banged out 10 RBI's for Cincinnati. Walker also set the record (subsequently tied by Dave Kingman and Dave Winfield) for hitting a Grand Slam for the most teams (5). He did it with BOS-N, CHI-N, CIN-N, NY-A and STL-N.
"He was just about the strongest man I've ever known," said Ewell Blackwell. Enos Slaughter called him "one of the best behind the plate," adding, "He was a great guy...very good-natured." Walker Cooper was a 6'3" 210-lb heavy hitter and practical joker who was named to every NL All-Star squad 1942-50 (there was no game in 1945). After three World Series with St. Louis (where he was older brother Mort's batterymate), Walker was sold to the Giants in 1945. The Giants paid the then-princely sum of $175,000 while Cooper was still in the Navy during WWII (See MILITARY CATCHERS). His best year was with the 1947 Giants, batting .305 with 122 RBI and contributing 35 of the club's 221 homers, a NL record.