Frank Coggins

Franklin Coggins

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: May 22, 1944 in Griffin, GA
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1967
Teams (by GP): Senators/Cubs 1967-1972

Final Game: July 30, 1972
Died: October 30, 1994 in Atlanta, GA
Buried: Griffin Memorial Gardens, Griffin, GA
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1967	WSA	AL	23	2B	19	19	19	170.2	112	49	59	4	11	.964	-0	-1	5.70	5.68	.979	4.95	4.96
1968	WSA	AL	24	2B	52	46	39	419.2	256	122	122	12	33	.953	-3	-9	5.23	4.69	.977	5.11	5.08
	2 Seasons			2B	71	65	58	590.1	368	171	181	16	44	.957	-3	-7	5.37	4.96	.978	5.06	5.05
	3 Seasons			TOT	71	65	58	590.1	368	171	181	16	44	.957	-3	-7	5.37	4.96	.978	5.06	5.05

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1967	WSA	AL	23	2B	-0	-1	-0	-2	2	0
1968	WSA	AL	24	2B	-3	-9	-4	-2	-2	1
	2 Seasons			2B	-3	-7	-4	-5	0	1
	3 Seasons			TOT	-3	-7	-4	-5	0	1

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	PH	PR
1967	WSA	AL	23	19	19	19	19	19	0	0
1968	WSA	AL	24	62	46	62	52	52	10	4
1972	CHC	NL	28	6	0	6	0	0	2	4
	3 Seasons			87	65	87	71	71	12	8

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1967	WSA	AL	23	735	64%	78%	28%	69	91%	0	48	17	20	11	58	48	10	0	0	4	0	3	1	4	11	5	2	2	0	9	2	7	1	0	1
1968	WSA	AL	24	1773	60%	81%	27%	174	90%	1	122	47	51	24	128	112	14	1	1	12	1	11	0	10	33	10	5	10	4	31	14	16	2	1	1
	2 Seasons			2508	61%	80%	27%	243	91%	1	170	64	71	35	186	160	24	1	1	16	1	14	1	14	44	15	7	12	4	40	16	23	3	1	2
	MLB Averages				64%	79%	28%		93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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