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Barney McCosky

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 184lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: April 11, 1917 in Coal Run, PA us

Died: September 6, 1996 in Venice, FL

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI

High School: Southwestern HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: April 18, 1939 (Age 22-007d, 8,620th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: July 8, 1953 (Age 36-088d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: William Barney McCosky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.7

4172

1301

.312

664

RBI

397

OBP

.386

SLG

.414

OPS

.801

OPS+

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,9-11	CG	50	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 2	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 4	DET	@	PHA	L,5-14	GS	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	16	May 6	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	17	May 7	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	22 (4)	May 12	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	23	May 14	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
20	24	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	25	May 20	DET		BOS	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	26	May 21	DET		BOS	L,8-11	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	28	May 23	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	29	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	30	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	31	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	32	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	33	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	34	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	35	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,15-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	36	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	37	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	38	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	39	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	40	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	44 (3)	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	45	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	46	Jun 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	2	1	0	3	0
40	47	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	48	Jun 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	49	Jun 15 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	50	Jun 16	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	51	Jun 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	52	Jun 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	53	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	54	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	55	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	56	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	57	Jun 25 (1)	DET		BOS	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	58	Jun 25 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	59	Jun 26	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	60	Jun 27	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	61	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	62	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	T,9-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
56	63	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	10.1	5	0	0	5	0
57	64	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	65	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	66	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	67	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,7-12	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	68	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	69	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	70	Jul 6 (1)	DET		SLB	W,11-2	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	71	Jul 6 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	72	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	73	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	74	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	75	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	76	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	77	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	78	Jul 15	DET	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	79	Jul 16	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	80	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	81	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	82	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	51	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	83	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	84	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	85	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	86	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	87	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	88	Jul 24	DET		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	89	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	90	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	91	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,15-2	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	92	Jul 27 (2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	93	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	94	Jul 29	DET		PHA	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	95	Jul 30	DET		NYY	L,6-8	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	97 (1)	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	98	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,9-12	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	99	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	100	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BOS	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	102	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	103	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	104	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	105	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	106	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
99	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	23	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
100	108	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	109	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	110	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	111	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
104	112	Aug 14	DET		SLB	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	113	Aug 15	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	114	Aug 16	DET		CHW	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
107	115	Aug 17	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	116	Aug 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
109	117	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	118	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
112	120	Aug 22	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	122	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
115	123	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
116	124	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
117	125	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	126	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	127	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	128	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	129	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	130	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	GS	15	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
123	137 (6)	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	138	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
125	139	Sep 13	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
126	140	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-16	GS	41	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	141	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	142	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	143	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	144	Sep 18 (1)	DET		PHA	W,14-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	145	Sep 18 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-13	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	146	Sep 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
133	147	Sep 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
134	148	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	149	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	150	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	151	Sep 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	49	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
138	152	Sep 25 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	153	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
141	155	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
							141gm			292	7	6	305	2