Walker Cooper stats
Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1957
Bio
- Debut
- 1940
Bio
- Debut
- 1940
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,473
- AB
- 4,702
- R
- 573
- H
- 1,341
- HR
- 173
- RBI
- 812
- SB
- 18
- AVG
- .285
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | STL | 6 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .316 |
| 1941 | STL | 68 | 200 | 19 | 49 | 1 | 20 | 1 | .245 |
| 1942 | STL | 125 | 438 | 58 | 123 | 7 | 65 | 4 | .281 |
| 1943 | STL | 122 | 449 | 52 | 143 | 9 | 81 | 1 | .318 |
| 1944 | STL | 112 | 397 | 56 | 126 | 13 | 72 | 4 | .317 |
| 1945 | STL | 4 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .389 |
| 1946 | SF | 87 | 280 | 29 | 75 | 8 | 46 | 0 | .268 |
| 1947 | SF | 140 | 515 | 79 | 157 | 35 | 122 | 2 | .305 |
| 1948 | SF | 91 | 290 | 40 | 77 | 16 | 54 | 1 | .266 |
| 1949 |  SF/CIN | 124 | 454 | 48 | 117 | 20 | 83 | 0 | .258 |
| 1950 |  CIN/ATL | 117 | 384 | 55 | 120 | 14 | 64 | 1 | .313 |
| 1951 | ATL | 109 | 342 | 42 | 107 | 18 | 59 | 1 | .313 |
| 1952 | ATL | 102 | 349 | 33 | 82 | 10 | 55 | 1 | .235 |
| 1953 | ATL | 53 | 137 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 16 | 1 | .219 |
| 1954 |  PIT/CHC | 71 | 173 | 21 | 52 | 7 | 33 | 0 | .301 |
| 1955 | CHC | 54 | 111 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .279 |
| 1956 | STL | 40 | 68 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .265 |
| 1957 | STL | 48 | 78 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .269 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 16
- AB
- 60
- R
- 5
- H
- 18
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 6
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .300
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 5,078
- TB
- 2,180
- XBH
- 453
- HBP
- 22
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | STL | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | STL | 215 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | STL | 474 | 190 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | STL | 476 | 208 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | 426 | 200 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | SF | 300 | 111 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | SF | 546 | 302 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | SF | 322 | 137 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | SF/CIN | 488 | 198 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | CIN/ATL | 420 | 190 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | ATL | 372 | 177 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | ATL | 375 | 126 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | ATL | 151 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PIT/CHC | 198 | 89 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHC | 119 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | STL | 72 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | STL | 85 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 27.2
- RC
- 743.8
- RC/27
- 5.90
- ISOP
- .178
- SECA
- .248
- BB/K
- 0.87
- AB/HR
- 27.2
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | STL | 0.1 | 3.1 | 6.4 | .053 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | STL | -0.1 | 19.4 | 3.4 | .070 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 200 | 0 |
| 1942 | STL | 2.2 | 64.9 | 5.5 | .153 | 0.2 | 1 | 62.6 | 0 |
| 1943 | STL | 3.1 | 73.2 | 6.3 | .145 | 0.2 | 1 | 49.9 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | 3.4 | 71 | 6.9 | .186 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 30.5 | 0 |
| 1945 | STL | 0.1 | 2.7 | 6.6 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | SF | 1.2 | 35.7 | 4.6 | .129 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 35 | 0 |
| 1947 | SF | 5.1 | 101.4 | 7.6 | .282 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 14.7 | 0 |
| 1948 | SF | 1.8 | 47.4 | 5.9 | .207 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 18.1 | 0 |
| 1949 | SF/CIN | 1.3 | 63.2 | 5 | .178 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 22.7 | 0 |
| 1950 | CIN/ATL | 3.0 | 70.4 | 7.1 | .182 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 27.4 | 0 |
| 1951 | ATL | 3.4 | 64.6 | 7.4 | .205 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 19 | 0 |
| 1952 | ATL | 0.7 | 37.2 | 3.7 | .126 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 34.9 | 0 |
| 1953 | ATL | -0.2 | 13.9 | 3.5 | .109 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 45.7 | 0 |
| 1954 | PIT/CHC | 1.6 | 35.2 | 7.9 | .214 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 24.7 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHC | 0.7 | 20 | 6.7 | .279 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 15.9 | 0 |
| 1956 | STL | -0.3 | 9.4 | 5 | .191 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 34 | 0 |
| 1957 | STL | 0.1 | 11.9 | 5.5 | .205 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 26 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Walker Cooper's career stats?
Walker Cooper played 18 seasons for the Cardinals, the Giants, the Braves and the Cubs. He was a career .285 hitter with 1,341 hits, 173 home runs and 812 RBI. His best season was 1945: a .389 batting average, 0 home runs and 1 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1940 to 1957
Championships ×2
- 1942 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1944 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals