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Slick Coffman

George David Coffman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 11, 1910 in Veto, AL
High School: Athens (Athens, AL) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1937
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Browns 1937-1940

Final Game: September 17, 1940
Died: May 8, 2003 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Gatlin Cemetery, Ardmore, AL
Relatives: Brother of Dick Coffman
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:58AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1937 26 DET AL 7 5 .583 4.37 28 5 15 1 0 0 101.0 121 61 49 8 39 22 3 2 1 457 107 1.584 10.8 0.7 3.5 2.0 0.56
1938 27 DET AL 4 4 .500 6.02 39 6 15 1 0 2 95.2 120 70 64 6 48 31 0 0 1 444 85 1.756 11.3 0.6 4.5 2.9 0.65
1939 28 DET AL 2 1 .667 6.38 23 1 10 0 0 0 42.1 51 36 30 4 22 10 1 0 0 201 77 1.724 10.8 0.9 4.7 2.1 0.45
1940 29 SLB AL 2 2 .500 6.27 31 4 10 1 0 1 74.2 108 62 52 5 23 26 0 0 2 352 74 1.754 13.0 0.6 2.8 3.1 1.13
4 Seasons 15 12 .556 5.60 121 16 50 3 0 3 313.2 400 229 195 23 132 89 4 2 4 1454 86 1.696 11.5 0.7 3.8 2.6 0.67
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .556 5.60 60 8 25 1 0 1 156 199 114 97 11 66 44 2 1 2 722 86 1.696 11.5 0.7 3.8 2.6 0.67
DET (3 yrs) 13 10 .565 5.38 90 12 40 2 0 2 239.0 292 167 143 18 109 63 4 2 2 1102 91 1.678 11.0 0.7 4.1 2.4 0.58
SLB (1 yr) 2 2 .500 6.27 31 4 10 1 0 1 74.2 108 62 52 5 23 26 0 0 2 352 74 1.754 13.0 0.6 2.8 3.1 1.13

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1937 26 DET AL 101.0 5 61 69 0 1.0 8 0.8 $
1938 27 DET AL 95.2 6 70 68 0 1.0 -2 0.0 $
1939 28 DET AL 42.1 1 36 29 0 1.0 -7 -0.5 $
1940 29 SLB AL 74.2 4 62 49 -1 1.0 -13 -0.9 $
4 Seasons 313.2 16 229 215 -1 1.0 -14 -0.6 $
DET (3 yrs) 239.0 12 167 166 0 1.0 -1 0.3 $
SLB (1 yr) 74.2 4 62 49 -1 1.0 -13 -0.9 $

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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
1937 26 DET AL 28 38 29 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 13 .172 .294 .207 .501 27 6 0 4 1
1938 27 DET AL 39 28 24 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .167 .259 .208 .468 15 5 0 1 1
1939 28 DET AL 23 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -55 0 0 0 0 1
1940 29 SLB AL 32 18 15 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .250 .200 .450 17 3 0 0 2 1
4 Seasons 122 90 73 8 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 10 24 .164 .265 .192 .457 16 14 0 0 7
162 Game Avg. 162 120 97 11 16 3 0 0 11 0 0 13 32 .164 .265 .192 .457 16 19 0 9
DET (3 yrs) 90 72 58 5 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 9 21 .155 .269 .190 .458 15 11 0 0 5
SLB (1 yr) 32 18 15 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .250 .200 .450 17 3 0 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1937 26 DET AL 38 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1938 27 DET AL 28 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1939 28 DET AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1940 29 SLB AL 18 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
4 Seasons 90 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
DET (3 yrs) 72 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
SLB (1 yr) 18 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 DET AL 26 P 28 5 1 101.0 21 4 16 1 1 .952 1.78 0.71 .954 2.05 2.01
1938 DET AL 27 P 39 6 1 95.2 17 1 16 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.44 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 DET AL 28 P 23 1 0 42.1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.91 0.39 .951 1.91 1.89
1940 SLB AL 29 P 31 4 1 74.2 22 3 19 0 0 1.000 2.65 0.71 .956 2.04 2.01
4 Seasons P 121 16 3 313.2 69 9 59 1 1 .986 1.95 0.56 .954 2.05 2.00
4 Seasons TOT 121 16 3 313.2 69 9 59 1 1 .986 1.95 0.56 .954 2.05 2.00
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1938 AL  39 (9th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1938 AL  1.000 (1st)
1940 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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