Jim Coates
James Alton Coates (Mummy)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: August 4, 1932 in Farnham, VA
High School: Lively (Lively, VA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1956
Final Game: September 30, 1967
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1956 NYY AL 23 P 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.50 .900 1.80 0.80
1959 NYY AL 26 P 37 4 100.1 26 7 17 2 0 .923 2.15 0.65 .958 2.05 0.85
1960 NYY AL 27 P 35 18 149.1 28 9 15 4 1 .857 1.45 0.69 .971 1.96 0.78 AS
1961 NYY AL 28 P 43 11 141.1 33 12 19 2 2 .939 1.97 0.72 .955 2.05 0.83
1962 NYY AL 29 P 50 6 117.2 20 6 12 2 2 .900 1.38 0.36 .960 2.08 0.79
1963 TOT MLB 30 P 29 2 60.2 12 2 10 0 2 1.000 1.78 0.41 .950 2.00 0.81
1963 WSA AL 30 P 20 2 44.1 8 2 6 0 2 1.000 1.62 0.40 .950 1.99 0.79
1963 CIN NL 30 P 9 0 16.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.20 0.44 .950 2.04 0.84
1965 CAL AL 32 P 17 0 28.0 9 1 6 2 0 .778 2.25 0.41 .956 2.02 0.75
1966 CAL AL 33 P 9 4 31.2 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.67 .950 1.99 0.76
1967 CAL AL 34 P 25 1 52.1 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 2.06 0.48 .958 1.96 0.74
9 Seasons P 247 46 683.1 147 44 91 12 9 .918 1.78 0.55 .959 2.02 0.80
9 Seasons TOT 247 46 683.1 147 44 91 12 9 .918 1.78 0.55 .877 2.02 0.80

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
1956 NYY AL 23 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 26 37 4 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 27 35 18 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 28 43 11 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYY AL 29 50 6 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 WSA AL 30 20 2 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 30 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CAL AL 32 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CAL AL 33 9 4 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 34 25 1 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 247 46 247 247 247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1956 NYY AL 23 13 62% 0% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1959 NYY AL 26 434 76% 22% 19 100% 0 5 1 3 18 15 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1960 NYY AL 27 653 78% 21% 24 79% 0 9 4 5 15 12 2 4 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 9 56%
1961 NYY AL 28 614 77% 23% 24 88% 1 11 1 9 21 13 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 5 100%
1962 NYY AL 29 525 77% 26% 19 68% 2 5 2 2 11 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 7 57%
1963 WSA AL 30 209 74% 17% 7 86% 1 1 1 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1963 CIN NL 30 79 77% 22% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1965 CAL AL 32 131 76% 24% 8 88% 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1966 CAL AL 33 137 81% 23% 5 100% 0 3 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 34 229 71% 20% 9 100% 0 4 1 1 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 100%
9 Seasons 3024 77% 22% 120 87% 4 39 10 21 93 61 13 12 0 5 7 5 9 5 8 1 32 75%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 89% 82%

* 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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