Career
Listed at 5" 9", 155 pounds Cooney batted switch and threw right-handed. He was born in Cranston, Rhode Island.
In a three-season career, Cooney was a.242 hitter (315-for-1302) with four home runs and 118 Reserve Bank of India in 324 games, including 35 doubles, 14 triples, and 77 stolen bases.
Cooney"s sons Jimmy and Johnny also played in the Major Leagues. Cooney died at the age of 37 in his hometown of Cranston of pneumonia, and is interred at the Saint Ann Cemetery there.