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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 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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1961 PHI NL 23 C 14 5 4 68.1 43 38 4 1 1 .977 -1 -18 5.53 3.00 .985 6.39 6.32 1 3 6 1 14% 38% 1
1962 NYM NL 24 C 44 37 30 320.2 210 187 22 1 2 .995 -1 -4 5.87 4.75 .987 6.72 6.66 5 17 20 9 31% 34% 1
1963 NYM NL 25 C 91 66 54 613.0 487 418 54 15 9 .969 1 2 6.93 5.19 .986 7.07 7.05 11 23 29 29 50% 42% 5
1963 NYM NL 25 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1963 NYM NL 25 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1966 NYM NL 28 C 5 5 4 41.0 27 24 2 1 0 .963 -1 -29 5.71 5.20 .987 6.85 6.84 0 3 6 2 25% 40% 0
4 Seasons C 154 113 92 1043.0 767 667 82 18 12 .977 -2 -2 6.46 4.86 .986 6.91 6.87 17 46 61 41 40% 39% 7
1 Season OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
4 Seasons TOT 155 113 92 1044.0 767 667 82 18 12 .977 -2 -2 6.46 4.83 .986 6.90 6.83 17 46 61 41 40% 39% 7
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-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.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1961 PHI NL 23 C -1 -18 -1
1962 NYM NL 24 C -1 -4 -1
1963 NYM NL 25 C 1 2 1
1963 NYM NL 25 LF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1966 NYM NL 28 C -1 -29 -1
4 Seasons C -2 -2 -2
1 Season LF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
4 Seasons TOT -2 -2 -0 0 -0 -2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 PHI NL 23 34 5 34 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
1962 NYM NL 24 55 37 55 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
1963 NYM NL 25 106 66 106 92 0 91 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 9
1966 NYM NL 28 6 5 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 201 113 201 155 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 50 14
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 -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1961 PHI NL 23 287 3.29 3.56 5 100% 0 0 39 3 0 2 34 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 100%
1962 NYM NL 24 1454 5.02 5.84 23 100% 0 0 187 15 1 4 167 20 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 100%
1963 NYM NL 25 2686 4.23 4.95 42 98% 1 0 417 32 2 23 360 51 6 1 0 9 15 3 5 7 1 8 0 0 2 4 75%
1966 NYM NL 28 180 3.07 4.61 2 50% 0 0 23 0 0 2 21 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 4607 4.37 5.12 72 97% 1 0 666 50 3 31 582 81 15 3 0 11 18 3 5 10 1 11 2 0 4 11 91%
MLB Averages 3.67 4.18 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1961 PHI NL 23 1 3 101 6 1 1 14% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 3 1.23 1.47
1962 NYM NL 24 5 17 599 20 9 7 31% 14 8 4 0 2 1 1 0 54 14 0.66 0.79
1963 NYM NL 25 11 23 1008 29 29 28 50% 21 24 7 1 1 4 5 1 105 39 0.76 0.93
1966 NYM NL 28 0 3 72 6 2 2 25% 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 2 1.42 1.78
4 Seasons 17 46 1780 61 41 38 40% 46 34 12 2 3 5 7 1 184 58 0.84 0.95
MLB Averages 37% 1.22 1.19

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 83% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 83% 0% 0
MLB Averages 58.5% 2.5% 63% 79% 28% 48%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1963 NL  15 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1963 NL  11 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1963 NL  29 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1963 NL  50.0 (3rd)

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