Jimmy Cooney
Shortstop, Baseball Player
1865 – 1903
Who was Jimmy Cooney?
James Joseph Cooney was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1890 through 1892 for the Chicago Colts and Washington Senators of the National League. Listed at 5' 9", 155 lb. Cooney batted switch and threw right-handed. He was born in Cranston, Rhode Island.
In a three-season career, Cooney was a .242 hitter with four home runs and 118 RBI in 324 games, including 35 doubles, 14 triples, and 77 stolen bases.
Cooney's sons Jimmy and Johnny also played in the Major Leagues. Cooney died at the age of 37 in his hometown of Cranston of pneumonia, and is interred at the St. Ann Cemetery there.
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- Born
- Jul 9, 1865
Cranston - Profession
- Lived in
- Cranston
- Died
- Jul 1, 1903
Cranston
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on July 23, 2013
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