Calvin Asa Cooper (August 11, 1922 – July 4, 1994) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.

Prior to his major league debut and exit, he attended and played for Newberry College.

Cooper was born in 1922 in Great Falls, South Carolina, a small town in the north central portion of the state.

At age 26, he was called up from the Triple-A organization of the Washington Senators to play in the majors.

For 28 years prior to his death in 1994, Cooper served as a member of the Laurens County School Board.