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Barney McCosky
William Barney McCosky

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 184 lb.

Debut April 18, 1939
Final Game July 8, 1953
Born April 11, 1917 in Coal Run, PA
Died September 6, 1996 in Venice, FL

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 22 DET AL 147  611  120  190  33 14   4   58  20  4  70  45  .311  .384  .430  102  263   9           2   7 MVP-27
 1940 23 DET AL 143  589  123  200  39 19   4   57  13  9  67  41  .340  .408  .491  124  289   3           1   8 MVP-16
 1941 24 DET AL 127  494   80  160  25  8   3   55   8  3  61  33  .324  .401  .425  110  210   7           3   5 MVP-15
 1942 25 DET AL 154  600   75  176  28 11   7   50  11  5  68  37  .293  .365  .412  111  247  12           0  12 MVP-29
 1946 29 TOT AL 117  399   44  127  22  4   2   45   2  2  60  22  .318  .407  .409  128  163  12           0   7
         DET AL  25   91   11   18   5  0   1   11   0  0  17   9  .198  .324  .286   67   26   1           0   2
         PHA AL  92  308   33  109  17  4   1   34   2  2  43  13  .354  .433  .445  146  137  11           0   5
 1947 30 PHA AL 137  546   77  179  22  7   1   52   1  4  57  29  .328  .395  .399  119  218   9           4   5 MVP-11
 1948 31 PHA AL 135  515   95  168  21  5   0   46   1  3  68  22  .326  .405  .386  111  199  22           0  10 MVP-27
 1950 33 PHA AL  66  179   19   43  10  1   0   11   0  0  22  12  .240  .323  .307   63   55   6           0   4
 1951 34 TOT     68  138   14   37   7  1   2   14   1  0  15  11  .268  .340  .377   94   52   1           0   2
         TOT AL  43   88   12   21   5  0   1    3   1  0  11   9  .239  .323  .330   79   29   0           0   2
         PHA AL  12   27    4    8   2  0   1    1   0  0   3   4  .296  .367  .481  126   13   0           0   0
         CIN NL  25   50    2   16   2  1   1   11   0  0   4   2  .320  .370  .460  120   23   1           0   0
         CLE AL  31   61    8   13   3  0   0    2   1  0   8   5  .213  .304  .262   57   16   0           0   2
 1952 35 CLE AL  54   80   14   17   4  1   1    6   1  1   8   5  .213  .284  .325   74   26   0           0   2
 1953 36 CLE AL  22   21    3    4   3  0   0    3   0  0   1   4  .190  .227  .333   51    7   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1170 4172  664 1301 214 71  24  397  58 31 497 261  .312  .386  .414  111 1729  81   0   0  10  62
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   92  180  30 10   3   55   8  4  69  36  .312  .386  .414  111  239  11   0   0   1   9
 Career High    154  611  123  200  39 19   7   58  20  9  70  45  .340  .408  .491  128  289  22   0   0   4  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 22 DET AL  692  441  103   6.2   120| .311  .295| .384  .371| .430  .436| .814  .807| 102  .590   2.0   0.2  83%
 1940 23 DET AL  660  409  116   7.5   119| .340  .290| .408  .364| .491  .439| .899  .804| 124  .682  21.9   2.1  59%
 1941 24 DET AL  565  349   84   6.4   115| .324  .287| .401  .366| .425  .423| .826  .789| 110  .637   9.1   0.9  72%
 1942 25 DET AL  680  453   91   5.4   101| .293  .275| .365  .350| .412  .385| .777  .735| 111  .621   8.9   0.9  68%
 1946 29 TOT AL  471  293   67   6.1    96| .318  .264| .407  .339| .409  .380| .816  .719| 128  .669  18.0   1.8  50%
         DET AL  109   76    8   2.8   101| .198  .271| .324  .346| .286  .389| .610  .735|  67  .328  -3.5  -0.4   0%
         PHA AL  362  217   59   7.3    95| .354  .262| .433  .337| .445  .378| .878  .714| 146  .735  21.6   2.2  50%
 1947 30 PHA AL  616  385   84   5.8    98| .328  .265| .395  .345| .399  .381| .794  .726| 119  .648  15.9   1.6  20%
 1948 31 PHA AL  605  382   80   5.6   105| .326  .273| .405  .358| .386  .394| .791  .752| 111  .586  10.9   1.1  25%
 1950 33 PHA AL  207  146   18   3.3   112| .240  .276| .323  .363| .307  .414| .630  .776|  63  .318  -9.4  -0.9   0%
 1951 34 TOT     154  104   19   4.9   102| .268  .266| .340  .344| .377  .395| .717  .739|  94  .538  -1.0  -0.1 100%
         TOT AL   99   69   10   3.9   100| .239  .264| .323  .345| .330  .387| .653  .732|  79  .433  -2.3  -0.2 100%
         PHA AL   30   19    5   7.1   104| .296  .270| .367  .351| .481  .396| .848  .747| 126  .695   1.0   0.1   0%
         CIN NL   55   35    9   6.9   105| .320  .270| .370  .344| .460  .409| .830  .753| 120  .685   1.3   0.1   0%
         CLE AL   69   50    5   2.7    98| .213  .261| .304  .342| .262  .383| .566  .725|  57  .280  -3.3  -0.3 100%
 1952 35 CLE AL   88   66    7   2.9    91| .213  .253| .284  .332| .325  .369| .609  .701|  74  .336  -2.9  -0.3  50%
 1953 36 CLE AL   22   17    2   3.2   101| .190  .267| .227  .343| .333  .393| .560  .736|  51  .347  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4760 3045  671   5.9   108| .312  .278| .386  .356| .414  .406| .800  .762| 111  .613  72.0   7.2  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 22 DET AL OF 145 428 7 6 2 .986 .969 3.00 2.35 0 145 0 1940 23 DET AL OF 141 349 7 6 2 .983 .970 2.52 2.32 0 141 0 1941 24 DET AL OF 122 328 6 5 2 .985 .973 2.74 2.33 21 101 0 1942 25 DET AL OF 154 351 7 7 2 .981 .976 2.32 2.31 145 7 2 1946 29 TOT AL OF 109 263 3 6 0 .978 .977 2.44 2.24 0 109 0 DET AL OF 24 56 1 2 0 .966 .978 2.38 2.24 0 24 0 PHA AL OF 85 207 2 4 0 .981 .977 2.46 2.24 0 85 0 1947 30 PHA AL OF 136 346 8 6 2 .983 .979 2.60 2.35 114 23 0 1948 31 PHA AL OF 134 277 9 3 1 .990 .975 2.13 2.36 134 0 0 1950 33 PHA AL OF 42 73 1 1 1 .987 .979 1.76 2.34 42 0 0 1951 34 TOT OF 34 58 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.71 2.23 10 9 16 TOT AL OF 23 41 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.78 2.23 6 2 15 PHA AL OF 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 2.23 5 0 2 CIN NL OF 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.55 2.23 4 7 1 CLE AL OF 16 28 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.75 2.23 1 2 13 1952 35 CLE AL OF 19 17 0 1 0 .944 .983 0.89 2.18 11 0 9
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 22 DET AL OF 145 428 7 6 2 .986 .969 3.00 2.35 0 145 0 1940 23 DET AL OF 141 349 7 6 2 .983 .970 2.52 2.32 0 141 0 1941 24 DET AL OF 122 328 6 5 2 .985 .973 2.74 2.33 21 101 0 1942 25 DET AL OF 154 351 7 7 2 .981 .976 2.32 2.31 145 7 2 1946 29 TOT AL OF 109 263 3 6 0 .978 .977 2.44 2.24 0 109 0 DET AL OF 24 56 1 2 0 .966 .978 2.38 2.24 0 24 0 PHA AL OF 85 207 2 4 0 .981 .977 2.46 2.24 0 85 0 1947 30 PHA AL OF 136 346 8 6 2 .983 .979 2.60 2.35 114 23 0 1948 31 PHA AL OF 134 277 9 3 1 .990 .975 2.13 2.36 134 0 0 1950 33 PHA AL OF 42 73 1 1 1 .987 .979 1.76 2.34 42 0 0 1951 34 TOT OF 34 58 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.71 2.23 10 9 16 TOT AL OF 23 41 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.78 2.23 6 2 15 PHA AL OF 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.86 2.23 5 0 2 CIN NL OF 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.55 2.23 4 7 1 CLE AL OF 16 28 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.75 2.23 1 2 13 1952 35 CLE AL OF 19 17 0 1 0 .944 .983 0.89 2.18 11 0 9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1036 2490 48 41 12 .984 .974 2.45 2.32 477 535 27 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1036 2490 48 41 12 .984 .974 2.45 2.32
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1940   WS    DET CIN     L   7  23   5   7  1  0  0   1   7   0  .304  .467  .348   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1939-AL-27-0.02
1940-AL-16-0.03
1941-AL-15-0.04
1942-AL-29-0.00
1947-AL-11-0.10
1948-AL-27-0.01
Car-708-0.20 shares

