John Coleman
John Francis Coleman
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 6, 1863 in Saratoga Springs, NY
School: Syracuse University (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1883
Final Game: July 18, 1890
Died: May 31, 1922 in Detroit, MI
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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 Awards
1883 20 PHI NL 90 369 354 33 83 12 8 0 32 15 39 .234 .266 .314 .579 82 111 1O/4
1884 21 TOT MLB 71 291 278 32 64 9 5 2 22 0 13 .230 .265 .320 .585 87 89 0 O1/3
1884 21 PHI NL 43 179 171 16 42 7 2 0 22 8 20 .246 .279 .310 .589 90 53 O1/3
1884 21 PHA AA 28 112 107 16 22 2 3 2 0 0 5 .206 .241 .336 .578 81 36 0 O/13
1885 22 PHA AA 96 426 398 71 119 15 11 3 70 0 25 .299 .345 .415 .760 133 165 3 *O/1
1886 23 TOT AA 132 572 535 70 136 20 17 0 74 29 35 .254 .302 .355 .658 106 190 2 *O/314
1886 23 PHA AA 121 527 492 67 121 18 16 0 65 28 33 .246 .296 .348 .644 101 171 2 *O/314
1886 23 PIT AA 11 45 43 3 15 2 1 0 9 1 2 .349 .378 .442 .820 160 19 0 O
1887 24 PIT NL 115 507 475 75 139 21 11 2 54 25 31 40 .293 .337 .396 .733 109 188 1 *O/3
1888 25 PIT NL 116 471 438 49 101 11 4 0 26 15 29 52 .231 .285 .274 .558 85 120 4 *O3
1889 26 PHA AA 6 20 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 /1O
1890 27 PIT NL 3 14 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .182 .357 .182 .539 67 2 0 /O1
8 Seasons 629 2670 2508 332 645 88 56 7 279 71 152 134 .257 .302 .345 .648 100 866 10
162 Game Avg. 162 688 646 86 166 23 14 2 72 39 .257 .302 .345 .648 100 223
PHA (4 yrs) 251 1085 1016 155 263 35 30 5 136 29 64 3 .259 .306 .367 .673 109 373 5
PIT (4 yrs) 245 1037 967 128 257 34 16 2 89 42 65 92 .266 .315 .340 .656 100 329 5
PHI (2 yrs) 133 548 525 49 125 19 10 0 54 23 59 .238 .270 .312 .582 85 164
AA (4 yrs) 262 1130 1059 158 278 37 31 5 145 30 66 3 .263 .309 .370 .679 111 392 5
NL (5 yrs) 367 1540 1449 174 367 51 25 2 134 41 86 151 .253 .297 .327 .625 93 474 5

