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Dick Coffman

Samuel Richard Coffman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 18, 1906 in Veto, AL
High School: Athens HS (Athens, AL)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1927
Teams (by GP): Browns/Giants/Bees/Senators/Phillies 1927-1945

Final Game: June 28, 1945
Died: March 24, 1972 in Athens, AL
Buried: Athens City Cemetery, Athens, AL
Relatives: Brother of Slick Coffman
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Standard Batting

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
1927 20 WSH AL 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 121 1 0 1 /1
1928 21 SLB AL 29 26 23 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .043 .083 .043 .127 -66 1 0 2 1
1929 22 SLB AL 27 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1930 23 SLB AL 38 70 66 4 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .136 .162 .182 .344 -14 12 0 2 1
1931 24 SLB AL 32 59 51 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .078 .113 .098 .211 -45 5 0 6 1
1932 25 TOT AL 31 48 44 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 13 .068 .146 .136 .282 -27 6 0 0 1
1932 25 SLB AL 9 25 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .045 .160 .045 .205 -45 1 0 0 /1
1932 25 WSH AL 22 23 22 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 .091 .130 .227 .358 -8 5 0 0 1
1933 26 SLB AL 21 29 27 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .037 .103 .074 .178 -53 2 0 0 1
1934 27 SLB AL 40 57 51 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 23 .216 .231 .235 .466 17 12 0 5 1
1935 28 SLB AL 41 51 41 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 13 .146 .255 .195 .450 16 8 0 4 1
1936 29 NYG NL 42 22 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .200 .238 .200 .438 19 4 0 0 1 1
1937 30 NYG NL 42 19 19 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 .368 .368 .474 .842 126 9 0 0 0 1
1938 31 NYG NL 51 28 28 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .071 .071 .071 .143 -61 2 0 0 0 1 MVP-18
1939 32 NYG NL 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1940 33 BSN NL 31 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .083 .154 .083 .237 -31 1 0 0 0 1
1945 38 PHI NL 14 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 86 1 0 0 0 1
15 Yrs 472 444 400 21 51 11 1 0 16 0 0 22 151 .128 .173 .160 .333 -13 64 0 0 21
162 Game Avg. 162 152 137 7 18 4 0 0 5 0 8 52 .128 .173 .160 .333 -13 22 0 7
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
SLB (8 yrs) 237 325 288 15 33 8 0 0 13 0 0 17 101 .115 .164 .142 .306 -21 41 0 19
NYG (4 yrs) 163 73 71 2 13 2 0 0 2 0 1 33 .183 .194 .211 .406 10 15 0 0 1
WSH (2 yrs) 27 28 25 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 .120 .185 .240 .425 10 6 0 1
PHI (1 yr) 14 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 86 1 0 0 0
BSN (1 yr) 31 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .083 .154 .083 .237 -31 1 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 264 353 313 18 36 9 1 0 14 0 0 19 110 .115 .166 .150 .316 -19 47 0 20
NL (6 yrs) 208 91 87 3 15 2 0 0 2 0 3 41 .172 .200 .195 .395 8 17 0 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1927 20 WSH AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .513 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1928 21 SLB AL 29 26 -6 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ 1
1929 22 SLB AL 27 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1930 23 SLB AL 38 70 -13 0 0 0 7 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.5 0.0 -3 $ 1
1931 24 SLB AL 32 59 -13 0 0 0 6 -7 -0.6 2 -5 -0.6 .480 .496 -0.6 0.0 -5 $ 1
1932 25 SLB AL 9 25 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .475 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /1
1932 25 WSH AL 22 23 -4 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1933 26 SLB AL 21 29 -7 0 0 0 3 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .482 .498 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 1
1934 27 SLB AL 40 57 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 $ 1
