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Barney McCosky

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Full Name: William Barney McCosky Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/184 First Game: April 18, 1939
Birthdate: April 11, 1917 Final Game: July 8, 1953
Birthplace: Coal Run, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: September 6, 1996
Deathplace: Venice, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Barney McCosky (William Barney McCosky) was born on April 11, 1917 in Coal Run, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1939 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .311 with 4 home runs and 58 RBI. McCosky played for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 10 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Barney McCosky's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1940, when he hit for a .340 average and knocked in 57 runs. However, others believe that it was 1939, when he hit for a .311 average and knocked in 58 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1939 DET A 147 611 120 190 4 58 .311 .384 .430 33 14 70 45 2 9 20 0 7
1940 DET A 143 589 123 200 4 57 .340 .408 .491 39 19 67 41 1 3 13 0 8
1941 DET A 127 494 80 160 3 55 .324 .401 .425 25 8 61 33 3 7 8 0 5
1942 DET A 154 600 75 176 7 50 .293 .365 .412 28 11 68 37 0 12 11 0 12
1946 PHI A 92 308 33 109 1 34 .354 .433 .445 17 4 43 13 0 11 2 0 5
1946 DET A 25 91 11 18 1 11 .198 .324 .286 5 0 17 9 0 1 0 0 2
1946 TOT A 117 399 44 127 2 45 .318 .407 .409 22 4 60 22 0 12 2 0 7
1947 PHI A 137 546 77 179 1 52 .328 .395 .399 22 7 57 29 4 9 1 0 5
1948 PHI A 135 515 95 168 0 46 .326 .405 .386 21 5 68 22 0 22 1 0 10
1950 PHI A 66 179 19 43 0 11 .240 .323 .307 10 1 22 12 0 6 0 0 4
1951 PHI A 12 27 4 8 1 1 .296 .367 .481 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CLE A 31 61 8 13 0 2 .213 .304 .262 3 0 8 5 0 0 1 0 2
1951 CIN N 25 50 2 16 1 11 .320 .370 .460 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0
1951 Total 68 138 14 37 2 14 .268 .340 .377 7 1 15 11 0 1 1 0 2
1951 TOT A 43 88 12 21 1 3 .239 .323 .330 5 0 11 9 0 0 1 0 2
1952 CLE A 54 80 14 17 1 6 .213 .284 .325 4 1 8 5 0 0 1 0 2
1953 CLE A 22 21 3 4 0 3 .190 .227 .333 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 25 50 2 16 1 11 .320 .370 .460 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0
Total AL 1145 4122 662 1285 23 386 .312 .387 .414 212 70 493 259 10 80 58 0 62
Total 1170 4172 664 1301 24 397 .312 .386 .414 214 71 497 261 10 81 58 0 62

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1939 DET A OF 145 0 0 428 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1940 DET A OF 141 0 0 349 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1941 DET A OF 122 0 0 328 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1942 DET A OF 154 0 0 351 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1946 PHI A OF 85 0 0 207 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1946 DET A OF 24 0 0 56 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1946 TOT A CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1946 TOT A OF 109 0 0 263 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1947 PHI A OF 136 0 0 346 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1948 PHI A OF 134 0 0 277 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1950 PHI A OF 42 0 0 73 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1951 PHI A OF 7 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 CLE A OF 16 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 CIN N OF 11 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 Total LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1951 Total OF 34 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 Total CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1951 Total RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1951 TOT A OF 23 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 TOT A RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1951 TOT A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1952 CLE A OF 19 0 0 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .944
Total OF 1036 0 0 2490 48 41 12 0 0 0 0 0 .984

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1936).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for George Kell (May 18, 1946).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Cincinnati Reds (May 4, 1951).
  • Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from Cincinnati Reds (July 21, 1951).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (July 14, 1953).

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