Joe Coleman
Joseph Patrick Coleman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 30, 1922 in Medford, MA
High School: Catholic (Malden, MA)
School: Boston College
Signed
by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1942
Final Game: September 7, 1955
Died: April 9, 1997 in Ft.Myers, FL
Relatives: Father of Joe 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 Awards
1942 19 PHA AL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 23 PHA AL 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 125 2 0 0 0 /1
1947 24 PHA AL 32 55 48 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 25 .146 .212 .188 .399 11 9 1 0 3 1
1948 25 PHA AL 33 85 74 2 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 29 .122 .177 .149 .326 -13 11 2 0 6 1 AS
1949 26 PHA AL 33 91 79 4 14 3 0 1 5 0 0 5 29 .177 .226 .253 .479 28 20 4 0 7 1
1950 27 PHA AL 15 19 17 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 .059 .158 .235 .393 0 4 1 0 0 1
1951 28 PHA AL 28 30 27 2 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 .259 .310 .370 .681 82 10 0 0 1 1
1953 30 PHA AL 21 29 28 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .286 .310 .357 .667 78 10 0 0 0 1
1954 31 BAL AL 33 81 74 4 13 3 0 2 5 1 0 3 22 .176 .208 .297 .505 43 22 2 0 4 0 1 MVP-19
1955 32 TOT AL 23 8 7 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .714 .714 .857 1.571 331 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1955 32 BAL AL 6 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 361 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 32 DET AL 17 5 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 309 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
10 Seasons 223 407 363 20 66 16 0 4 26 1 0 22 133 .182 .229 .259 .488 32 94 10 0 22 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 296 264 15 48 12 0 3 19 1 0 16 97 .182 .229 .259 .488 32 68 7 0 16
PHA (8 yrs) 167 318 282 14 48 12 0 2 20 0 0 19 111 .170 .223 .234 .457 23 66 8 0 17
BAL (2 yrs) 39 84 77 4 15 4 0 2 6 1 0 3 22 .195 .225 .325 .550 55 25 2 0 4 0 0
DET (1 yr) 17 5 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 309 3 0 0 1 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
1942 19 PHA AL 4 4 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .264 .000 .338 .000 .370 .000 .709 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1946 23 PHA AL 5 3 1 8.9 95 1.000 .400 .262 .400 .337 .400 .378 .800 .714 125 .801 0.1 0.0 .667 .000 .000
1947 24 PHA AL 55 45 2 1.2 98 .304 .146 .265 .212 .345 .188 .381 .399 .726 11 .092 -5.9 -0.6 .310 .125 .042
1948 25 PHA AL 85 73 2 0.7 105 .200 .122 .273 .177 .358 .149 .394 .326 .753 -13 .033 -12.3 -1.2 .239 .095 .027
1949 26 PHA AL 91 76 5 1.8 104 .265 .177 .267 .226 .358 .253 .388 .479 .747 28 .147 -8.5 -0.8 .362 .139 .076 .0
1950 27 PHA AL 19 17 1 1.6 112 .000 .059 .276 .158 .363 .235 .414 .393 .776 0 .108 -2.8 -0.3 .353 .294 .176 .0
1951 28 PHA AL 30 21 3 3.8 104 .467 .259 .270 .310 .351 .370 .396 .681 .747 82 .427 -0.7 -0.1 .600 .185 .111
1953 30 PHA AL 29 20 3 4.0 105 .381 .286 .273 .310 .350 .357 .402 .667 .752 78 .454 -0.9 -0.1 .550 .107 .071
1954 31 BAL AL 81 67 5 2.0 92 .220 .176 .256 .208 .330 .297 .374 .505 .704 43 .200 -6.1 -0.6 .413 .176 .122 1.3
1955 32 TOT AL 8 3 4 35.7 98 .714 .714 .261 .714 .339 .857 .389 1.571 .728 331 .977 2.2 0.2 3.000 .143 .143
1955 32 BAL AL 3 1 2 53.5 95 .667 .667 .257 .667 .335 1.000 .382 1.667 .717 361 .989 1.1 0.1 3.000 .333 .333
1955 32 DET AL 5 2 2 26.8 101 .750 .750 .264 .750 .343 .750 .393 1.500 .736 309 .962 1.1 0.1 3.000 .000 .000
10 Seasons 407 329 26 2.1 101 .274 .182 .267 .229 .349 .259 .388 .488 .737 32 .203 -36.0 -3.7 .381 .140 .077 1.6
162 Game Avg. 296 239 19 2.1 101 .274 .182 .267 .229 .349 .259 .388 .488 .737 32 .203 -36.0 -3.7 .381 .140 .077 1
PHA (8 yrs) 318 259 17 1.7 104 .272 .170 .269 .223 .354 .234 .392 .457 .746 23 .150 -32.1 -3.2 .351 .131 .064 .0
BAL (2 yrs) 84 68 7 2.8 92 .245 .195 .256 .225 .330 .325 .374 .550 .704 55 .310 -5.0 -0.5 .453 .182 .130 1.3
DET (1 yr) 5 2 2 26.8 101 .750 .750 .264 .750 .343 .750 .393 1.500 .736 309 .962 1.1 0.1 3.000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 PHA AL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 19 PHA AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 75%
