# Dick Cogan
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{{Short description|American baseball player and manager (1871–1948)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Dick Cogan
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher) / [Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|image=Dick Cogan.jpg
|width=100
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1871|12|5}}
|birth_place=[Paterson, New Jersey](/source/Paterson%2C_New_Jersey), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1948|5|2|1871|12|5}}
|death_place=Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 10
|debutyear=1897
|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 25
|finalyear=1900
|finalteam=New York Giants
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=2-3
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=5.00
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=10
|teams=
*[Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles_(19th_century)) ({{baseball year|1897}})
*[Chicago Orphans](/source/Chicago_Orphans) ({{baseball year|1899}})
*[New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)) ({{baseball year|1900}})
}}
'''Richard Henry Cogan ''' (December 5, 1871 – May 2, 1948) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player and manager who played three seasons in the major leagues. He was 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cogandi01.shtml "Dick Cogan Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2011.]
==Career==
Cogan was born in [Paterson, New Jersey](/source/Paterson%2C_New_Jersey), in 1871. He started his professional baseball career in 1894 in the Virginia League and then moved on to the New York State League the following season. In 1896, he [pitched](/source/Pitcher) 344 innings for the [Atlantic League](/source/Atlantic_League_(1896%E2%80%931900))'s [Paterson Silk Weavers](/source/Paterson_Silk_Weavers), going 21–21 with a 2.27 [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average).[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cogan-001dic "Dick Cogan Minor League Statistics & History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2011.] Cogan played one game for the major league [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles_(19th_century)) on May 10, 1897, and gave up three earned runs in two innings.[[http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_C/Cogan.Dick.Obit.html "Dick Cogan's Obit"]. thedeadballera.com. Retrieved September 29, 2011.] Later, he organized and managed a Negro team called the Dick Cogan Smart Sets.