#89 Walker "Walk" Cooper, Catcher, 30 yrs, Washington Senators Monday, 10/23/1945 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Walker Cooper Walk 1/8/1915 30 USA,MO,ATHERTON 6"3 210
Catcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Normal Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 3,207,143 1945 (Arbitration eligible) 5 Year(s), 149 Days (1009 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 149 Days (1009 total Days) 5 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Versus LHP | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Talent | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 2 2 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings C : 6 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 6 Infield Arm : 6 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/20 | SLA | L 4-9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/23 | CHA | L 1-9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/24 | CHA | W 11-10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/26 | CLE | L 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/27 | CLE | L 7-12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/28 | @BOS | W 15-6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/29 | @NYY | W 7-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/30 | @PHA | W 8-7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #4 | PoG | |
10/2 | DET | L 5-7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 | | |
10/4 | @NYY | L 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 149 | 531 | 156 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 91 | 98 | 63 | 44 | .294 | .369 | .473 | .841 | .826 | .179 |
Projected | 149 | 531 | 156 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 91 | 98 | 63 | 44 | .294 | .369 | .473 | .841 | .826 | .179 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 127 | 605 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 251 | 50 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 96.0 | 6.6 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 147 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .345 | .422 | .767 |
vs. RHP | 384 | 118 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 65 | 76 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .307 | .378 | .492 | .870 |
Close/Late | 55 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .391 | .473 | .864 |
Scoring Position | 135 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .311 | .419 | .511 | .930 |
Pinch Hitting | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .381 | .550 | .931 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 74 | 267 | 77 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 19 | 22 | .288 | .339 | .472 | .811 |
Road | 75 | 264 | 79 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 54 | 44 | 22 | .299 | .396 | .473 | .869 |
March/April | 22 | 78 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 6 | .321 | .389 | .679 | 1.068 |
May | 26 | 93 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 10 | .355 | .402 | .538 | .940 |
June | 25 | 84 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 5 | .214 | .337 | .333 | .670 |
July | 24 | 88 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 6 | .273 | .326 | .420 | .747 |
August | 26 | 89 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 9 | .315 | .402 | .449 | .851 |
Sept/Oct | 26 | 99 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 8 | .283 | .355 | .434 | .789 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1940 | 53 | 181 | 47 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | .260 | .299 | .359 | .658 | WAS |
1941 | 129 | 487 | 138 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 82 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 1 | .283 | .308 | .376 | .683 | WAS |
1942 | 124 | 475 | 150 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 83 | 73 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | .316 | .348 | .429 | .777 | WAS |
1943 | 135 | 486 | 169 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 87 | 81 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 0 | .348 | .380 | .494 | .874 | WAS |
1944 | 151 | 536 | 173 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 117 | 77 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 2 | .323 | .376 | .483 | .860 | WAS,AL |
1945 | 149 | 531 | 156 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 91 | 98 | 63 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .369 | .473 | .841 | WAS |
Total | 741 | 2696 | 833 | 134 | 17 | 67 | 489 | 412 | 188 | 14 | 30 | 178 | 3 | 6 | .309 | .353 | .446 | .799 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1940, AAA | 35 | 112 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .330 | .358 | .518 | .876 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Catcher | 145 | 127 | 600 | 46 | 1 | 651 | 5 | .992 | 1154.2 | 5.07 | 5 | 93 | 18 | 19.4 |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Washington in 1940... Had first career hit (double) on 5/14/1940, off Luke Hamlin (DET)... Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1941, off Bill Kalfass (BOS)... Injured on 9/14/1942 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 6/7/1943... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1943, hitting .517 with 2 HR, 12 RBI... Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 8/17/1943... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1943, hitting .632 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... 1/31/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 9/17/1944... 1/31/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1943 - .348 - 3rd 1944 - .323 - 9th
| RBI 1944 - 117 - 7th
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