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Bill Coughlin
William Paul Coughlin (Scranton Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 140 lb.

Debut August 9, 1899
Final Game September 23, 1908
Born July 12, 1878 in Scranton, PA
Died May 7, 1943 in Scranton, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1899 20 WHS NL   6   24    2    3   0  1   0    3   1      1      .125  .160  .208    1    5   0           0    
 1901 22 WSH AL 137  506   75  139  17 13   6   68  16     25      .275  .317  .395   98  200  11           6    
 1902 23 WSH AL 123  469   84  141  27  4   6   71  29     26      .301  .348  .414  109  194   3           8    
 1903 24 WSH AL 125  473   56  116  18  3   1   31  30      9      .245  .267  .302   69  143   3           5    
 1904 25 TOT AL 121  471   50  120  21  4   0   34  11     14      .255  .285  .316   92  149  12           6    
         WSH AL  65  265   28   73  15  4   0   17  10      9      .275  .307  .362  113   96  12           3    
         DET AL  56  206   22   47   6  0   0   17   1      5      .228  .257  .257   65   53   0           3    
 1905 26 DET AL 137  489   48  123  20  6   0   44  16     34      .252  .309  .317   98  155  20           7    
 1906 27 DET AL 147  498   54  117  15  5   2   60  31     36      .235  .293  .297   82  148  36           5    
 1907 28 DET AL 134  519   80  126  10  2   0   46  15     35      .243  .301  .270   80  140  23           8    
 1908 29 DET AL 119  405   32   87   5  1   0   23  10     23      .215  .269  .232   60   94  15           7    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1049 3854  481  972 133 39  15  380 159  0 203   0  .252  .299  .319   87 1228 123   0   0  52   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        595   74  150  21  6   2   59  25  0  31   0  .252  .299  .319   87  190  19   0   0   8   0
 Career High    147  519   84  141  27 13   6   71  31  0  36   0  .301  .348  .414  109  200  36   0   0   8   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1899 20 WHS NL   25   21    1   1.2    99| .125  .289| .160  .351| .208  .376| .368  .727|   1  .092  -3.5  -0.4     
 1901 22 WSH AL  548  378   62   4.3    95| .275  .282| .317  .338| .395  .378| .712  .716|  98  .497  -3.2  -0.3     
 1902 23 WSH AL  506  331   65   5.2    98| .301  .285| .348  .343| .414  .384| .762  .727| 109  .590   5.7   0.6     
 1903 24 WSH AL  490  360   37   2.7    84| .245  .265| .267  .315| .302  .359| .569  .674|  69  .377 -18.5  -2.1     
 1904 25 TOT AL  503  363   42   3.1    71| .255  .248| .285  .300| .316  .327| .601  .627|  92  .485  -4.8  -0.6     
         WSH AL  289  204   29   3.8    72| .275  .249| .307  .301| .362  .327| .669  .628| 113  .579   3.4   0.4     
         DET AL  214  159   13   2.2    71| .228  .248| .257  .299| .257  .326| .514  .625|  65  .333  -8.2  -1.0     
 1905 26 DET AL  550  386   47   3.2    73| .252  .249| .309  .308| .317  .325| .626  .634|  98  .519  -1.0  -0.1     
 1906 27 DET AL  575  417   42   2.7    77| .235  .259| .293  .315| .297  .332| .590  .647|  82  .417 -10.1  -1.2     
 1907 28 DET AL  585  416   41   2.6    74| .243  .257| .301  .313| .270  .322| .571  .635|  80  .424 -11.2  -1.4     
 1908 29 DET AL  450  333   24   1.9    71| .215  .250| .269  .308| .232  .318| .501  .626|  60  .318 -17.6  -2.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4232 3005  361   3.2    81| .252  .262| .299  .318| .319  .344| .618  .662|  87  .462 -64.4  -7.7     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1899 20 WHS NL 3B 6 7 11 4 0 .818 .905 3.00 3.52 1901 22 WSH AL 3B 137 232 275 43 16 .922 .899 3.70 3.51 1902 23 WSH AL 3B 66 104 157 21 6 .926 .912 3.95 3.52 SS 31 75 114 15 7 .926 .928 6.10 5.68 2B 26 67 73 7 8 .952 .948 5.38 5.27 1903 24 WSH AL 3B 119 170 224 20 13 .952 .922 3.31 3.11 SS 4 12 14 2 1 .929 .912 6.50 5.20 2B 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 5.05 1904 25 TOT AL 3B 120 148 225 26 9 .935 .931 3.11 3.09 WSH AL 3B 64 95 121 14 7 .939 .931 3.38 3.09 DET AL 3B 56 53 104 12 2 .929 .931 2.80 3.09 1905 26 DET AL 3B 136 137 255 37 12 .914 .923 2.88 3.10 1906 27 DET AL 3B 147 188 265 29 16 .940 .920 3.08 3.15 1907 28 DET AL 3B 133 163 233 30 9 .930 .913 2.98 3.10 1908 29 DET AL 3B 119 120 214 21 12 .941 .932 2.81 3.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1902 23 WSH AL 2B 26 67 73 7 8 .952 .948 5.38 5.27 1903 24 WSH AL 2B 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 5.05 1899 20 WHS NL 3B 6 7 11 4 0 .818 .905 3.00 3.52 1901 22 WSH AL 3B 137 232 275 43 16 .922 .899 3.70 3.51 1902 23 WSH AL 3B 66 104 157 21 6 .926 .912 3.95 3.52 1903 24 WSH AL 3B 119 170 224 20 13 .952 .922 3.31 3.11 1904 25 TOT AL 3B 120 148 225 26 9 .935 .931 3.11 3.09 WSH AL 3B 64 95 121 14 7 .939 .931 3.38 3.09 DET AL 3B 56 53 104 12 2 .929 .931 2.80 3.09 1905 26 DET AL 3B 136 137 255 37 12 .914 .923 2.88 3.10 1906 27 DET AL 3B 147 188 265 29 16 .940 .920 3.08 3.15 1907 28 DET AL 3B 133 163 233 30 9 .930 .913 2.98 3.10 1908 29 DET AL 3B 119 120 214 21 12 .941 .932 2.81 3.20 1902 23 WSH AL SS 31 75 114 15 7 .926 .928 6.10 5.68 1903 24 WSH AL SS 4 12 14 2 1 .929 .912 6.50 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 983 1269 1859 231 93 .931 .918 3.18 3.21 SS 35 87 128 17 8 .927 .926 6.14 5.63 2B 28 72 74 7 8 .954 .947 5.21 5.25 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1046 1428 2061 255 109 .932 .920 3.34 3.34
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1907   WS    DET CHC     L   5  20   0   5  0  0  0   0   1   4  .250  .286  .250   1  0   0   0   0 
 1908   WS    DET CHC     L   3   8   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .125  .200  .125   0  0   0   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   8  28   0   6  0  0  0   1   1   5  .214  .258  .214   1  0   0   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Games
1901 AL-137-9

Runs
1907 AL-80-8

Triples
1901 AL-13-10

Home Runs
1901 AL-6-9
1902 AL-6-10

Stolen Bases
1902 AL-29-10
1903 AL-30-7

Hit By Pitch
1902 AL-8-5
1907 AL-8-9

Sac. Hits
1906 AL-36-2

Power/Speed Number
1902 AL-9.9-7

At Bats per Home Run
1901 AL-84.3-9

Youngest Player
1899 NL-20-10

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1080) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.3 (1903) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.5 (1565) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 23, 1899: Purchased by the Kansas City (Western) from the Washington Senators.

July 22, 1904: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Washington Senators for $8,000.


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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