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Ray Coleman
Raymond Leroy Coleman

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 22, 1947
Final Game September 26, 1952
Born June 4, 1922 in Dunsmuir, CA

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 25 SLB AL 110  343   34   89   9  7   2   30   2  5  26  32  .259  .314  .344   81  118   0           1  15
 1948 26 TOT AL  85  239   34   56   6  7   0   23   5  3  33  22  .234  .327  .318   72   76   9           0  13
         SLB AL  17   29    2    5   0  1   0    2   1  0   2   5  .172  .226  .241   23    7   1           0   2
         PHA AL  68  210   32   51   6  6   0   21   4  3  31  17  .243  .340  .329   78   69   8           0  11
 1950 28 SLB AL 117  384   54  104  25  6   8   55   7  5  32  37  .271  .330  .430   90  165   4           2  13
 1951 29 TOT AL 142  522   62  146  24 12   8   76   5  7  39  46  .280  .330  .418  100  218   3           0  15
         SLB AL  91  341   41   96  16  5   5   55   3  4  24  32  .282  .329  .402   94  137   2           0  10
         CHW AL  51  181   21   50   8  7   3   21   2  3  15  14  .276  .332  .448  111   81   1           0   5
 1952 30 TOT AL 105  241   24   51  10  1   2   15   0  0  18  21  .212  .269  .286   54   69   5           1   6
         CHW AL  85  195   19   42   7  1   2   14   0  0  13  17  .215  .264  .292   54   57   5           0   6
         SLB AL  20   46    5    9   3  0   0    1   0  0   5   4  .196  .288  .261   52   12   0           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      559 1729  208  446  74 33  20  199  19 20 148 158  .258  .318  .374   84  646  21   0   0   4  62
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        501   60  129  21 10   6   58   6  6  43  46  .258  .318  .374   84  187   6   0   0   1  18
 Career High    142  522   62  146  25 12   8   76   7  7  39  46  .280  .330  .430  100  218   9   0   0   2  15
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 25 SLB AL  370  274   36   3.5    98| .259  .265| .314  .345| .344  .381| .658  .726|  81  .421 -10.3  -1.1  28%
 1948 26 TOT AL  281  208   25   3.2   106| .234  .273| .327  .358| .318  .395| .645  .753|  72  .339 -10.1  -1.0  62%
         SLB AL   32   27    2   2.0   107| .172  .275| .226  .361| .241  .398| .467  .759|  23  .174  -3.5  -0.3 100%
         PHA AL  249  181   23   3.4   105| .243  .273| .340  .358| .329  .394| .669  .752|  78  .362  -6.6  -0.7  57%
 1950 28 SLB AL  422  302   53   4.6   117| .271  .283| .330  .371| .430  .425| .760  .796|  90  .471  -7.8  -0.7  58%
 1951 29 TOT AL  564  401   70   4.7   103| .280  .269| .330  .350| .418  .394| .748  .745| 100  .518  -2.9  -0.3  41%
         SLB AL  367  261   44   4.5   105| .282  .271| .329  .353| .402  .397| .731  .750|  94  .502  -4.3  -0.4  42%
         CHW AL  197  140   26   5.0   100| .276  .265| .332  .346| .448  .389| .780  .735| 111  .546   1.4   0.1  40%
 1952 30 TOT AL  265  201   18   2.4    98| .212  .262| .269  .342| .286  .382| .555  .724|  54  .272 -15.7  -1.6   0%
         CHW AL  213  164   15   2.5    97| .215  .261| .264  .341| .292  .381| .556  .723|  54  .279 -12.8  -1.3   0%
         SLB AL   52   37    3   2.2    99| .196  .264| .288  .344| .261  .385| .549  .729|  52  .237  -2.9  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1902 1386  202   3.9   105| .258  .271| .318  .354| .374  .397| .692  .751|  84  .434 -46.8  -4.7  48%

* 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 ------+
1947 25 SLB AL OF 93 174 7 3 4 .984 .979 1.95 2.35 21 0 73 1948 26 TOT AL OF 58 134 7 4 3 .972 .975 2.43 2.36 0 32 26 SLB AL OF 5 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 1.60 2.36 0 0 5 PHA AL OF 53 126 7 3 3 .978 .975 2.51 2.36 0 32 21 1950 28 SLB AL OF 98 253 7 4 1 .985 .979 2.65 2.34 27 43 28 1951 29 TOT AL OF 138 326 12 8 2 .977 .977 2.45 2.23 70 34 54 SLB AL OF 87 185 9 5 1 .975 .977 2.23 2.23 47 5 42 CHW AL OF 51 141 3 3 1 .980 .977 2.82 2.23 23 29 12 1952 30 TOT AL OF 89 157 5 3 0 .982 .979 1.82 2.18 33 38 21 CHW AL OF 73 130 5 3 0 .978 .980 1.85 2.18 28 33 15 SLB AL OF 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.69 2.18 5 5 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 25 SLB AL OF 93 174 7 3 4 .984 .979 1.95 2.35 21 0 73 1948 26 TOT AL OF 58 134 7 4 3 .972 .975 2.43 2.36 0 32 26 SLB AL OF 5 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 1.60 2.36 0 0 5 PHA AL OF 53 126 7 3 3 .978 .975 2.51 2.36 0 32 21 1950 28 SLB AL OF 98 253 7 4 1 .985 .979 2.65 2.34 27 43 28 1951 29 TOT AL OF 138 326 12 8 2 .977 .977 2.45 2.23 70 34 54 SLB AL OF 87 185 9 5 1 .975 .977 2.23 2.23 47 5 42 CHW AL OF 51 141 3 3 1 .980 .977 2.82 2.23 23 29 12 1952 30 TOT AL OF 89 157 5 3 0 .982 .979 1.82 2.18 33 38 21 CHW AL OF 73 130 5 3 0 .978 .980 1.85 2.18 28 33 15 SLB AL OF 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.69 2.18 5 5 6
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 476 1044 38 22 10 .980 .978 2.27 2.28 151 147 202 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 476 1044 38 22 10 .980 .978 2.27 2.28
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.

Triples
1951 AL-12-2

Stolen Bases
1950 AL-7-10

Caught Stealing
1951 AL-7-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1990) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3081) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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  8. Eric Tipton (964)
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Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Sammy Vick (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Whitey Platt (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Paul Lehner (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Paul Lehner (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

June 4, 1948: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for George Binks and $20,000.

December 13, 1949: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Ray Ippolito (minors), Billy DeMars, Frankie Gustine, and $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner.

July 31, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

July 28, 1952: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jay Porter to the St. Louis Browns for Jim Rivera and Darrell Johnson.

October 14, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bob Mahoney, Stan Rojek, and $95,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Billy Hunter.


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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Name and misspellings: Raymond leeroy Leroy Ray Choo Coleman

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