Duff Cooley
[edit] Biography
Duff Cooley (Duff Gordon Cooley) was born on March 29, 1873 in Leavenworth, Kansas. He made his Major League debut on July 27, 1893 for the St. Louis Perfectos. In 1894, his rookie year, he hit .296 with 1 home run and 21 RBI. Cooley played for the St. Louis Perfectos, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Beaneaters and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 13 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Duff Cooley's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1898, when he hit for a .312 average and knocked in 55 runs. However, others believe that it was 1895, when he stole 27 bases, hit for a .339 average and knocked in 75 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1893
| STL
| N
| 29
| 107
| 20
| 37
| 0
| 21
| .346
| .391
| .421
| 2
| 3
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| STL
| N
| 54
| 206
| 35
| 61
| 1
| 21
| .296
| .335
| .335
| 3
| 1
| 12
| 16
| 0
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| STL
| N
| 132
| 563
| 106
| 191
| 7
| 75
| .339
| .382
| .464
| 9
| 20
| 36
| 29
| 3
| 2
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| STL
| N
| 40
| 166
| 29
| 51
| 0
| 13
| .307
| .335
| .373
| 5
| 3
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| PHI
| N
| 64
| 287
| 63
| 88
| 2
| 22
| .307
| .348
| .376
| 6
| 4
| 18
| 16
| 0
| 9
| 18
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| TOT
| N
| 104
| 453
| 92
| 139
| 2
| 35
| .307
| .343
| .375
| 11
| 7
| 25
| 19
| 0
| 14
| 30
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| PHI
| N
| 133
| 566
| 124
| 186
| 4
| 40
| .329
| .386
| .420
| 14
| 13
| 51
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| PHI
| N
| 149
| 629
| 123
| 196
| 4
| 55
| .312
| .364
| .407
| 24
| 12
| 48
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| 94
| 406
| 75
| 112
| 1
| 31
| .276
| .330
| .360
| 15
| 8
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| PIT
| N
| 66
| 249
| 30
| 50
| 0
| 22
| .201
| .243
| .241
| 8
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| BOS
| N
| 63
| 240
| 27
| 62
| 0
| 27
| .258
| .302
| .338
| 13
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| BOS
| N
| 135
| 548
| 73
| 162
| 0
| 58
| .296
| .339
| .372
| 26
| 8
| 34
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| BOS
| N
| 138
| 553
| 76
| 160
| 1
| 70
| .289
| .342
| .378
| 26
| 10
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| BOS
| N
| 122
| 467
| 41
| 127
| 5
| 70
| .272
| .312
| .373
| 18
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| DET
| A
| 97
| 377
| 25
| 93
| 1
| 32
| .247
| .297
| .332
| 11
| 9
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1219
| 4987
| 822
| 1483
| 25
| 525
| .297
| .344
| .384
| 169
| 93
| 339
| 73
| 19
| 84
| 217
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 97
| 377
| 25
| 93
| 1
| 32
| .247
| .297
| .332
| 11
| 9
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1316
| 5364
| 847
| 1576
| 26
| 557
| .294
| .341
| .380
| 180
| 102
| 365
| 73
| 20
| 100
| 224
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1893
| STL
| N
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1893
| STL
| N
| OF
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1893
| STL
| N
| C
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1894
| STL
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1894
| STL
| N
| OF
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 1
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1894
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1894
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 21
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .721
|
| 1895
| STL
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1895
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1895
| STL
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .789
|
| 1895
| STL
| N
| OF
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 320
| 17
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1896
| STL
| N
| OF
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 91
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1896
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 130
| 6
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .901
|
| 1896
| TOT
| N
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1896
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 104
| 0
| 0
| 221
| 8
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1897
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 131
| 0
| 0
| 322
| 16
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1897
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1898
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 149
| 0
| 0
| 352
| 15
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 756
| 34
| 24
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1900
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 683
| 20
| 8
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1901
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 127
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1901
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 91
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1902
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 250
| 7
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1902
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1903
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 105
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1903
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 126
| 0
| 0
| 246
| 11
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1904
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 201
| 3
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1904
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1905
| DET
| A
| OF
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 223
| 12
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 31
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .797
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 15
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 184
| 0
| 0
| 1760
| 67
| 41
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1094
| 0
| 0
| 2388
| 96
| 145
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Tuck Turner, Joe Sullivan and cash (June 28, 1896).
- Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates for $1000 (April 30, 1900).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (August, 1900).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Boston Beaneaters (May, 1901).
- Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Boston Beaneaters (October, 1904).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (September 5, 1905).
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