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Barney
McCosky		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 184
 
Born: April 11, 1917 in Usa, PA, COAL RUN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1944    1945    1946    1947   
All-Star Selections 1948   
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
1939 22 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1940 23 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1941 24 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10
1942 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1943 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 7 5 6 6 10 10 10
1944 27 NYA AL $ 2,807,143   9 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 7 5 6 6 10 10 10
1945 28 NYA AL $ 2,807,143   9 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1946 29 NYA AL $ 2,807,143   9 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10
1947 30 STL NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1948 31 STL NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 5 6 6 10 10 10
1949 32 STL NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 5 9 10 10
1950 33 STL NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 5 10 10 10
1951 34 BRK NL $ 1,600,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 5 9 9 9
1952 35 BRK NL $ 1,600,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 9
1953 36 BRK NL $ 1,600,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10
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
1939 22 MON NL 6 24 3 12 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .667 1.167 6.0 1.9
    AAA   137 541 84 166 33 5 6 64 14 8 72 23 .307 .388 .420 .808 87.0  
1940 23 MON NL 123 467 59 128 22 6 3 44 17 9 46 25 .274 .339 .366 .705 54.0 8.3
    AAA   26 108 12 40 7 0 0 17 1 2 9 5 .370 .419 .435 .854 17.6  
1941 24 MON NL 68 184 28 57 9 3 1 26 0 0 12 7 .310 .348 .408 .756 24.8 4.1
    AAA   56 211 38 65 14 3 4 31 12 2 40 3 .308 .418 .460 .878 42.1  
1942 25 MON NL 24 21 7 8 1 1 1 5 1 0 4 1 .381 .480 .667 1.147 5.7 1.6
  NYA AL 52 188 32 52 11 0 3 31 7 3 25 7 .277 .361 .383 .744 26.6 5.3
  TOT   76 209 39 60 12 1 4 36 8 3 29 8 .287 .373 .411 .785 32.3 6.8
    AAA   28 97 22 41 5 0 4 14 4 1 12 4 .423 .486 .598 1.084 24.5  
1943 26 NYA AL 155 632 128 197 46 9 3 69 23 11 69 20 .312 .380 .427 .808 100.1 21.9
1944 27 NYA AL 150 611 93 164 31 4 3 66 11 17 70 25 .268 .344 .347 .691 71.7 8.2
1945 28 NYA AL 153 588 80 176 29 5 7 81 7 8 58 16 .299 .361 .401 .762 80.9 13.0
1946 29 NYA AL 155 605 113 205 41 6 6 83 16 5 63 23 .339 .398 .456 .854 104.3 19.8
1947 30 STL NL 158 591 101 172 29 4 6 70 29 6 77 15 .291 .371 .384 .755 89.3 16.4
1948 31 STL NL 144 540 92 153 23 6 9 68 20 8 61 15 .283 .358 .398 .756 74.5 10.8
1949 32 STL NL 124 324 40 96 15 0 6 45 8 8 41 8 .296 .373 .398 .771 45.3 6.0
1950 33 STL NL 130 360 50 94 21 7 1 58 10 6 36 13 .261 .327 .367 .693 41.6 5.0
1951 34 BRK NL 147 486 74 153 19 4 8 60 15 5 29 14 .315 .351 .420 .771 66.8 10.2
1952 35 BRK NL 117 215 29 68 12 2 3 25 1 0 25 12 .316 .388 .433 .820 33.3 7.1
14 Years Sim 1706 5836 929 1735 309 59 60 735 165 86 616 202 .297 .363 .401 .765 824.9 139.6
4 Years AAA 247 957 156 312 59 8 14 126 31 13 133 35 .326 .407 .448 .855 171.2  
162 Game Average 554 88 164 29 5 5 69 15 8 58 19 .297 .363 .401 .765 78.3  
Career Highs 158 632 128 205 46 9 9 83 29 17 77 25 .500 .500 .667 1.167 104.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3988 660 1226 210 38 42 520 109 64 454 132 .307 .377 .411 .788 607.5
vs LH   1848 269 509 99 21 18 215 56 22 162 70 .275 .333 .381 .713 234.1
Home 858 2868 478 861 160 27 31 378 83 46 292 98 .300 .364 .407 .771 416.2
Away 848 2968 451 874 149 32 29 357 82 40 324 104 .294 .363 .396 .758 425.4
RISP   1418 0 460 78 15 16 642 0 0 155 50 .324 .385 .434 .819 231.0
Pinch Hitting   228 31 73 10 1 2 52 2 3 20 4 .320 .371 .399 .770 32.4
Close/Late   713 115 233 35 6 9 99 0 0 86 23 .327 .399 .431 .830 119.1
Mar/Apr 267 935 134 267 50 8 12 107 22 17 80 35 .286 .342 .395 .736 121.7
May 302 946 156 269 41 14 12 121 30 14 107 44 .284 .355 .395 .751 134.7
June 285 950 158 269 51 6 9 118 22 9 112 29 .283 .358 .378 .736 131.2
July 278 992 163 313 63 9 10 144 21 13 108 33 .316 .382 .427 .809 155.8
August 307 1140 178 343 68 15 6 129 43 20 108 41 .301 .360 .403 .763 161.7
Sep/Oct 267 873 140 274 36 7 11 116 27 13 101 20 .314 .384 .409 .793 136.6
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 22 MON NL RF 6 6 54.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1940 23 MON NL RF 114 114 1021.0 282 1 10 1 .966 2.49   2.7
    LF 5 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1941 24 MON NL RF 43 42 364.7 102 3 2 1 .981 2.59   1.5
    CF 8 0 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 5 1 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    2B 1 0 4.0 3 4 0 2 1.000 15.75   0.1
1942 25 MON NL RF 13 13 36.8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.69   0.2
    LF 4 3 9.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.0