1946 23 PHA AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.7 40%
1947 24 PHA AL 55 0.0% 45.5% 7.3% 3.6% 29% 6.25 1.9 48.0 42%
1948 25 PHA AL 85 0.0% 34.1% 5.9% 2.4% 22% 5.80 2.6 10.6 53%
1949 26 PHA AL 91 1.1% 31.9% 5.5% 4.4% 29% 5.80 2.7 79.0 15.8 54%
1950 27 PHA AL 19 5.3% 26.3% 10.5% 5.3% 100% 2.50 3.4 17.0 17.0 58%
1951 28 PHA AL 30 0.0% 40.0% 6.7% 10.0% 43% 6.00 2.3 5.4 50%
1953 30 PHA AL 29 0.0% 24.1% 3.5% 6.9% 25% 7.00 4.0 28.0 72%
1954 31 BAL AL 81 2.5% 27.2% 3.7% 6.2% 39% 7.33 3.4 37.0 14.8 0.95 62%
1955 32 TOT AL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 20% 7.0 0.50 88%
1955 32 BAL AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 50% 3.0 0.00 100%
1955 32 DET AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 80%
10 Seasons 407 1.0% 32.7% 5.4% 4.9% 30% 6.05 2.7 90.8 14.0 0.92 56%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 31 BAL AL 0 0 14% 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1955 32 TOT AL 0 0 40% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1955 32 BAL AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1955 32 DET AL 0 0 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
10 Seasons 0 0 19% 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
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
1954 31 BAL AL 78 42% 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 4 100% 16 2 13% 16 2 13% 44 3 7% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 3
1955 32 TOT AL 8 38% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1955 32 BAL AL 3 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 32 DET AL 5 40% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
10 Seasons 86 42% 66 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 22 440% 19 10 53% 17 3 18% 52 4 8% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 3
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
1942 19 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1943 20 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1944 21 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1945 22 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1946 23 5 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 25 2 0 0 0
1947 24 37 64 57 3 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 29 .158 .213 .193 .406 13 11 1 0 3
1948 25 70 149 131 5 18 4 0 0 8 0 0 9 58 .137 .193 .168 .361 -2 22 3 0 9
1949 26 103 240 210 9 32 7 0 1 13 0 0 14 87 .152 .205 .200 .405 9 42 7 0 16
1950 27 118 259 227 11 33 7 0 2 14 0 0 16 92 .145 .202 .203 .404 9 46 8 0 16
1951 28 146 289 254 13 40 10 0 2 19 0 0 18 104 .157 .213 .220 .434 17 56 8 0 17
1952 29 146 289 254 13 40 10 0 2 19 0 0 18 104 .157 .213 .220 .434 17 56 8 0 17
1953 30 167 318 282 14 48 12 0 2 20 0 0 19 111 .170 .223 .234 .457 23 66 8 0 17
1954 31 200 399 356 18 61 15 0 4 25 1 0 22 133 .171 .220 .247 .467 27 88 10 0 21 0
1955 32 223 407 363 20 66 16 0 4 26 1 0 22 133 .182 .229 .259 .488 32 94 10 0 22 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 19 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1946 23 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4
1947 24 33 54 50 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 4 26 .140 .204 .180 .384 2 32
1948 25 34 84 78 2 10 2 0 0 8 0 6 30 .128 .190 .154 .344 2 33
1949 26 34 87 82 4 14 3 0 1 5 0 5 30 .171 .218 .244 .462 4 33
1950 27 16 20 18 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 .056 .150 .222 .372 1 15
1951 28 29 30 28 2 7 3 0 0 5 0 2 13 .250 .300 .357 .657 3 28
1953 30 22 30 29 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 1 7 .276 .300 .345 .645 3 21
1954 31 34 81 78 4 14 3 0 2 6 1 3 23 .179 .210 .295 .505 5 33
1955 32 24 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 23
10 Seasons 231 402 379 21 61 15 0 4 29 1 23 138 .161 .209 .232 .441 25 223
162 Game Avg. 162 282 266 15 43 11 0 3 20 1 16 97 .161 .209 .232 .441 18 223

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1948 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1954-AL-19-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Youngest s c a p y
1942 AL--born 1922-07-30--5th

             

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