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Gordy Coleman
Gordon Calvin Coleman

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 218 lb.

Born: July 5, 1934 in Rockville, MD
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1959
Final Game: May 3, 1967
Died: March 12, 1994 in Cincinnati, OH
Relatives: Cousin of Larry Littleton
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Gordy Coleman
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Standard Batting

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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
1959	24	CLE	AL	6	16	15	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.533	.563	.667	1.229	242	10	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1960	25	CIN	NL	66	269	251	26	68	10	1	6	32	1	1	12	32	.271	.308	.390	.699	89	98	2	2	3	1	1	3
1961	26	CIN	NL	150	578	520	63	149	27	4	26	87	1	3	45	67	.287	.341	.504	.845	119	262	9	2	4	7	11	*3
1962	27	CIN	NL	136	519	476	73	132	13	1	28	86	2	3	36	68	.277	.331	.485	.816	113	231	12	3	2	2	4	*3
1963	28	CIN	NL	123	400	365	38	90	20	2	14	59	1	0	29	51	.247	.303	.427	.731	106	156	7	2	1	3	1	3
1964	29	CIN	NL	89	214	198	18	48	6	2	5	27	2	0	13	30	.242	.291	.369	.660	83	73	8	1	1	1	1	3
1965	30	CIN	NL	108	353	325	39	98	19	0	14	57	0	0	24	38	.302	.348	.489	.838	127	159	6	1	0	3	4	3
1966	31	CIN	NL	91	246	227	20	57	7	0	5	37	2	1	16	45	.251	.299	.348	.647	73	79	3	0	2	1	2	3
1967	32	CIN	NL	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	0	0	0	0	1	/3
9 Seasons				773	2603	2384	282	650	102	11	98	387	9	8	177	333	.273	.324	.448	.772	107	1068	47	11	13	18	25
162 Game Avg.				162	546	500	59	136	21	2	21	81	2	2	37	70	.273	.324	.448	.772	107	224	10	2	3	4	5

CIN (8 yrs)				767	2587	2369	277	642	102	10	98	385	9	8	176	331	.271	.322	.447	.769	106	1058	47	11	13	18	25
CLE (1 yr)				6	16	15	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.533	.563	.667	1.229	242	10	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				767	2587	2369	277	642	102	10	98	385	9	8	176	331	.271	.322	.447	.769	106	1058	47	11	13	18	25
AL (1 yr)				6	16	15	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.533	.563	.667	1.229	242	10	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1959	24	CLE	AL	16	7	6	23.0	96	.615	.533	.257	.563	.328	.667	.393	1.229	.720	242	.954	2.8	0.3	1.571	.200	.133
1960	25	CIN	NL	269	190	31	4.4	101	.290	.271	.265	.308	.332	.390	.407	.699	.739	89	.503	-4.6	-0.5	.602	.167	.120	1.7
1961	26	CIN	NL	578	394	88	6.0	107	.283	.287	.272	.341	.339	.504	.424	.845	.763	119	.611	13.9	1.3	.802	.300	.217	1.9
1962	27	CIN	NL	519	363	73	5.4	106	.272	.277	.275	.331	.342	.485	.417	.816	.759	113	.575	6.4	0.6	.749	.282	.208	3.7
1963	28	CIN	NL	400	286	47	4.4	92	.251	.247	.258	.303	.320	.427	.385	.731	.705	106	.556	2.4	0.3	.667	.263	.181	1.9
1964	29	CIN	NL	214	160	20	3.4	96	.262	.242	.267	.291	.325	.369	.396	.660	.721	83	.410	-5.1	-0.5	.563	.202	.126	2.9
1965	30	CIN	NL	353	236	55	6.3	99	.304	.302	.266	.348	.331	.489	.402	.838	.733	127	.683	11.8	1.2	.790	.262	.188	.0
1966	31	CIN	NL	246	177	24	3.7	104	.292	.251	.276	.299	.336	.348	.416	.647	.751	73	.434	-8.9	-0.9	.552	.172	.097	2.9
1967	32	CIN	NL	8	7	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.271	.125	.335	.000	.398	.125	.733	-63	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.143	.143	.000
9 Seasons				2603	1820	344	5.1	102	.280	.273	.269	.324	.333	.448	.408	.772	.742	107	.572	17.1	1.6	.703	.250	.175	16.5
162 Game Avg.				546	381	72	5.1	102	.280	.273	.269	.324	.333	.448	.408	.772	.742	107	.572	4	0	.703	.250	.175	3

