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Gil Coan
Gilbert Fitzgerald Coan

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 27, 1946
Final Game April 25, 1956
Born May 18, 1922 in Monroe, NC

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 24 WSH AL  59  134   17   28   3  2   3    9   2  2   7  37  .209  .269  .328   71   44   2           4   1
 1947 25 WSH AL  11   42    5   21   3  2   0    3   2  1   5   6  .500  .553  .667  243   28   0           0   0
 1948 26 WSH AL 138  513   56  119  13  9   7   60  23  9  41  78  .232  .298  .333   70  171   4           7   5
 1949 27 WSH AL 111  358   36   78   7  8   3   25   9  6  29  58  .218  .278  .307   56  110   1           1   4
 1950 28 WSH AL 104  366   58  111  17  4   7   50  10  5  28  46  .303  .359  .429  105  157   5           4   1
 1951 29 WSH AL 135  538   85  163  25  7   9   62   8  5  39  62  .303  .357  .426  113  229   8           6   6 MVP-23
 1952 30 WSH AL 107  332   50   68  11  6   5   20   9  4  32  35  .205  .277  .319   68  106   0           1   2
 1953 31 WSH AL  68  168   28   33   1  4   2   17   7  0  22  23  .196  .301  .286   60   48   2           3   3
 1954 32 BAL AL  94  265   29   74  11  1   2   20   9  4  16  17  .279  .320  .351   90   93   3   2       1   1
 1955 33 TOT     87  160   18   36   7  1   1   12   4  2  13  21  .225  .287  .300   62   48   2   0   0   1   2
         TOT AL  78  147   18   34   7  1   1   12   4  2  13  20  .231  .298  .313   69   46   2   0   0   1   2
         BAL AL  61  130   18   31   7  1   1   11   4  2  13  15  .238  .313  .331   79   43   2   0   0   1   2
         CHW AL  17   17    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .176  .176  .176   -6    3   0   0   0   0   0
         NYG NL   9   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .154  .154  .154  -18    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 34 NYG NL   4    1    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     918 2877  384  731  98 44  39  278  83 38 232 384  .254  .316  .359   84 1034  27   2   0  28  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        508   68  129  17  8   7   49  15  7  41  68  .254  .316  .359   84  182   5   0   0   5   4
 Career High    138  538   85  163  25  9   9   62  23  9  41  78  .303  .359  .429  113  229   8   2   0   7   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 24 WSH AL  147  111   11   2.6    91| .209  .256| .269  .330| .328  .369| .597  .699|  71  .305  -5.8  -0.6  50%
 1947 25 WSH AL   47   22   15  18.2    94| .500  .259| .553  .338| .667  .372|1.220  .711| 243  .937   8.2   0.8  66%
 1948 26 WSH AL  565  412   50   3.2   103| .232  .269| .298  .354| .333  .389| .631  .743|  70  .343 -24.7  -2.4  71%
 1949 27 WSH AL  389  291   30   2.7   105| .218  .268| .278  .360| .307  .390| .585  .750|  56  .282 -25.3  -2.5  60%
 1950 28 WSH AL  403  266   55   5.5   109| .303  .272| .359  .358| .429  .408| .788  .766| 105  .545   2.3   0.2  66%
 1951 29 WSH AL  591  394   80   5.5   100| .303  .265| .357  .346| .426  .389| .783  .735| 113  .587   8.1   0.8  61%
 1952 30 WSH AL  365  270   29   2.9    94| .205  .257| .277  .336| .319  .375| .596  .710|  68  .342 -15.7  -1.6  69%
 1953 31 WSH AL  195  140   15   2.9   101| .196  .267| .301  .343| .286  .393| .587  .736|  60  .310  -9.6  -1.0 100%
 1954 32 BAL AL  287  201   30   4.0    93| .279  .257| .320  .331| .351  .376| .671  .707|  90  .471  -3.7  -0.4  69%
 1955 33 TOT     176  130   15   3.1    98| .225  .260| .287  .337| .300  .389| .587  .727|  62  .327  -8.5  -0.9  66%
         TOT AL  163  119   15   3.4    97| .231  .259| .298  .337| .313  .386| .611  .724|  69  .363  -6.2  -0.7  66%
         BAL AL  146  105   14   3.6    96| .238  .258| .313  .336| .331  .384| .644  .720|  79  .388  -3.6  -0.4  66%
         CHW AL   17   14    1   1.9   105| .176  .270| .176  .350| .176  .402| .352  .752|  -6  .168  -2.6  -0.3   0%
         NYG NL   13   11    0   0.0   106| .154  .267| .154  .338| .154  .422| .308  .760| -18  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1956 34 NYG NL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .263| .000  .330| .000  .415| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3166 2238  330   3.9   100| .254  .265| .316  .347| .359  .388| .675  .734|  84  .438 -74.9  -7.6  68%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1946 24 WSH AL  OF   29     62    0    2    0  .969  .976  2.14  2.24               27    0    2
 1947 25 WSH AL  OF   11     22    1    0    1 1.000  .979  2.09  2.35                0    0   11
 1948 26 WSH AL  OF  131    341   11   11    3  .970  .975  2.69  2.36              131    0    0
 1949 27 WSH AL  OF   97    225    8    6    3  .975  .980  2.40  2.27               68   29    0
 1950 28 WSH AL  OF   98    220    4    7    1  .970  .979  2.29  2.34               95    3    1
 1951 29 WSH AL  OF  132    374   17   14    2  .965  .977  2.96  2.23              132    0    0
 1952 30 WSH AL  OF   86    185    4    3    1  .984  .980  2.20  2.18               86    0    0
 1953 31 WSH AL  OF   46    105    2    0    1 1.000  .981  2.33  2.18               45    1    0
 1954 32 BAL AL  OF   67    148    1    5    0  .968  .979  2.22  2.17               36   32    0
 1955 33 TOT     OF   52     59    5    1    0  .985  .982  1.23  2.08               44    2    7
         TOT AL  OF   46     55    5    1    0  .984  .982  1.30  2.08               43    0    3
         BAL AL  OF   43     53    5    1    0  .983  .981  1.35  2.08               42    0    1
         CHW AL  OF    3      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.67  2.07                1    0    2
         NYG NL  OF    6      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  0.67  2.10                1    2    4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1946 24 WSH AL  OF   29     62    0    2    0  .969  .976  2.14  2.24               27    0    2
 1947 25 WSH AL  OF   11     22    1    0    1 1.000  .979  2.09  2.35                0    0   11
 1948 26 WSH AL  OF  131    341   11   11    3  .970  .975  2.69  2.36              131    0    0
 1949 27 WSH AL  OF   97    225    8    6    3  .975  .980  2.40  2.27               68   29    0
 1950 28 WSH AL  OF   98    220    4    7    1  .970  .979  2.29  2.34               95    3    1
 1951 29 WSH AL  OF  132    374   17   14    2  .965  .977  2.96  2.23              132    0    0
 1952 30 WSH AL  OF   86    185    4    3    1  .984  .980  2.20  2.18               86    0    0
 1953 31 WSH AL  OF   46    105    2    0    1 1.000  .981  2.33  2.18               45    1    0
 1954 32 BAL AL  OF   67    148    1    5    0  .968  .979  2.22  2.17               36   32    0
 1955 33 TOT     OF   52     59    5    1    0  .985  .982  1.23  2.08               44    2    7
         TOT AL  OF   46     55    5    1    0  .984  .982  1.30  2.08               43    0    3
         BAL AL  OF   43     53    5    1    0  .983  .981  1.35  2.08               42    0    1
         CHW AL  OF    3      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.67  2.07                1    0    2
         NYG NL  OF    6      4    0    0    0 1.000  .976  0.67  2.10                1    2    4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  749   1741   53   49   12  .973  .978  2.40  2.25              664   67   21
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       749   1741   53   49   12  .973  .978  2.40  2.25

