Johnny Cooney

Full Name: John Walter Cooney	Primary Position: OF,P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/165	First Game: April 19, 1921
Birthdate: March 18, 1901	Final Game: July 30, 1944
Birthplace: Cranston, Rhode Island	MLB Experience: 19 years
Died: July 8, 1986
Deathplace: Sarasota, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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[edit] Biography

Johnny Cooney (John Walter Cooney) was born on March 18, 1901 in Cranston, Rhode Island. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1921 for the Boston Braves. In 1924, his rookie year, he hit .254 with 0 home runs and 4 RBI. Cooney played for the Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees over the course of his 19 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Cooney's best season was 1936, when he hit for a .282 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1921	BOS	N	8	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1922	BOS	N	4	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1923	BOS	N	42	66	7	25	0	3	.379	.414	.394	1	0	4	2	0	3	0	0
1924	BOS	N	55	130	10	33	0	4	.254	.302	.285	2	1	9	5	0	5	0	0
1925	BOS	N	54	103	17	33	0	13	.320	.346	.388	7	0	3	6	1	5	1	0
1926	BOS	N	64	126	17	38	0	18	.302	.367	.357	3	2	13	7	0	8	6	0
1927	BOS	N	10	1	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928	BOS	N	33	41	2	7	0	2	.171	.244	.171	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	0
1929	BOS	N	41	72	10	23	0	6	.319	.355	.403	4	1	3	3	1	0	1	0
1930	BOS	N	4	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935	BRO	N	10	29	3	9	0	1	.310	.375	.379	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0
1936	BRO	N	130	507	71	143	0	30	.282	.315	.335	17	5	24	15	0	10	3	11
1937	BRO	N	120	430	61	126	0	37	.293	.327	.358	18	5	22	10	0	6	5	12
1938	BOS	N	120	432	45	117	0	17	.271	.308	.352	25	5	22	12	1	11	2	9
1939	BOS	N	118	368	39	101	2	27	.274	.317	.318	8	1	21	8	2	11	2	9
1940	BOS	N	108	365	40	116	0	21	.318	.363	.373	14	3	25	9	1	13	4	7
1941	BOS	N	123	442	52	141	0	29	.319	.358	.385	25	2	27	15	0	9	3	13
1942	BOS	N	74	198	23	41	0	7	.207	.290	.237	6	0	23	5	0	5	2	5
1943	BRO	N	37	34	7	7	0	2	.206	.289	.206	0	0	4	3	0	1	1	1
1944	NY	A	10	8	1	1	0	1	.125	.222	.125	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1944	BRO	N	7	4	0	3	0	1	.750	.750	.750	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1944	Total		17	12	1	4	0	2	.333	.385	.333	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		1162	3364	407	964	2	218	.287	.329	.342	130	26	207	107	6	89	30	67
Total	AL		10	8	1	1	0	1	.125	.222	.125	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1172	3372	408	965	2	219	.286	.329	.342	130	26	208	107	6	89	30	67

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	AVG
1921	BOS	N	P	8	1	20.2	2	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1922	BOS	N	P	4	3	25	1	6	0	1	1	1	1.000
1923	BOS	N	P	23	0	0	5	14	0	1	0	0	1.000
1923	BOS	N	OF	11	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1923	BOS	N	1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1924	BOS	N	P	34	0	0	18	32	2	3	0	0	.962
1924	BOS	N	OF	16	0	0	50	1	3	0	0	0	.944
1924	BOS	N	1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1925	BOS	N	P	31	0	0	14	60	4	6	0	0	.949
1925	BOS	N	1B	3	0	0	18	1	1	4	0	0	.950
1925	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1926	BOS	N	1B	31	0	0	241	24	1	27	0	0	.996
1926	BOS	N	P	19	0	0	7	21	2	1	0	0	.933
1926	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1928	BOS	N	P	24	0	0	11	32	0	3	0	0	1.000
1928	BOS	N	1B	3	0	0	16	0	1	2	0	0	.941
1928	BOS	N	OF	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1929	BOS	N	OF	16	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1929	BOS	N	P	14	0	0	4	16	1	1	0	0	.952
1930	BOS	N	P	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
1935	BRO	N	OF	10	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1936	BRO	N	OF	130	0	0	336	11	2	3	0	0	.994
1937	BRO	N	1B	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	BRO	N	OF	111	0	0	279	9	7	2	0	0	.976
1938	BOS	N	OF	110	0	0	209	6	4	2	0	0	.982
1938	BOS	N	1B	13	0	0	87	4	0	7	0	0	1.000
1939	BOS	N	OF	116	0	0	236	10	2	2	0	0	.992
1939	BOS	N	1B	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1940	BOS	N	OF	99	0	0	238	5	2	0	0	0	.992
1940	BOS	N	1B	7	0	0	56	4	0	5	0	0	1.000
1941	BOS	N	1B	4	0	0	41	2	0	4	0	0	1.000
1941	BOS	N	OF	111	0	0	274	9	1	3	0	0	.996
1942	BOS	N	OF	54	0	0	59	2	1	0	0	0	.984
1942	BOS	N	1B	23	0	0	195	10	1	10	0	0	.995
1943	BRO	N	1B	3	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1943	BRO	N	OF	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	NY	A	OF	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	BRO	N	OF	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	Total		LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1944	Total		OF	4	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	159	4	45.2	62	190	9	16	1	1	.966
Total			1B	93	0	0	681	45	4	60	0	0	.995
Total			OF	794	0	0	1791	56	22	12	0	0	.988

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1921	BOS	N	8	1	0	1	3.92	9	12	9	0	0	0	20.2	19	3	10	0	0
1922	BOS	N	4	3	1	2	2.16	7	10	6	1	0	0	25	19	0	6	0	1
1923	BOS	N	23	8	3	5	3.31	23	43	36	5	2	0	98	92	3	22	2	3
1924	BOS	N	34	19	8	9	3.18	67	79	64	12	2	2	181	176	4	50	2	4
1925	BOS	N	31	29	14	14	3.48	65	123	95	20	2	0	245.2	267	18	50	1	3
1926	BOS	N	19	8	3	3	4.00	23	52	37	3	1	0	83.1	106	0	29	1	7
1928	BOS	N	24	6	3	7	4.32	18	47	43	2	0	1	89.2	106	7	31	0	0
1929	BOS	N	14	2	2	3	5.00	11	29	25	1	0	3	45	57	4	22	0	0
1930	BOS	N	2	0	0	0	18.00	1	14	14	0	0	0	7	16	2	3	0	1
Total			159	76	34	44	3.72	224	409	329	44	7	6	795.1	858	41	223	6	19

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Boston Braves to Toledo (American Association) (January 23, 1931).
Traded by New York Giants with Joe Heving, Jack Berly and Harry Rosenberg to Indianapolis (American Association) (November 5, 1931) completing trade in which Indianapolis (American Association) traded Len Koenecke to New York Giants in exchange for 4 players to be named later (August 11, 1931).
Sold by New York Giants to Toledo (American Association) (1932).
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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