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Benny McCoy
Benjamin Jenison McCoy

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 14, 1938
Final Game September 28, 1941
Born November 9, 1915 in Jenison, MI

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 22 DET AL   7   15    2    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .200  .250  .267   26    4   0           0    
 1939 23 DET AL  55  192   38   58  13  6   1   33   3  1  29  26  .302  .394  .448  109   86   6           0   4
 1940 24 PHA AL 134  490   56  126  26  5   7   62   2  2  65  44  .257  .345  .373   88  183   4           1  14
 1941 25 PHA AL 141  517   86  140  12  7   8   61   3  3  95  50  .271  .384  .368  101  190   8           0  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      337 1214  182  327  52 18  16  156   8  6 190 122  .269  .369  .381   96  463  18   0   0   1  30
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        584   87  157  25  9   8   75   4  3  91  59  .269  .369  .381   96  223   9   0   0   0  14
 Career High    141  517   86  140  26  7   8   62   3  3  95  50  .271  .384  .373  101  190   8   0   0   1  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 22 DET AL   16   12    1   2.2   124| .200  .299| .250  .379| .267  .445| .517  .824|  26  .167  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1939 23 DET AL  227  145   34   6.2   120| .302  .295| .394  .371| .448  .436| .842  .807| 109  .592   3.0   0.3  75%
 1940 24 PHA AL  560  384   63   4.4   109| .257  .277| .345  .350| .373  .420| .718  .769|  88  .441  -7.4  -0.7  50%
 1941 25 PHA AL  620  400   73   4.9   105| .271  .273| .384  .349| .368  .402| .752  .752| 101  .514   4.4   0.4  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1423  941  171   4.8   109| .269  .278| .369  .353| .381  .415| .750  .768|  96  .496  -1.8  -0.2  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 22 DET AL 2B 6 10 16 1 4 .963 .967 4.33 5.32 3B 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 3.10 1939 23 DET AL 2B 34 79 104 8 19 .958 .965 5.38 5.14 SS 16 29 46 3 6 .962 .951 4.69 4.68 1940 24 PHA AL 2B 130 261 392 34 82 .951 .969 5.02 5.22 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.10 1941 25 PHA AL 2B 135 285 423 27 87 .963 .967 5.24 5.18
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 22 DET AL 2B 6 10 16 1 4 .963 .967 4.33 5.32 1939 23 DET AL 2B 34 79 104 8 19 .958 .965 5.38 5.14 1940 24 PHA AL 2B 130 261 392 34 82 .951 .969 5.02 5.22 1941 25 PHA AL 2B 135 285 423 27 87 .963 .967 5.24 5.18 1938 22 DET AL 3B 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 3.10 1940 24 PHA AL 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.10 1939 23 DET AL SS 16 29 46 3 6 .962 .951 4.69 4.68
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 305 635 935 70 192 .957 .968 5.15 5.20 SS 16 29 46 3 6 .962 .951 4.69 4.68 3B 2 1 1 3 0 .400 .952 1.00 3.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 323 665 982 76 198 .956 .967 5.10 5.16
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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.

Bases on Balls
1941 AL-95-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 9, 1939: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Philadelphia Athletics for Wally Moses. Trade was voided and players returned on January 14, 1940.

January 14, 1940: Sent by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Detroit Tigers to complete an earlier deal made on December 9, 1939. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Wally Moses to the Detroit Tigers for Benny McCoy. Trade was voided and players returned on January 14, 1940.

January 14, 1940: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 1940: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

March 30, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.


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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