Dick Cogan

Richard Henry Cogan (December 5, 1871 – May 2, 1948) was an American professional baseball player and manager who played three seasons in the major leagues. He was 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds.

Career Cogan was born in Paterson, 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 344 innings for the Atlantic League's Paterson Silk Weavers, going 21–21 with a 2.27 earned run average. Cogan played one game for the major league Baltimore Orioles on May 10, 1897, and gave up three earned runs in two innings. Later, he organized and managed a Negro team called the Dick Cogan Smart Sets.

Cogan died in Paterson in 1948. He was buried in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, New Jersey.