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
1883 20 PHI NL 369 271 29 2.8 73 .263 .234 .257 .266 .284 .314 .354 .579 .639 82 .350 -7.3 -0.8 .079
1884 21 TOT MLB 291 214 24 3.0 70 .225 .230 .247 .265 .286 .320 .340 .585 .626 87 .423 -4.2 -0.5 .477 .137 .090 .0
1884 21 PHI NL 179 129 15 3.1 69 .278 .246 .244 .279 .283 .310 .338 .589 .621 90 .420 -1.7 -0.2 .064
1884 21 PHA AA 112 85 9 2.8 73 .190 .206 .252 .241 .291 .336 .343 .578 .634 81 .430 -2.5 -0.3 .482 .178 .131 .0
1885 22 PHA AA 426 279 56 5.4 77 .294 .299 .258 .345 .304 .415 .346 .760 .650 133 .694 15.1 1.7 .692 .178 .116 .0
1886 23 TOT AA 572 399 57 3.8 75 .254 .254 .246 .302 .310 .355 .328 .658 .638 106 .533 1.6 0.2 .642 .221 .101 .0
1886 23 PHA AA 527 371 50 3.5 75 .246 .246 .247 .296 .310 .348 .329 .644 .639 101 .506 -1.1 -0.1 .631 .226 .102 .0
1886 23 PIT AA 45 28 7 6.6 73 .349 .349 .243 .378 .306 .442 .324 .820 .631 160 .761 2.7 0.3 .786 .163 .093 .0
1887 24 PIT NL 507 336 63 4.9 91 .316 .293 .266 .337 .323 .396 .379 .733 .702 109 .546 5.8 0.6 .729 .221 .103 3.7
1888 25 PIT NL 471 337 33 2.6 66 .262 .231 .237 .285 .284 .274 .324 .558 .608 85 .396 -6.4 -0.7 .499 .144 .043 .0
1889 26 PHA AA 20 18 0 0.0 91 .063 .053 .265 .100 .337 .053 .360 .153 .698 -56 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .167 .105 .000 .0
1890 27 PIT NL 14 9 1 2.9 78 .182 .182 .245 .357 .319 .182 .331 .539 .651 67 .367 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .364 .000 .0
8 Seasons 2670 1863 263 3.7 76 .270 .257 .252 .302 .301 .345 .345 .648 .646 100 .504 0.5 0.0 .590 .177 .088 12.7
162 Game Avg. 688 480 68 3.7 76 .270 .257 .252 .302 .301 .345 .345 .648 .646 100 .504 0 0 .590 .177 .088 3
PHA (4 yrs) 1085 753 115 4.0 76 .256 .259 .252 .306 .306 .367 .338 .673 .644 109 .571 7.6 0.9 .625 .200 .108 8.5
PIT (4 yrs) 1037 710 104 3.8 79 .292 .266 .252 .315 .304 .340 .351 .656 .656 100 .500 2.0 0.1 .621 .185 .074 3.8
PHI (2 yrs) 548 400 44 2.9 72 .268 .238 .253 .270 .284 .312 .349 .582 .633 85 .372 -9.0 -1.0 .074
AA (4 yrs) 1130 781 122 4.1 76 .260 .263 .252 .309 .306 .370 .337 .679 .643 111 .581 10.3 1.2 .631 .198 .108 8.6
NL (5 yrs) 1540 1082 141 3.4 76 .282 .253 .252 .297 .297 .327 .351 .625 .648 93 .445 -9.8 -1.2 .387 .119 .074 3.8

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
1883 20 90 369 354 33 83 12 8 0 32 15 39 .234 .266 .314 .579 82 111
1884 21 161 660 632 65 147 21 13 2 54 0 28 39 .233 .265 .316 .582 84 200 0
1885 22 257 1086 1030 136 266 36 24 5 124 0 53 39 .258 .297 .354 .651 103 365 3
1886 23 389 1658 1565 206 402 56 41 5 198 29 88 39 .257 .299 .355 .653 104 555 5
1887 24 504 2165 2040 281 541 77 52 7 252 54 119 79 .265 .308 .364 .672 105 743 6
1888 25 620 2636 2478 330 642 88 56 7 278 69 148 131 .259 .303 .348 .652 102 863 10
1889 26 626 2656 2497 331 643 88 56 7 279 70 149 134 .258 .302 .346 .648 101 864 10
1890 27 629 2670 2508 332 645 88 56 7 279 71 152 134 .257 .302 .345 .648 100 866 10

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
1883 20 147 589 567 46 124 18 12 0 44 0 22 64 .219 .248 .293 .541 41 90
1884 21 106 419 402 38 84 12 7 3 26 0 17 30 .209 .241 .296 .537 28 71
1885 22 140 590 555 79 148 19 14 4 78 0 31 0 .267 .310 .373 .683 63 96
1886 23 154 638 601 63 136 20 17 0 66 29 35 0 .226 .271 .316 .587 51 132
1887 24 147 616 581 74 152 23 12 2 53 27 34 51 .262 .304 .353 .656 63 115
1888 25 138 566 525 61 124 14 5 0 32 18 36 62 .236 .292 .282 .573 42 116
1889 26 7 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 6
1890 27 4 18 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 .214 .389 .214 .603 1 3
8 Seasons 843 3459 3267 363 771 106 67 9 299 77 180 210 .236 .278 .318 .596 289 629
162 Game Avg. 162 665 628 70 148 20 13 2 57 35 .236 .278 .318 .596 56 629

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1885 AA  .299 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1885 AA  .345 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1885 AA  .415 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1885 AA  .760 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1886 AA  17 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1885 AA  70 (6th)
1886 AA  74 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1885 AA  .694 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1883 NL  born 1863-03-06 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 16 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Les Mann (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cliff Heathcote (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Schulte (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bris Lord (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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