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Dick Coffman
Samuel Richard Coffman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 28, 1927
Final Game June 28, 1945
Born December 18, 1906 in Veto, AL
Died March 24, 1972 in Athens, AL

Brother of Slick Coffman

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1927 20 WSH AL   0   1   5   2   0   0   0  0   16.0   20    9    6   0    2    5   2   0    71       0  3.38  4.05  120 1.375
 1928 21 SLB AL   4   5  29   7   3   0  10  1   85.7  122   68   58   7   37   25   1   3   411       0  6.09  4.20   69 1.856
 1929 22 SLB AL   1   1  27   3   1   1  13  1   52.7   61   40   35   3   14   11   3   0   236       0  5.98  4.41   74 1.424
 1930 23 SLB AL   8  18  38  30  12   1   5  1  196.0  250  134  112  14   69   54   5   2   892       1  5.14  4.88   95 1.628
 1931 24 SLB AL   9  13  32  17  11   2   8  1  169.3  159   81   73  10   51   39   2   2   720       0  3.88  4.64  120 1.240
 1932 25 TOT AL   6   9  31  15   5   1   7  0  137.3  158   69   62   5   52   31   3   0   600       0  4.06  4.54  112 1.529
         SLB AL   5   3   9   6   3   0   3  0   61.0   66   24   21   3   21   14   2   0   263       0  3.10  4.84  156 1.426
         WSH AL   1   6  22   9   2   1   4  0   76.3   92   45   41   2   31   17   1   0   337       0  4.83  4.30   89 1.611
 1933 26 SLB AL   3   7  21  13   3   1   5  1   81.0  114   57   53   9   39   19   2   0   393       0  5.89  4.62   79 1.889
 1934 27 SLB AL   9  10  40  21   6   1  10  3  173.0  212  112   87  11   59   55   1   3   772       0  4.53  4.99  110 1.566
 1935 28 SLB AL   5  11  41  18   5   0  12  2  143.7  206  116   98  14   46   34   2   2   683       0  6.14  4.77   78 1.754
 1936 29 NYG NL   7   5  42   2   0   0  24  7  101.7  119   53   44   7   23   26   2   3   437       0  3.90  3.90  100 1.397
 1937 30 NYG NL   8   3  42   1   0   0  21  3   80.0   93   36   27   4   31   30   4   1   363       0  3.04  3.87  127 1.550
 1938 31 NYG NL   8   4  51   3   1   1  35 12  111.3  116   50   43   3   21   21   3   1   463       0  3.48  3.78  109 1.231 MVP-18
 1939 32 NYG NL   1   2  28   0   0   0  20  3   38.0   50   18   13   1    6    9   3   0   172       0  3.08  3.92  127 1.474
 1940 33 BSN NL   1   5  31   0   0   0  15  3   48.3   63   33   29   4   11   11   2   0   213       0  5.40  3.73   69 1.531
 1945 38 PHI NL   2   1  14   0   0   0   9  0   26.3   39   18   15   0    2    2   0   0   116       0  5.13  3.84   75 1.557
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .431  72  95 472 132  47   8 194 38 1460.3 1782  894  755  92  463  372  35  17  6542       1  4.65  4.45   96 1.537
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  10  53  14   5   0  21  4  164.3  200  100   85  10   52   41   3   1   736   0   0  4.65  4.45   96 1.537
 Career High      9  18  51  30  12   2  35 12  196.0  250  134  112  14   69   55   5   3   892   0   1  3.04  4.99  127 1.231
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 20 WSH AL   5    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .333  .500  .333  120    1   1           0    
 1928 21 SLB AL  29   23    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   7  .043  .083  .043  -66    1   2           0    
 1929 22 SLB AL  27    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1930 23 SLB AL  38   66    4    9   3  0   0    2   0  0   2  18  .136  .162  .182  -14   12   2           0    
 1931 24 SLB AL  32   51    4    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  20  .078  .113  .098  -45    5   6           0    
 1932 25 TOT AL  31   44    2    3   1  1   0    1   0  0   4  13  .068  .146  .136  -27    6   0           0    
         SLB AL   9   22    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   6  .045  .160  .045  -45    1   0           0    
