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Benny McCoy

Benjamin Jenison McCoy

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 9, 1915 in Jenison, MI
High School: Grandville (Grandville, MI) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1938
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers 1938-1941

Final Game: September 28, 1941
Died: November 9, 2011 in Grandville, MI
Buried: Grandville Cemetery, Grandville, MI
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:52AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1938 22 DET AL 7 16 15 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .267 .517 26 4 0 0 /45
1939 23 DET AL 55 227 192 38 58 13 6 1 33 3 1 29 26 .302 .394 .448 .842 109 86 4 0 6 46
1940 24 PHA AL 134 560 490 56 126 26 5 7 62 2 2 65 44 .257 .345 .373 .719 89 183 14 1 4 *4/5
1941 25 PHA AL 141 620 517 86 140 12 7 8 61 3 3 95 50 .271 .384 .368 .751 101 190 12 0 8 *4
4 Seasons 337 1423 1214 182 327 52 18 16 156 8 6 190 122 .269 .369 .381 .750 97 463 30 1 18
162 Game Avg. 162 684 584 87 157 25 9 8 75 4 3 91 59 .269 .369 .381 .750 97 223 0 9
PHA (2 yrs) 275 1180 1007 142 266 38 12 15 123 5 5 160 94 .264 .366 .370 .736 95 373 26 1 12
DET (2 yrs) 62 243 207 40 61 14 6 1 33 3 1 30 28 .295 .384 .435 .819 103 90 4 0 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1938 22 DET AL 16 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /45
1939 23 DET AL 227 3 1 0 0 0 2 7 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ 46
1940 24 PHA AL 560 -7 -2 0 0 -9 6 15 3 0.3 12 1.2 -0.9 $10,000 *4/5
1941 25 PHA AL 620 5 1 0 0 0 6 15 27 2.7 27 2.7 0.0 $10,000 *4
4 Seasons 1423 -1 0 0 0 -10 14 38 41 4.1 51 5.1 -1.0 $20,000
PHA (2 yrs) 1180 -2 -1 0 0 -9 12 30 30 3.0 39 3.9 -0.9 $20,000
DET (2 yrs) 243 1 1 0 0 -1 2 8 11 1.1 12 1.2 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1938 DET AL 22 2B 6 3 3 27 10 16 1 4 .963 4.33 .967 5.52
1938 DET AL 22 3B 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 .940 3.10
1939 DET AL 23 2B 34 31 31 191 79 104 8 19 .958 5.38 .965 5.56
1939 DET AL 23 SS 16 14 14 78 29 46 3 6 .962 4.69 .950 5.16
1940 PHA AL 24 2B 130 128 124 687 261 392 34 82 .951 5.02 .969 5.39
1940 PHA AL 24 3B 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .937 3.20
1941 PHA AL 25 2B 135 134 133 735 285 423 27 87 .963 5.24 .967 5.47
4 Seasons 2B 305 296 291 1640 635 935 70 192 .957 5.15 .968 5.45
1 Season SS 16 14 14 78 29 46 3 6 .962 4.69 .950 5.16
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 .400 1.00 .938 3.15
4 Seasons TOT 323 310 305 1723 665 982 76 198 .956 5.10 .967 5.42
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 AL  95 (5th)

Assists† s c a p y
1941 AL  423 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1940 AL  35 (5th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1940 AL  130 (5th)
1941 AL  135 (2nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1941 AL  285 (5th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1940 AL  392 (5th)
1941 AL  423 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1940 AL  34 (1st)
1941 AL  27 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1941 AL  5.24 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
194024Philadelphia Athletics$10,0001/2/41 TSN
194125Philadelphia Athletics$10,0001/2/41 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$20,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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