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Jimmie Coker

Jimmie Goodwin Coker

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 28, 1936 in Holly Hill, SC
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1958
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies/Giants 1958-1967

Final Game: September 12, 1967
Died: October 29, 1991 in Throckmorton, TX
Buried: Throckmorton Cemetery, Throckmorton, TX
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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
1955	19	PHI-min	D	124	423	423		137	24	10	13						.324	.324	.520	.844		220							MTT · MSOH
1956	20	PHI-min	B	135	450	450		121	20	4	16						.269	.269	.438	.707		197							WLS · CARL
1957	21	PHI-min	AA	145	544	481	57	117	26	1	14	61	2	5	56	71	.243	.321	.389	.710		187		1	2	4			TUL · TL
1958	22	PHI-min	AAA	104	348	309	32	76	13	1	8	33	7		34	52	.246	.327	.372	.699		115		3	2	0	5		MIA · IL
1958	22	PHI	NL	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	/2

1959	23	PHI-min	AAA	111	423	376	60	108	22	3	15	64	5		39	55	.287	.357	.481	.838		181		4	0	4	7		BFL · IL
1960	24	PHI	NL	81	285	252	18	54	5	3	6	34	0	3	23	45	.214	.289	.329	.619	70	83	5	4	5	1	2	2
1961	25	PHI-min	AAA	102	383	348	43	94	21	2	7	38	2		35	63	.270	.337	.402	.739		140							BFL · IL
1961	25	PHI	NL	11	33	25	3	10	1	0	1	4	1	0	7	4	.400	.531	.560	1.091	195	14	0	0	1	0	1	2
1962	26	PHI	NL	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	0	1	0
1963	27	TEX-min	AAA	107	385	349	45	108	18	3	11	58	1	2	36	48	.309	.374	.473	.847		165							TTO · IL
1963	27	SFG	NL	4	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	59	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1964	28	ATL-min	AAA	112	431	372	55	103	17	3	16	70	1	1	45	65	.277	.353	.468	.821		174		3	3	8			DEN · PCL
1964	28	CIN	NL	11	35	32	3	10	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	5	.313	.371	.469	.840	133	15	1	0	0	0	1	2
1965	29	CIN	NL	24	70	61	3	15	2	0	2	9	0	0	8	16	.246	.329	.377	.706	93	23	1	0	0	1	1	2
1966	30	CIN	NL	50	121	111	9	28	3	0	4	14	0	1	8	5	.252	.300	.387	.687	82	43	1	0	1	1	1	2/7
1967	31	CIN	NL	45	101	97	8	18	2	1	2	4	0	1	4	20	.186	.218	.289	.506	37	28	2	0	0	0	1	2
9 Yrs				233	662	592	44	137	15	4	16	70	1	5	55	99	.231	.299	.351	.651	77	208	11	4	7	4	7
162 Game Avg.				162	460	412	31	95	10	3	11	49	1	3	38	69	.231	.299	.351	.651	77	145	8	3	5	3	5

PHI (4 yrs)				99	329	286	21	65	6	3	7	39	1	3	31	51	.227	.310	.343	.652	79	98	6	4	6	2	3
CIN (4 yrs)				130	327	301	23	71	9	1	9	31	0	2	23	46	.236	.288	.362	.650	76	109	5	0	1	2	4
SFG (1 yr)				4	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	59	1	0	0	0	0	0

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
1958	22	PHI	NL	2	6	-1	-0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.390	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2

1960	24	PHI	NL	81	285	-11	-1	0	-5	4	-13	-1.5	10	-4	-0.5	.482	.491	0.1	-0.1	2	$	2
1961	25	PHI	NL	11	33	4	0	0	-3	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.511	.501	0.5	-0.2	5	$	2
1962	26	PHI	NL	5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
1963	27	SFG	NL	4	6	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.466	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/2
1964	28	CIN	NL	11	35	2	0	-0	2	0	4	0.5	1	6	0.6	.545	.503	0.4	0.3	4	$	2
1965	29	CIN	NL	24	70	-1	-0	-0	-2	1	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.1	.486	.498	0.1	-0.1	2	$	2
1966	30	CIN	NL	50	121	-3	-0	1	-0	2	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.3	.497	.499	0.3	0.2	3	$	2/7
1967	31	CIN	NL	45	101	-8	0	0	-2	1	-8	-0.9	3	-5	-0.6	.478	.494	-0.4	-0.0	-3	$	2
9 Seasons				233	662	-20	-2	1	-12	9	-24	-2.7	22	-2	-0.5	.488	.498	0.8	-0.2	10	$

PHI (4 yrs)				99	329	-9	-1	0	-9	5	-15	-1.7	11	-4	-0.6	.484	.498	0.4	-0.5	5	$
CIN (4 yrs)				130	327	-11	-0	1	-2	4	-8	-0.9	11	3	0.2	.493	.499	0.4	0.4	5	$
SFG (1 yr)				4	6	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.466	.499	0.0	-0.1	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
1958	22	PHI	NL	6	6	0	0.0	105	.167	.167	.269	.167	.336	.167	.420	.333	.756	-11	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

1960	24	PHI	NL	285	212	24	3.0	98	.238	.214	.262	.289	.328	.329	.402	.619	.730	70	.341	-10.9	-1.1	.519	.194	.115	.0
1961	25	PHI	NL	33	16	9	15.0	103	.450	.400	.267	.531	.333	.560	.415	1.091	.748	195	.895	4.1	0.4	1.467	.480	.160	1.0
1962	26	PHI	NL	5	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.267	.200	.333	.000	.405	.200	.738	-40	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
1963	27	SFG	NL	6	4	0	0.0	89	.333	.200	.253	.333	.315	.200	.378	.533	.693	59	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.200	.000
1964	28	CIN	NL	35	23	5	5.8	96	.346	.313	.267	.371	.325	.469	.396	.840	.721	133	.657	1.4	0.2	.783	.250	.156	.0
1965	29	CIN	NL	70	48	8	4.5	99	.295	.246	.266	.329	.331	.377	.402	.706	.733	93	.538	-0.4	-0.0	.660	.262	.131	.0
1966	30	CIN	NL	121	87	13	4.0	104	.233	.252	.276	.300	.336	.387	.416	.687	.752	82	.478	-2.9	-0.3	.588	.198	.135	.0
1967	31	CIN	NL	101	82	5	1.6	100	.213	.186	.271	.218	.336	.289	.398	.506	.734	37	.167	-8.7	-0.9	.378	.134	.103	.0
9 Yrs				662	482	64	3.6	100	.252	.231	.267	.299	.331	.351	.404	.651	.735	77	.421	-19.0	-2.0	.558	.206	.120	1.9
162 Game Avg.				460	335	44	3.6	100	.252	.231	.267	.299	.331	.351	.404	.651	.735	77	.421	-19.0	-2.0	.558	.206	.120	1

PHI (4 yrs)				329	238	33	3.7	99	.252	.227	.263	.310	.329	.343	.404	.652	.732	79	.425	-8.3	-0.9	.570	.217	.115	1.8
CIN (4 yrs)				327	240	31	3.5	101	.250	.236	.271	.288	.333	.362	.405	.650	.739	76	.424	-10.6	-1.1	.549	.196	.126	.0
SFG (1 yr)				6	4	0	0.0	89	.333	.200	.253	.333	.315	.200	.378	.533	.693	59	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.200	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	22	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	100%

1960	24	PHI	NL	285	2.1%	15.8%	8.1%	4.9%	26%	1.96	5.6	42.0	7.4	0.82	71%
1961	25	PHI	NL	33	3.0%	12.1%	21.2%	6.1%	20%	0.57	6.3	25.0	6.3	0.50	61%
1962	26	PHI	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%		2.00	1.5		3.0	1.00	40%
1963	27	SFG	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.5				50%
1964	28	CIN	NL	35	2.9%	14.3%	8.6%	8.6%	30%	1.67	6.4	32.0	8.0	0.70	74%
1965	29	CIN	NL	70	2.9%	22.9%	11.4%	5.7%	27%	2.00	3.8	30.5	6.8	0.68	63%
1966	30	CIN	NL	121	3.3%	4.1%	6.6%	5.8%	25%	0.63	22.2	27.8	7.9	0.69	85%
1967	31	CIN	NL	101	2.0%	19.8%	4.0%	5.0%	28%	5.00	4.9	48.5	24.3	1.00	74%
9 Yrs				662	2.4%	15.0%	8.3%	5.3%	26%	1.80	6.0	37.0	8.5	0.80	73%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.7%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.77	6.1	39.5	8.8	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1958	22	PHI	NL	-1.0	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.72	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	-0.2	0.99	-1.2		0

1960	24	PHI	NL	-11.2	-1.2	291	-0.8	5.0	-5.8	1.12	-1.2	0.5	-8.8	-0.9	0.95	-12.0	0.94	5
1961	25	PHI	NL	4.1	0.4	34	0.5	0.9	-0.4	1.11	0.4	0.1	4.7	0.5	0.95	4.2	0.56	1
1962	26	PHI	NL	-0.5	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.76	-0.1	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.95	-0.6	1.76	3
1963	27	SFG	NL	-0.2	-0.0	6	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.47	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.86	-0.3	1.72	4
1964	28	CIN	NL	1.4	0.2	37	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	1.18	0.1	-0.2	1.1	0.1	0.88	1.3	1.38	1
1965	29	CIN	NL	-0.4	-0.0	70	0.3	1.5	-1.2	1.00	0.1	0.3	-3.5	-0.4	1.01	-0.4	1.50	6
1966	30	CIN	NL	-2.9	-0.3	123	-0.4	1.6	-2.0	.88	-0.3	-0.2	-2.4	-0.2	0.89	-2.9	1.23	11
1967	31	CIN	NL	-8.7	-0.9	102	-1.2	1.2	-2.4	1.06	-0.7	-0.5	-8.7	-0.9	0.90	-7.5	1.18	14
9 Yrs				-19.4	-2.1	674	-1.8	11.1	-12.9	1.06	-1.8	0.2	-20.7	-2.1	0.93	-19.6	1.28	45

