Barney McCosky

William Barney McCosky

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

Born: April 11, 1917 in Coal Run, PA
High School: Southwestern HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1939
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics/Indians/Reds 1939-1953

Final Game: July 8, 1953
Died: September 6, 1996 in Venice, FL
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1939	DET	AL	22	CF	145	145	142		441	428	7	6	2	.986		3.00	.977		2.87	MVP-27
1939	DET	AL	22	OF	145	145	142		441	428	7	6	2	.986		3.00	.969		2.44	MVP-27
1940	DET	AL	23	CF	141	141	133		363	350	7	6	2	.983		2.53	.976		2.78	MVP-16
1940	DET	AL	23	OF	141	141	133		362	349	7	6	2	.983		2.52	.970		2.40	MVP-16
1941	DET	AL	24	OF	122	122	121		339	328	6	5	2	.985		2.74	.973		2.41	MVP-15
1941	DET	AL	24	CF	100	100	99		287	278	5	4	1	.986		2.83	.976		2.79	MVP-15
1941	DET	AL	24	LF	22	22	22		52	50	1	1	1	.981		2.32	.975		2.31	MVP-15
1942	DET	AL	25	OF	154	154	153		365	351	7	7	2	.981		2.32	.976		2.38	MVP-29
1942	DET	AL	25	LF	146	146	145		348	335	6	7	2	.980		2.34	.974		2.27	MVP-29
1942	DET	AL	25	CF	6	6	6		14	13	1	0	0	1.000		2.33	.981		2.80	MVP-29
1942	DET	AL	25	RF	2	2	2		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.970		2.05	MVP-29
1946	TOT	AL	29	OF	109	109	99		272	263	3	6	0	.978		2.44	.977		2.36
1946	TOT	AL	29	CF	102	102	92		260	251	3	6	0	.977		2.49	.984		2.74
1946	DET	AL	29	CF	24	24	22		59	56	1	2	0	.966		2.38	.984		2.74
1946	DET	AL	29	OF	24	24	22		59	56	1	2	0	.966		2.38	.977		2.36
1946	PHA	AL	29	OF	85	85	77		213	207	2	4	0	.981		2.46	.977		2.36
1946	PHA	AL	29	CF	78	78	70		201	195	2	4	0	.980		2.53	.984		2.74
1946	PHA	AL	29	LF	7	7	7		12	12	0	0	0	1.000		1.71	.974		2.24
1947	PHA	AL	30	OF	136	134	132		360	346	8	6	2	.983		2.60	.979		2.47	MVP-11
1947	PHA	AL	30	LF	115	114	112		298	287	6	5	2	.983		2.55	.976		2.36	MVP-11
1947	PHA	AL	30	CF	22	20	20		62	59	2	1	0	.984		2.77	.983		2.95	MVP-11
1948	PHA	AL	31	LF	134	131	118		286	274	9	3	1	.990		2.11	.975		2.34	MVP-27
1948	PHA	AL	31	OF	134	131	118		289	277	9	3	1	.990		2.13	.975		2.51	MVP-27
1950	PHA	AL	33	LF	42	42	37	343.0	73	71	1	1	1	.986	1.89	1.71	.977	2.41	2.37
1950	PHA	AL	33	OF	42	42	37	343.0	75	73	1	1	1	.987	1.94	1.76	.979	2.51	2.47
1951	TOT	MLB	34	OF	34	29	15	254.0	58	58	0	0	0	1.000	2.06	1.71	.978	2.44	2.43
1951	TOT	MLB	34	LF	12	9	5	92.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.76	1.50	.975	2.37	2.36
1951	TOT	MLB	34	CF	7	7	3	50.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.34	1.86	.982	2.88	2.87
1951	TOT	AL	34	OF	23	19	12	166.0	41	41	0	0	0	1.000	2.22	1.78	.977	2.45	2.44
1951	TOT	AL	34	RF	15	13	7	112.0	25	25	0	0	0	1.000	2.01	1.67	.978	2.06	2.05
1951	TOT	AL	34	LF	6	4	4	42.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.14	1.67	.973	2.42	2.40
1951	PHA	AL	34	OF	7	5	5	53.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.21	1.86	.977	2.45	2.44