    2B 3 0 2.5 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYA AL RF 28 27 318.2 91 3 3 0 .969 2.66   0.7
    LF 8 7 82.2 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    2B 7 0 21.2 8 9 0 4 1.000 7.22   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.7 2 2 0 1 1.000 13.33   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 41 40 355.0 102 3 3 0 .972 2.66   0.9
      LF 12 10 91.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.0
      2B 10 0 23.7 9 10 0 4 1.000 7.22   0.1
      SS 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
      CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1943 26 NYA AL LF 99 95 840.0 203 6 3 3 .986 2.24   4.7
    RF 48 47 422.7 98 1 2 0 .980 2.11    
    CF 9 2 31.7 10 0 1 0 .909 2.84    
    2B 4 0 9.7 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.66   0.0
1944 27 NYA AL LF 147 144 1274.7 326 4 2 3 .994 2.33   4.7
    CF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    2B 2 0 2.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.0
1945 28 NYA AL LF 145 143 1266.0 337 6 4 2 .988 2.44   4.7
    2B 6 0 11.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.91   0.0
    CF 3 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1946 29 NYA AL LF 149 145 1237.7 270 4 2 1 .993 1.99   3.7
    2B 4 0 7.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
    CF 4 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 30 STL NL RF 150 146 1295.3 346 9 7 6 .981 2.47   5.5
    CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 31 STL NL RF 140 139 1228.7 222 7 3 2 .987 1.68   3.2
    2B 4 0 8.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1949 32 STL NL RF 69 69 539.0 93 2 1 0 .990 1.59   1.4
    2B 53 0 95.3 24 32 0 9 1.000 5.29   0.5
    LF 11 8 65.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.08    
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1950 33 STL NL CF 50 47 407.0 111 1 1 1 .991 2.48   2.5
    RF 43 42 354.0 78 2 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    2B 28 0 59.0 14 24 1 5 .974 5.80   0.3
    LF 4 1 11.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91    
1951 34 BRK NL RF 118 108 956.3 189 7 1 3 .995 1.84   2.1
    LF 11 0 29.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.61    
    CF 6 0 14.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.21    
    2B 5 0 12.7 6 7 0 2 1.000 9.24   0.1
1952 35 BRK NL CF 22 19 175.0 40 2 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.7
    RF 17 11 101.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
    2B 38 0 79.7 15 43 2 4 .967 6.55   0.5
    LF 12 0 28.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
  RF 789 764 6691.6 1542 35 29 13 .982 2.12   17.2
  LF 601 547 4870.7 1187 20 12 9 .990 2.23   17.7
  CF 112 68 673.7 179 4 2 1 .989 2.44   3.1
  2B 156 0 313.7 77 135 3 29 .986 6.08   1.7
  SS 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.0
Career Totals   1660 1379 12554.7 2987 196 46 53 .986 2.28   39.8
Career Highs   160 146 1304.0 347 45 10 9 1.000 3.00    
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 24 MON NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 26 NYA AL 14 62 7 20 4 0 1 8 0 0 3 1 .323 .354 .435 .789
1945 28 NYA AL 6 24 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .417 .462 .542 1.003
Career Post-Season Batting 22 88 9 30 5 1 1 9 0 0 5 1 .341 .376 .455 .831
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.
Batting Average
1945-9-.299
1946-2-.339
1951-7-.315
 On-Base Pct
1946-10-.398
 XR
1943-9-100.1
1946-8-104.3
 Games
1946-6-155
1947-1-158
 At-Bats
1943-2-632
1944-3-611
1945-9-588
1946-5-605
1947-3-591
 Runs
1943-2-128
1946-6-113
1947-7-101
Hits
1943-3-197
1945-8-176
1946-2-205
1947-9-172
 Total Bases
1946-9-276
 Singles
1943-3-139
1944-8-126
1945-3-135
1946-1-152
1947-4-133
1951-10-122
 Doubles
1943-3-46
1946-4-41
 Triples
1943-4-9
1945-10-5
1948-7-6
1950-2-7
 Stolen Bases
1940-4-17
1943-2-23
1946-8-16
1947-4-29
1948-5-20
Caught Stealing
1940-3-9
1943-3-11
1944-2-17
1945-7-8
1946-8-5
1948-4-8
1949-6-8
1950-7-6
1951-9-5
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Montreal in 1939
Had first career hit on 9/22/1939, off Joe Dobson (CIN)
Injured on 6/2/1940 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 7/18/1940, off Claude Passeau (NYG)
Injured on 8/31/1941 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Traded from Montreal to New York (A) on 6/1/1942 (Going to MON: P Marius Russo. Going to NYA: LF Barney Mccosky, P Johnny Beazley)
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1946, hitting .516 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1946
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/4/1947 to a 4-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1947
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 5/18/1948
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Injured on 9/18/1948 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/3/1951 to a 3-year deal worth $1,600,000 per year
 
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