#89 Walker "Walk" Cooper, Catcher, 34 yrs, Washington Senators

#89 Walker "Walk" Cooper, Catcher, 34 yrs, Washington Senators
Friday, 10/20/1949

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Walker Cooper
Walk
1/8/1915
34
USA,MO,ATHERTON
6"3
215

Catcher
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R

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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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3.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 10,000,000
1951
9 Year(s), 149 Days (1697 total Days)
172 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 149 Days (1697 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	6	7	6	3	8
Versus LHP	6	7	6	3	8
Versus RHP	6	6	6	3	8
Talent	7	6	6	3	8

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3
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3
1
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Fielding Ratings
C : 6 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 6
Infield Arm : 6
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/21	@DET	W 8-6	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	#6
9/23	@CLE	W 5-4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
9/24	@CLE	W 7-6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
9/26	CHA	L 3-11	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	#6
9/27	CHA	W 7-4	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	2	#6	PoG
9/28	NYY	L 2-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
9/29	@SLA	L 7-10	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	#6
10/1	PHA	W 5-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#6
10/2	CLE	W 7-5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#5
10/4	@DET	L 1-8	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6

Batting Stats 1949

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	146	547	152	26	4	24	102	79	61	57	.278	.351	.472	.822	.780	.194
Projected	146	547	152	26	4	24	102	79	61	57	.278	.351	.472	.822	.780	.194

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	136	616	3	7	0	20	0	5	258	54	1	0	100.0	88.8	5.7

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	222	68	10	3	13	43	38	23	21	1	0	2	.306	.375	.554	.929
vs. RHP	325	84	16	1	11	59	41	38	36	4	0	1	.258	.334	.415	.750
Close/Late	59	12	3	0	2	10	6	8	4	1	0	0	.203	.294	.356	.650
Scoring Position	155	39	5	1	7	76	0	19	14	5	0	0	.252	.324	.432	.756
Pinch Hitting	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	73	267	70	13	2	13	57	39	30	31	.262	.338	.472	.810
Road	73	280	82	13	2	11	45	40	31	26	.293	.363	.471	.834
March/April	25	87	22	6	0	4	14	9	7	5	.253	.310	.460	.770
May	23	87	21	5	1	3	11	12	10	8	.241	.320	.425	.745
June	25	92	28	1	1	3	16	12	11	11	.304	.381	.435	.816
July	24	92	26	6	0	5	22	12	10	12	.283	.353	.511	.864
August	24	93	29	4	2	3	20	21	13	12	.312	.396	.495	.891
Sept/Oct	25	96	26	4	0	6	19	13	10	9	.271	.340	.500	.840

Career Batting Stats

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
1946	148	540	185	32	3	29	117	89	44	0	5	28	1	1	.343	.389	.574	.963	WAS,AL
1947	142	528	163	33	2	32	118	107	49	1	4	47	2	0	.309	.366	.561	.927	WAS,AL
1948	145	527	164	38	2	22	109	99	60	0	2	60	1	0	.311	.380	.516	.896	WAS,AL
1949	146	547	152	26	4	24	102	79	61	3	5	57	1	0	.278	.351	.472	.822	WAS
Total	1322	4838	1497	263	28	174	935	786	402	18	46	370	8	7	.309	.361	.483	.845

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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

Career Postseason Batting Stats

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

Fielding Stats 1949

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	142	136	614	55	0	680	11	.984	1219.1	5.02	3	111	35	31.5

Player History

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...
1/31/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,257,143 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/24/1946...
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against New York (A) on 9/10/1946...
10/16/1946: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $10,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 9/7/1947...
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1943 - .348 - 3rd 1944 - .323 - 9th 1946 - .343 - 3rd 1948 - .311 - 9th	SLG 1947 - .561 - 10th	OPS 1946 - .963 - 10th	Hits 1946 - 185 - 6th	RBI 1944 - 117 - 7th 1946 - 117 - 8th 1947 - 118 - 8th

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