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 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 Awards
1942 PHA AL 19 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.30
1946 PHA AL 23 P 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 .900 1.00
1947 PHA AL 24 P 32 22 5 16 1 0 .955 0.66 .955 0.95
1948 PHA AL 25 P 33 42 6 33 3 3 .929 1.18 .964 0.91 AS
1949 PHA AL 26 P 33 32 7 23 2 3 .938 0.91 .962 1.01
1950 PHA AL 27 P 15 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.20 .933 0.96
1951 PHA AL 28 P 28 17 7 9 1 1 .941 0.57 .953 0.99
1953 PHA AL 30 P 21 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 0.52 .955 0.88
1954 BAL AL 31 P 33 32 221.1 59 15 41 3 5 .949 2.28 1.70 .959 2.01 0.93 MVP-19
1955 TOT AL 32 P 23 2 37.0 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.68 0.48 .955 1.99 0.83
1955 BAL AL 32 P 6 2 11.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.33 .950 2.01 0.83
1955 DET AL 32 P 17 0 25.1 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 3.20 0.53 .956 1.99 0.83
10 Seasons P 223 34 258.1 199 44 145 10 13 .950 6.58 0.85 .959 2.01 0.94
10 Seasons TOT 223 34 258.1 199 44 145 10 13 .950 6.58 0.85 .909 2.01 0.94

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1942 PHA AL 19 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 PHA AL 23 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 PHA AL 24 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 PHA AL 25 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHA AL 26 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHA AL 27 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHA AL 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHA AL 30 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 31 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 32 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BAL AL 32 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 223 34 223 223 223 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 31 909 78% 23% 39 92% 2 14 1 10 38 23 6 3 0 0 3 0 5 5 5 0 4 100%
1955 DET AL 32 112 82% 29% 8 88% 1 3 1 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1955 BAL AL 32 68 78% 24% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2 Seasons 1089 79% 23% 49 92% 3 17 2 12 46 31 6 3 0 0 3 0 5 5 5 0 8 88%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* 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.

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