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Johnny Cooney
John Walter Cooney
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 18, 1901 in Cranston, RI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1921
Final Game: July 30, 1944
Died: July 8, 1986 in Sarasota, FL
Relatives: Brother of Jimmy Cooney and Son of Jimmy Cooney
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1921 20 BSN NL 8 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 1 0 0 /1
1922 21 BSN NL 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1923 22 BSN NL 42 73 66 7 25 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 2 .379 .414 .394 .808 118 26 0 3 1O/3
1924 23 BSN NL 55 144 130 10 33 2 1 0 4 0 4 9 5 .254 .302 .285 .587 61 37 0 5 1O/3
1925 24 BSN NL 54 112 103 17 33 7 0 0 13 1 0 3 6 .320 .346 .388 .734 95 40 1 5 1/3O
1926 25 BSN NL 64 147 126 17 38 3 2 0 18 6 13 7 .302 .367 .357 .724 103 45 0 8 31/O
1927 26 BSN NL 10 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1928 27 BSN NL 33 46 41 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 .171 .244 .171 .415 13 7 0 1 1/3O
1929 28 BSN NL 41 76 72 10 23 4 1 0 6 1 3 3 .319 .355 .403 .758 90 29 1 0 O1
1930 29 BSN NL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1935 34 BRO NL 10 32 29 3 9 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 .310 .375 .379 .754 105 11 0 0 0 O
1936 35 BRO NL 130 541 507 71 143 17 5 0 30 3 24 15 .282 .315 .335 .650 74 170 11 0 10 *O
1937 36 BRO NL 120 458 430 61 126 18 5 0 37 5 22 10 .293 .327 .358 .686 85 154 12 0 6 *O/3 MVP-17
1938 37 BSN NL 120 466 432 45 117 25 5 0 17 2 22 12 .271 .308 .352 .660 89 152 9 1 11 *O3
1939 38 BSN NL 118 402 368 39 101 8 1 2 27 2 21 8 .274 .317 .318 .635 76 117 9 2 11 *O/3
1940 39 BSN NL 108 404 365 40 116 14 3 0 21 4 25 9 .318 .363 .373 .736 108 136 7 1 13 O/3 MVP-11
1941 40 BSN NL 123 478 442 52 141 25 2 0 29 3 27 15 .319 .358 .385 .743 114 170 13 0 9 *O/3 MVP-15
1942 41 BSN NL 74 226 198 23 41 6 0 0 7 2 23 5 .207 .290 .237 .527 56 47 5 0 5 O3
1943 42 BRO NL 37 39 34 7 7 0 0 0 2 1 4 3 .206 .289 .206 .495 44 7 1 0 1 /3O
1944 43 TOT 17 14 12 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .385 .333 .718 104 4 0 0 1 /O
1944 43 BRO NL 7 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 327 3 0 0 1 /O
1944 43 NYY AL 10 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -1 1 0 0 0 /O
20 Seasons 1172 3675 3372 409 965 130 26 2 219 30 5 208 107 .286 .329 .342 .671 86 1153 67 6 89
162 Game Avg. 162 508 466 57 133 18 4 0 30 4 29 15 .286 .329 .342 .671 86 159 1 12
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BSN (15 yrs) 858 2591 2360 266 676 95 15 2 147 21 5 154 77 .286 .332 .342 .674 89 807 43 6 71
BRO (5 yrs) 304 1075 1004 142 288 35 11 0 71 9 53 30 .287 .323 .344 .666 80 345 24 0 18
NYY (1 yr) 10 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -1 1 0 0 0
NL (20 yrs) 1162 3666 3364 408 964 130 26 2 218 30 5 207 107 .287 .329 .342 .671 86 1152 67 6 89
AL (1 yr) 10 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -1 1 0 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1921 20 BSN NL 0 1 .000 3.92 8 1 3 0 0 0 20.2 19 12 9 3 10 9 0 0 0 90 94 1.403 8.3 1.3 4.4 3.9 0.90
1922 21 BSN NL 1 2 .333 2.16 4 3 1 1 0 0 25.0 19 10 6 0 6 7 1 0 0 99 186 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.2 2.5 1.17
1923 22 BSN NL 3 5 .375 3.31 23 8 12 5 2 0 98.0 92 43 36 3 22 23 3 1 2 406 121 1.163 8.4 0.3 2.0 2.1 1.05
1924 23 BSN NL 8 9 .471 3.18 34 19 12 12 2 2 181.0 176 79 64 4 50 67 4 1 2 753 120 1.249 8.8 0.2 2.5 3.3 1.34
1925 24 BSN NL 14 14 .500 3.48 31 29 2 20 2 0 245.2 267 123 95 18 50 65 3 0 1 1047 115 1.290 9.8 0.7 1.8 2.4 1.30
1926 25 BSN NL 3 3 .500 4.00 19 8 11 3 1 0 83.1 106 52 37 0 29 23 7 0 1 386 89 1.620 11.4 0.0 3.1 2.5 0.79