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1951-AL-23-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Batting Average
1951 AL-.303-9

Hits
1951 AL-163-7

Triples
1948 AL-9-9
1949 AL-8-7
1951 AL-7-7

Strikeouts
1948 AL-78-3
1951 AL-62-10

Stolen Bases
1948 AL-23-2
1949 AL-9-8
1950 AL-10-4
1952 AL-9-9
1953 AL-7-10
1954 AL-9-8

Singles
1951 AL-122-7

Hit By Pitch
1946 AL-4-4
1948 AL-7-2
1951 AL-6-6

Caught Stealing
1948 AL-9-6

Power/Speed Number
1948 AL-10.7-3
1950 AL-8.2-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (929) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3453) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1451) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.
February 18, 1954: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Baltimore Orioles for Roy Sievers.
July 17, 1955: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Baltimore Orioles.
August 26, 1955: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Giants for Ron Northey.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1951-AL-23-0.02 Car-1314-0.02 shares	Batting Average 1951 AL-.303-9	Hits 1951 AL-163-7	Triples 1948 AL-9-9 1949 AL-8-7 1951 AL-7-7	Strikeouts 1948 AL-78-3 1951 AL-62-10	Stolen Bases 1948 AL-23-2 1949 AL-9-8 1950 AL-10-4 1952 AL-9-9 1953 AL-7-10 1954 AL-9-8
Singles 1951 AL-122-7	Hit By Pitch 1946 AL-4-4 1948 AL-7-2 1951 AL-6-6	Caught Stealing 1948 AL-9-6	Power/Speed Number 1948 AL-10.7-3 1950 AL-8.2-10