1935 28 SLB AL 41 51 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1936 29 NYG NL 42 22 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1937 30 NYG NL 42 19 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 1 3 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 -0.0 3 $ 1
1938 31 NYG NL 51 28 -6 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .494 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1 MVP-18
1939 32 NYG NL 28 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1940 33 BSN NL 31 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1945 38 PHI NL 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
15 Seasons 472 444 -75 0 0 0 47 -28 -2.7 14 -14 -2.6 .494 .499 -2.6 -0.1 -14 $
SLB (8 yrs) 237 325 -60 0 0 0 34 -25 -2.4 10 -15 -2.4 .490 .498 -2.4 -0.0 -15 $
NYG (4 yrs) 163 73 -9 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $
WSH (2 yrs) 27 28 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
PHI (1 yr) 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $
BSN (1 yr) 31 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1927 20 WSH AL 5 3 1 8.9 109 1.000 .333 .290 .500 .358 .333 .408 .833 .766 121 .752 0.2 0.0 1.000 .333 .000
1928 21 SLB AL 26 24 0 0.0 111 .063 .043 .292 .083 .358 .043 .415 .127 .773 -66 .000 -5.8 -0.6 .091 .043 .000
1929 22 SLB AL 8 7 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .296 .000 .363 .000 .427 .000 .790 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1930 23 SLB AL 70 59 2 0.9 118 .188 .136 .299 .162 .364 .182 .439 .344 .803 -14 .038 -11.8 -1.1 .246 .076 .045
1931 24 SLB AL 59 53 1 0.5 111 .129 .078 .290 .113 .358 .098 .415 .211 .773 -45 .016 -11.1 -1.1 .149 .059 .020
1932 25 TOT AL 48 41 1 0.6 112 .097 .068 .287 .146 .358 .136 .422 .282 .780 -27 .023 -8.8 -0.8 .244 .159 .068
1932 25 SLB AL 25 21 0 0.0 115 .063 .045 .291 .160 .363 .045 .428 .205 .791 -45 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .190 .136 .000
1932 25 WSH AL 23 20 1 1.3 109 .133 .091 .283 .130 .353 .227 .416 .358 .769 -8 .082 -3.8 -0.4 .300 .182 .136
1933 26 SLB AL 29 26 0 0.0 110 .077 .037 .287 .103 .359 .074 .413 .178 .772 -53 .000 -6.2 -0.6 .154 .111 .037
1934 27 SLB AL 57 45 3 1.8 118 .393 .216 .297 .231 .372 .235 .427 .466 .799 17 .130 -6.7 -0.6 .325 .039 .020
1935 28 SLB AL 51 39 2 1.4 114 .214 .146 .291 .255 .364 .195 .421 .450 .785 16 .085 -5.2 -0.5 .400 .195 .049
1936 29 NYG NL 22 17 1 1.6 103 .308 .200 .286 .238 .345 .200 .400 .438 .745 19 .120 -2.3 -0.2 .313 .050 .000
1937 30 NYG NL 19 12 3 6.7 102 .636 .368 .281 .368 .343 .474 .399 .842 .742 126 .672 0.7 0.1 .750 .105 .105
1938 31 NYG NL 28 26 0 0.0 100 .154 .071 .276 .071 .340 .071 .393 .143 .733 -61 .000 -6.2 -0.6 .077 .000 .000
1939 32 NYG NL 4 4 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .282 .000 .347 .000 .402 .000 .750 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1940 33 BSN NL 13 11 0 0.0 92 .200 .083 .263 .154 .327 .083 .379 .237 .706 -31 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .182 .083 .000
1945 38 PHI NL 5 3 0 0.0 93 .333 .250 .268 .400 .338 .250 .370 .650 .708 86 .000 0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .000
15 Yrs 444 370 14 1.0 111 .205 .128 .289 .173 .358 .160 .417 .333 .775 -13 .053 -68.7 -6.6 .246 .088 .033
162 Game Avg. 152 127 5 1.0 111 .205 .128 .289 .173 .358 .160 .417 .333 .775 -13 .053 -68.7 -6.6 .246 .088 .033
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
SLB (8 yrs) 325 274 8 0.8 115 .176 .115 .294 .164 .363 .142 .425 .306 .788 -21 .032 -54.1 -5.2 .227 .087 .028
NYG (4 yrs) 73 59 4 1.8 102 .342 .183 .281 .194 .343 .211 .397 .406 .740 10 .158 -9.0 -0.9 .276 .042 .028
WSH (2 yrs) 28 23 2 2.3 109 .188 .120 .284 .185 .354 .240 .415 .425 .768 10 .199 -3.5 -0.3 .364 .200 .120
PHI (1 yr) 5 3 0 0.0 93 .333 .250 .268 .400 .338 .250 .370 .650 .708 86 .000 0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .000
BSN (1 yr) 13 11 0 0.0 92 .200 .083 .263 .154 .327 .083 .379 .237 .706 -31 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .182 .083 .000
AL (9 yrs) 353 297 10 0.9 114 .177 .115 .293 .166 .362 .150 .424 .316 .786 -19 .041 -57.6 -5.5 .238 .096 .035
NL (6 yrs) 91 73 4 1.5 100 .326 .172 .278 .200 .340 .195 .393 .395 .733 8 .115 -11.1 -1.1 .278 .057 .023

