Gil Coan
Gilbert Fitzgerald Coan
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 18, 1922 in Monroe, NC
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1946
Final Game: April 25, 1956
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1946 WSH AL 24 OF 29 64 62 0 2 0 .969 2.14 .977 2.24 27-0-2
1947 WSH AL 25 OF 11 23 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.09 .978 2.35 0-0-11
1948 WSH AL 26 OF 131 363 341 11 11 3 .970 2.69 .975 2.36 131-0-0
1949 WSH AL 27 OF 97 239 225 8 6 3 .975 2.40 .980 2.27 68-29-0
1950 WSH AL 28 OF 98 231 220 4 7 1 .970 2.29 .979 2.34 95-3-1
1951 WSH AL 29 OF 132 405 374 17 14 2 .965 2.96 .977 2.23 132-0-0 MVP-23
1952 WSH AL 30 OF 86 192 185 4 3 1 .984 2.20 .980 2.18 86-0-0
1953 WSH AL 31 OF 46 107 105 2 0 1 1.000 2.33 .980 2.18 45-1-0
1954 BAL AL 32 OF 67 64 543.2 154 148 1 5 0 .968 -8.0 -17.7 1.0 -1.5 2.6 -9 2.47 2.22 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 BAL AL 32 LF 36 33 285.2 76 73 1 2 0 .974 0.5 2.1 2.5 2.4 0.2 -2 2.33 2.06 .978 2.26 1.93
1954 BAL AL 32 CF 32 31 258.0 78 75 0 3 0 .962 -8.5 -39.5 -1.5 -3.9 2.4 -7 2.62 2.34 .983 2.85 2.64
1955 TOT MLB 33 OF 52 31 302.2 65 59 5 1 0 .985 -8.7 -34.5 -6.7 -4.4 -2.2 -2 1.90 1.23 .982 2.39 2.08
1955 TOT MLB 33 LF 44 29 272.1 61 56 5 0 0 1.000 -8.7 -38.3 -6.7 -4.0 -2.6 -2 2.02 1.39 .979 2.26 1.78
1955 TOT MLB 33 RF 7 2 28.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 1.27 0.57 1.000 2.06 1.80
1955 TOT AL 33 OF 46 30 281.1 61 55 5 1 0 .984 -8.7 -37.1 -6.7 -4.4 -2.2 -2 1.92 1.30 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 TOT AL 33 LF 43 28 263.1 59 54 5 0 0 1.000 -8.6 -39.2 -6.6 -4.0 -2.5 -2 2.02 1.37 .980 2.26 1.78
1955 TOT AL 33 RF 3 2 18.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0.1 -6.7 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.05 1.73
1955 BAL AL 33 OF 43 29 266.1 59 53 5 1 0 .983 -8.6 -38.7 -6.6 -4.0 -2.5 -2 1.96 1.35 .981 2.40 2.08
1955 BAL AL 33 LF 42 28 258.1 59 54 5 0 0 1.000 -8.2 -38.1 -6.2 -3.6 -2.5 -2 2.06 1.40 .980 2.26 1.78
1955 BAL AL 33 RF 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1955 CHW AL 33 OF 3 1 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -8.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 1.20 0.67 1.000 2.40 2.07
1955 CHW AL 33 RF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.07 1.75
1955 CHW AL 33 LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.34 1.80
1955 NYG NL 33 OF 6 1 21.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.69 0.67 .975 2.28 2.10
1955 NYG NL 33 RF 4 0 10.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 11.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 0.87 0.25 1.000 2.09 1.85
1955 NYG NL 33 CF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.50
1955 NYG NL 33 LF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.00 2.00 .950 2.10 1.80
10 Seasons OF 749 95 846.1 1843 1741 53 49 12 .973 -16.7 -23.7 -5.7 -5.9 0.4 -11 19.08 2.40 .978 2.39 2.25 664-67-21
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 80 62 558.0 137 129 6 2 0 .985 -8.2 -17.6 -4.2 -1.6 -2.4 -4 2.18 1.69 .978 2.26 1.85
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 34 31 260.0 79 76 0 3 0 .962 -8.5 -39.2 -1.5 -3.9 2.4 -7 2.63 2.24 .984 2.85 2.63
1 Season (incomplete) RF 7 2 28.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 1.27 0.57 1.000 2.06 1.80
11 Seasons TOT 749 95 846.1 1843 1741 53 49 12 .973 -16.7 -23.7 -5.7 -5.9 0.4 -11 19.08 2.40 .952 2.39 2.25 664-67-21
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1946 WSH AL 24 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 2 29
1947 WSH AL 25 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11
1948 WSH AL 26 138 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 131
1949 WSH AL 27 111 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 29 0 97
1950 WSH AL 28 104 104 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 3 1 98
1951 WSH AL 29 135 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 132
1952 WSH AL 30 107 107 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 0 86
1953 WSH AL 31 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 1 0 46
1954 BAL AL 32 94 64 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 32 0 67 27 2
1955 BAL AL 33 61 29 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 1 43 18 10
1955 CHW AL 33 17 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 11 4
1955 NYG NL 33 9 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 3 0
1956 NYG NL 34 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
11 Seasons 918 95 918 918 0 0 0 0 0 0 664 67 21 749 60 17
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BAL AL 32 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 6 0 11 1 0 9 7 0 3 1 0 7 6 0 42 21 50.0% 21 0 0.0% 1 1193 65% 77% 30% 138 51%
1955 BAL AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 16 10 1 19 2 1 5 3 1 7 1 0 9 8 0 56 24 42.9% 29 3 5.4% 2 1191 62% 79% 27% 139 42%
1955 CHW AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 22 50% 91% 14% 1 0%
1955 NYG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 62% 88% 17% 6 33%
2 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 6 0 2 1 3 28 16 1 31 4 1 14 10 1 10 2 0 16 14 0 99 46 46.5% 50 3 3.0% 3 2448 63% 78% 28% 284 46%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BAL AL 32 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 6 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 40 6 15.0% 34 0 0.0% 0 1113 61% 78% 29% 150 50%
1955 NYG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 50% 0% 0
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 6 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 40 6 15.0% 34 0 0.0% 0 1117 61% 78% 28% 150 50%
MLB Averages 44.8% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 CHW AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 49% 83% 32% 3 67%
1955 NYG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 26 50% 85% 23% 2 50%
1955 BAL AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 44 57% 68% 25% 3 33%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 111 52% 77% 27% 8 50%
MLB Averages 44.7% 3.3% 63% 79% 30% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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