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Walker
Cooper		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 8, 1915 in Usa, MO, ATHERTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1941    1944    1945   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 8 8
1941 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1942 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1943 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1944 29 PIT NL $ 985,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 9 10
1945 30 PIT NL $ 1,620,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1946 31 PIT NL $ 1,620,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 3 3 3 10 9 9
1947 32 PIT NL $ 1,620,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1948 33 BOS AL $ 1,620,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1949 34 TAM AL $ 836,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1950 35 SEM AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 8 7 7
1951 36 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 1 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
1952 37 PIT NL     1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,620,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1940 25 PIT NL 100 350 44 103 23 2 9 60 1 0 19 20 .294 .329 .449 .777 48.8 9.1
    AAA   26 107 12 35 4 0 4 21 0 0 5 6 .327 .357 .477 .834 16.9  
1941 26 PIT NL 140 521 82 147 30 3 18 78 0 0 26 46 .282 .312 .455 .767 70.7 13.2
1942 27 PIT NL 140 471 58 119 19 3 12 81 0 1 28 33 .253 .291 .382 .673 51.8 4.4
1943 28 PIT NL 140 532 55 133 25 3 11 70 0 0 25 45 .250 .284 .370 .654 52.7 6.0
1944 29 PIT NL 140 501 68 139 21 3 16 71 0 0 27 23 .277 .317 .427 .744 63.9 9.6
1945 30 PIT NL 138 503 64 154 30 4 11 81 0 0 24 13 .306 .336 .447 .783 73.0 12.4
1946 31 PIT NL 136 503 58 136 26 1 11 59 0 0 25 20 .270 .305 .392 .696 56.0 7.8
1947 32 PIT NL 137 481 69 135 23 6 23 80 0 0 38 21 .281 .334 .497 .831 74.7 13.7
1948 33 PIT NL 24 98 13 26 4 3 6 12 0 0 5 4 .265 .298 .551 .849 15.6 2.6
  TAM AL 22 79 9 14 3 1 3 11 0 0 7 6 .177 .241 .354 .596 6.8 0.2
  BOS AL 42 137 18 39 8 0 4 26 0 0 8 6 .285 .322 .431 .753 17.8 2.6
  TOT   88 314 40 79 15 4 13 49 0 0 20 16 .252 .294 .449 .743 40.1 5.4
1949 34 TAM AL 65 203 24 54 11 3 9 45 0 1 10 13 .266 .296 .483 .779 28.0 3.4
1950 35 SEM AL 13 21 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 .286 .400 .524 .924 4.4 1.0
1951 36 DET AL 12 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.6 0.1
    AAA   54 222 31 68 6 2 10 25 1 3 14 27 .306 .347 .486 .834 35.0  
1952 37 A   137 509 64 125 11 1 7 38 6 3 60 74 .246 .325 .312 .638 55.7  
12 Years Sim 1249 4407 567 1206 225 32 134 676 1 2 248 253 .274 .311 .430 .742 564.6 86.2
2 Years AAA 80 329 43 103 10 2 14 46 1 3 19 33 .313 .351 .483 .834 51.9  
1 Years A 137 509 64 125 11 1 7 38 6 3 60 74 .246 .326 .312 .638 55.7  
3 Years Minors 217 838 107 228 21 3 21 84 7 6 79 107 .272 .335 .379 .715 107.6  
162 Game Average 571 73 156 29 4 17 87 0 0 32 32 .274 .311 .430 .742 73.2  
Career Highs 140 532 82 154 30 6 23 81 1 1 38 46 .306 .400 .524 .924 74.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2479 316 643 123 23 65 369 1 1 128 168 .259 .294 .406 .700 289.2
vs LH   1928 251 563 102 9 69 307 0 1 120 85 .292 .333 .462 .795 283.1
Home 619 2171 279 614 108 14 67 333 1 0 116 130 .283 .318 .438 .756 291.4
Away 630 2236 288 592 117 18 67 343 0 2 132 123 .265 .304 .423 .727 280.9
RISP   1140 0 317 64 7 38 516 0 0 76 63 .278 .314 .446 .761 158.9
Pinch Hitting   104 18 27 3 1 6 28 0 0 10 10 .260 .317 .481 .797 16.3
Close/Late   526 53 151 23 1 18 95 0 0 45 38 .287 .340 .437 .777 77.3
Mar/Apr 193 667 94 177 31 13 25 82 0 0 46 41 .265 .312 .463 .775 94.4
May 232 832 106 232 38 4 29 131 0 0 45 50 .279 .316 .439 .754 111.5
June 206 731 86 200 36 2 19 98 0 1 45 41 .274 .315 .406 .722 90.9