1951	PHA	AL	34	LF	5	4	4	39.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.08	1.80	.973	2.42	2.40
1951	PHA	AL	34	RF	2	1	1	14.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.57	2.00	.978	2.06	2.05
1951	CIN	NL	34	OF	11	10	3	88.0	17	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.74	1.55	.981	2.42	2.41
1951	CIN	NL	34	LF	6	5	1	50.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.44	1.33	.978	2.32	2.32
1951	CIN	NL	34	CF	5	5	2	38.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.89	1.60	.982	2.89	2.88
1951	CLE	AL	34	OF	16	14	7	113.0	28	28	0	0	0	1.000	2.23	1.75	.977	2.45	2.44
1951	CLE	AL	34	RF	13	12	6	98.0	21	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.93	1.62	.978	2.06	2.05
1951	CLE	AL	34	CF	2	2	1	12.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	3.75	2.50	.980	2.85	2.85
1951	CLE	AL	34	LF	1	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	1.00	.970	2.40	2.40
1952	CLE	AL	35	OF	19	11	7	116.0	18	17	0	1	0	.944	1.32	0.89	.980	2.40	2.40
1952	CLE	AL	35	LF	12	5	3	58.0	10	9	0	1	0	.900	1.40	0.75	.979	2.28	2.28
1952	CLE	AL	35	RF	9	6	4	58.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.55	1.11	.976	1.91	1.91
	10 Seasons			OF	1036	1018	957	713.0	2579	2490	48	41	12	.984	1.88	2.45	.974	2.47	2.43
	7 Seasons			CF	523	521	495	50.0	1440	1392	25	23	5	.984	2.34	2.71	.978	2.88	2.81
	8 Seasons			LF	490	476	449	493.0	1097	1056	23	18	7	.984	1.81	2.20	.975	2.39	2.32
	3 Seasons			RF	26	21	13	170.0	38	38	0	0	0	1.000	1.85	1.46	.977	2.01	2.00
	11 Seasons			TOT	1036	1018	957	713.0	2579	2490	48	41	12	.984	1.88	2.45	.974	2.47	2.43
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1939	DET	AL	22	CF
1940	DET	AL	23	CF
1941	DET	AL	24	CF
1941	DET	AL	24	LF
1942	DET	AL	25	LF
1942	DET	AL	25	CF
1942	DET	AL	25	RF
1946	DET	AL	29	CF
1946	PHA	AL	29	CF
1946	PHA	AL	29	LF
1947	PHA	AL	30	LF
1947	PHA	AL	30	CF
1948	PHA	AL	31	LF
1950	PHA	AL	33	LF
1951	PHA	AL	34	LF
1951	PHA	AL	34	RF
1951	CIN	NL	34	LF
1951	CIN	NL	34	CF
1951	CLE	AL	34	RF
1951	CLE	AL	34	CF
1951	CLE	AL	34	LF
1952	CLE	AL	35	LF
1952	CLE	AL	35	RF
	7 Seasons			CF
	8 Seasons			LF
	3 Seasons			RF
	11 Seasons			TOT
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1939	DET	AL	22	147	145	147	145	0	145	0	145	2	0
1940	DET	AL	23	143	141	143	141	0	141	0	141	2	0
1941	DET	AL	24	127	122	127	122	22	100	0	122	5	0
1942	DET	AL	25	154	154	154	154	146	6	2	154	0	0
1946	PHA	AL	29	92	85	92	85	7	78	0	85	7	0
1946	DET	AL	29	25	24	25	24	0	24	0	24	1	0
1947	PHA	AL	30	137	134	137	136	115	22	0	136	1	1
1948	PHA	AL	31	135	131	135	134	134	0	0	134	1	0
1950	PHA	AL	33	66	42	66	42	42	0	0	42	23	1
1951	CLE	AL	34	31	14	31	16	1	2	13	16	15	1
1951	CIN	NL	34	25	10	25	11	6	5	0	11	14	0
1951	PHA	AL	34	12	5	12	7	5	0	2	7	5	1
1952	CLE	AL	35	54	11	54	20	12	0	9	20	36	3
1953	CLE	AL	36	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
	11 Seasons			1170	1018	1170	1037	490	523	26	1037	134	7