         WSH AL  22   22    2    2   1  1   0    1   0  0   1   7  .091  .130  .227   -9    5   0           0    
 1933 26 SLB AL  21   27    0    1   1  0   0    3   0  0   2  14  .037  .103  .074  -53    2   0           0    
 1934 27 SLB AL  40   51    3   11   1  0   0    5   0  0   1  23  .216  .231  .235   17   12   5           0    
 1935 28 SLB AL  41   41    4    6   2  0   0    2   0  0   6  13  .146  .255  .195   16    8   4           0    
 1936 29 NYG NL  42   20    1    4   0  0   0    0   0      1   7  .200  .238  .200   19    4   1           0   0
 1937 30 NYG NL  42   19    1    7   2  0   0    2   0      0   8  .368  .368  .474  126    9   0           0   0
 1938 31 NYG NL  51   28    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      0  15  .071  .071  .071  -61    2   0           0   0 MVP-18
 1939 32 NYG NL  28    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1940 33 BSN NL  31   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   7  .083  .154  .083  -32    1   0           0   0
 1945 38 PHI NL  14    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .250  .400  .250   85    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     472  400   21   51  11  1   0   16   0  0  22 151  .128  .173  .160  -13   64  21   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        137    7   18   4  0   0    5   0  0   8  52  .128  .173  .160  -13   22   7   0   0   0   0
 Career High     51   66    4   11   3  1   0    5   0  0   6  23                          12   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 20 WSH AL    5    3    1   8.9   110| .333  .292| .500  .360| .333  .409| .833  .769| 120  .752   0.2   0.0   0%
 1928 21 SLB AL   26   24    0   0.0   111| .043  .292| .083  .358| .043  .415| .126  .773| -66  .000  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1929 22 SLB AL    7    7    0   0.0   116| .000  .297| .000  .364| .000  .429| .000  .793|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1930 23 SLB AL   70   59    2   0.9   118| .136  .299| .162  .363| .182  .439| .344  .803| -14  .038 -11.8  -1.1   0%
 1931 24 SLB AL   59   53    1   0.5   110| .078  .290| .113  .358| .098  .415| .211  .772| -45  .015 -11.1  -1.1   0%
 1932 25 TOT AL   48   41    1   0.6   113| .068  .288| .146  .359| .136  .424| .282  .783| -27  .023  -8.8  -0.9   0%
         SLB AL   25   21    0   0.0   116| .045  .292| .160  .364| .045  .430| .205  .794| -45  .000  -5.0  -0.5   0%
         WSH AL   23   20    1   1.3   110| .091  .284| .130  .354| .227  .417| .357  .772|  -9  .082  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1933 26 SLB AL   29   26    0   0.0   111| .037  .288| .103  .360| .074  .415| .177  .775| -53  .000  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 1934 27 SLB AL   57   45    3   1.8   119| .216  .298| .231  .373| .235  .429| .466  .802|  17  .130  -6.8  -0.6   0%
 1935 28 SLB AL   51   39    2   1.4   115| .146  .292| .255  .366| .195  .422| .450  .788|  16  .085  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1936 29 NYG NL   22   17    1   1.6   102| .200  .285| .238  .344| .200  .398| .438  .742|  19  .120  -2.3  -0.2     
 1937 30 NYG NL   19   12    3   6.7   102| .368  .281| .368  .343| .474  .399| .842  .742| 126  .672   0.7   0.1     
 1938 31 NYG NL   28   26    0   0.0   100| .071  .276| .071  .340| .071  .393| .142  .733| -61  .000  -6.2  -0.6     
 1939 32 NYG NL    4    4    0   0.0   104| .000  .282| .000  .347| .000  .402| .000  .750|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
 1940 33 BSN NL   13   11    0   0.0    94| .083  .266| .154  .330| .083  .382| .237  .712| -32  .000  -2.1  -0.2     
 1945 38 PHI NL    5    3    0   0.0    94| .250  .270| .400  .339| .250  .372| .650  .711|  85  .000   0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      443  370   14   1.0   111| .128  .290| .173  .358| .160  .418| .333  .776| -13  .053 -68.9  -6.6     

