Choo Choo Coleman
Clarence Coleman
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
Final Game: April 23, 1966
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1961 PHI NL 23 C 14 5 68.1 43 38 4 1 1 .977 -1.0 -17.6 -1 5.53 3.00 .986 6.39 5.17 1 3 6 1 14%
1962 NYM NL 24 C 44 37 320.2 210 187 22 1 2 .995 -1.0 -3.7 -1 5.87 4.75 .987 6.72 5.50 5 17 20 9 31%
1963 NYM NL 25 C 91 66 613.0 487 418 54 15 9 .969 1.0 2.0 1 6.93 5.19 .986 7.07 6.02 11 23 29 29 50%
1963 NYM NL 25 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1963 NYM NL 25 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1966 NYM NL 28 C 5 5 41.0 27 24 2 1 0 .963 -1.0 -29.3 -1 5.71 5.20 .989 6.85 5.82 0 3 6 2 25%
4 Seasons C 154 113 1043.0 767 667 82 18 12 .977 -2.0 -2.3 -2 6.46 4.86 .986 6.91 5.79 17 46 61 41 40%
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
4 Seasons TOT 155 113 1044.0 767 667 82 18 12 .977 -2.1 -2.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -2 6.46 4.83 .963 6.90 5.76 17 46 61 41 40%

Appearances

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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 34 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
1962 NYM NL 24 55 37 55 55 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
1963 NYM NL 25 106 66 106 106 0 91 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 9
1966 NYM NL 28 6 5 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 201 113 201 201 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 23 300 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 1512 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 2800 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 28 192 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 4804 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 4.17 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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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 1.25 1.48
1962 NYM NL 24 5 17 599 20 9 7 31% 14 8 4 0 2 1 1 0 54 14 0.69 0.80
1963 NYM NL 25 11 23 1008 29 29 28 50% 21 24 7 1 1 4 5 1 105 39 0.79 0.94
1966 NYM NL 28 0 3 72 6 2 2 25% 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 2 1.40 1.67
4 Seasons 17 46 1780 61 41 38 40% 46 34 12 2 3 5 7 1 184 58 0.86 0.95
MLB Averages 37% 1.22 1.19

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 57.2% 2.3% 61% 77% 27% 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 1954 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.

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