Jimmy Cooney (1920s shortstop)
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James Edward Cooney (August 24, 1894 – August 7, 1991), nicknamed "Scoops", was an American
A native of
.Cooney came back to play once again in the Major Leagues with the
In a seven-season career, Cooney was a .262 hitter (413-for-1575) with two home runs 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
While in Chicago, Cooney entered the record books as the sixth player in the modern era to turn an
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.[1]
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.[2]
See also
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Jimmy Cooney 1920s shortstop
- The Deadball Era