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Line 1: {{short description\|American baseball player (1894-1991)}} ~~{{Infobox MLB player~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography \| name = Jimmy Cooney \| image =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~~\|Cranston~~]], ~~[[Rhode Island]]~~U.S. \| death_date = {{death date and age\|1991\|08\|07\|1894\|08\|24}} \| death_place= [[Warwick, Rhode Island~~\|Warwick~~]], ~~Rhode Island~~U.S. \| bats = Right \| throws = Right \|debutleague = MLB \| debutdate = September 22 \| debutyear = 1917 \| debutteam = Boston Red Sox \|finalleague = MLB \| finaldate = June 16 \| finalyear = 1928 \| finalteam = Boston Braves \| statyear = \|statleague = MLB \| stat1label = [[Batting average (baseball)\|Batting average]] \| stat1value = .262 \| stat2label = [[~~Fielding~~Home ~~percentage~~runs]] \| stat2value = ~~.974~~2 \| stat3label = [[~~Putout~~Runs batted in]]s \| stat3value = ~~981~~150 \| ~~awards~~teams = ▼ ~~\| stat4label = [[Assist (baseball)\|Assists]]~~ * [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{baseball year\|1917}}) ~~\| stat4value = 1,393~~ * [[~~San~~New ~~Francisco~~York Giants (NL)\|New York Giants]] ({{bybaseball year\|1919}})▼ ▲\| awards = * [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{bybaseball year\|1924}}–{{bybaseball year\|1925}})▼ ~~\| teams = <nowiki></nowiki>~~ * [[~~Boston~~Chicago ~~Red Sox~~Cubs]] ({{bybaseball year\|1926}}–{{baseball year\|~~1917~~1927}}) ▲* [[San Francisco Giants\|New York Giants]] ({{by\|1919}}) ▲* [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{by\|1924}}–{{by\|1925}}) * [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{by\|1926}}–{{by\|1927}}) * [[Philadelphia Phillies]] (1927) * [[~~Atlanta~~Boston Braves (baseball)\|Boston Braves]] ({{bybaseball year\|1928}}) ~~\|highlights=<nowiki></nowiki>~~ * [[Unassisted triple play]] (May 30, 1927) }} '''James Edward Cooney''' (August 24, 1894 —– August 7, 1991), nicknamed "Scoops"," was an ~~[[United States\|~~American]] [[shortstop]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played for six different teams between {{ByBaseball year\|1917}} and {{ByBaseball 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. A native of [[Cranston, Rhode Island]], Cooney reached the Majors in 1917 with the [[Boston Red Sox]], spending part of the season with them before playing with the [[~~San~~New ~~Francisco~~York Giants (NL)\|New York Giants]] in {{ByBaseball year\|1919}}. After that, he spent four years with the [[Milwaukee Brewers (minor league baseball team)\|Milwaukee Brewers]] of the [[American Association (20th century)\|American Association]], setting a personal mark with 12 consecutive [[hit (baseball)\|hits]] in {{ByBaseball year\|1923}}. Cooney came back to play once again in the Major Leagues with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{ByBaseball year\|1924}}-–{{ByBaseball year\|1925}}), [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{ByBaseball year\|1926}}-–{{ByBaseball year\|1927}}), [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{ByBaseball year\|1927}}) and [[~~Atlanta~~Boston Braves (baseball)\|Boston Braves]] ({{ByBaseball year\|1928}}). His most productive season came in 1924 with St. Louis, when he hit a career-high .295 in 110 games including 20 [[double (baseball)\|doubles]], eight [[triple (baseball)\|triples]], 57 [[runs batted in]] and 12 [[stolen base]]s, also career-numbers. 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]], ~~just~~on 17August ~~days~~7, ~~short~~1991, ofat ~~his~~the ~~ninety-seventh~~age of ~~birthday~~96.▼ ==Triple plays== While in Chicago, Cooney entered the record books as the sixth player in the modern era to turn an [[unassisted triple play]]. On May 30, 1927, in the fourth inning of a game against [[Pittsburgh Pirates\|Pittsburgh]], Cooney caught a line drive hit by [[Paul Waner]], stepped on [[second base]] to retire [[Lloyd Waner]], and then tagged [[Clyde Barnhart]] coming down from [[first base]]. One day after Cooney's fielding gem, [[Johnny Neun]] also turned an unassisted triple play. Despite their joint fame, Cooney and Neun never actually met, as they were playing in different leagues. (They did face each other in a minor league game in 1929, but didn't exchange words.) Finally, nearly six decades later, in 1986, [[Sports Illustrated]] arranged a conference call between the two.[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1064806/index.htm] ▲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 also had a hand in two more triple plays in his big-league career: first, he was credited with an (assisted) triple play (with [[Jim Bottomley]] and [[Rogers Hornsby]]) on July 30, 1924. Second, Cooney was called out when [[Glenn Wright]] pulled off an unassisted triple play on May 7, 1925. Oddly, it involved the same two men as the previous year's play: Cooney was on second while Hornsby was on first and Bottomley was batting.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110807074012/http://tripleplays.sabr.org/tp_1920.htm] ▲Cooney died in [[Warwick, Rhode Island]], just 17 days short of his ninety-seventh birthday. ==See also== [[List of second -generation Major League Baseball players\|List of second generation MLB players]] [[Unassisted triple play]] ==Sources== {{Baseballstats \| br=c/cooneji02 \| fangraphs=1002587 \| ~~cube~~brm=~~Jimmy-Cooney~~cooney001jam}} [https://baseballbiography.com/jimmy-cooney-1894 Jimmy Cooney 1920s shortstop] [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Jimmy_Cooney_1894 Baseball Library] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122044/http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cooney.JimmyJr.Obit.html The Deadball Era]▼ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Cooney_%28cooneji02%29 BR Bullpen] ▲*[http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cooney.JimmyJr.Obit.html The Deadball Era] ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ ~~\| NAME = Cooney, Jimmy~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION =~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH = 1894~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Cranston, Rhode Island\|Cranston]], [[Rhode Island]]~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH = 1991~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Warwick, Rhode Island\|Warwick]], Rhode Island~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooney, Jimmy}} [[Category:1894 births]] Line 77 ⟶ 74: [[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]] Line 84 ⟶ 81: [[Category:Minor league baseball managers]] [[Category:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) managers]] [[Category:~~People~~Sportspeople from Cranston, Rhode Island]] [[Category:Worcester Busters players]] [[Category:Providence Grays (minor league) players]] [[Category:Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players]] [[Category:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players]]