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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	57	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 25	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 26	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	54	12.1	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	DET		NYY	L,2-22	CG	56	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 3	DET		NYY	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 4	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	May 5	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 6	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	17	May 7	DET		PHA	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 8	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	19	May 10	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
20	20	May 11	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	21	May 12	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 13	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 14 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 14 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	26	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
28	28	May 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	33	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 27	DET		SLB	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	41 (5)	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
37	42	Jun 5	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	43	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	44	Jun 7	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	46	Jun 9	DET		PHA	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
42	47	Jun 10 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	48	Jun 10 (2)	DET		WSH	W,17-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	49	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	50	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	51	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	53	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	54	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	39	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
50	55	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	56	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	57	Jun 20	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	58	Jun 22	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	47	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
54	59	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
55	60	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	61	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	62	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	65	Jul 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	66	Jul 1 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	67	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	68	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	69	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	70	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	GS	0	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	71	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	73	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
69	74	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
70	75	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	76	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	78	Jul 16 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
74	79	Jul 16 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	80	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	81	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	82	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	83	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	84	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	85	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	86	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	87	Jul 23	DET		PHA	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	88	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	89	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	90	Jul 27	DET	@	WSH	W,8-1	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	91	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	92	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	93	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	94	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	95	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
91	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	97	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	98	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	99	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	100	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
97	102	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	103	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	104	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	105	Aug 12	DET		SLB	L,3-17	CG	52	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
101	106	Aug 13	DET		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	107	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
103	108	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	109	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
105	110	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	111	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	112	Aug 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	113	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	114	Aug 22	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	115	Aug 23	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	46	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	116	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	117	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	118	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	119	Aug 27	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	120	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18	CG	52	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	121	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	122	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	123	Aug 31	DET		BOS	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	124	Sep 1	DET		BOS	W,14-10	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
120	125	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	126	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
122	127	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
123	128	Sep 4 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	129	Sep 4 (2)	DET		SLB	T,5-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	130	Sep 5	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	131	Sep 6	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	132	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
128	133	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	134	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	135	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	136	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	137	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	138	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	49	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
134	139	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
135	140	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
136	141	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	142	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
138	143	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	52	12.1	5	0	0	5	0
139	144	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	145	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
141	146	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
142	147	Sep 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	148	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	154 (5)	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	155	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							145gm			346	7	6	359	2