Phil Cooney (baseball)
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Philip Clarence Cooney was a Major League Baseball
player. He was a third baseman
for the New York Highlanders
for one game in the 1905
season. Cooney had no hits in three at-bats.
On June 17, 1917, he was the first Western League
player to have an unassisted triple play.
He was born and died in New York, New York.
Major League Baseball
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player. He was a third baseman
Third baseman
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run...
for the New York Highlanders
New York Yankees
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for one game in the 1905
1905 in baseball
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season. Cooney had no hits in three at-bats.
On June 17, 1917, he was the first Western League
Western League (defunct minor league)
The Western League is a name given to several circuits in American minor league baseball. Its earliest progenitor, which existed from 1885 to 1899, was the predecessor of the American League...
player to have an unassisted triple play.
He was born and died in New York, New York.