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Duff Cooley

Birthdate:

3/29/1873

Died:

8/9/1937

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 158 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Leavenworth, KS, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

1905 Photo Half-length portrait of Duff Cooley, outfielder for the American League Detroit Tigers, standing outdoors in Chicago, Illinois. SDN-003087, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

An all-around athlete during baseball’s dead ball era, Duff Cooley, of Leavenworth Texas, joined the St Louis Cardinals at age 20 in 1893, and hit .346 in 29 games, including six straight hits on September 30 1893. Baseball purists reminisce about this era when the focus was on the infield, and Duff Cooley was one of the finest infield slap hitters and base runners. From 1894 thru 1898 he hit over .296, including .339 in 132 games in 1895 with St Louis.

Notes: Duff Cooley had 1,268 singles in his 1,576 career hits. In 1904 Duff Cooley played in the outfield alongside a rookie by the name of Ty Cobb. Duff Cooley was nicknamed Sir Richard because of his good manners and brave attitude – like King Richard the Lionhearted. Upon retiring he was the principal owner of minor league teams in Topeka and Salt Lake City

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
14 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1893	STL (NL)	29	107	20	37	2	3	0	21	8	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.391	SLG
1894	STL (NL)	54	206	35	61	3	1	1	21	12	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.335	SLG
1895	STL (NL)	132	563	106	191	9	20	7	75	36	29	27	0	0	3	2	0	.339	.382	SLG
1896	STL (NL)	40	166	29	51	5	3	0	13	7	3	12	0	0	0	5	0	.307	.335	SLG
1896	PHI (NL)	64	287	63	88	6	4	2	22	18	16	18	0	0	0	9	0	.307	.348	SLG
1897	PHI (NL)	133	566	124	186	14	13	4	40	51	0	31	0	0	2	10	0	.329	.386	SLG
1898	PHI (NL)	149	629	123	196	24	12	4	55	48	0	17	0	0	4	11	0	.312	.364	SLG
1899	PHI (NL)	94	406	75	112	15	8	1	31	29	0	15	0	0	4	6	0	.276	.330	SLG
1900	PIT (NL)	66	249	30	50	8	1	0	22	14	0	9	0	0	0	12	0	.201	.243	SLG
1901	BSN (NL)	63	240	27	62	13	3	0	27	14	0	5	0	0	1	8	0	.258	.302	SLG
1902	BSN (NL)	135	548	73	162	26	8	0	58	34	0	27	0	0	2	12	0	.296	.339	SLG
1903	BSN (NL)	138	553	76	160	26	10	1	70	44	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	.289	.342	SLG
1904	BSN (NL)	122	467	41	127	18	7	5	70	24	0	14	0	0	3	0	0	.272	.312	SLG
1905	DET (AL)	97	377	25	93	11	9	1	32	26	0	7	0	0	1	16	0	.247	.297	SLG
14 years		1316	5364	847	1576	180	102	26	557	365	73	224	0	0	20	94	0	.294	.341	.SLG

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