1928 27 BSN NL 3 7 .300 4.32 24 6 13 2 0 1 89.2 106 47 43 7 31 18 0 0 0 389 90 1.528 10.6 0.7 3.1 1.8 0.58
1929 28 BSN NL 2 3 .400 5.00 14 2 10 1 0 3 45.0 57 29 25 4 22 11 0 0 0 210 93 1.756 11.4 0.8 4.4 2.2 0.50
1930 29 BSN NL 0 0 18.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 16 14 14 2 3 1 1 0 0 41 27 2.714 20.6 2.6 3.9 1.3 0.33
9 Seasons 34 44 .436 3.72 159 76 66 44 7 6 795.1 858 409 329 41 223 224 19 2 6 3421 106 1.359 9.7 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .436 3.72 46 22 19 13 2 2 230 248 118 95 12 65 65 5 1 2 990 106 1.359 9.7 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1921 BSN NL 20 P 8 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.88 .957 1.52
1922 BSN NL 21 P 4 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.75 .957 1.30
1923 BSN NL 22 P 23 19 5 14 0 1 1.000 0.83 .958 1.34
1923 BSN NL 22 OF 11 30 27 3 0 0 1.000 2.73 .963 2.28 2-8-1
1923 BSN NL 22 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 10.20
1924 BSN NL 23 P 34 52 18 32 2 3 .962 1.47 .965 1.42
1924 BSN NL 23 OF 16 54 50 1 3 0 .944 3.19 .967 2.24 0-15-1
1924 BSN NL 23 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 10.40
1925 BSN NL 24 P 31 78 14 60 4 6 .949 2.39 .958 1.35
1925 BSN NL 24 1B 3 20 18 1 1 4 .950 6.33 .990 9.73
1925 BSN NL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1-0-0
1926 BSN NL 25 1B 31 266 241 24 1 27 .996 8.55 .989 10.03
1926 BSN NL 25 P 19 30 7 21 2 1 .933 1.47 .960 1.39
1926 BSN NL 25 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.30 0-0-1
1928 BSN NL 27 P 24 43 11 32 0 3 1.000 1.79 .965 1.27
1928 BSN NL 27 1B 3 17 16 0 1 2 .941 5.33 .988 10.17
1928 BSN NL 27 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.30 0-1-1
1929 BSN NL 28 OF 16 45 45 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 .973 2.38 4-10-2
1929 BSN NL 28 P 14 21 4 16 1 1 .952 1.43 .967 1.23
1930 BSN NL 29 P 2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 1.10
1935 BRO NL 34 OF 10 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 .970 2.31 0-10-0
1936 BRO NL 35 OF 130 349 336 11 2 3 .994 2.67 .972 2.25 0-130-0
1937 BRO NL 36 OF 111 295 279 9 7 2 .976 2.59 .974 2.13 5-104-3 MVP-17
1937 BRO NL 36 1B 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 10.10 MVP-17
1938 BSN NL 37 OF 110 219 209 6 4 2 .982 1.95 .976 2.22 17-15-84
1938 BSN NL 37 1B 13 91 87 4 0 7 1.000 7.00 .992 10.16
1939 BSN NL 38 OF 116 248 236 10 2 2 .992 2.12 .975 2.17 0-112-5
1939 BSN NL 38 1B 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .980 10.00
1940 BSN NL 39 OF 99 245 238 5 2 0 .992 2.45 .977 2.17 0-98-1 MVP-11
1940 BSN NL 39 1B 7 60 56 4 0 5 1.000 8.57 .990 10.09 MVP-11
1941 BSN NL 40 OF 111 284 274 9 1 3 .996 2.55 .974 2.15 0-111-0 MVP-15
1941 BSN NL 40 1B 4 43 41 2 0 4 1.000 10.75 .988 9.72 MVP-15
1942 BSN NL 41 OF 54 62 59 2 1 0 .984 1.13 .981 2.15 5-16-34
1942 BSN NL 41 1B 23 206 195 10 1 10 .995 8.91 .989 9.66
1943 BRO NL 42 1B 3 16 16 0 0 1 1.000 5.33 .994 10.00
1943 BRO NL 42 OF 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 2.25 0-2-0
1944 TOT 43 OF 4 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.33 3-1-0
1944 BRO NL 43 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.30 1-1-0
1944 NYY AL 43 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.35 2-0-0
16 Seasons OF 794 1869 1791 56 22 12 .988 2.33 .974 2.19 37-633-133
9 Seasons P 159 261 62 190 9 16 .966 1.58 .962 1.35
12 Seasons 1B 93 730 681 45 4 60 .995 7.81 .990 9.95
20 Seasons TOT 1046 2860 2534 291 35 88 .988 2.70 .965 2.75 37-633-133
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1937-NL-17-5%
1940-NL-11-9%
1941-NL-15-6%
0.20 Career Shares (720th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1940 NL--.318--3rd
1941 NL--.319--2nd

