Benny McCoy
1938–1941 · bats L / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
337G
.269AVG
.369OBP
.381SLG
More career statistics
327H
16HR
156RBI
8SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,423 | 1,426 |
| Batting · Walks | 190 | 193 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 337 | 1,423 | 1,214 | 182 | 327 | 52 | 18 | 16 | 156 | 190 | 122 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 463 | .269 | .369 | .381 | .750 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1941-08-10 to 1941-08-27
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1941-05-25 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1939-08-15 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1941-05-04 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 148 | 614 | 159 | 7 | 75 | 72 | 38 | .296 | .376 | .425 |
| Away | 189 | 812 | 168 | 9 | 81 | 121 | 84 | .248 | .356 | .347 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 84 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 4 | .271 | .381 | .371 |
| May | 51 | 245 | 58 | 5 | 30 | 36 | 19 | .282 | .384 | .442 |
| June | 49 | 218 | 40 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 26 | .208 | .284 | .276 |
| July | 65 | 288 | 73 | 3 | 35 | 33 | 16 | .292 | .368 | .444 |
| August | 73 | 307 | 72 | 1 | 36 | 53 | 27 | .288 | .407 | .376 |
| September | 75 | 263 | 59 | 3 | 23 | 34 | 25 | .260 | .354 | .352 |
| October | 5 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .316 | .381 | .421 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 54 | 223 | 57 | 3 | 35 | 27 | 30 | .294 | .377 | .438 |
| st-louis-browns | 50 | 221 | 46 | 4 | 25 | 32 | 12 | .245 | .353 | .378 |
| chicago-white-sox | 49 | 211 | 48 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 15 | .261 | .341 | .375 |
| boston-red-sox | 46 | 188 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 15 | .232 | .351 | .290 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 45 | 189 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 36 | 11 | .270 | .402 | .324 |
| new-york-yankees | 42 | 167 | 36 | 2 | 18 | 25 | 16 | .259 | .365 | .353 |
| detroit-tigers | 40 | 171 | 46 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 21 | .301 | .363 | .458 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 11 | 56 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .340 | .375 | .491 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Detroit Tigers | 7 | 15 | 3 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers | 55 | 192 | 58 | 1 | 33 | 3 | .302 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 134 | 490 | 126 | 7 | 62 | 2 | .257 | – | – |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Athletics | 141 | 517 | 140 | 8 | 61 | 3 | .271 | – | – |