Benny McCoy

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: November 9, 1915 in Jenison, MI us

Died: November 9, 2011 in Grandville, MI

Buried: Grandville Cemetery, Grandville, MI

High School: Grandville HS (Grandville, MI)

Debut: September 14, 1938 (Age 22-309d, 8,525th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1941 (Age 25-323d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Benjamin Jenison McCoy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.5

1214

327

.269

182

RBI

156

OBP

.369

SLG

.381

OPS

.750

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-26 / in Starts: 26-19
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 227 PAs	33
Actual Runners on Base	124 (75-31-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 227 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	152 (78-48-25)

Most Driven In
B McCosky	12
B Newsom	3
F Croucher	2
B Tebbetts	2
R Cullenbine	1
B Rogell	1
T Bridges	1
F Hutchinson	1

Most Driven In By
E Averill	10
P Higgins	8
H Greenberg	5
R York	4
C Gehringer	2
B Tebbetts	1
Self	1
P Fox	0

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	8	84 (83)	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,2-6	CG	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.600	.600	1.000	1.600	2	1.04	0.040	.02	0.00%	1.73	2B
2	9	85	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.556	.889	2	.89	-0.102	.01	0.00%	-0.83	2B
3	10	86	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-10	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	2	.87	0.107	.01	0.00%	1.16	2B
4	11	87	Jul 23	DET		PHA	W,16-3	CG	6	5	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.450	.588	1.038	2	.20	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.90	2B
5	12	88	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.300	.417	.500	.917	2						2B
6	13	89	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.464	.522	.986	2	1.02	0.103	.01	0.00%	0.70	2B
7	14	90	Jul 27	DET	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	5	3	1	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.385	.484	.654	1.138	2	.44	0.157	.01	0.00%	2.29	2B
8	15	91	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.367	.457	.633	1.090	2	1.02	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-0.22	2B
9	16	92	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.475	.657	1.132	2	.79	0.070	.00	0.00%	1.28	2B
10	17	93	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.366	.435	.610	1.045	2	.41	0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.24	2B
11	18	94	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.370	.431	.587	1.018	2	.81	0.065	.01	0.00%	0.32	2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	19	95	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.354	.436	.563	.999	2	.64	0.029	.02	0.00%	0.51	2B
13	20	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.424	.529	.953	2	.66	0.031	.02	0.00%	0.67	2B
14	21	97	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.315	.422	.500	.922	2	.72	-0.031	.03	0.00%	-0.49	2B
15	22	98	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	2	.74	0.131	.01	0.00%	1.48	2B
16	23	99	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	5	4	0	3	1	1	0	5	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.359	.453	.563	1.016	2						2B
17	24	100	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.338	.430	.529	.960	2						2B
18	25	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.429	.507	.936	2	1.40	-0.148	.03	0.00%	-1.10	2B
19	26	102	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,10-3	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.438	.520	.958	2	.39	-0.009	.01	0.00%	1.13	2B
20	27	103	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.329	.430	.506	.936	2	.78	0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.19	2B
21	28	104	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.412	.482	.894	2	1.38	-0.146	.01	0.00%	-1.12	2B
22	29	105	Aug 12	DET		SLB	L,3-17	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.422	.488	.910	2	.29	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.61	2B
23	30	106	Aug 13	DET		SLB	L,7-11	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.421	.478	.898	2	1.26	0.151	.01	0.00%	1.43	2B
24	31	107	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.316	.420	.474	.893	2	1.71	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.54	2B
25	32	108	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.320	.419	.500	.919	2	.51	0.214	.00	0.00%	1.74	2B
26	33	109	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	5	4	2	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.337	.430	.538	.968	2	.87	0.239	.00	0.00%	4.37	2B
27	34	110	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG(12)	6	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.336	.425	.545	.971	2	1.58	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.14	2B
28	35	111	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.336	.427	.540	.967	2	1.35	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.07	2B
29	36	112	Aug 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.336	.438	.534	.972	2	.57	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.58	2B
30	37	113	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.426	.517	.942	2	1.12	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-1.06	2B
31	38	119 (5)	Aug 27	DET		NYY	L,3-13	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.322	.423	.512	.935	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.41	PH
32	39	120	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.420	.508	.928	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.28	2B
33	40	122 (1)	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6	0-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.317	.417	.504	.921	3						2B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	41	125 (2)	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.414	.500	.914	7	2.29	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.40	PH
35	42	126	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	1-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.405	.488	.894	3	.20	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.69	2B
36	43	127	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.308	.408	.500	.908	2						2B
37	44	132 (4)	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.305	.405	.496	.901	9						PH
38	45	135 (2)	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.403	.492	.895	9	2.18	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
39	46	138 (2)	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.400	.489	.889	9	.10	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
40	47	140 (1)	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	0-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.301	.404	.489	.893	6						SS
41	48	141	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.307	.406	.489	.895	2						SS
42	49	142	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.317	.412	.500	.912	2	.90	0.163	.00	0.00%	1.90	SS
43	50	143	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.404	.486	.890	2	1.76	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-0.81	SS
44	51	144	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.398	.477	.875	2	1.53	0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.45	SS
45	52	145	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.394	.471	.866	2	.88	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.48	SS
46	53	146	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.309	.395	.469	.864	2						SS
47	54	147	Sep 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.301	.386	.458	.844	2	1.36	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-1.77	SS
48	55	148	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	1-GF(5)	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.389	.459	.847	5	.64	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.69	PH SS
49	56	149	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.299	.384	.448	.832	1						SS
50	57	150	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG(7)	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.301	.391	.455	.846	1						SS
51	58	151	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.302	.396	.453	.849	1	.67	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.96	SS
52	59	152	Sep 29 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.301	.393	.448	.841	1						SS
53	60	153	Sep 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.390	.443	.833	1	.68	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.42	SS
54	61	154	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.390	.439	.829	2	.93	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.30	SS
55	62	155	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG(5)	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.302	.394	.448	.842	2	1.38	0.163	.00	0.00%	1.40	SS
							29-26		227	192	38	58	13	6	1	33	29	0	26	0	4		4	4	3	0	.302	.394	.448	.842		.90	0.696	.01	0.00%	13.46

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