Ernie Koy
1938–1942 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
558G
.279AVG
.332OBP
.427SLG
More career statistics
515H
36HR
260RBI
40SB
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 | 2,016 | 2,018 |
| Batting · Runs | 238 | 239 |
| Batting · RBI | 260 | 263 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 558 | 2,016 | 1,846 | 238 | 515 | 108 | 29 | 36 | 260 | 137 | 284 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 789 | .279 | .332 | .427 | .759 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1939-04-30 to 1939-05-13
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1938-09-27 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1939-06-27 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1939-06-10 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 277 | 949 | 249 | 18 | 138 | 67 | 123 | .287 | .333 | .447 |
| Away | 281 | 1069 | 266 | 18 | 125 | 70 | 161 | .272 | .314 | .410 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 75 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | .194 | .280 | .373 |
| May | 110 | 433 | 113 | 8 | 61 | 34 | 50 | .288 | .339 | .431 |
| June | 107 | 426 | 112 | 7 | 65 | 20 | 75 | .279 | .310 | .406 |
| July | 116 | 413 | 106 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 52 | .280 | .324 | .447 |
| August | 100 | 336 | 94 | 7 | 45 | 20 | 43 | .306 | .339 | .466 |
| September | 97 | 329 | 74 | 4 | 46 | 27 | 44 | .250 | .307 | .395 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .600 | .500 | .600 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 84 | 325 | 70 | 1 | 30 | 24 | 45 | .239 | .289 | .321 |
| new-york-giants | 81 | 268 | 66 | 10 | 35 | 12 | 39 | .262 | .291 | .456 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 78 | 281 | 81 | 5 | 40 | 18 | 36 | .315 | .352 | .475 |
| cincinnati-reds | 75 | 262 | 69 | 7 | 34 | 13 | 37 | .282 | .313 | .449 |
| boston-braves | 75 | 300 | 76 | 6 | 50 | 27 | 35 | .281 | .343 | .433 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 70 | 255 | 77 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 35 | .328 | .373 | .523 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 57 | 225 | 59 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 32 | .298 | .351 | .419 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 38 | 102 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 25 | .177 | .216 | .260 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 142 | 521 | 156 | 11 | 76 | 15 | .299 | – | – |
| 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 125 | 425 | 118 | 8 | 69 | 11 | .278 | – | – |
| 1940 | Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals | 117 | 396 | 119 | 9 | 61 | 13 | .301 | – | – |
| 1941 | Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 244 | 59 | 4 | 31 | 1 | .242 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies | 94 | 260 | 63 | 4 | 26 | – | .242 | – | – |