Walker Cooper

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Full Name: William Walker Cooper	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/210	First Game: September 25, 1940
Birthdate: January 8, 1915	Final Game: September 20, 1957
Birthplace: Atherton, Missouri	MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: April 11, 1991
Deathplace: Scottsdale, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Walker Cooper (William Walker Cooper) was born on January 8, 1915 in Atherton, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on September 25, 1940 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1941, his rookie year, he hit .245 with 1 home run and 20 RBI. Cooper played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that Walker Cooper's best season was 1947, when he slugged 35 home runs, hit for a .305 average and knocked in 122 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1940	STL	N	C	6	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1941	STL	N	C	63	0	0	247	39	10	11	0	3	0	0	0	.966
1942	STL	N	C	115	0	0	519	62	17	6	0	8	0	0	0	.972
1943	STL	N	C	112	0	0	504	49	14	5	0	9	0	0	0	.975
1944	STL	N	C	97	0	0	442	40	10	7	0	4	0	0	0	.980
1945	STL	N	C	4	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.966
1946	NY	N	C	73	0	0	277	38	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	.972
1947	NY	N	C	132	0	0	561	51	13	8	0	5	0	0	0	.979
1948	NY	N	C	79	0	0	307	21	7	3	0	4	0	0	0	.979
1949	NY	N	C	40	0	0	148	18	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	.982
1949	CIN	N	C	77	0	0	316	43	8	3	0	11	0	0	0	.978
1949	TOT	N	C	117	0	0	464	61	11	5	0	15	0	0	0	.979
1950	CIN	N	C	13	0	0	62	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.972
1950	BOS	N	C	88	0	0	386	47	12	9	0	5	0	0	0	.973
1950	TOT	N	C	101	0	0	448	54	14	9	0	6	0	0	0	.973
1951	BOS	N	C	90	0	0	367	57	8	9	0	8	0	0	0	.981
1952	BOS	N	C	89	0	0	417	55	8	8	0	5	0	0	0	.983
1953	MIL	N	C	35	0	0	165	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1954	PIT	N	C	2	1	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	CHI	N	C	48	43	368	190	31	5	4	0	4	10	8	0	.978
1954	TOT	N	C	50	44	379	196	31	5	4	0	4	10	8	0	.978
1955	CHI	N	C	31	0	0	88	11	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.961
1956	STL	N	C	16	0	0	56	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.984
1957	STL	N	C	13	12	101.2	62	5	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	.957
Total			C	1223	56	480.2	5166	589	138	80	0	79	12	9	0	.977

[edit] Transactions

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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