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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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

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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

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Gray Ink Batting - 16 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers View Player Links in Pop-up Compare Stats to Similars Asa Brainard (953) Jack Neagle (948) Jim Britt (944) Bob Hasty (936) Jim Hughey (934) Bill Stearns (929) Paul Zahniser (929) Bert Abbey (924) Chris Holt (923) Jack Fifield (918)		Most Similar by Ages View Player Links in Pop-up Hold mouse over #'s to see names Bill Stearns (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Bill Stearns (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Bill Stearns (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Zack Greinke (929) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Jack Neagle (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Bob Hasty (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C * - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters View Player Links in Pop-up Compare Stats to Similars Wilbur Good (959) Adonis Terry (953) Bris Lord (952) Bert Haas (950) Larry Twitchell (949) Greasy Neale (949) John Dobbs (945) Bob Unglaub (943) Joe Birmingham (943) Earl McNeely (941)		Most Similar by Ages View Player Links in Pop-up Hold mouse over #'s to see names Ecky Stearns (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Jim Nealon (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Jimmy Sebring (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Les Mann (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Cliff Heathcote (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Frank Schulte (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C 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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Gray Ink	Batting - 16 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 144 Pitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50 Pitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50