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John Coleman
John Francis Coleman

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.
School Syracuse University

Debut May 1, 1883
Final Game July 18, 1890
Born March 6, 1863 in Saratoga Springs, NY
Died May 31, 1922 in Detroit, MI

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1883 20 PHI NL  90  354   33   83  12  8   0   32         15  39  .234  .266  .314   82  111                    
 1884 21 TOT     71  278   32   64   9  5   2   22   0     13      .230  .265  .320   87   89               0    
         PHI NL  43  171   16   42   7  2   0   22          8  20  .246  .279  .310   90   53                    
         PHA AA  28  107   16   22   2  3   2    0   0      5      .206  .241  .336   81   36               0    
 1885 22 PHA AA  96  398   71  119  15 11   3   70   0     25      .299  .345  .415  133  165               3    
 1886 23 TOT AA 132  535   70  136  20 17   0   74  29     35      .254  .302  .355  106  190               2    
         PHA AA 121  492   67  121  18 16   0   65  28     33      .246  .296  .348  101  171               2    
         PIT AA  11   43    3   15   2  1   0    9   1      2      .349  .378  .442  160   19               0    
 1887 24 PIT NL 115  475   75  139  21 11   2   54  25     31  40  .293  .337  .396  109  188               1    
 1888 25 PIT NL 116  438   49  101  11  4   0   26  15     29  52  .231  .285  .274   85  120               4    
 1889 26 PHA AA   6   19    1    1   0  0   0    1   1      1   3  .053  .100  .053  -56    1               0    
 1890 27 PIT NL   3   11    1    2   0  0   0    0   1      3   0  .182  .357  .182   67    2               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      629 2508  332  645  88 56   7  279  71  0 152 134  .257  .302  .345  100  866   0   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        646   86  166  23 14   2   72  18  0  39  35  .257  .302  .345  100  223   0   0   0   3   0
 Career High    132  535   75  139  21 17   3   74  29  0  35  52  .299  .345  .415  133  190   0   0   0   4   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1883 20 PHI NL  369  271   29   2.8    73| .234  .257| .266  .284| .314  .354| .580  .639|  82  .350  -7.3  -0.8     
 1884 21 TOT     291  214   24   3.0    70| .230  .247| .265  .286| .320  .340| .585  .626|  87  .423  -4.2  -0.5     
         PHI NL  179  129   15   3.1    69| .246  .244| .279  .283| .310  .338| .589  .621|  90  .420  -1.7  -0.2     
         PHA AA  112   85    9   2.8    73| .206  .252| .241  .291| .336  .343| .577  .634|  81  .430  -2.5  -0.3     
 1885 22 PHA AA  426  279   56   5.4    77| .299  .258| .345  .304| .415  .346| .760  .650| 133  .694  15.1   1.7     
 1886 23 TOT AA  572  399   57   3.8    75| .254  .246| .302  .310| .355  .328| .657  .638| 106  .533   1.6   0.2     
         PHA AA  527  371   50   3.5    75| .246  .247| .296  .310| .348  .329| .644  .639| 101  .507  -1.1  -0.1     
         PIT AA   45   28    7   6.6    73| .349  .243| .378  .306| .442  .324| .820  .631| 160  .761   2.7   0.3     
 1887 24 PIT NL  507  336   63   4.9    91| .293  .266| .337  .323| .396  .379| .733  .702| 109  .546   5.8   0.6     
 1888 25 PIT NL  471  337   33   2.6    66| .231  .237| .285  .284| .274  .324| .559  .608|  85  .396  -6.4  -0.7     
 1889 26 PHA AA   20   18    0   0.0    91| .053  .265| .100  .337| .053  .360| .153  .698| -56  .000  -3.9  -0.4     
 1890 27 PIT NL   14    9    1   2.9    78| .182  .245| .357  .319| .182  .331| .539  .651|  67  .367  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2670 1863  263   3.7    76| .257  .252| .302  .301| .345  .345| .647  .646| 100  .504   0.5   0.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1883 20 PHI NL  12  48  65  61  59   3   4  0  538.3  772  510  291  17   48  159       9  2546       0  4.87  3.07   63 1.523
 1884 21 TOT      5  17  24  21  16   1   3  0  175.3  244  161   92   9   24   42   4   8   822       0  4.72  3.00   63 1.529
         PHI NL   5  15  21  19  14   1   2  0  154.3  216  147   84   9   22   37   0   8   724       0  4.90  2.94   60 1.542
         PHA AA   0   2   3   2   2   0   1  0   21.0   28   14    8   0    2    5   4   0    98       0  3.43  3.37   98 1.429
 1885 22 PHA AA   2   2   8   3   3   0   4  0   60.3   82   46   23   0    5   12   0   5   229       0  3.43  3.44  100 1.442
 1886 23 PHA AA   1   1   3   1   1   0   2  0   20.7   18    9    6   1    5    2   1   0    84       0  2.61  3.51  134 1.113
 1889 26 PHA AA   3   2   5   5   4   0   0  0   34.0   38   23   11   2   14    6   0   0     0       0  2.91  3.81  131 1.529
 1890 27 PIT NL   0   2   2   2   1   0   0  0   14.0   28   23   15   1    6    3   0   1    73       0  9.64  3.28   34 2.429
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .242  23  72 107  93  84   4  13  0  842.7 1182  772  438  30  102  224   5  23  3754       0  4.68  3.13   67 1.524
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  24  36  31  28   1   4  0  286.3  401  262  148  10   34   76   1   7  1276   0   0  4.68  3.13   67 1.524
 Career High     12  48  65  61  59   3   4  0  538.3  772  510  291  17   48  159   4   9  2546   0   0  3.43  3.44  100 1.442