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1927 20 WSH AL P 5 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 1.40 1.40 3.94 2.64 2 16.0 1928 21 SLB AL P 29 4 21 1 1 .962 .958 0.86 1.37 2.63 2.44 7 85.7 1929 22 SLB AL P 27 3 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.56 1.29 2.56 2.34 3 52.7 1930 23 SLB AL P 38 6 43 0 0 1.000 .946 1.29 1.18 2.25 2.20 30 196.0 1931 24 SLB AL P 32 15 24 1 1 .975 .954 1.22 1.19 2.07 2.21 17 169.3 1932 25 TOT AL P 31 11 19 0 1 1.000 .958 0.97 1.21 1.97 2.24 15 137.3 SLB AL P 9 7 7 0 0 1.000 .959 1.56 1.21 2.07 2.24 6 61.0 WSH AL P 22 4 12 0 1 1.000 .958 0.73 1.21 1.89 2.24 9 76.3 1933 26 SLB AL P 21 5 19 1 0 .960 .960 1.14 1.18 2.67 2.28 13 81.0 1934 27 SLB AL P 40 7 36 4 1 .915 .956 1.07 1.11 2.24 2.14 21 173.0 1935 28 SLB AL P 41 5 27 5 0 .865 .950 0.78 1.12 2.00 2.15 18 143.7 1936 29 NYG NL P 42 11 26 1 1 .974 .951 0.88 1.16 3.27 2.32 2 101.7 1937 30 NYG NL P 42 2 20 1 2 .957 .957 0.52 1.20 2.48 2.38 1 80.0 1938 31 NYG NL P 51 3 18 3 1 .875 .963 0.41 1.13 1.70 2.21 3 111.3 1939 32 NYG NL P 28 3 6 2 0 .818 .957 0.32 1.09 2.13 2.18 0 38.0 1940 33 BSN NL P 31 4 7 0 0 1.000 .965 0.35 1.10 2.05 2.22 0 48.3 1945 38 PHI NL P 14 0 11 0 2 1.000 .965 0.79 1.06 3.76 2.19 0 26.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1927 20 WSH AL P 5 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 1.40 1.40 3.94 2.64 2 16.0 1928 21 SLB AL P 29 4 21 1 1 .962 .958 0.86 1.37 2.63 2.44 7 85.7 1929 22 SLB AL P 27 3 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.56 1.29 2.56 2.34 3 52.7 1930 23 SLB AL P 38 6 43 0 0 1.000 .946 1.29 1.18 2.25 2.20 30 196.0 1931 24 SLB AL P 32 15 24 1 1 .975 .954 1.22 1.19 2.07 2.21 17 169.3 1932 25 TOT AL P 31 11 19 0 1 1.000 .958 0.97 1.21 1.97 2.24 15 137.3 SLB AL P 9 7 7 0 0 1.000 .959 1.56 1.21 2.07 2.24 6 61.0 WSH AL P 22 4 12 0 1 1.000 .958 0.73 1.21 1.89 2.24 9 76.3 1933 26 SLB AL P 21 5 19 1 0 .960 .960 1.14 1.18 2.67 2.28 13 81.0 1934 27 SLB AL P 40 7 36 4 1 .915 .956 1.07 1.11 2.24 2.14 21 173.0 1935 28 SLB AL P 41 5 27 5 0 .865 .950 0.78 1.12 2.00 2.15 18 143.7 1936 29 NYG NL P 42 11 26 1 1 .974 .951 0.88 1.16 3.27 2.32 2 101.7 1937 30 NYG NL P 42 2 20 1 2 .957 .957 0.52 1.20 2.48 2.38 1 80.0 1938 31 NYG NL P 51 3 18 3 1 .875 .963 0.41 1.13 1.70 2.21 3 111.3 1939 32 NYG NL P 28 3 6 2 0 .818 .957 0.32 1.09 2.13 2.18 0 38.0 1940 33 BSN NL P 31 4 7 0 0 1.000 .965 0.35 1.10 2.05 2.22 0 48.3 1945 38 PHI NL P 14 0 11 0 2 1.000 .965 0.79 1.06 3.76 2.19 0 26.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 472 82 293 19 10 .952 .955 0.79 1.17 2.31 2.24 132 1460.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 472 82 293 19 10 .952 .955 0.79 1.17 2.31 2.24 132 1460
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   0  32.40  0  0  0  0   1.2   5   6   1   1 
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   0   4.15  0  0  0  0   4.1   2   2   5   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   4   0  12.00  0  0  0  0   6     7   8   6   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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)
1938-NL-18-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1931 AL-1.240-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1931 AL-8.45-6

Games
1938 NL-51-1

Saves
1934 AL-3-9
1936 NL-7-4
1937 NL-3-8
1938 NL-12-1
1940 NL-3-6

Shutouts
1930 AL-1-10
1931 AL-2-3

Losses
1930 AL-18-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1930 AL-112-10

Hit Batsmen
1930 AL-5-6

Games Finished
1929 AL-13-10
1936 NL-24-1
1937 NL-21-3
1938 NL-35-1
1939 NL-20-4

Adjusted ERA+
1931 AL-120-10

Youngest Player
1927 AL-20-8

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 20 (1048) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1633) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1117) (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.


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Transactions 

October 19, 1927: Traded by the Washington Senators with Earl McNeely to the St. Louis Browns for Milt Gaston and Sam Jones.

June 9, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Washington Senators for Carl Fischer.

December 13, 1932: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Carl Fischer.

November 14, 1935: Purchased by the New York Giants from the St. Louis Browns.

June 30, 1945: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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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