Benny
McCoy
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 9, 1915 in Usa, MI, JENISON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 22 SDP NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 23 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 24 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 25 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 26 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 27 MON NL $ 1,528,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 28 MON NL $ 1,528,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 29 SDP NL $ 1,528,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 30 SDP NL $ 1,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 31 SDP NL $ 1,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 32 SDP NL $ 1,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 33 SEM AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 34 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 35 BOS AL $ 1,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 36 BOS AL $ 1,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 22 SDP NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8
1939 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 8 8 8 8
1940 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1941 25 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1942 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9
1943 27 MON NL $ 1,528,571   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
1944 28 MON NL $ 1,528,571   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
1945 29 SDP NL $ 1,528,571   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
1946 30 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 8 7 9 9 9
1947 31 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1948 32 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1949 33 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1950 34 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1951 35 BOS AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1952 36 BOS AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1951 35 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0.00 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.6
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0.00 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.6
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1 0 0 1 1   .333 .500 .333 .833
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0   .200 .200 .200 .400
Away 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0.00 .250 .333 .250 .583
August 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0.00 .250 .333 .250 .583
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 22 AAA   63 234 37 68 12 0 9 28 6 3 41 16 .291 .396 .457 .854 43.2  
    AA   53 197 30 59 11 1 7 19 5 4 41 9 .299 .420 .472 .892 39.4  
1939 23 MON NL 115 397 60 98 22 2 5 48 8 6 45 42 .247 .321 .350 .671 42.8 5.9
    AAA   26 98 23 36 4 0 5 13 2 3 16 11 .367 .456 .561 1.017 22.5  
1940 24 MON NL 129 368 39 73 11 3 7 45 6 0 47 18 .198 .287 .302 .589 32.2 2.0
1941 25 MON NL 66 177 21 40 6 0 1 20 0 0 26 11 .226 .324 .277 .600 16.5 1.1
    AAA   26 102 11 23 5 0 2 11 4 4 14 5 .225 .319 .333 .652 11.1  
1942 26 MON NL 129 397 59 101 16 4 8 51 0 0 60 31 .254 .351 .375 .727 54.3 8.5
1943 27 MON NL 81 179 22 39 2 3 2 22 0 0 25 9 .218 .314 .296 .610 17.5 1.5
1944 28 MON NL 77 152 28 39 10 2 3 27 0 0 18 9 .257 .333 .408 .741 21.5 3.6
1945 29 SDP NL 116 318 39 81 13 5 6 44 0 0 39 22 .255 .335 .384 .719 42.8 6.4
1946 30 SDP NL 129 324 31 76 13 3 5 36 0 0 46 18 .235 .326 .340 .666 36.7 3.7
1947 31 SDP NL 88 119 21 21 3 1 2 10 3 1 20 10 .176 .293 .269 .562 11.5 0.8
1948 32 SDP NL 81 147 21 28 6 1 4 22 1 0 18 12 .190 .277 .327 .604 13.0 0.2
1949 33 SDP NL 17 14 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 .143 .368 .286 .654 2.1 0.3
  SEM AL 51 183 24 46 13 2 1 25 0 0 15 10 .251 .307 .361 .667 18.7 1.7
  TOT   68 197 29 48 15 2 1 27 0 0 20 11 .244 .312 .355 .667 20.8 2.0
    AAA   27 96 14 24 3 2 2 7 3 4 13 6 .250 .339 .385 .725 12.4  
1950 34 CIN NL 136 409 47 105 12 3 9 54 1 0 55 40 .257 .344 .367 .711 53.0 5.0
1951 35 BOS AL 59 124 12 23 5 0 1 13 0 0 22 15 .185 .306 .250 .556 11.1 0.2
1952 36 BOS AL 139 415 42 86 14 2 3 33 1 0 46 65 .207 .287 .272 .559 33.2 0.8
14 Years Sim 1413 3723 471 858 148 31 57 452 20 7 487 313 .230 .318 .333 .651 406.7 41.7
4 Years AAA 142 530 85 151 24 2 18 59 15 14 84 38 .285 .383 .440 .822 89.2  
1 Years AA 53 197 30 59 11 1 7 19 5 4 41 9 .299 .420 .472 .892 39.4  
5 Years Minors 195 727 115 210 35 3 25 78 20 18 125 47 .289 .393 .448 .842 128.5  
162 Game Average 426 54 98 16 3 6 51 2 0 55 35 .230 .318 .333 .651 46.6  
Career Highs 139 415 60 105 22 5 9 54 8 6 60 65 .257 .351 .408 .741 54.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2804 363 668 111 25 48 369 16 4 376 212 .238 .327 .347 .674 341.4
vs LH   919 108 190 37 6 9 83 4 3 111 101 .207 .292 .289 .581 82.4
Home 713 1836 241 418 72 17 29 231 7 6 253 159 .228 .319 .333 .652 210.5