July 204 703 97 193 42 7 22 130 0 0 36 39 .275 .307 .448 .755 93.5
August 213 758 97 208 33 4 21 111 1 0 37 42 .274 .305 .412 .717 93.1
Sep/Oct 201 716 87 196 45 2 18 124 0 1 39 40 .274 .310 .418 .727 88.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1940 25 PIT NL C 98 95 839.0 313 31 4 3 .989 3.69 34 11 .324 2 4.8
1941 26 PIT NL C 132 127 1152.3 467 54 5 1 .990 4.07 38 17 .447 0 8.5
1942 27 PIT NL C 136 124 1113.3 443 43 3 1 .994 3.93 46 14 .304 0 6.2
1943 28 PIT NL C 136 132 1179.7 433 38 6 1 .987 3.59 42 12 .286 1 3.9
1944 29 PIT NL C 133 126 1120.3 483 46 8 3 .985 4.25 46 12 .261 1 2.6
1945 30 PIT NL C 129 126 1113.0 487 38 9 0 .983 4.25 52 12 .231 3 2.1
1946 31 PIT NL C 135 129 1153.0 450 46 8 2 .984 3.87 52 14 .269 0 5.6
1947 32 PIT NL C 132 125 1109.3 412 45 7 1 .985 3.71 55 15 .273 0 4.8
1948 33 PIT NL C 22 21 213.9 90 8 2 1 .980 4.12 11 5 .455 1 1.4
  TAM AL C 20 19 178.9 76 7 2 1 .976 4.18 10 4 .400 1 1.0
  BOS AL C 39 37 300.2 127 12 3 1 .979 4.17 16 7 .438 1 2.2
  TOT   C 81 77 693.0 293 27 7 3 .979 4.16 37 16 .432 3 4.6
1949 34 TAM AL C 59 53 450.3 214 20 4 0 .983 4.68 23 7 .304 0 3.0
1950 35 SEM AL C 5 3 35.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.34 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1951 36 DET AL C 4 0 5.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 7.20 1 1 1.000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1180 1117 9963.3 4011 389 61 15 .986 3.97 426 131 .308 10 46.3
Career Highs   136 132 1179.7 487 54 9 3 1.000 7.20 55 17 1.000 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 33 BOS AL 6 18 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .222 .263 .333 .596
1949 34 TAM AL 9 31 5 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .323 .323 .452 .774
Career Post-Season Batting 15 49 7 14 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 4 .286 .300 .408 .708
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1945-4-.306
 Slugging Pct
1941-10-.455
1947-8-.497
 Triples
1947-4-6
 Homeruns
1941-8-18
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Roy Campanella (912)
  5. Dick Brown (908)
  6. John Bateman (908)
  7. Tom Haller (907)
  8. Bruce Edwards (907)
  9. Shanty Hogan (905)
  10. Johnny Roseboro (900)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1940
Had first career hit on 5/1/1940, off Bob Feller (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1940, off Bill Swift (SDP)
Injured on 6/27/1940 with a Stress Fractured Ulna, out for 2-3 weeks
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $985,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1944, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
7/31/1944: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $1,620,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/22/1945
Hit for the cycle against Montreal on 8/16/1947
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1948 (Going to PIT: P Claude Passeau. Going to TAM: C Walker Cooper)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (A) on 6/1/1948 (Going to TAM: P Billy Pierce, CF Clyde Vollmer, RF Dick Kokos, 2B Nellie Fox, P Newt Kimball. Going to BOS: 2B Jackie Robinson, RF Les Fleming, C Walker Cooper, CF Dom Dimaggio)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1948, hitting .526 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/2/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $836,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 9/23/1949
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/20/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
3/3/1950: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 7/31/1950
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1951 to a minor league deal
Won World Series with Detroit in 1951
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 4/2/1952 to a minor league deal
 
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