Singles s c a p y
1941 NL--114--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1938 NL--11--9th
1940 NL--13--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
1936 NL--33.800--5th
1937 NL--43.000--2nd
1938 NL--36.000--4th
1939 NL--46.000--1st
1940 NL--40.556--2nd
1941 NL--29.467--4th
Career--31.510--19th

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1925 NL--3.480--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1925 NL--1.290--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1924 NL--8.751--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 NL--1.832--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1924 NL--3.332--7th

Saves s c a p y
1924 NL--2--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1925 NL--245.7--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1925 NL--20--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1923 NL--2--10th
1925 NL--2--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1925 NL--18--4th

Hits s c a p y
1925 NL--267--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1925 NL--1.300--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1924 NL--.199--6th

Losses s c a p y
1925 NL--14--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 NL--7--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1925 NL--1047--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1928 NL--13--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1924 NL--120--9th

Oldest s c a p y
1938 NL--born 1901-03-18--10th
1939 NL--born 1901-03-18--6th
1940 NL--born 1901-03-18--5th
1941 NL--born 1901-03-18--3rd
1942 NL--born 1901-03-18--1st
1943 NL--born 1901-03-18--1st
1944 AL--born 1901-03-18--2nd
1944 NL--born 1901-03-18--2nd

Youngest s c a p y
1921 NL--born 1901-03-18--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1507), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 18 (1138), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1496), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1925), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 5 (1339), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 23, 1931: Purchased by Toledo (American Association) from the Boston Braves.

November 5, 1931: Sent by the New York Giants to Indianapolis (American Association) to complete an earlier deal made on August 11, 1931. The New York Giants sent players to be named later to Indianapolis (American Association) for players to be named later and Len Koenecke. The New York Giants sent Johnny Cooney (November 5, 1931), Joe Heving (November 5, 1931), Jack Berly (November 5, 1931) and Harry Rosenberg (November 5, 1931) to Indianapolis (American Association) to complete the trade.

Before 1932 Season: Purchased by Toledo (American Association) from the New York Giants.

September 10, 1935: Sent from Indianapolis (American Association) to the Brooklyn Dodgers in an unknown transaction.

October 4, 1937: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Jim Bucher, Roy Henshaw and Joe Stripp to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leo Durocher.

April 18, 1938: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 19, 1938: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Bees.

January 16, 1943: Released by the Boston Braves.

January 21, 1943: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 14, 1944: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 17, 1944: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 4, 1944: Released by the New York Yankees.

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