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1883 20 PHI NL P 65 22 118 18 2 .886 .892 2.15 1.96 2.34 2.20 61 538.3 OF 31 69 14 13 4 .865 .849 2.68 1.86 19 12 0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.00 1884 21 TOT OF 51 68 12 19 3 .808 .860 1.57 1.69 14 32 5 TOT P 24 14 43 3 0 .950 .885 2.38 2.12 2.93 2.29 21 175.3 TOT 1B 4 24 0 2 0 .923 .956 6.00 10.40 PHI NL OF 27 48 6 10 2 .844 .867 2.00 1.76 3 19 5 P 21 13 38 3 0 .944 .892 2.43 2.12 2.97 2.29 19 154.3 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .957 4.50 10.30 PHA AA OF 24 20 6 9 1 .743 .847 1.08 1.61 11 13 0 P 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 2.13 2.57 2.27 2 21.0 1B 2 15 0 2 0 .882 .955 7.50 10.50 1885 22 PHA AA OF 93 128 23 28 5 .844 .879 1.62 1.83 1 17 76 P 8 2 9 0 0 1.000 .880 1.38 1.79 1.64 1.90 3 60.3 1886 23 TOT AA OF 126 193 24 36 6 .858 .877 1.72 1.75 11 5 110 PHA AA OF 115 183 23 33 6 .862 .877 1.79 1.75 0 5 110 1B 6 42 1 0 3 1.000 .968 7.17 10.12 P 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 .889 1.33 1.87 1.74 2.00 1 20.7 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 6.00 PIT AA OF 11 10 1 3 0 .786 .880 1.00 1.75 11 0 0 1887 24 PIT NL OF 115 214 17 26 3 .899 .883 2.01 1.92 0 2 113 1B 2 12 0 2 0 .857 .976 6.00 10.40 1888 25 PIT NL OF 91 160 20 14 2 .928 .906 1.98 1.90 0 3 88 1B 25 235 4 6 12 .976 .977 9.56 10.47 1889 26 PHA AA P 5 3 10 1 0 .929 .903 2.60 1.84 3.44 2.12 5 34.0 OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1890 27 PIT NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.90 1 0 1 P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 1.29 2.25 2 14.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 21 TOT 1B 4 24 0 2 0 .923 .956 6.00 10.40 PHI NL 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .957 4.50 10.30 PHA AA 1B 2 15 0 2 0 .882 .955 7.50 10.50 1886 23 PHA AA 1B 6 42 1 0 3 1.000 .968 7.17 10.12 1887 24 PIT NL 1B 2 12 0 2 0 .857 .976 6.00 10.40 1888 25 PIT NL 1B 25 235 4 6 12 .976 .977 9.56 10.47 1883 20 PHI NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.00 1886 23 PHA AA 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 6.00 1883 20 PHI NL OF 31 69 14 13 4 .865 .849 2.68 1.86 19 12 0 1884 21 TOT OF 51 68 12 19 3 .808 .860 1.57 1.69 14 32 5 PHI NL OF 27 48 6 10 2 .844 .867 2.00 1.76 3 19 5 PHA AA OF 24 20 6 9 1 .743 .847 1.08 1.61 11 13 0 1885 22 PHA AA OF 93 128 23 28 5 .844 .879 1.62 1.83 1 17 76 1886 23 TOT AA OF 126 193 24 36 6 .858 .877 1.72 1.75 11 5 110 PHA AA OF 115 183 23 33 6 .862 .877 