Ernie Koy

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 200 lb

BornSeptember 17, 1909 · Sealy, TX, USA

MLB debutApril 19, 1938

Final gameSeptember 27, 1942

Seasons5 (1938–1942)

Brooklyn Dodgers 1938–1940; St. Louis Cardinals 1940; Cincinnati Reds 1941; St. Louis Cardinals 1941; Cincinnati Reds 1942; Philadelphia Phillies 1942

Percentile snapshot

1938 season — qualified batters

142

62.8

574

521

58.7

156

65.3

68.6

94.2

68.6

RBI

65.3

32.2

93.4

.299

56.2

OBP

.352

44.6

SLG

.468

70.2

OPS

.820

64.5

wRC+

120.8

72.7

OPS+

121.5

72.7

wOBA

.373

63.6

sWAR

3.0

75.2

of 122 qualified 1938 batters (min 468 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

6.1

81.6

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1938	142	574	521	78	156	29	13	11	76	38	76	15	.299	.352	.468	.820	120.8	121.5	.373	3.0
1939	125	470	425	57	118	37	5	8	67	39	64	11	.278	.338	.445	.783	105.2	106.7	.357	1.3
1940	117	434	396	53	119	21	6	9	60	31	62	13	.301	.357	.452	.809	118.2	118.0	.369	1.8
1941	80	262	244	29	59	12	2	4	31	15	30	1	.242	.288	.357	.645	77.3	81.9	.301	-0.2
1942	94	276	260	21	63	9	3	4	26	14	52	0	.242	.281	.346	.627	78.9	84.9	.296	0.1

Career totals

558

2,016

1,846

238

515

108

RBI

260

137

284

.2790

OBP

.3318

SLG

.4274

OPS

.7592

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1938-09-27	SF @ LAD Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	1	2	11
1940-07-15	ATL @ STL Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	0	4	7
1941-05-26	PIT @ CIN Gameday	5	1	3	1	0	1	3	7
1938-05-20	PIT @ LAD Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	1	2	7
1940-08-03	STL @ SF Gameday	5	1	3	1	0	1	2	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1938-04-19	LAD @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938-04-20	LAD @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938-04-21	LAD @ PHI Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938-04-22	SF @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938-04-23	SF @ LAD Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.