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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

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1883 20 PHI NL 12 48 .200 4.87 65 61 4 59 3 0 538.1 772 510 291 17 48 159 0 9 2546 63 1.523 12.9 0.3 0.8 2.7 3.31
1884 21 TOT MLB 5 17 .227 4.72 24 21 3 16 1 0 175.1 244 161 92 9 24 42 4 0 8 822 63 1.529 12.5 0.5 1.2 2.2 1.75
1884 21 PHI NL 5 15 .250 4.90 21 19 2 14 1 0 154.1 216 147 84 9 22 37 0 0 8 724 60 1.542 12.6 0.5 1.3 2.2 1.68
1884 21 PHA AA 0 2 .000 3.43 3 2 1 2 0 0 21.0 28 14 8 0 2 5 4 0 0 98 98 1.429 12.0 0.0 0.9 2.1 2.50
1885 22 PHA AA 2 2 .500 3.43 8 3 4 3 0 0 60.1 82 46 23 0 5 12 0 0 5 229 100 1.442 12.2 0.0 0.7 1.8 2.40
1886 23 PHA AA 1 1 .500 2.61 3 1 2 1 0 0 20.2 18 9 6 1 5 2 1 0 0 84 134 1.113 7.8 0.4 2.2 0.9 0.40
1889 26 PHA AA 3 2 .600 2.91 5 5 0 4 0 0 34.0 38 23 11 2 14 6 0 0 0 0 131 1.529 10.1 0.5 3.7 1.6 0.43
1890 27 PIT NL 0 2 .000 9.64 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 28 23 15 1 6 3 0 0 1 73 34 2.429 18.0 0.6 3.9 1.9 0.50
6 Seasons 23 72 .242 4.68 107 93 13 84 4 0 842.2 1182 772 438 30 102 224 5 0 23 3754 67 1.524 12.6 0.3 1.1 2.4 2.20
162 Game Avg. 8 24 .242 4.68 36 32 4 29 1 0 287 402 262 149 10 35 76 0 8 1276 67 1.524 12.6 0.3 1.1 2.4 2.20
PHA (4 yrs) 6 7 .462 3.18 19 11 7 10 0 0 136.0 166 92 48 3 26 25 5 0 5 411 111 1.412 11.0 0.2 1.7 1.7 0.96
PHI (2 yrs) 17 63 .213 4.87 86 80 6 73 4 0 692.2 988 657 375 26 70 196 0 0 17 3270 63 1.527 12.8 0.3 0.9 2.5 2.80
PIT (1 yr) 0 2 .000 9.64 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 28 23 15 1 6 3 0 0 1 73 34 2.429 18.0 0.6 3.9 1.9 0.50
AA (4 yrs) 6 7 .462 3.18 19 11 7 10 0 0 136.0 166 92 48 3 26 25 5 0 5 411 111 1.412 11.0 0.2 1.7 1.7 0.96
NL (3 yrs) 17 65 .207 4.97 88 82 6 74 4 0 706.2 1016 680 390 27 76 199 0 0 18 3343 61 1.545 12.9 0.3 1.0 2.5 2.62

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1883 PHI NL 20 P 65 158 22 118 18 2 .886 2.15 .892 1.96
1883 PHI NL 20 OF 31 96 69 14 13 4 .865 2.68 .846 1.86 19-12-0
1883 PHI NL 20 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.00
1884 TOT MLB 21 OF 51 99 68 12 19 3 .808 1.57 .869 1.69 14-32-5
1884 TOT MLB 21 P 24 60 14 43 3 0 .950 2.38 .877 2.12
1884 TOT MLB 21 1B 4 26 24 0 2 0 .923 6.00 .958 10.40
1884 PHI NL 21 OF 27 64 48 6 10 2 .844 2.00 .870 1.76 3-19-5
1884 PHI NL 21 P 21 54 13 38 3 0 .944 2.43 .885 2.12
1884 PHI NL 21 1B 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 .956 10.30
1884 PHA AA 21 OF 24 35 20 6 9 1 .743 1.08 .866 1.61 11-13-0
1884 PHA AA 21 P 3 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00 .800 2.13
1884 PHA AA 21 1B 2 17 15 0 2 0 .882 7.50 .959 10.50
1885 PHA AA 22 OF 93 179 128 23 28 5 .844 1.62 .884 1.83 1-17-76
1885 PHA AA 22 P 8 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.38 .864 1.79
1886 TOT AA 23 OF 126 253 193 24 36 6 .858 1.72 .880 1.75 11-5-110
1886 PHA AA 23 OF 115 239 183 23 33 6 .862 1.79 .879 1.75 0-5-110
1886 PHA AA 23 1B 6 43 42 1 0 3 1.000 7.17 .967 10.12
1886 PHA AA 23 P 3 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.33 .875 1.87
1886 PHA AA 23 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 6.00
1886 PIT AA 23 OF 11 14 10 1 3 0 .786 1.00 .893 1.75 11-0-0
1887 PIT NL 24 OF 115 257 214 17 26 3 .899 2.01 .881 1.92 0-2-113
1887 PIT NL 24 1B 2 14 12 0 2 0 .857 6.00 .979 10.40
1888 PIT NL 25 OF 91 194 160 20 14 2 .928 1.98 .904 1.90 0-3-88
1888 PIT NL 25 1B 25 245 235 4 6 12 .976 9.56 .977 10.47
1889 PHA AA 26 P 5 14 3 10 1 0 .929 2.60 .900 1.84
1889 PHA AA 26 OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.00 1-0-0
1890 PIT NL 27 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 1.90 1-0-1
1890 PIT NL 27 P 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.00
8 Seasons OF 510 1080 833 110 137 23 .873 1.85 .881 1.83 47-71-393
6 Seasons P 107 249 42 185 22 2 .912 2.12 .888 1.98
4 Seasons 1B 37 328 313 5 10 15 .970 8.59 .974 10.40
2 Seasons 2B 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 6.00
8 Seasons TOT 656 1659 1188 302 169 40 .898 2.27 .799 2.35 47-71-393
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1883 NL--.803--4th
1884 NL--1.283--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1883 NL--65--3rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1883 NL--538.3--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1883 NL--159--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1883 NL--61--3rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1883 NL--59--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1883 NL--3--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1883 NL--17--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1883 NL--48--10th

Hits s c a p y
1883 NL--772--1st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1883 NL--3.313--6th

Losses s c a p y
1883 NL--48--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1883 NL--291--1st

Batters Faced s c a p y
1883 NL--2546--2nd

Games Finished s c a p y
1883 NL--4--5th
1884 NL--2--7th
1885 AA--4--2nd
1886 AA--2--2nd

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1331), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 12 (1121), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Asa Brainard (953)
  2. Jack Neagle (948)
  3. Jim Britt (944)
  4. Bob Hasty (936)
  5. Jim Hughey (934)
  6. Bill Stearns (929)
  7. Paul Zahniser (929)
  8. Bert Abbey (924)
  9. Chris Holt (923)
  10. Jack Fifield (918)
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  1. Bill Stearns (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Stearns (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Stearns (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Zack Greinke (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Neagle (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Hasty (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  1. Wilbur Good (959)
  2. Adonis Terry (953)
  3. Bris Lord (952)
  4. Bert Haas (950)
  5. Larry Twitchell (949)
  6. Greasy Neale (949)
  7. John Dobbs (945)
  8. Bob Unglaub (943)
  9. Joe Birmingham (943)
  10. Earl McNeely (941)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ecky Stearns (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Nealon (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmy Sebring (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August, 1884: Released by the Philadelphia Quakers.

August 23, 1884: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

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