1.79 1.75 0 5 110 PIT AA OF 11 10 1 3 0 .786 .880 1.00 1.75 11 0 0 1887 24 PIT NL OF 115 214 17 26 3 .899 .883 2.01 1.92 0 2 113 1888 25 PIT NL OF 91 160 20 14 2 .928 .906 1.98 1.90 0 3 88 1889 26 PHA AA OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1890 27 PIT NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.90 1 0 1 1883 20 PHI NL P 65 22 118 18 2 .886 .892 2.15 1.96 2.34 2.20 61 538.3 1884 21 TOT P 24 14 43 3 0 .950 .885 2.38 2.12 2.93 2.29 21 175.3 PHI NL P 21 13 38 3 0 .944 .892 2.43 2.12 2.97 2.29 19 154.3 PHA AA P 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 2.13 2.57 2.27 2 21.0 1885 22 PHA AA P 8 2 9 0 0 1.000 .880 1.38 1.79 1.64 1.90 3 60.3 1886 23 PHA AA P 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 .889 1.33 1.87 1.74 2.00 1 20.7 1889 26 PHA AA P 5 3 10 1 0 .929 .903 2.60 1.84 3.44 2.12 5 34.0 1890 27 PIT NL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 1.29 2.25 2 14.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 510 833 110 137 23 .873 .880 1.85 1.83 47 71 393 P* 107 42 185 22 2 .912 .890 2.12 1.98 93 842.7 1B 37 313 5 10 15 .970 .974 8.59 10.40 2B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 656 1188 302 169 40 .898 .900 2.27 2.35
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.

Batting Average
1885 AA-.299-8

On-base %
1885 AA-.345-10

Slugging %
1885 AA-.415-10

OPS
1885 AA-.760-9

Triples
1886 AA-17-2

RBI
1885 AA-70-6
1886 AA-74-7

Offensive Win%
1885 AA-.694-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1883 NL-.80-4
1884 NL-1.28-5

Games
1883 NL-65-3

Innings
1883 NL-538.3-3

Strikeouts
1883 NL-159-8

Games Started
1883 NL-61-3

Comp. Games
1883 NL-59-3

Shutouts
1883 NL-3-6

Home Runs Allow.
1883 NL-17-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1883 NL-48-10

Hits Allowed
1883 NL-772-1

SO to Walk
1883 NL-3.31-6

Losses
1883 NL-48-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1883 NL-291-1

Batters Faced
1883 NL-2546-2

Games Finished
1883 NL-4-5
1884 NL-2-7
1885 AA-4-2
1886 AA-2-2

Youngest Player
1883 NL-20-9

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 16 (1127) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 16 (1175) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3468) Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

August, 1884: Released by the Philadelphia Quakers.

August 23, 1884: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.


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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