Batting Average
1940 AL-.340-6
1941 AL-.324-6
1942 AL-.293-9
1947 AL-.328-2
1948 AL-.326-5
Car-.312-89

On-base %
1940 AL-.408-10
1941 AL-.401-9
1947 AL-.395-5
1948 AL-.405-6

OPS
1940 AL-.899-8

Games
1942 AL-154-2

At Bats
1939 AL-611-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1939 AL-692-4
1940 AL-660-10
1942 AL-680-7

Runs
1939 AL-120-4
1940 AL-123-3

Hits
1939 AL-190-4
1940 AL-200-1
1942 AL-176-7
1947 AL-179-4

Total Bases
1940 AL-289-9

Doubles
1939 AL-33-6
1940 AL-39-7

Triples
1939 AL-14-2
1940 AL-19-1
1942 AL-11-5

Stolen Bases
1939 AL-20-4
1940 AL-13-8

Singles
1939 AL-139-4
1940 AL-138-6
1941 AL-124-6
1942 AL-130-6
1947 AL-149-2
1948 AL-142-3

Runs Created
1939 AL-103-10
1940 AL-116-6
1947 AL-84-10

Batting Wins
1940 AL-2.1-9

Times on Base
1939 AL-262-5
1940 AL-268-4
1942 AL-244-10
1947 AL-240-6

Offensive Win%
1940 AL-.682-6
1947 AL-.648-10

Hit By Pitch
1941 AL-3-10
1947 AL-4-5

Sac. Hits
1942 AL-12-6
1946 AL-12-5
1948 AL-22-1

Caught Stealing
1940 AL-9-5

Power/Speed Number
1942 AL-8.6-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1947 AL-18.8-7
1948 AL-23.4-4

Outs
1939 AL-441-7
1942 AL-453-9

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 51 (486) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 25.0 (418) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 39.0 (462) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1936 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

May 18, 1946: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Philadelphia Athletics for George Kell.

May 4, 1951: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Philadelphia Athletics.

July 21, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the Cincinnati Reds.

July 14, 1953: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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