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 29 NYG NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 30 NYG NL WS NYY L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1927 20 WSH AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 1.5 20%
1928 21 SLB AL 26 0.0% 26.9% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 7.00 3.3 23.0 62%
1929 22 SLB AL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 88%
1930 23 SLB AL 70 0.0% 25.7% 2.9% 4.3% 33% 9.00 3.7 33.0 69%
1931 24 SLB AL 59 0.0% 33.9% 3.4% 1.7% 25% 10.00 2.6 53%
1932 25 TOT AL 48 0.0% 27.1% 8.3% 4.2% 67% 3.25 3.4 44.0 65%
1932 25 SLB AL 25 0.0% 24.0% 12.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.7 64%
1932 25 WSH AL 23 0.0% 30.4% 4.4% 8.7% 100% 7.00 3.1 22.0 65%
1933 26 SLB AL 29 0.0% 48.3% 6.9% 3.5% 100% 7.00 1.9 9.0 45%
1934 27 SLB AL 57 0.0% 40.4% 1.8% 1.8% 9% 23.00 2.2 10.2 49%
1935 28 SLB AL 51 0.0% 25.5% 11.8% 3.9% 33% 2.17 3.2 20.5 55%
1936 29 NYG NL 22 0.0% 31.8% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 7.00 2.9 59%
1937 30 NYG NL 19 0.0% 42.1% 0.0% 10.5% 29% 2.4 9.5 58%
1938 31 NYG NL 28 0.0% 53.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.9 46%
1939 32 NYG NL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 25%
1940 33 BSN NL 13 0.0% 53.9% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 7.00 1.7 38%
1945 38 PHI NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.0 60%
15 Yrs 444 0.0% 34.0% 5.0% 2.7% 24% 6.86 2.6 25.0 56%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.4% 8.4% 6.6% 27% 1.00 10.6 68.5 7.9 80%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1927 20 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 121 1 0 1
1928 21 34 31 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 2 0 3
1929 22 61 39 33 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .061 .114 .061 .175 -54 2 0 3
1930 23 99 109 99 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 27 .111 .146 .141 .287 -27 14 0 5
1931 24 131 168 150 9 15 4 0 0 3 0 0 6 47 .100 .135 .127 .261 -33 19 0 11
1932 25 162 216 194 11 18 5 1 0 4 0 0 10 60 .093 .137 .129 .266 -32 25 0 11
1933 26 183 245 221 11 19 6 1 0 7 0 0 12 74 .086 .133 .122 .255 -34 27 0 11
1934 27 223 302 272 14 30 7 1 0 12 0 0 13 97 .110 .151 .143 .294 -25 39 0 16
1935 28 264 353 313 18 36 9 1 0 14 0 0 19 110 .115 .166 .150 .316 -19 47 0 20
1936 29 306 375 333 19 40 9 1 0 14 0 0 20 117 .120 .170 .153 .323 -17 51 0 0 21
1937 30 348 394 352 20 47 11 1 0 16 0 0 20 125 .134 .180 .170 .351 -10 60 0 0 21
1938 31 399 422 380 20 49 11 1 0 16 0 0 20 140 .129 .173 .163 .336 -13 62 0 0 21
1939 32 427 426 384 20 49 11 1 0 16 0 0 20 143 .128 .171 .161 .332 -14 62 0 0 21
1940 33 458 439 396 20 50 11 1 0 16 0 0 21 150 .126 .170 .159 .329 -14 63 0 0 21
1941 34 458 439 396 20 50 11 1 0 16 0 0 21 150 .126 .170 .159 .329 -14 63 0 0 21
1942 35 458 439 396 20 50 11 1 0 16 0 0 21 150 .126 .170 .159 .329 -14 63 0 0 21
1943 36 458 439 396 20 50 11 1 0 16 0 0 21 150 .126 .170 .159 .329 -14 63 0 0 21
1944 37 458 439 396 20 50 11 1 0 16 0 0 21 150 .126 .170 .159 .329 -14 63 0 0 21
1945 38 472 444 400 21 51 11 1 0 16 0 0 22 151 .128 .173 .160 .333 -13 64 0 0 21

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1927 20 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 5
1928 21 31 27 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .040 .000 .040 0 29
1929 22 29 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
1930 23 40 74 70 4 10 3 0 0 2 0 2 19 .143 .167 .186 .352 2 38
1931 24 33 61 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .000 .036 .000 .036 0 32
1932 25 33 50 46 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 14 .065 .140 .130 .270 1 31
1933 26 22 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .000 .065 .000 .065 0 21
1934 27 42 58 52 2 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 24 .192 .208 .212 .419 2 40
1935 28 43 53 43 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 6 14 .140 .245 .186 .431 2 41
1936 29 44 23 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .190 .227 .190 .418 1 42
1937 30 44 20 20 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 .350 .350 .450 .800 3 42
1938 31 54 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 51
1939 32 29 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
1940 33 33 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 31
1945 38 15 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 14
15 Yrs 497 462 419 15 40 9 1 0 11 0 22 158 .095 .141 .122 .262 11 472
162 Game Avg. 162 151 137 5 13 3 0 0 4 0 7 52 .095 .141 .122 .262 4 472

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1938 NL (18, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Youngest s c a p y
1927 AL  born 1906-12-18 (7th)

                           

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