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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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	4	2	1	7	1
2	2	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	2	8	0
6	6	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
7	7	Apr 25	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	1	1	0	2	1
8	8	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 27	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	4	4	0	8	0
11	11	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
12	12	Apr 30	PHA		CLE	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PHA		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	14	May 4	PHA		DET	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
15	15	May 5	PHA		CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
16	16	May 6	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
17	17	May 7	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
18	18	May 8	PHA		SLB	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
19	19	May 9	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
20	20	May 10	PHA		WSH	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
21	21	May 11	PHA		WSH	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
22	22	May 12	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	3
23	23	May 14	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
24	24	May 18	PHA	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
25	25	May 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	26	May 20	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	5	6	0	11	0
27	27	May 22	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
28	28	May 23	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	5	2	1	8	1
29	29	May 25	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
30	30	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	1	1	0	2	0
31	31	May 28	PHA		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
32	32	May 29	PHA		BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	4	2	9	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
34	34	May 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-14	CG	38	7.0	4	2	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	PHA		CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
36	36	Jun 2 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
37	37	Jun 2 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,12-6	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
38	38	Jun 3	PHA		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
39	39	Jun 4	PHA		DET	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
40	40	Jun 5	PHA		DET	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 6	PHA		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
42	42	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
43	43	Jun 8	PHA		SLB	L,1-15	CG	51	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
44	44	Jun 9 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,7-8	CG	46	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 9 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
46	46	Jun 11	PHA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 12	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
48	48	Jun 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
49	49	Jun 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
50	50	Jun 16 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 16 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
52	52	Jun 19 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	1	2	0	3	1
53	53	Jun 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
54	54	Jun 20	PHA	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
55	55	Jun 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-1	CG	30	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
56	56	Jun 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
57	57	Jun 25	PHA	@	SLB	L,10-12	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
58	58	Jun 26	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
59	59	Jun 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
60	60	Jun 29	PHA	@	NYY	L,9-12	GS	42	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
61	61	Jun 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	3	2	0	5	1
62	62	Jun 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
64	64	Jul 2 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
65	65	Jul 2 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,9-15	GS	31	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
66	66	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,11-12	CG	40	8.1	2	5	0	7	2
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
69	69	Jul 5	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 6	PHA		NYY	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	2	3	1	6	0
71	71	Jul 7 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	72	Jul 7 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
73	73	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
74	80 (6)	Jul 18	PHA		SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
75	81	Jul 19	PHA		SLB	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
76	82	Jul 20	PHA		CHW	L,7-19	CG	52	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
77	83	Jul 21 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,8-10	GS	33	6.0	1	2	1	4	0
78	84	Jul 21 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
79	85	Jul 23	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
80	86	Jul 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
81	87	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
82	88	Jul 26	PHA	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	89	Jul 27 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-15	GS	28	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	90	Jul 27 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	91	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	0	11.0	2	3	1	6	1
86	92	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	93	Jul 30	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	1
88	94	Jul 31	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	95	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	48	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
90	96	Aug 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
91	97	Aug 3	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	98	Aug 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
93	99	Aug 4 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
94	100	Aug 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-11	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
95	101	Aug 8	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	102	Aug 9	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	5	1	9	3
97	103	Aug 10	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-13	CG	41	8.0	1	8	0	9	1
98	108 (4)	Aug 15 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	110 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
100	112 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	2
101	113	Aug 21	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
102	114	Aug 22	PHA		SLB	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
103	118 (3)	Aug 30	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
104	119	Aug 31	PHA		BOS	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	120	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
106	121	Sep 2 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
107	122	Sep 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
108	123	Sep 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	44	10.2	2	1	0	3	2
109	124	Sep 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
110	125	Sep 7	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
111	126	Sep 8 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	127	Sep 8 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	128	Sep 10	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
114	129	Sep 11	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
115	130	Sep 12 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
116	133 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
117	134	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
118	135	Sep 15 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
119	137 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
120	139 (1)	Sep 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	140	Sep 18 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-14	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
122	141	Sep 18 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
123	142	Sep 19 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	0	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
124	143	Sep 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
125	144	Sep 22 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
126	146 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,8-16	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
127	148 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
128	149	Sep 26 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
129	151 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-16	CG	47	8.0	1	3	1	5	2
130	153 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
							131gm		1109.0	262	393	35	690	82