Jerry Coleman
Gerald Francis Coleman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 14, 1924 in San Jose, CA
High School: Lowell (San Francisco, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1949
Final Game: September 29, 1957
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1949 NYY AL 24 2B 122 625 298 315 12 102 .981 5.02 .974 5.13 RoY-3
1949 NYY AL 24 SS 4 23 6 16 1 4 .957 5.50 .965 4.80 RoY-3
1950 NYY AL 25 2B 152 786 384 384 18 137 .977 5.05 .976 5.39 AS
1950 NYY AL 25 SS 6 11 4 6 1 1 .909 1.67 .964 4.73 AS
1951 NYY AL 26 2B 102 530 245 268 17 84 .968 5.03 .978 5.35
1951 NYY AL 26 SS 18 55 27 27 1 8 .982 3.00 .960 4.72
1952 NYY AL 27 2B 11 69 33 34 2 17 .971 6.09 .978 5.13
1953 NYY AL 28 2B 7 19 11 8 0 4 1.000 2.71 .979 5.13
1953 NYY AL 28 SS 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 1.000 4.50
1954 NYY AL 29 2B 79 70 619.1 390 183 198 9 62 .977 -0.1 -0.2 -1.1 0.9 -2.0 1 5.54 4.82 .976 5.37 4.84
1954 NYY AL 29 SS 30 16 148.2 85 26 54 5 9 .941 -0.4 -3.2 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 4.84 2.67 .961 5.00 4.31
1954 NYY AL 29 3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.38 3.10
1955 NYY AL 30 SS 29 16 158.0 87 33 51 3 17 .966 -2.6 -19.7 -2.6 -2.0 -0.6 0 4.78 2.90 .959 4.93 4.04
1955 NYY AL 30 2B 13 12 102.0 55 32 23 0 7 1.000 -0.6 -7.1 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 0 4.85 4.23 .975 5.37 4.87
1955 NYY AL 30 3B 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.8 -960.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 9.00 1.00 .950 3.60 2.70
1956 NYY AL 31 2B 41 27 264.1 187 89 94 4 32 .979 3.7 16.8 2.7 2.0 0.7 1 6.23 4.46 .973 5.44 4.74
1956 NYY AL 31 SS 24 18 159.1 91 40 48 3 14 .967 -2.6 -19.6 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 -1 4.97 3.67 .959 4.98 4.10
1956 NYY AL 31 3B 18 6 76.1 21 9 10 2 0 .905 -3.0 -47.2 -3.0 -1.4 -1.6 0 2.24 1.06 .952 3.22 2.78
1957 NYY AL 32 2B 45 28 286.2 163 74 84 5 32 .969 -2.1 -8.8 -3.1 -0.3 -2.8 1 4.96 3.51 .980 5.39 4.84
1957 NYY AL 32 3B 21 12 129.1 48 15 31 2 1 .958 0.2 1.9 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 3.20 2.19 .950 3.23 2.77
1957 NYY AL 32 SS 4 2 17.0 8 1 5 2 1 .750 -1.1 -77.6 -1.1 -1.0 -0.1 0 3.18 1.50 .975 5.14 4.42
9 Seasons 2B 572 137 1272.1 2824 1349 1408 67 477 .976 0.9 0.8 -2.1 3.1 -5.2 3 19.50 4.82 .976 5.39 5.14
8 Seasons SS 116 52 483.0 362 137 208 17 54 .953 -6.7 -16.6 -5.7 -3.9 -1.8 -1 6.43 2.97 .961 4.97 4.31
4 Seasons 3B 41 18 210.2 71 25 41 5 1 .930 -3.6 -20.5 -3.6 -1.5 -2.1 0 2.82 1.61 .951 3.23 2.78
9 Seasons TOT 729 207 1966.0 3257 1511 1657 89 532 .973 -9.4 -5.7 -11.4 -2.3 -9.1 2 14.50 4.35 .946 5.06 4.88
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1949 NYY AL 24 128 128 128 0 0 0 122 0 4 0 0 0 0
1950 NYY AL 25 153 153 153 0 0 0 152 0 6 0 0 0 0
1951 NYY AL 26 121 121 121 0 0 0 102 0 18 0 0 0 0
1952 NYY AL 27 11 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 28 8 8 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 29 107 86 107 107 0 0 0 79 1 30 0 0 0 0 1 2
1955 NYY AL 30 43 28 43 43 0 0 0 13 1 29 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 NYY AL 31 80 51 80 80 0 0 0 41 18 24 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 NYY AL 32 72 42 72 72 0 0 0 45 21 4 0 0 0 0 4 2
9 Seasons 723 207 723 723 0 0 0 572 41 116 0 0 0 0 8 4
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 NYY AL 29 2500 64% 79% 27% 235 92% 2 176 73 74 29 185 147 27 1 3 9 3 4 2 5 59 20 7 18 1 49 19 27 6 4 2
1955 NYY AL 30 443 65% 74% 21% 34 97% 0 33 14 13 6 24 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 2 0 7 2 4 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 31 1147 63% 76% 24% 120 93% 0 90 41 40 9 95 76 17 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 32 16 4 7 0 29 7 22 1 1 0
1957 NYY AL 32 1244 62% 74% 27% 101 89% 2 75 27 34 14 84 64 17 0 1 5 1 2 2 2 32 11 7 9 0 29 9 19 2 1 1
4 Seasons 5334 63% 77% 26% 490 92% 4 374 155 161 58 388 307 64 1 6 18 4 10 4 11 130 50 19 36 1 114 37 72 9 6 3
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 NYY AL 29 605 70% 81% 29% 73 92% 2 24 18 4 1 52 40 8 1 1 5 0 3 2 4 9 5 0 1 0 1 8 6 2 1 1 0
1955 NYY AL 30 689 67% 76% 25% 67 90% 0 33 22 11 0 51 38 10 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 17 4 0 7 2 0 14 4 9 3 2 1
1956 NYY AL 31 735 58% 75% 24% 68 87% 0 36 18 16 2 48 32 16 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 14 4 0 2 2 2 11 5 6 3 1 2
1957 NYY AL 32 79 68% 82% 32% 7 71% 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2108 65% 77% 26% 215 89% 2 94 58 32 3 156 113 36 1 1 13 0 9 4 11 41 14 0 10 4 3 34 16 17 7 4 3
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 NYY AL 30 11 73% 82% 0% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 31 345 64% 76% 23% 22 86% 0 10 9 1 0 11 6 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1957 NYY AL 32 583 62% 75% 28% 52 83% 0 15 13 1 1 30 24 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 17%
3 Seasons 939 63% 76% 26% 74 84% 0 26 22 3 1 41 30 9 0 0 5 0 4 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 38%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

* 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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