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Joe Coleman

Joseph Patrick Coleman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 30, 1922 in Medford, MA
High School: Catholic HS (Malden, MA)
School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1942
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles/Tigers 1942-1955

Final Game: September 7, 1955
Died: April 9, 1997 in Fort Myers, FL
Buried: Fort Myers Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers, FL
Relatives: Father of Joe Coleman and Grandfather of Casey Coleman
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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 .800 126 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 84 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 83 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 Yrs 223 406 363 20 66 16 0 4 26 1 0 22 133 .182 .229 .259 .488 32 94 10 0 22 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 295 264 15 48 12 0 3 19 1 0 16 97 .182 .229 .259 .488 32 68 7 0 16
PHA (8 yrs) 167 317 282 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 19 PHA AL 1 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .432 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1946 23 PHA AL 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .516 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1947 24 PHA AL 32 55 -6 0 0 0 6 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1948 25 PHA AL 33 84 -14 0 0 0 9 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .486 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1 AS
1949 26 PHA AL 33 91 -10 0 -1 0 10 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1950 27 PHA AL 15 19 -3 0 -0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1951 28 PHA AL 28 30 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1953 30 PHA AL 21 29 -1 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1954 31 BAL AL 33 81 -6 -0 -0 0 9 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1 MVP-19
1955 32 BAL AL 6 3 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .519 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1955 32 DET AL 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .512 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
10 Seasons 223 406 -40 -1 -1 0 44 3 0.3 10 14 0.3 .501 .500 0.2 0.0 13 $
PHA (8 yrs) 167 317 -36 0 -0 0 34 -2 -0.2 8 6 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.3 0.0 6 $
BAL (2 yrs) 39 84 -6 -1 -0 0 10 3 0.3 2 6 0.3 .509 .501 0.3 0.0 6 $
DET (1 yr) 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .512 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $

Advanced Batting

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 94 1.000 .400 .261 .400 .335 .400 .376 .800 .711 126 .801 0.1 0.0 .667 .000 .000
1947 24 PHA AL 55 45 2 1.2 98 .304 .146 .264 .212 .344 .188 .379 .399 .723 11 .092 -5.9 -0.6 .310 .125 .042
1948 25 PHA AL 84 73 2 0.7 106 .200 .122 .274 .177 .360 .149 .396 .326 .756 -13 .033 -12.4 -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 -8.6 -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 3.8 103 .467 .259 .269 .310 .350 .370 .394 .681 .744 83 .427 -0.6 -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 99 .714 .714 .261 .714 .340 .857 .389 1.571 .728 331 .977 2.2 0.2 3.000 .143 .143
1955 32 BAL AL 3 1 2 53.5 96 .667 .667 .257 .667 .335 1.000 .383 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 .394 1.500 .737 309 .962 1.1 0.1 3.000 .000 .000
10 Yrs 406 329 26 2.1 101 .274 .182 .267 .229 .349 .259 .388 .488 .737 32 .203 -36.1 -3.7 .381 .140 .077 1.6
162 Game Avg. 295 239 19 2.1 101 .274 .182 .267 .229 .349 .259 .388 .488 .737 32 .203 -36.1 -3.7 .381 .140 .077 1
PHA (8 yrs) 317 259 17 1.7 104 .272 .170 .270 .223 .354 .234 .392 .457 .746 23 .150 -32.2 -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 .394 1.500 .737 309 .962 1.1 0.1 3.000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