CIN (8 yrs)				2587	1813	338	5.0	102	.278	.271	.269	.322	.333	.447	.409	.769	.742	106	.566	14.4	1.3	.699	.250	.176	16.5
CLE (1 yr)				16	7	6	23.0	96	.615	.533	.257	.563	.328	.667	.393	1.229	.720	242	.954	2.8	0.3	1.571	.200	.133

NL (8 yrs)				2587	1813	338	5.0	102	.278	.271	.269	.322	.333	.447	.409	.769	.742	106	.566	14.4	1.3	.699	.250	.176	16.5
AL (1 yr)				16	7	6	23.0	96	.615	.533	.257	.563	.328	.667	.393	1.229	.720	242	.954	2.8	0.3	1.571	.200	.133

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	26	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	20	20	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.400	.650	8	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							5	20	20	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.400	.650	8	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	24	CLE	AL	16	0.0%	12.5%	6.3%	6.3%	13%	2.00	7.5		7.5	0.33	81%
1960	25	CIN	NL	269	2.2%	11.9%	4.5%	6.3%	25%	2.67	7.8	41.8	7.8	1.71	80%
1961	26	CIN	NL	578	4.5%	11.6%	7.8%	9.9%	38%	1.49	7.8	20.0	6.0	1.21	75%
1962	27	CIN	NL	519	5.4%	13.1%	6.9%	8.1%	32%	1.89	7.0	17.0	5.5	1.16	74%
1963	28	CIN	NL	400	3.5%	12.8%	7.3%	9.0%	40%	1.76	7.2	26.1	6.2	1.11	76%
1964	29	CIN	NL	214	2.3%	14.0%	6.1%	6.1%	27%	2.31	6.6	39.6	7.3	1.28	77%
1965	30	CIN	NL	353	4.0%	10.8%	6.8%	9.4%	34%	1.58	8.6	23.2	5.7	1.27	78%
1966	31	CIN	NL	246	2.0%	18.3%	6.5%	4.9%	21%	2.81	5.0	45.4	6.1	1.00	72%
1967	32	CIN	NL	8	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%		0.00				0.40	88%
9 Seasons				2603	3.8%	12.8%	6.8%	8.1%	33%	1.88	7.2	24.3	6.2	1.21	76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1959	24	CLE	AL	1	0	56%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1960	25	CIN	NL	5	0	26%	119	1	1	50%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	42%	13	10	3	3	2	1	10	3	7
1961	26	CIN	NL	7	0	22%	218	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	8	4	50%	18	13	3	2	0	2	20	5	15
1962	27	CIN	NL	6	0	32%	208	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	12	39%	36	25	7	8	4	3	18	4	14
1963	28	CIN	NL	6	0	22%	119	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	41%	19	11	8	1	1	0	14	6	6
1964	29	CIN	NL	2	0	23%	76	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	38%	8	5	2	1	1	0	7	3	4
1965	30	CIN	NL	4	0	23%	123	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	28%	17	14	2	4	3	1	11	5	6
1966	31	CIN	NL	2	0	22%	91	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	28%	7	7	0	4	4	0	7	2	5
1967	32	CIN	NL	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
9 Seasons				33	0	25%	961	9	8	53%	9	8	0	0	0	1	5	1	38	43	40%	120	85	27	23	15	7	89	29	58
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1959	24	CLE	AL	16	100%	8			2	2	0	0	1.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	2	18%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1960	25	CIN	NL	269	67%	68			0	0	0	0		6	0	9	6	0	3	3	0	4	3	75%	53	2	4%	26	10	38%	180	27	15%	22	11	50%	17	9	53%	0
1961	26	CIN	NL	578	68%	149			7	4	0	1	1.60	26	0	10	19	7	12	14	0	4	4	100%	111	9	8%	46	20	43%	362	63	17%	25	14	56%	41	14	34%	0
1962	27	CIN	NL	520	79%	132			13	4	0	1	1.26	28	0	9	27	1	16	12	0	3	2	67%	107	12	11%	52	20	38%	340	62	18%	32	18	56%	38	20	53%	0
1963	28	CIN	NL	400	87%	90			20	8	2	5	1.54	14	1	9	14	0	9	5	0	1	1	100%	72	7	10%	38	12	32%	268	47	18%	25	12	48%	22	10	45%	0
1964	29	CIN	NL	214	95%	48			35	9	0	3	1.63	5	0	9	4	1	2	3	0	1	1	100%	47	8	17%	34	11	32%	156	24	15%	26	11	42%	8	2	25%	0
1965	30	CIN	NL	353	96%	98			16	6	0	5	1.84	14	1	9	14	0	8	6	0	0	0		65	6	9%	35	8	23%	236	45	19%	21	9	43%	25	9	36%	0
1966	31	CIN	NL	246	96%	57			25	9	1	6	1.88	5	0	9	5	0	3	2	0	2	2	100%	37	3	8%	30	13	43%	174	35	20%	29	14	48%	23	8	35%	0
1967	32	CIN	NL	8	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
9 Seasons				2604	82%	650			120	42	3	21	1.63	98	2	64	89	9	53	45	0	15	13	87%	497	47	9%	262	94	36%	1732	305	18%	182	90	49%	176	73	41%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1959	24	6	16	15	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.533	.563	.667	1.229	242	10	0	0	0	0	0
1960	25	72	285	266	31	76	10	2	6	34	1	1	13	34	.286	.323	.406	.729	97	108	2	2	3	1	1
1961	26	222	863	786	94	225	37	6	32	121	2	4	58	101	.286	.335	.471	.806	112	370	11	4	7	8	12
1962	27	358	1382	1262	167	357	50	7	60	207	4	7	94	169	.283	.334	.476	.810	112	601	23	7	9	10	16
1963	28	481	1782	1627	205	447	70	9	74	266	5	7	123	220	.275	.327	.465	.792	111	757	30	9	10	13	17
1964	29	570	1996	1825	223	495	76	11	79	293	7	7	136	250	.271	.323	.455	.778	108	830	38	10	11	14	18
1965	30	678	2349	2150	262	593	95	11	93	350	7	7	160	288	.276	.327	.460	.787	111	989	44	11	11	17	22
1966	31	769	2595	2377	282	650	102	11	98	387	9	8	176	333	.273	.324	.449	.773	107	1068	47	11	13	18	24
1967	32	773	2603	2384	282	650	102	11	98	387	9	8	177	333	.273	.324	.448	.772	107	1068	47	11	13	18	25

