Jimmy Cooney
James Joseph Cooney
 
 
Born: July 9, 1865 in Cranston, RI
Died: July 1, 1903 - 37 years old
Bats: B Throws: R Ht: 5'9" Wt: 155
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Purchased by the Chicago White Stockings from Omaha in 1889

Comparison

Comparison
Shortstops
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 George Davis
1890 - 1909
SS
84.4
Pl
 
70.4
24.0
-0.4
9.6
2 Bill Dahlen
1891 - 1911
SS
75.3
 
62.1
28.4
0.0
15.2
3 John Ward
1878 - 1894
SS
64.1
Pl
 
30.8
10.4
28.4
5.5
4 Jack Glasscock
1879 - 1895
SS
61.4
 
50.1
22.3
-0.4
10.6
5 Hughie Jennings
1891 - 1918
SS
42.4
Pl
 
37.9
9.0
0.0
4.5
6 Ed McKean
1887 - 1899
SS
38.6
 
43.4
4.1
0.0
8.9
7 Herman Long
1889 - 1904
SS
37.0
 
31.0
16.8
0.0
10.8
8 Germany Smith
1884 - 1898
SS
21.7
 
8.4
22.8
-0.1
9.4
9 Tommy Corcoran
1890 - 1907
SS
20.4
 
13.8
19.8
0.0
13.3
10 Sam Wise
1881 - 1893
SS
20.3
 
26.8
-1.9
0.0
4.6
11 Arthur Irwin
1880 - 1894
SS
15.0
 
12.5
9.0
-0.0
6.4
12 Bob Allen
1890 - 1900
SS
11.4
 
8.1
6.9
0.0
3.6
13 George Shoch
1886 - 1897
SS
10.0
 
10.1
-0.1
0.2
0.2
14 Jimmy Cooney
1890 - 1892
SS
8.3
 
4.5
5.8
0.0
2.0
15 Ollie Beard
1889 - 1891
SS
8.0
 
4.8
4.8
0.0
1.7
16 Bones Ely
1884 - 1902
SS
7.3
 
3.9
11.7
-1.6
6.8
17 Shorty Fuller
1888 - 1896
SS
7.1
 
4.1
8.1
0.0
5.2
18 Frank Shugart
1890 - 1901
SS
4.9
 
8.6
-1.1
0.0
2.6
19 Bobby Wheelock
1887 - 1891
SS
4.4
 
2.8
2.6
0.0
1.0
20 Irv Ray
1888 - 1891
SS
3.7
 
4.5
-0.2
0.0
0.6
21 Tom McLaughlin
1883 - 1891
SS
0.8
 
-0.1
2.3
0.0
1.3
22 Gus Alberts
1884 - 1891
SS
0.6
 
0.8
0.3
0.0
0.5
23 Ed Spurney
1891 - 1891
SS
0.1
 
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
24 Jim Gray
1884 - 1893
SS
-0.1
 
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
25 Harry Morelock
1891 - 1892
SS
-0.2
 
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
26 Bill Clymer
1891 - 1891
SS
-0.2
 
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.0
27 Gil Hatfield
1885 - 1895
SS
-1.1
 
2.0
-0.5
-1.3
1.4
28 Frank Scheibeck
1887 - 1906
SS
-1.3
 
1.8
-0.8
-0.4
2.0
 
  Jimmy Cooney
1890 - 1892
SS
8.3
 
4.5
5.8
0.0
2.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James