Barney McCosky

Center Field

1939—1953

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Center Field RANK
NR

Player Detail

William Barney
GIVEN NAME
McCosky
SURNAME
April 11, 1917, in Coal Run, PA
BORN
September 6, 1996, in Venice, FL, USA
DIED
1939—1953
Playing Career
Played from 22-36
PLAYING AGE
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia A's
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Teams Played For
Center Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Detroit Tigers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 184
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 18, 1939
Major League Debut
July 8, 1953
FINAL GAME

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Signed by famed scout Wish Egan for the Tigers out of Southwestern High School in Detroit. McCosky missed three prime seasons while serving in World War II, but still managed a .312 career batting average.
  • Barney McCosky Scouting Report

55

HITTING

30

POWER

60

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1170
1301
24
397
.312

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
21.3
60.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.801
.769
104.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.312
.386
.414

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Sam Chapman
Joe DiMagio
Dom DiMaggio
Wally Judnich

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Rudy York
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Gehringer
Eddie Joost
Al Rosen
Larry Doby
Earl Averill
Sam Chapman
Hal Newhouser
Bob Feller
Del Baker

Barney McCosky Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
McCosky
526
164
84
27
9
3
50
63
33
7
218
228
.312
.386
.414
801
AVG CF
533
149
78
25
7
11
58
52
7
222
209
.279
.353
.416
.769

Barney McCosky Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
115
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Barney McCosky PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
21.2
21.5
16.4
10.9
2.93
74.6
45.7
33.5
22.8
5.28
BLUE = Barney McCosky
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
148.1
142.3
UNK
69.1
20.5
373.6
214.5
156.7
102.8
28.1
BLUE = Barney McCosky
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF