Choo-Choo Coleman

Clarence Coleman

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 25, 1937 in Orlando, FL
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1961
Teams (by GP): Mets/Phillies 1961-1966

Final Game: April 23, 1966
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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	17	MIN-min	D	17	20	20		3	0	0	1						.150	.150	.300	.450		6							ORL · FLOR
1956	18	ORL	D	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							ORL · FLOR
1958	20	ORL	D	129	432	432		101	13	9	7						.234	.234	.354	.588		153							ORL · FLOR
1959	21	LAD-min	D	137	460	460		119	16	5	8						.259	.259	.367	.626		169							ORL · FLOR
1960	22	LAD-min	AAA,A	124	417	368	56	90	19	6	6	36	15	3	36	56	.245	.311	.378	.689		139		1	9	3			MTL,MAC · IL,SALL
1961	23	LAD-min	AAA	73	279	257	47	74	10	5	13	45	9	2	22	41	.288	.344	.518	.862		133							SPO · PCL
1961	23	PHI	NL	34	50	47	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	8	.128	.180	.149	.329	-10	7	1	1	0	0	0	2
1962	24	TEX/NYM-min	AAA	71	251	226	26	44	5	1	4	19	8	2	21	24	.195	.275	.279	.554		63		4	0	0			SYR · IL
1962	24	NYM	NL	55	166	152	24	38	7	2	6	17	2	4	11	24	.250	.303	.441	.744	97	67	1	1	1	1	2	2
1963	25	NYM	NL	106	277	247	22	44	0	0	3	9	5	5	24	49	.178	.264	.215	.479	40	53	4	5	1	0	3	2/7

1964	26	NYM-min	AAA	73	200	172	24	49	5	0	10	39	1	0	22	16	.285	.357	.488	.845		84		0	1	5			BFL · IL
1965	27	NYM-min	AAA	54	177	150	21	37	1	0	6	19	7	2	19	16	.247	.349	.373	.722		56		5	2	1			BFL · IL
1966	28	NYM-min	AAA	66	188	167	26	46	8	1	7	22	2	0	16	20	.275	.348	.461	.809		77		3	1	1			JCK · IL
1966	28	NYM	NL	6	16	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.188	.375	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1969	31	NYM-min	AAA	94	330	305	39	78	10	1	5	32	11	9	17	32	.256	.300	.344	.644		105		3	3	2			TID · IL
1970	32	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1972	34	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
4 Yrs				201	509	462	51	91	8	2	9	30	7	9	37	85	.197	.266	.281	.548	53	130	6	7	2	1	5
162 Game Avg.				162	410	372	41	73	6	2	7	24	6	7	30	69	.197	.266	.281	.548	53	105	5	6	2	1	4

NYM (3 yrs)				167	459	415	48	85	7	2	9	26	7	9	35	77	.205	.276	.296	.572	61	123	5	6	2	1	5
PHI (1 yr)				34	50	47	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	8	.128	.180	.149	.329	-10	7	1	1	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
1961	23	PHI	NL	34	50	-7	-0	-0	-1	0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.477	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	2
1962	24	NYM	NL	55	166	-0	-2	1	-1	2	-0	0.0	6	6	0.6	.500	.500	0.7	0.1	6	$	2
1963	25	NYM	NL	106	277	-18	-1	0	1	4	-14	-1.7	10	-5	-0.7	.484	.489	-0.9	0.6	-6	$	2/7

1966	28	NYM	NL	6	16	-1	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.467	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/2
4 Seasons				201	509	-27	-3	1	-2	6	-24	-2.6	17	-7	-0.9	.487	.496	-0.7	0.6	-4	$

NYM (3 yrs)				167	459	-20	-3	1	-1	6	-16	-1.9	16	-1	-0.3	.488	.496	-0.2	0.7	0	$
PHI (1 yr)				34	50	-7	-0	-0	-1	0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.477	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$

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
1961	23	PHI	NL	50	42	1	0.6	103	.154	.128	.267	.180	.333	.149	.415	.329	.748	-10	.026	-7.4	-0.7	.238	.064	.021
1962	24	NYM	NL	166	121	19	4.2	104	.260	.250	.271	.303	.339	.441	.412	.744	.750	97	.462	-1.4	-0.1	.647	.250	.191	3.0
1963	25	NYM	NL	277	213	15	1.9	89	.210	.178	.254	.264	.316	.215	.380	.479	.696	40	.211	-19.0	-2.1	.387	.134	.036	3.8

1966	28	NYM	NL	16	13	1	2.1	94	.250	.188	.261	.188	.320	.188	.394	.375	.713	6	.214	-2.0	-0.2	.231	.000	.000
4 Yrs				509	389	36	2.5	96	.222	.197	.261	.266	.325	.281	.394	.548	.720	53	.275	-29.9	-3.2	.446	.160	.084	7.9
162 Game Avg.				410	314	29	2.5	96	.222	.197	.261	.266	.325	.281	.394	.548	.720	53	.275	-29.9	-3.2	.446	.160	.084	6

NYM (3 yrs)				459	347	35	2.7	95	.230	.205	.261	.276	.324	.296	.392	.572	.716	61	.314	-22.5	-2.4	.471	.171	.092	7.9
PHI (1 yr)				50	42	1	0.6	103	.154	.128	.267	.180	.333	.149	.415	.329	.748	-10	.025	-7.4	-0.7	.238	.064	.021

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	23	PHI	NL	50	0.0%	16.0%	4.0%	2.0%	17%	4.00	5.9		11.8	0.83	78%
1962	24	NYM	NL	166	3.6%	14.5%	6.6%	9.0%	40%	2.18	6.3	25.3	8.9	0.92	74%
1963	25	NYM	NL	277	1.1%	17.7%	8.7%	1.1%	7%	2.04	5.0	82.3	27.4	1.04	70%

1966	28	NYM	NL	16	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			3.00	75%
4 Yrs				509	1.8%	16.7%	7.3%	3.7%	21%	2.30	5.4	51.3	15.4	1.00	73%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.0%	8.2%	6.4%	29%	1.83	6.0	38.9	8.8	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1961	23	PHI	NL	-7.5	-0.7	50	-1.1	0.6	-1.7	1.52	-0.6	-0.1	-5.9	-0.6	0.97	-6.8	1.59	20
1962	24	NYM	NL	-1.2	-0.1	174	-0.2	3.0	-3.2	1.07	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.93	-3.0	1.14	14
1963	25	NYM	NL	-19.0	-2.1	296	-1.3	3.7	-5.1	.99	-1.7	0.3	-20.5	-2.2	0.96	-16.8	1.56	11

1966	28	NYM	NL	-2.0	-0.2	16	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.19	-0.2	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.94	-2.0		0
4 Yrs				-29.8	-3.1	536	-2.9	7.5	-10.5	1.07	-2.6	-0.2	-30.7	-3.3	0.95	-28.7	1.44	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
1961	23	PHI	NL	1	0	33%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14%	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1962	24	NYM	NL	4	0	41%	55	2	4	33%	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	4	60%	5	2	3	2	2	0	8	1	6
1963	25	NYM	NL	3	0	27%	93	5	5	50%	4	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	8	48%	15	8	7	2	2	0	6	2	4

1966	28	NYM	NL	1	0	67%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				9	0	33%	175	7	9	44%	6	8	1	1	0	0	3	0	13	12	46%	27	15	11	4	4	0	15	4	10

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
1961	23	PHI	NL	50	96%	6			20	2	0	2	1.59	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	3	0	0%	29	4	14%	4	2	50%	0	0		0
1962	24	NYM	NL	166	89%	38			14	2	2	3	1.14	6	0	1	5	1	6	0	0	3	1	33%	27	1	4%	13	4	31%	93	11	12%	6	3	50%	7	3	43%	0
1963	25	NYM	NL	277	90%	44			11	2	0	0	1.56	3	0	5	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	100%	54	4	7%	23	3	13%	162	6	4%	11	2	18%	6	2	33%	0

1966	28	NYM	NL	16	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				509	90%	91			45	6	2	5	1.44	9	0	8	7	2	9	0	0	4	2	50%	93	6	6%	40	7	18%	293	21	7%	22	7	32%	13	5	38%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

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
1961	23	34	50	47	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	8	.128	.180	.149	.329	-10	7	1	1	0	0	0
1962	24	89	216	199	27	44	8	2	6	21	2	4	13	32	.221	.274	.372	.646	72	74	2	2	1	1	2
1963	25	195	493	446	49	88	8	2	9	30	7	9	37	81	.197	.269	.285	.554	55	127	6	7	2	1	5
1964	26	195	493	446	49	88	8	2	9	30	7	9	37	81	.197	.269	.285	.554	55	127	6	7	2	1	5
1965	27	195	493	446	49	88	8	2	9	30	7	9	37	81	.197	.269	.285	.554	55	127	6	7	2	1	5
1966	28	201	509	462	51	91	8	2	9	30	7	9	37	85	.197	.266	.281	.548	53	130	6	7	2	1	5

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
1961	23	36	52	49	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	2	8	.122	.173	.143	.316	1	34
1962	24	55	166	152	24	38	7	2	6	17	2	11	24	.250	.303	.441	.744	20	55
1963	25	106	282	250	25	47	0	0	3	10	5	26	49	.188	.278	.224	.502	15	106

1966	28	6	17	17	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.235	.235	.235	.471	1	6
4 Yrs		203	517	468	56	95	8	2	9	31	7	39	85	.203	.274	.286	.560	37	201
162 Game Avg.		162	413	373	45	76	6	2	7	25	6	31	68	.203	.274	.286	.560	30	201

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