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*

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 84 0.0% 34.5% 6.0% 2.4% 22% 5.80 2.6 10.6 0.77 54%
1949 26 PHA AL 91 1.1% 31.9% 5.5% 4.4% 29% 5.80 2.7 79.0 15.8 1.69 54%
1950 27 PHA AL 19 5.3% 26.3% 10.5% 5.3% 100% 2.50 3.4 17.0 17.0 0.80 58%
1951 28 PHA AL 30 0.0% 40.0% 6.7% 10.0% 43% 6.00 2.3 5.4 3.00 50%
1953 30 PHA AL 29 0.0% 24.1% 3.5% 6.9% 25% 7.00 4.0 28.0 1.17 72%
1954 31 BAL AL 81 2.5% 27.2% 3.7% 6.2% 39% 7.33 3.4 37.0 14.8 1.05 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 Yrs 406 1.0% 32.8% 5.4% 4.9% 30% 6.05 2.7 90.8 14.0 1.16 56%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.8% 9.4% 6.2% 27% 1.04 9.1 53.9 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 19 PHA AL -1.1 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 23 PHA AL 0.1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 24 PHA AL -6.0 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 25 PHA AL -12.4 -1.2 54 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .82 -0.7 0.2 -6.0 -0.6 0.92 -7.9 0
1949 26 PHA AL -8.6 -0.8 65 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 1.17 -1.0 -0.1 -13.7 -1.4 1.03 -11.3 0
1950 27 PHA AL -2.8 -0.3 14 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .47 -0.2 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 0.87 -2.2 0
1951 28 PHA AL -0.6 -0.1 26 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .93 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.0 0.98 -1.4 0
1953 30 PHA AL -1.0 -0.1 29 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .57 -0.1 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.84 -1.1 0
1954 31 BAL AL -6.1 -0.6 82 -0.7 1.0 -1.7 1.01 -0.7 0.0 -6.8 -0.7 0.91 -7.1 0
1955 32 TOT AL 2.2 0.2 8 0.2 0.2 -0.0 1.04 0.2 0.0 2.1 0.2 1.15 1.7 0
1955 32 BAL AL 1.1 0.1 3 0.1 0.2 -0.0 1.04 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.1 1.27 1.0 0
1955 32 DET AL 1.1 0.1 5 0.1 0.1 -0.0 1.05 0.1 -0.0 0.9 0.1 1.08 0.7 0
10 Yrs -36.1 -3.7 278 -2.7 2.6 -5.2 .93 -2.8 -0.1 -28.6 -2.9 0.94 -29.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1948 25 PHA AL 0 0 14% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 26 PHA AL 0 0 17% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 27 PHA AL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1951 28 PHA AL 0 0 22% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 30 PHA AL 0 0 11% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1954 31 BAL AL 0 0 14% 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
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 Yrs 0 0 19% 73 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 2 4

Situational Hitting*

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
1948 25 PHA AL 84 48% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 200% 5 2 40% 6 3 50% 33 4 12% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1949 26 PHA AL 91 42% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 117% 17 4 24% 17 4 24% 44 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0
1950 27 PHA AL 19 57% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 8 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1951 28 PHA AL 30 23% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 4 2 50% 18 5 28% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1953 30 PHA AL 29 38% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 6 1 17% 15 1 7% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1954 31 BAL AL 81 41% 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 4 100% 16 2 13% 16 2 13% 45 3 7% 4 0 0% 0 0 0
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 0 0 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 0 0 0
10 Yrs 342 41% 66 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 1 2 1 3 0 15 22 147% 53 10 19% 53 14 26% 171 14 8% 12 3 25% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 50% 182% 21% 32% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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 26 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 70 148 131 5 18 4 0 0 8 0 0 9 58 .137 .193 .168 .361 -2 22 3 0 9
1949 26 103 239 210 9 32 7 0 1 13 0 0 14 87 .152 .205 .200 .405 9 42 7 0 16
1950 27 118 258 227 11 33 7 0 2 14 0 0 16 92 .145 .202 .203 .404 9 46 8 0 16
1951 28 146 288 254 13 40 10 0 2 19 0 0 18 104 .157 .213 .220 .434 17 56 8 0 17
1952 29 146 288 254 13 40 10 0 2 19 0 0 18 104 .157 .213 .220 .434 17 56 8 0 17
1953 30 167 317 282 14 48 12 0 2 20 0 0 19 111 .170 .223 .234 .457 23 66 8 0 17
1954 31 200 398 356 18 61 15 0 4 25 1 0 22 133 .171 .220 .247 .467 27 88 10 0 21 0
1955 32 223 406 363 20 66 16 0 4 26 1 0 22 133 .182 .229 .259 .488 32 94 10 0 22 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 1 4
1947 24 33 57 50 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 4 26 .140 .204 .180 .384 2 32
1948 25 34 90 78 2 10 2 0 0 8 0 6 30 .128 .190 .154 .344 2 33
1949 26 34 94 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 31 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 85 78 5 14 3 0 2 6 1 3 23 .179 .210 .295 .505 5 33
1955 32 24 8 7 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .714 .714 .857 1.571 4 23
10 Yrs 231 424 379 22 68 16 0 4 29 1 23 138 .179 .226 .253 .480 25 223
162 Game Avg. 162 297 266 15 48 11 0 3 20 1 16 97 .179 .226 .253 .480 18 223

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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 (1361st)

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

             

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