Benny McCoy

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: November 9, 1915 in Jenison, MI us

Died: November 9, 2011 in Grandville, MI

Buried: Grandville Cemetery, Grandville, MI

High School: Grandville HS (Grandville, MI)

Debut: September 14, 1938 (Age 22-309d, 8,525th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1941 (Age 25-323d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Benjamin Jenison McCoy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.5

1214

327

.269

182

RBI

156

OBP

.369

SLG

.381

OPS

.750

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	84 (83)	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
2	85	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	86	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
4	87	Jul 23	DET		PHA	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
5	88	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
6	89	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
7	90	Jul 27	DET	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	91	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
9	92	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
10	93	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
11	94	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	95	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
13	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
14	97	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	3	6	0	9	2
15	98	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
16	99	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
17	100	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	102	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	103	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	104	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
22	105	Aug 12	DET		SLB	L,3-17	CG	52	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
23	106	Aug 13	DET		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	2	1	2	5	2
24	107	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	10.0	1	3	1	5	0
25	108	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
26	109	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	110	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	1	5	0	6	1
28	111	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
29	112	Aug 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
30	113	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	120 (6)	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	122 (1)	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GF	0		1	1	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	126 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
34	127	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	140 (12)	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
36	141	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
37	142	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
38	143	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	52	12.1	3	3	0	6	0
39	144	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
40	145	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
41	146	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
42	147	Sep 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
43	148	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	20	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	149	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
45	150	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	7.0	1	5	0	6	1
46	151	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	152	Sep 29 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
48	153	Sep 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	22	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
49	154	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	155	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	2	3	0	5	1
							50gm		410.0	108	150	11	269	25