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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 15	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 18	DET	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 26 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	Apr 26 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	16	Apr 28	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	Apr 29	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
20	20	May 2	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 3 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 3 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 4	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 5	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 6	DET	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
26	26	May 9	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	27	May 10 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 10 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 11	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 13	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 16 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	32	May 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 17	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 18	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	35	May 19	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	36	May 20	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	37	May 21	DET		PHA	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	38	May 22	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	39	May 24 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	May 24 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,14-0	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	41	May 25	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	May 26	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	May 27	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	May 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	May 29	DET		CLE	W,14-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	46	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	47	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,5-12	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	48	May 31	DET		CHW	L,4-9	CG	48	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 2	DET	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	55	Jun 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 7 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 9	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	59	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	62 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	63	Jun 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	64	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	65	Jun 18	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	66	Jun 19	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	67	Jun 20	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	68	Jun 21 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
67	69	Jun 21 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	70	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	71	Jun 24	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
70	72	Jun 25	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	73	Jun 26	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	74	Jun 27	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	75	Jun 28 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	76	Jun 28 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	77	Jul 1	DET		SLB	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	78	Jul 2	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	79	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	80	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	81	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	T,3-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	82	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
81	83	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	84	Jul 9	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
83	85	Jul 10	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	86	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
85	87	Jul 12 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	55	12.1	3	0	0	3	0
86	88	Jul 13	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	89	Jul 14	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	90	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
89	91	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	5	0	0	5	0
90	92	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	93	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	94	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	95	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	96	Jul 22	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	97	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	98	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	99	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	100	Jul 26	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	101	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	102	Jul 30 (1)	DET		PHA	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	103	Jul 30 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	104	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	105	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,8-9	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	106	Aug 2 (1)	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	107	Aug 2 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	108	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	109	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	110	Aug 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
109	111	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	112	Aug 8	DET	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	113	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	114	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	115	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CLE	T,0-0	CG	55	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	116	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	117	Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	118	Aug 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	119	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
118	120	Aug 14	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	121	Aug 15	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	122	Aug 16 (1)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	123	Aug 16 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
122	124	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	125	Aug 21	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	126	Aug 23 (1)	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	127	Aug 23 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	128	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	129	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	130	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	65	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	131	Aug 29	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	132	Aug 30 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	133	Aug 30 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	45	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
132	134	Aug 31	DET	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	135	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
134	136	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	137	Sep 3	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	138	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	139	Sep 6	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	140	Sep 7 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	141	Sep 7 (2)	DET		SLB	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	142	Sep 8	DET		SLB	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	143	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	144	Sep 11	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
143	145	Sep 12	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	146	Sep 13 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	147	Sep 13 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
146	148	Sep 14	DET		WSH	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
147	149	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	150	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
149	151	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	152	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
151	153	Sep 21	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
152	154	Sep 22	DET		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
153	155	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
154	156	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
							154gm			267	8	7	282	2