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1948	PHA	AL	31	2	0	2	0	1	6	0	3	0	3	40	39	0	29	2	2	19	11	0	10	2	0	24	22	0	122	76	62.3%	44	2	1.6%	4	3143	53%	84%	30%	387	50%
1950	PHA	AL	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	12	0	11	2	0	6	1	0	3	0	0	7	7	0	41	22	53.7%	19	0	0.0%	0	1122	60%	81%	28%	104	44%
1951	CIN	NL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	3	50.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	185	64%	85%	29%	20	30%
1951	PHA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	20.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	178	54%	82%	29%	18	50%
1951	CLE	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	13	46%	92%	38%	2	50%
1952	CLE	AL	35	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	8	4	50.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	258	61%	79%	29%	23	39%
	4 Seasons			4	0	4	0	2	6	0	3	0	3	61	54	0	45	4	2	28	15	0	15	2	0	33	31	0	182	106	58.2%	74	2	1.1%	4	4899	55%	83%	30%	554	48%
	MLB Averages																														57.4%			2.7%			62%	82%	31%		51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1951	CLE	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	4	50.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	406	46%	81%	26%	36	58%
1951	PHA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	55	75%	84%	36%	7	57%
1952	CLE	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	223	68%	77%	30%	19	53%
	2 Seasons			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	15	7	46.7%	8	0	0.0%	0	684	55%	80%	28%	62	56%
	MLB Averages																														43.6%			3.2%			62%	82%	31%		54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1951	CIN	NL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	83	77%	86%	36%	7	29%
1951	CLE	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	0	51	51%	78%	27%	9	56%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	0	134	67%	83%	33%	16	44%
	MLB Averages																														44.9%			3.0%			62%	82%	31%		60%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1939 AL (27, 2%) 1940 AL (16, 3%) 1941 AL (15, 4%) 1942 AL (29, 0%) 1947 AL (11, 10%) 1948 AL (27, 1%) 0.20 Career Shares (738th)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL 146 (4th) 1947 AL 115 (3rd) 1948 AL 134 (2nd)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL 335 (1st) 1947 AL 287 (3rd) 1948 AL 274 (4th)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1947 AL 6 (4th) 1948 AL 9 (3rd)
Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL 7 (2nd) 1947 AL 5 (5th)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1939 AL 145 (1st) 1940 AL 141 (2nd)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1939 AL 428 (1st) 1940 AL 350 (5th)	Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1939 AL 6 (5th) 1946 AL 6 (3rd)
Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1939 AL 145 (5th) 1942 AL 154 (1st)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1939 AL 428 (1st) 1942 AL 351 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL 2.34 (2nd) 1947 AL 2.55 (2nd)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL .980 (3rd) 1947 AL .983 (2nd) 1948 AL .990 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1939 AL 3.00 (3rd) 1941 AL 2.83 (3rd) Career 2.71 (39th)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1939 AL .986 (1st) 1940 AL .983 (2nd) 1941 AL .986 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1939 AL 3.00 (3rd) 1941 AL 2.74 (5th) Career 2.45 (93rd)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1939 AL .986 (5th) 1940 AL .983 (2nd) 1941 AL .985 (3rd) 1948 AL .990 (3rd)

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