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	24	6	17	16	5	9	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	.563	.588	.688	1.276	6	6
1960	25	69	280	264	28	73	11	1	6	34	1	13	33	.277	.314	.394	.708	32	66
1961	26	157	592	538	63	150	27	4	26	87	1	45	70	.279	.333	.489	.822	89	150
1962	27	136	508	469	69	125	12	1	27	81	2	34	68	.267	.319	.469	.788	69	136
1963	28	123	407	371	42	96	21	2	15	66	1	31	51	.259	.317	.447	.764	53	123
1964	29	89	213	198	19	48	6	2	5	29	2	13	30	.242	.291	.369	.660	21	89
1965	30	107	352	324	39	98	19	0	14	58	0	24	38	.302	.349	.491	.840	56	108
1966	31	91	243	226	19	56	7	0	5	36	2	16	45	.248	.296	.345	.641	23	91
1967	32	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	4
9 Seasons		782	2620	2413	284	655	103	11	98	393	9	178	337	.271	.322	.445	.767	349	773
162 Game Avg.		162	543	500	59	136	21	2	20	81	2	37	70	.271	.322	.445	.767	72	773

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 NL--7--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 NL--11--6th

AB per HR s c a p y
1962 NL--17.000--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 9 (1840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Ryan Garko (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Whitfield (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Sheets (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ben Broussard (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Walt Dropo (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Walt Dropo (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lee Stevens (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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