Away 700 1887 230 440 76 14 28 221 13 1 234 154 .233 .317 .333 .650 213.3
RISP   947 0 244 47 9 15 378 0 0 131 77 .258 .341 .374 .714 128.4
Pinch Hitting   86 12 21 5 1 1 17 0 0 12 7 .244 .333 .360 .694 10.9
Close/Late   320 56 85 13 5 7 35 0 0 39 19 .266 .344 .403 .748 45.3
Mar/Apr 193 523 55 114 17 6 7 57 3 0 70 43 .218 .309 .314 .622 55.6
May 251 655 103 139 18 6 9 80 8 2 95 61 .212 .310 .299 .609 68.7
June 216 552 64 135 28 3 5 60 3 1 59 51 .245 .317 .333 .650 60.2
July 248 716 89 170 32 6 14 86 1 3 101 58 .237 .331 .358 .688 89.6
August 270 656 78 149 33 3 5 71 4 0 97 51 .227 .325 .309 .635 73.1
Sep/Oct 235 621 82 151 20 7 17 98 1 1 65 49 .243 .313 .380 .693 76.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1939 23 MON NL 2B 113 113 908.3 210 354 11 80 .981 5.59   3.0
    1B 6 0 11.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1940 24 MON NL 2B 112 106 856.7 197 350 20 65 .965 5.75   2.3
    1B 7 0 8.0 11 2 0 0 1.000 14.63   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 25 MON NL 2B 40 35 292.7 63 139 8 33 .962 6.21   1.1
    SS 25 20 165.0 33 92 1 24 .992 6.82   1.5
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1942 26 MON NL 2B 124 122 981.0 203 426 21 90 .968 5.77   2.8
    SS 5 5 44.0 12 22 1 6 .971 6.95   0.3
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1943 27 MON NL 2B 61 48 409.0 93 162 7 31 .973 5.61   0.6
    SS 10 3 36.0 8 16 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.2
    1B 5 4 34.3 37 2 0 6 1.000 10.22   0.1
1944 28 MON NL 1B 27 25 199.7 267 20 2 24 .993 12.94   0.4
    2B 24 8 89.0 26 41 1 7 .985 6.78   0.4
    SS 20 6 73.3 9 36 0 2 1.000 5.52   0.3
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1945 29 SDP NL SS 106 97 825.3 120 368 13 62 .974 5.32   3.3
    1B 8 0 21.0 28 3 0 6 1.000 13.29   0.1
    2B 4 0 11.7 2 5 1 0 .875 5.40   0.0
1946 30 SDP NL 2B 82 76 624.0 167 333 12 65 .977 7.21   2.9
    SS 27 17 159.0 19 72 3 11 .968 5.15   0.5
    1B 7 7 55.0 70 7 2 7 .975 12.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 31 SDP NL SS 38 15 167.0 28 72 1 15 .990 5.39   0.9
    2B 22 8 88.0 14 51 2 9 .970 6.65   0.6
    1B 18 8 78.0 94 11 0 10 1.000 12.12   0.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 32 SDP NL 1B 37 33 273.7 340 32 2 46 .995 12.23   0.4
    SS 20 6 77.7 19 45 2 5 .970 7.42   0.6
    2B 17 3 36.0 5 20 0 2 1.000 6.25   0.2
1949 33 SDP NL 2B 13 13 38.0 10 18 1 4 .966 6.63   0.2
    SS 2 1 3.4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SEM AL 2B 40 38 398.0 103 184 5 38 .983 6.49   1.3
    SS 6 3 35.6 4 16 2 2 .909 5.06   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 53 51 436.0 113 202 6 42 .981 6.50   1.6
      SS 8 4 39.0 4 17 2 2 .913 4.85   0.1
      RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1950 34 CIN NL SS 106 94 833.0 142 353 2 78 .996 5.35   3.9
    2B 19 11 111.7 27 50 1 9 .987 6.21   0.6
    1B 9 5 51.0 68 6 0 7 1.000 13.06   0.1
1951 35 BOS AL SS 26 25 212.0 23 111 1 20 .993 5.69   1.0
    1B 10 6 61.0 74 7 2 9 .976 11.95   0.1
    2B 10 4 38.0 6 18 0 2 1.000 5.68   0.1
    P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 36 BOS AL 2B 120 119 967.0 251 456 21 102 .971 6.58   3.2
    SS 11 5 52.7 15 23 0 1 1.000 6.49   0.3
    1B 5 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
  2B 801 704 5849.0 1377 2607 111 537 .973 6.13   19.2
  SS 402 297 2684.0 432 1227 26 228 .985 5.56   13.0
  1B 141 88 799.7 1007 91 8 116 .993 12.36   1.4
  CF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1352 1089 9343.6 2816 3925 145 881 .979 6.49   33.5
Career Highs   136 127 1027.0 364 479 22 103 .995 10.71    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1941 25 MON NL 3 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .333 .633
Career Post-Season Batting 3 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .333 .633
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Caught Stealing
1939-8-6
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by San Diego in 1938
Injured on 6/12/1938 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from San Diego to Montreal on 2/1/1939 (Going to SDP: P Bill Swift. Going to MON: 2B Benny Mccoy)
Had first career hit on 5/6/1939, off Preacher Roe (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/23/1939, off Lefty Mills (BSN)
Injured on 8/4/1941 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/26/1942
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to San Diego on 2/3/1945 (Going to MON: P Bill Lohrman. Going to SDP: 2B Benny Mccoy, C Frankie Hayes, P Archie Mckain)
10/13/1945: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,750,000 per year, for 3 years
9/22/1948: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $380,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from San Diego to Seattle on 7/1/1949 (Going to SDP: 2B Eddie Lake. Going to SEM: 3B Elbie Fletcher, SS Benny Mccoy)
Released by Seattle on 9/1/1949
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 4/2/1950 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/9/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year