Duff Cooley Baseball player

Duff Gordon "Sir Richard" Cooley (March 29, 1873 – August 9, 1937) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 17 seasons, 13 of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cooley, an outfielder and first baseman, had a career batting average of .294 in 1,317 games played. He compiled 849 runs, 1,579 hits, 180 doubles, 102 triples, 26 home runs, and 557 runs batted in (RBI). In Major League history, he is tied in 148th place for most all-time triples and, his 224 career stolen bases, place him equal 279th on the all-time list. Cooley made his Major League debut at the age of 20, and spent the majority of his career there, but he also appeared in minor league baseball. After breaking his leg with the Tigers in 1905, he was replaced with future Hall of Fame outfielder Ty Cobb. Cooley, nicknamed "Sir Richard" due to his aristocratic manner, was listed as standing 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) and weighing 158 pounds (72 kg).

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Duff Cooley
Birth dateMarch 29, 1873
Birth place
Leavenworth Kansas
Date of deathAugust 09, 1937
Place of death
Dallas

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Baseball player

Career startJuly 27, 1893
Career endAugust 25, 1905
batting sideLeft
former teams
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Cardinals
position
Outfielder
teams
Atlanta Braves
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
throwing sideRight

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