Johnny Cooney
Johnny Cooney
Full name: John Walter Cooney
Born: March 18, 1901, Cranston, Rhode Island
Died July 8, 1986, Sarasota, Florida
Buried at Manasota Memorial Park, Sarasota, Florida
First Game: April 19, 1921; Final Game: July 30, 1944
Managed First Game: August 16, 1949; Managed Final Game: October 2, 1949
Umpired First Game: June 28, 1941; Umpired Final Game: June 28, 1941
Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 5' 10" Weight: 165
Brother of Jimmy Cooney
Son of Jimmy Cooney
Johnny Cooney
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1921 BOS N 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0.0 1921 BOS N
1922 BOS N 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1922 BOS N
1923 BOS N 42 66 7 25 1 0 0 3 4 2 0 3 0 1 .379 .414 .394 0.1 1923 BOS N
1924 BOS N 55 130 10 33 2 1 0 4 9 5 0 5 0 4 .254 .302 .285 -0.5 1924 BOS N
1925 BOS N 54 103 17 33 7 0 0 13 3 6 1 5 1 0 .320 .346 .388 0.0 1925 BOS N
1926 BOS N 64 126 17 38 3 2 0 18 13 7 0 8 6 .302 .367 .357 0.3 1926 BOS N
1927 BOS N 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1927 BOS N
1928 BOS N 33 41 2 7 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 .171 .244 .171 0.0 1928 BOS N
1929 BOS N 41 72 10 23 4 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 .319 .355 .403 0.0 1929 BOS N
1930 BOS N 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1930 BOS N
1935 BRO N 10 29 3 9 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 .310 .375 .379 0.0 1935 BRO N
1936 BRO N 130 507 71 143 17 5 0 30 24 15 0 10 11 3 .282 .315 .335 -1.3 1936 BRO N
1937 BRO N 120 430 61 126 18 5 0 37 22 10 0 6 12 5 .293 .327 .358 -0.7 1937 BRO N
1938 BOS N 120 432 45 117 25 5 0 17 22 12 1 11 9 2 .271 .308 .352 -1.6 1938 BOS N
1939 BOS N 118 368 39 101 8 1 2 27 21 8 2 11 9 2 .274 .317 .318 -1.4 1939 BOS N
1940 BOS N 108 365 40 116 14 3 0 21 25 9 1 13 7 4 .318 .363 .373 0.2 1940 BOS N
1941 BOS N 123 442 52 141 25 2 0 29 27 15 0 9 13 3 .319 .358 .385 0.8 1941 BOS N
1942 BOS N 74 198 23 41 6 0 0 7 23 5 0 5 5 2 .207 .290 .237 -1.7 1942 BOS N
1943 BRO N 37 34 7 7 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 1 1 .206 .289 .206 -0.3 1943 BRO N
1944 BRO N 7 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .750 .750 .750 0.1 1944 BRO N
1944 NY A 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 -0.1 1944 NY A
1944 Total 17 12 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0i .333 .385 .333 0.0 1944 Total
Total NL 1162 3364 407 964 130 26 2 218 207 107 6 89 67i 30 5i .287 .329 .342 -6.0 Total NL
Total AL 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 -0.1 Total AL
Total 1172 3372 408 965 130 26 2 219 208 107 6 89 67i 30 5i .286 .329 .342 -6.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
1921 BOS N 8 1 0 0 3 0 20.2 19 90 3 12 9 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.92 -0.1 1921 BOS N
1922 BOS N 4 3 1 0 1 0 25 19 99 0 10 6 6 7 1 0 1 0 1 2 2.16 0.3 1922 BOS N
1923 BOS N 23 8 5 2 12 0 98 92 406 3 43 36 22 23 7 2 3 1 3 5 3.31 0.9 1923 BOS N
1924 BOS N 34 19 12 2 12 2 181 176 753 4 79 64 50 67 21 2 4 1 8 9 3.18 1.1 1924 BOS N
1925 BOS N 31 29 20 2 2 0 245.2 267 1047 18 123 95 50 65 21 1 3 0 14 14 3.48 2.1 1925 BOS N
1926 BOS N 19 8 3 1 11 0 83.1 106 386 0 52 37 29 23 19 1 7 0 3 3 4.00 -0.2 1926 BOS N
1928 BOS N 24 6 2 0 13 1 89.2 106 389 7 47 43 31 18 8 0 0 0 3 7 4.32 -0.1 1928 BOS N
1929 BOS N 14 2 1 0 10 3 45 57 210 4 29 25 22 11 7 0 0 0 2 3 5.00 0.0 1929 BOS N
1930 BOS N 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 16 41 2 14 14 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 -0.4 1930 BOS N
Total 159 76 44 7 66 6 795.1 858 3421 41 409 329 223 224 88 6 19 2 34 44 3.72 3.6 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1921 BOS N P 8 2 5 0 0 1.000
1922 BOS N P 4 1 6 0 1 1.000
1923 BOS N P 23 5 14 0 1 1.000
1923 BOS N OF 11 27 3 0 0 1.000 2 8 1
1923 BOS N 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1924 BOS N P 34 18 32 2 3 .962
1924 BOS N OF 16 50 1 3 0 .944 0 15 1
1924 BOS N 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1925 BOS N P 31 14 60 4 6 .949
1925 BOS N 1B 3 18 1 1 4 .950
1925 BOS N OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1926 BOS N 1B 31 241 24 1 27 .996
1926 BOS N P 19 7 21 2 1 .933
1926 BOS N OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1928 BOS N P 24 11 32 0 3 1.000
1928 BOS N 1B 3 16 0 1 2 .941
1928 BOS N OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 1
1929 BOS N OF 16 45 0 0 0 1.000 4 10 2
1929 BOS N P 14 4 16 1 1 .952
1930 BOS N P 2 0 4 0 0 1.000
1935 BRO N OF 10 23 0 0 0 1.000 0 10 0
1936 BRO N OF 130 336 11 2 3 .994 0 130 0
1937 BRO N OF 111 279 9 7 2 .976 5 104 3
1937 BRO N 1B 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
1938 BOS N OF 110 209 6 4 2 .982 17 15 84
1938 BOS N 1B 13 87 4 0 7 1.000
1939 BOS N OF 116 236 10 2 2 .992 0 112 5
1939 BOS N 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000
1940 BOS N OF 99 238 5 2 0 .992 0 98 1
1940 BOS N 1B 7 56 4 0 5 1.000
1941 BOS N OF 111 274 9 1 3 .996 0 111 0
1941 BOS N 1B 4 41 2 0 4 1.000
1942 BOS N OF 54 59 2 1 0 .984 5 16 34
1942 BOS N 1B 23 195 10 1 10 .995
1943 BRO N 1B 3 16 0 0 1 1.000
1943 BRO N OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 0
1944 BRO N OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 0
1944 NY A OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0
1944 Total LF -
1944 Total OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3 1 0
Total OF 794 1791 56 22 12 .988 37 633 133
Total P 159 62 190 9 16 .966
Total 1B 93 681 45 4 60 .995
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1949 BOS N 46 20 25 .444 197 226 8-16 4 4
Umpiring Record
Year LG
1941 NL
Transactions Transactions
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Jim Bucher , Joe Stripp and Roy Henshaw to St. Louis
Cardinals in exchange for Leo Durocher (October 4, 1937 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (April 18, 1938 ).
Signed by Boston Bees (April 19, 1938 ).
Released by Boston Braves (January 16, 1943 ).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (January 21, 1943 ).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (June 14, 1944 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (June 17, 1944 ).
Released by New York Yankees (August 4, 1944 ).
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