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Jimmy Cooney
James Edward Cooney (Scoops)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 22, 1917
Final Game June 16, 1928
Born August 24, 1894 in Cranston, RI
Died August 7, 1991 in Warwick, RI

Brother of Johnny Cooney and Son of Jimmy Cooney

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 22 BOS AL  11   36    4    8   1  0   0    3   0      6   2  .222  .333  .250   79    9   6           0    
 1919 24 NYG NL   5   14    3    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   0  .214  .214  .214   30    3   1           0    
 1924 29 STL NL 110  383   44  113  20  8   1   57  12 10  20  20  .295  .330  .397   95  152  11           0    
 1925 30 STL NL  54  187   27   51  11  2   0   18   1  3   4   5  .273  .292  .353   62   66  10           1    
 1926 31 CHC NL 141  513   52  129  18  5   1   47  11     23  10  .251  .288  .312   61  160  20           3    
 1927 32 TOT NL 109  391   49  102  14  1   0   21   5     21  16  .261  .299  .302   63  118  19           0    
         CHC NL  33  132   16   32   2  0   0    6   1      8   7  .242  .286  .258   46   34   9           0    
         PHI NL  76  259   33   70  12  1   0   15   4     13   9  .270  .305  .324   71   84  10           0    
 1928 33 BSN NL  18   51    2    7   0  0   0    3   1      2   5  .137  .170  .137  -17    7   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      448 1575  181  413  64 16   2  150  30 13  76  58  .262  .298  .327   68  515  67   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        570   65  149  23  6   1   54  11  5  27  21  .262  .298  .327   68  186  24   0   0   1   0
 Career High    141  513   52  129  20  8   1   57  12 10  23  20  .295  .330  .397   95  160  20   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 22 BOS AL   48   34    3   2.4    79| .222  .254| .333  .324| .250  .328| .583  .653|  79  .345  -0.6  -0.1     
 1919 24 NYG NL   15   12    1   2.2    81| .214  .263| .214  .317| .214  .346| .428  .663|  30  .302  -1.2  -0.1     
 1924 29 STL NL  414  291   48   4.4   102| .295  .287| .330  .343| .397  .401| .727  .743|  95  .487  -3.0  -0.3  54%
 1925 30 STL NL  202  149   18   3.2   116| .273  .303| .292  .361| .353  .432| .645  .793|  62  .301 -11.1  -1.0  25%
 1926 31 CHC NL  559  404   45   3.0   104| .251  .288| .288  .349| .312  .400| .600  .748|  61  .315 -29.7  -3.0     
 1927 32 TOT NL  431  308   36   3.1   102| .261  .287| .299  .345| .302  .395| .601  .740|  63  .333 -20.2  -2.0     
         CHC NL  149  109   10   2.5   104| .242  .290| .286  .349| .258  .400| .544  .749|  46  .241 -10.1  -1.0     
         PHI NL  282  199   26   3.5   101| .270  .285| .305  .343| .324  .393| .629  .736|  71  .379 -10.2  -1.0     
 1928 33 BSN NL   53   44    1   0.6   105| .137  .284| .170  .348| .137  .403| .307  .751| -17  .022  -8.7  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1722 1242  152   3.3   104| .262  .288| .298  .347| .327  .401| .625  .747|  68  .351 -74.5  -7.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 22 BOS AL 2B 10 26 34 0 7 1.000 .958 6.00 4.94 SS 1 4 5 0 0 1.000 .928 9.00 4.80 1919 24 NYG NL SS 4 6 10 0 2 1.000 .941 4.00 5.50 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.10 1924 29 STL NL SS 99 242 322 18 68 .969 .949 5.70 5.44 3B 7 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.71 2.81 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.60 1925 30 STL NL SS 37 70 94 4 22 .976 .942 4.43 5.19 2B 15 27 43 2 9 .972 .967 4.67 5.61 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1 0 0 1926 31 CHC NL SS 141 344 492 24 107 .972 .948 5.93 5.30 1927 32 TOT NL SS 107 230 340 13 64 .978 .944 5.33 5.18 CHC NL SS 33 75 102 5 13 .973 .944 5.36 5.18 PHI NL SS 74 155 238 8 51 .980 .944 5.31 5.18 1928 33 BSN NL SS 11 23 31 1 10 .982 .951 4.91 5.22 2B 4 4 12 1 1 .941 .970 4.00 5.70
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 22 BOS AL 2B 10 26 34 0 7 1.000 .958 6.00 4.94 1919 24 NYG NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.10 1924 29 STL NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.60 1925 30 STL NL 2B 15 27 43 2 9 .972 .967 4.67 5.61 1928 33 BSN NL 2B 4 4 12 1 1 .941 .970 4.00 5.70 1924 29 STL NL 3B 7 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.71 2.81 1925 30 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1 0 0 1917 22 BOS AL SS 1 4 5 0 0 1.000 .928 9.00 4.80 1919 24 NYG NL SS 4 6 10 0 2 1.000 .941 4.00 5.50 1924 29 STL NL SS 99 242 322 18 68 .969 .949 5.70 5.44 1925 30 STL NL SS 37 70 94 4 22 .976 .942 4.43 5.19 1926 31 CHC NL SS 141 344 492 24 107 .972 .948 5.93 5.30 1927 32 TOT NL SS 107 230 340 13 64 .978 .944 5.33 5.18 CHC NL SS 33 75 102 5 13 .973 .944 5.36 5.18 PHI NL SS 74 155 238 8 51 .980 .944 5.31 5.18 1928 33 BSN NL SS 11 23 31 1 10 .982 .951 4.91 5.22
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 400 919 1294 60 273 .974 .947 5.53 5.29 2B 31 59 90 3 17 .980 .964 4.81 5.39 3B 7 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.71 2.81 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 439 981 1393 63 290 .974 .948 5.41 5.25
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats per Strikeout
1926 NL-51.3-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3858) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 6, 1924: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Milwaukee (American Association).

December 11, 1925: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Vic Keen.

June 7, 1927: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Tony Kaufmann to the Philadelphia Phillies for Hal Carlson.

December 13, 1927: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Bubber Jonnard and Johnny Mokan to the St. Louis Cardinals for Johnny Schulte and Jimmy Ring.

February 3, 1928: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals.

June 22, 1928: Traded by the Boston Braves with Luke Urban and Johnny Werts to the Buffalo (International) for Bonnie Hollingsworth.


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