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{{short description|American baseball player (1894-1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Jimmy Cooney
| image =1923 Tomas Gutierrez Jimmy Cooney 1926.jpg
| image_size =250px
| alt =
| caption = Cooney, circa 1926
| team =
| number =
| position = [[Shortstop]]/[[Second baseman]]
| positionplain =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|08|24}}
| birth_place= [[Cranston, Rhode Island]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|08|07|1894|08|24}}
| death_place= [[Warwick, Rhode Island|Warwick]], Rhode IslandU.S.
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
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| stat1label = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value = .262
| stat2label = [[FieldingHome percentageruns]]
| stat2value = .9742
| stat3label = [[PutoutRuns batted in]]s
| stat3value = 981150
| stat4label = [[Assist (baseball)|Assists]]
| stat4value = 1,393
| awards =
| teams =
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{baseball year|1917}})
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* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] (1927)
* [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] ({{baseball year|1928}})
|highlights=
* [[Unassisted triple play]] (May 30, 1927)
}}
'''James Edward Cooney''' (August 24, 1894 – August 7, 1991), nicknamed "Scoops", was an American [[shortstop]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played for six different teams between {{Baseball year|1917}} and {{Baseball year|1928}}. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=11}}, 160 lb., Cooney batted and threw right-handed. His father [[Jimmy Cooney (19th century baseball SS)|Jimmy Sr.]] and younger brother [[Johnny Cooney|Johnny]] also played in the Major Leagues.
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In a seven-season career, Cooney was a .262 hitter (413-for-1575) with two [[home run]]s and 150 RBI in 448 games, including 64 doubles, 16 triples, and 30 stolen bases.
 
Cooney died in [[Warwick, Rhode Island]], on August 7, 1991, at the age of 96.
 
==Triple plays==
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==Sources==
{{Baseballstats | br=c/cooneji02 | fangraphs=1002587 |brm=cooney001jam}}
*[https://baseballbiography.com/jimmy-cooney-1894 BaseballJimmy LibraryCooney 1920s shortstop]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122044/http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cooney.JimmyJr.Obit.html The Deadball Era]
 
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[[Category:Baseball players from Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Boston Red Sox players]]
[[Category:New York Giants (NLbaseball) players]]
[[Category:St. Louis Cardinals players]]
[[Category:Chicago Cubs players]]