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	22	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	24	PHI	NL	2	0	16%	91	0	3	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	14%	14	12	2	3	2	1	4	3	0
1961	25	PHI	NL	0	0	13%	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17%	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1962	26	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	27	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	28	CIN	NL	1	0	17%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	2	1
1965	29	CIN	NL	0	0	5%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	30	CIN	NL	1	0	16%	41	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	33%	4	4	0	2	1	1	3	1	2
1967	31	CIN	NL	1	0	30%	19	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	6	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	1
9 Yrs				5	0	16%	219	1	5	17%	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	25%	38	32	6	6	3	3	12	6	5

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1958	22	PHI	NL	6	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1960	24	PHI	NL	285	40%	54			5	1	1	1	0.94	6	1	5	4	2	2	4	0	6	5	83%	61	5	8%	27	5	19%	168	28	17%	15	7	47%	12	5	42%	0
1961	25	PHI	NL	33	73%	10			1	1	0	0	0.56	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	1	1	100%	22	3	14%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1962	26	PHI	NL	5	80%	0			3	0	0	1	1.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1963	27	SFG	NL	6	83%	1			4	1	0	0	1.72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	28	CIN	NL	35	40%	10			1	1	0	0	1.38	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	16	3	19%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	29	CIN	NL	70	76%	15			6	1	0	1	1.50	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		15	1	7%	7	2	29%	54	7	13%	4	1	25%	4	2	50%	0
1966	30	CIN	NL	121	66%	28			11	3	0	3	1.23	4	1	5	1	3	2	2	0	3	1	33%	15	1	7%	8	2	25%	64	10	16%	6	2	33%	3	1	33%	0
1967	31	CIN	NL	101	45%	18			14	6	0	2	1.18	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0%	23	2	9%	10	1	10%	55	3	5%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
9 Yrs				662	52%	137			45	14	1	8	1.28	16	2	14	9	7	8	8	0	11	7	64%	125	11	9%	58	12	21%	390	55	14%	33	11	33%	20	8	40%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			53%

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
1958	22	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	1	1	0	0	0	0
1959	23	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	1	1	0	0	0	0
1960	24	83	291	258	18	55	5	3	6	34	0	3	23	45	.213	.287	.326	.612	68	84	6	4	5	1	2
1961	25	94	324	283	21	65	6	3	7	38	1	3	30	49	.230	.311	.346	.658	81	98	6	4	6	1	3
1962	26	99	329	286	21	65	6	3	7	39	1	3	31	51	.227	.310	.343	.652	79	98	6	4	6	2	3
1963	27	103	335	291	21	66	6	3	7	39	1	3	32	53	.227	.310	.340	.650	79	99	6	4	6	2	3
1964	28	114	370	323	24	76	8	3	8	43	1	3	35	58	.235	.316	.353	.669	84	114	7	4	6	2	4
1965	29	138	440	384	27	91	10	3	10	52	1	3	43	74	.237	.318	.357	.675	85	137	8	4	6	3	5
1966	30	188	561	495	36	119	13	3	14	66	1	4	51	79	.240	.314	.364	.678	85	180	9	4	7	4	6
1967	31	233	662	592	44	137	15	4	16	70	1	5	55	99	.231	.299	.351	.651	77	208	11	4	7	4	7

Neutralized Batting

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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
1958	22	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1960	24	85	300	265	19	58	5	3	6	37	0	25	47	.219	.295	.328	.623	25	81
1961	25	11	34	26	3	10	1	0	1	4	1	7	4	.385	.515	.538	1.054	7	11
1962	26	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	5
1963	27	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	4
1964	28	11	35	32	3	10	2	0	1	4	0	3	5	.313	.371	.469	.840	6	11
1965	29	24	70	61	3	15	2	0	2	9	0	8	16	.246	.329	.377	.706	8	24
1966	30	50	121	111	9	28	3	0	4	14	0	8	5	.252	.300	.387	.687	13	50
1967	31	45	101	97	8	18	2	1	2	4	0	4	20	.186	.218	.289	.506	6	45
9 Yrs		237	678	606	45	139	15	4	16	73	1	57	101	.229	.298	.347	.645	65	233
162 Game Avg.		162	463	414	31	95	10	3	11	50	1	39	69	.229	.298	.347	.645	44	233

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