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Slick Coffman
George David Coffman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 155 lb.

Debut May 21, 1937
Final Game September 17, 1940
Born December 11, 1910 in Veto, AL
Died May 8, 2003 in Birmingham, AL

Brother of Dick Coffman

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1937 26 DET AL   7   5  28   5   1   0  15  0  101.0  121   61   49   8   39   22   3   1   457       2  4.37  4.67  107 1.584
 1938 27 DET AL   4   4  39   6   1   0  15  2   95.7  120   70   64   6   48   31   0   1   444       0  6.02  5.03   84 1.756
 1939 28 DET AL   2   1  23   1   0   0  10  0   42.3   51   36   30   4   22   10   1   1   201       0  6.38  4.90   77 1.724
 1940 29 SLB AL   2   2  31   4   1   0  10  1   74.7  108   62   52   5   23   26   0   2   352       0  6.27  4.60   73 1.754
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .556  15  12 121  16   3   0  50  3  313.7  400  229  195  23  132   89   4   5  1454       2  5.60  4.79   86 1.696
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   5  60   7   1   0  24  1  155.7  198  113   96  11   65   44   1   2   721   0   0  5.60  4.79   86 1.696
 Career High      7   5  39   6   1   0  15  2  101.0  121   70   64   8   48   31   3   2   457   0   2  4.37  5.03  107 1.584

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 26 DET AL  28   29    3    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   5  13  .172  .294  .207   27    6   4           0    
 1938 27 DET AL  39   24    2    4   1  0   0    5   0  0   3   7  .167  .259  .208   15    5   1           0    
 1939 28 DET AL  23    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .167  .000  -55    0   0           0   0
 1940 29 SLB AL  32   15    3    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .200  .250  .200   17    3   2           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      122   73    8   12   2  0   0    8   0  0  10  24  .164  .265  .192   16   14   7   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         97   11   16   3  0   0   11   0  0  13  32  .164  .265  .192   16   19   9   0   0   0   1
 Career High     39   29    3    5   1  0   0    5   0  0   5  13                           6   4   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 26 DET AL   38   28    2   1.9   119| .172  .292| .294  .368| .207  .436| .501  .804|  27  .134  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1938 27 DET AL   28   21    1   1.2   124| .167  .299| .259  .379| .208  .445| .467  .824|  15  .067  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1939 28 DET AL    6    5    0   0.0   120| .000  .295| .167  .371| .000  .436| .167  .807| -55  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1940 29 SLB AL   18   15    1   1.8   113| .200  .282| .250  .355| .200  .427| .450  .782|  17  .132  -1.9  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        90   69    4   1.5   119| .164  .292| .265  .369| .192  .437| .457  .806|  16  .097  -9.7  -0.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 26 DET AL P 28 4 16 1 1 .952 .952 0.71 1.09 1.78 2.05 5 101.0 1938 27 DET AL P 39 1 16 0 0 1.000 .950 0.44 1.12 1.60 2.11 6 95.7 1939 28 DET AL P 23 1 8 0 0 1.000 .947 0.39 0.98 1.91 1.91 1 42.3 1940 29 SLB AL P 31 3 19 0 0 1.000 .957 0.71 1.05 2.65 2.04 4 74.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 26 DET AL P 28 4 16 1 1 .952 .952 0.71 1.09 1.78 2.05 5 101.0 1938 27 DET AL P 39 1 16 0 0 1.000 .950 0.44 1.12 1.60 2.11 6 95.7 1939 28 DET AL P 23 1 8 0 0 1.000 .947 0.39 0.98 1.91 1.91 1 42.3 1940 29 SLB AL P 31 3 19 0 0 1.000 .957 0.71 1.05 2.65 2.04 4 74.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 121 9 59 1 1 .986 .952 0.56 1.07 1.95 2.05 16 313.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 121 9 59 1 1 .986 .952 0.56 1.07 1.95 2.04 16 314
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.

Games
1938 AL-39-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 30, 1940: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Billy Sullivan.

December 5, 1940: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the St. Louis Browns.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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