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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1946 24 WSH AL 59 147 134 17 28 3 2 3 9 2 2 7 37 .209 .269 .328 .597 71 44 1 4 2 O
1947 25 WSH AL 11 47 42 5 21 3 2 0 3 2 1 5 6 .500 .553 .667 1.220 243 28 0 0 0 O
1948 26 WSH AL 138 565 513 56 119 13 9 7 60 23 9 41 78 .232 .298 .333 .631 70 171 5 7 4 *O
1949 27 WSH AL 111 389 358 36 78 7 8 3 25 9 6 29 58 .218 .278 .307 .586 56 110 4 1 1 O
1950 28 WSH AL 104 403 366 58 111 17 4 7 50 10 5 28 46 .303 .359 .429 .788 105 157 1 4 5 O
1951 29 WSH AL 135 591 538 85 163 25 7 9 62 8 5 39 62 .303 .357 .426 .782 113 229 6 6 8 *O MVP-23
1952 30 WSH AL 107 365 332 50 68 11 6 5 20 9 4 32 35 .205 .277 .319 .596 68 106 2 1 0 O
1953 31 WSH AL 68 195 168 28 33 1 4 2 17 7 0 22 23 .196 .301 .286 .586 60 48 3 3 2 O
1954 32 BAL AL 94 287 265 29 74 11 1 2 20 9 4 16 17 .279 .320 .351 .671 91 93 1 1 3 2 78
1955 33 TOT MLB 87 176 160 18 36 7 1 1 12 4 2 13 21 .225 .287 .300 .587 63 48 2 1 2 0 0 7/98
1955 33 TOT AL 78 163 147 18 34 7 1 1 12 4 2 13 20 .231 .298 .313 .611 70 46 2 1 2 0 0 7/9
1955 33 BAL AL 61 146 130 18 31 7 1 1 11 4 2 13 15 .238 .313 .331 .643 80 43 2 1 2 0 0 7/9
1955 33 CHW AL 17 17 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .176 .176 .176 .353 -6 3 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1955 33 NYG NL 9 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .154 .308 -18 2 0 0 0 0 0 /987
1956 34 NYG NL 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 918 3166 2877 384 731 98 44 39 278 83 38 232 384 .254 .316 .359 .675 84 1034 25 28 27 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 559 508 68 129 17 8 7 49 15 7 41 68 .254 .316 .359 .675 84 182 4 5 5
WSH (8 yrs) 733 2702 2451 335 621 80 42 36 246 70 32 203 345 .253 .317 .364 .682 85 893 22 26 22
NYG (2 yrs) 13 14 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 2 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 155 433 395 47 105 18 2 3 31 13 6 29 32 .266 .318 .344 .662 87 136 3 2 5 2 0
CHW (1 yr) 17 17 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .176 .176 .176 .353 -6 3 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 905 3152 2863 382 729 98 44 39 278 83 38 232 382 .255 .316 .360 .677 84 1032 25 28 27 2 0
NL (2 yrs) 13 14 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 2 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1951-AL-23-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL--.303--9th

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL--163--7th

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL--9--9th
1949 AL--8--7th
1951 AL--7--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 AL--78--3rd
1951 AL--62--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 AL--23--2nd
1949 AL--9--8th
1950 AL--10--4th
1952 AL--9--9th
1953 AL--7--10th
1954 AL--9--8th

Singles s c a p y
1951 AL--122--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 AL--4--4th
1948 AL--7--2nd
1951 AL--6--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1948 AL--9--6th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 AL--10.7--3rd
1950 AL--8.2--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 18 (931), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

February 18, 1954: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Baltimore Orioles for Roy Sievers.

July 16, 1955: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Baltimore Orioles.

August 26, 1955: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Giants for Ron Northey.

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