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. ==References==