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 Pitching

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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
1942 19 PHA AL 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 126 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00
1946 23 PHA AL 0 2 .000 5.54 4 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 19 8 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 64 64 2.077 13.2 0.7 5.5 5.5 1.00
1947 24 PHA AL 6 12 .333 4.32 32 21 9 9 2 1 160.1 171 84 77 17 62 65 0 0 0 689 88 1.453 9.6 1.0 3.5 3.6 1.05
1948 25 PHA AL 14 13 .519 4.09 33 29 2 13 3 0 215.2 224 105 98 11 90 86 1 1 6 944 105 1.456 9.3 0.5 3.8 3.6 0.96 AS
1949 26 PHA AL 13 14 .481 3.86 33 30 3 18 1 1 240.1 249 119 103 12 127 109 3 1 3 1063 107 1.564 9.3 0.4 4.8 4.1 0.86
1950 27 PHA AL 0 5 .000 8.50 15 6 7 2 0 0 54.0 74 54 51 9 50 12 0 0 2 278 53 2.296 12.3 1.5 8.3 2.0 0.24
1951 28 PHA AL 1 6 .143 5.98 28 9 8 1 0 1 96.1 117 69 64 12 59 34 3 0 3 452 72 1.827 10.9 1.1 5.5 3.2 0.58
1953 30 PHA AL 3 4 .429 4.00 21 9 9 2 1 0 90.0 85 46 40 8 49 18 1 0 3 388 107 1.489 8.5 0.8 4.9 1.8 0.37
1954 31 BAL AL 13 17 .433 3.50 33 32 0 15 4 0 221.1 184 102 86 16 96 103 3 0 1 912 102 1.265 7.5 0.7 3.9 4.2 1.07 MVP-19
1955 32 TOT AL 2 2 .500 5.59 23 2 15 0 0 3 37.0 41 24 23 6 24 0 9 2 1 1 175 69 1.757 10.0 1.5 5.8 2.2 0.38
1955 32 BAL AL 0 1 .000 10.80 6 2 2 0 0 0 11.2 19 15 14 5 10 0 4 1 1 0 66 35 2.486 14.7 3.9 7.7 3.1 0.40
1955 32 DET AL 2 1 .667 3.20 17 0 13 0 0 3 25.1 22 9 9 1 14 0 5 1 0 1 109 121 1.421 7.8 0.4 5.0 1.8 0.36
10 Seasons 52 76 .406 4.38 223 140 55 60 11 6 1134.0 1172 616 552 92 566 0 444 13 3 19 4993 92 1.533 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .406 4.38 42 26 10 11 2 1 212 220 115 103 17 106 83 2 1 4 935 92 1.533 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78
PHA (8 yrs) 37 57 .394 4.55 167 106 40 45 7 3 875.2 947 490 443 70 446 332 8 2 17 3906 91 1.591 9.7 0.7 4.6 3.4 0.74
BAL (2 yrs) 13 18 .419 3.86 39 34 2 15 4 0 233.0 203 117 100 21 106 0 107 4 1 1 978 93 1.326 7.8 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.01
DET (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.20 17 0 13 0 0 3 25.1 22 9 9 1 14 0 5 1 0 1 109 121 1.421 7.8 0.4 5.0 1.8 0.36

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1948 PHA AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 11 0.667 0.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 31 BAL AL 33 914 795 102 184 34 11 16 8 14 96 103 .231 .314 .362 .677 .246 288 17 3 14 6
1955 32 BAL AL 6 66 51 15 19 1 0 5 2 0 10 4 .373 .469 .686 1.155 .318 35 0 1 2 2 0
1955 32 DET AL 17 108 91 9 22 3 1 1 1 1 14 5 .242 .349 .330 .679 .247 30 4 1 2 0 0
1955 32 TOT AL 23 174 142 24 41 4 1 6 3 1 24 9 .289 .394 .458 .852 .271 65 4 2 4 2 0
2 Seasons 56 1088 937 126 225 38 12 22 11 15 120 112 .240 .327 .377 .704 .250 353 21 5 18 8 0
162 Game Avg. 42 822 708 95 170 29 9 17 8 11 91 85 .240 .327 .377 .704 .250 267 16 4 14 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 31 BAL AL 33 32 13 16 3 1 4 14 18 .438 1 0 15 4 18 56% 55 86 10 22 10 16 8 3.0 3.1 6.9
1955 32 TOT AL 23 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40 38 5 0 0 2 4.5 3.6 2.7
1955 32 BAL AL 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39 40 38 0 0 0 2 4.5 3.6 2.7
2 Seasons 39 34 13 17 4 1 4 15 19 .441 1 1 15 4 18 53% 54 86 10 22 10 16 10 3.1 3.1 6.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 31 BAL AL 33 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 0 0% 7 1.240 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2.0
1955 32 TOT AL 23 21 15 2 1 3 3 0 100% 3 0 10 3 30% 0.684 1 3 17 4 1 16 5 16 10 4 10 2 4.5
1955 32 BAL AL 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 0.605 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 4.8
1955 32 DET AL 17 17 13 2 1 3 3 0 100% 3 0 5 0 0% 8 0.732 1 2 14 4 1 12 3 14 8 3 8 2 4.5
2 Seasons 56 22 15 2 2 4 3 1 75% 4 0 13 3 23% 1.149 2 3 17 5 1 16 6 16 10 5 11 3 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1942 19 PHA AL
1946 23 PHA AL
1947 24 PHA AL
1948 25 PHA AL
1949 26 PHA AL
1950 27 PHA AL
1951 28 PHA AL
1953 30 PHA AL
1954 31 BAL AL 913 40% 1.8% 11.3% 10.5% 6.7% 33% 0.79 75% 187 17 9%
1955 32 TOT AL 174 39% 3.5% 5.2% 13.8% 6.3% 27% 1.06 74% 46 4 9%
1955 32 BAL AL 66 26% 7.6% 6.1% 15.2% 9.1% 32% 1.21 67% 20 0 0%
1955 32 DET AL 108 46% 0.9% 4.6% 13.0% 4.6% 23% 1.00 79% 26 4 15%
10 Seasons 1087 40% 8.5% 40.8% 52.0% 6.6% 6% 0.83 75% 233 21 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1942 19 PHA AL 8 0 0
1946 23 PHA AL 19 1 0
1947 24 PHA AL 171 17 0
1948 25 PHA AL 224 11 6
1949 26 PHA AL 249 12 3
1950 27 PHA AL 74 9 2
1951 28 PHA AL 117 12 3
1953 30 PHA AL 85 8 3
1954 31 BAL AL 884 184 16 0 22 7 9 6 10 52 22 8 42% 12 1 0 319 8 14 36% 8 10 0 3 0 1 6 0 8 29
1955 32 TOT AL 174 41 6 0 6 4 2 1 5 8 3 1 38% 1 1 0 83 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1955 32 BAL AL 66 19 5 0 5 4 1 1 4 4 3 1 75% 1 0 0 35 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 32 DET AL 108 22 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0% 0 1 0 48 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Seasons 1058 1172 92 0 28 11 11 7 15 60 25 9 42% 13 19 0 402 11 15 42% 11 10 0 4 0 1 6 0 11 29
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1942 19 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 126 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 126
1943 20 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 126 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 126
1944 21 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 126 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 126
1945 22 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 126 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 126
1946 23 0 3 .000 4.74 5 2 2 0 0 0 19.0 27 13 10 1 9 8 0 0 0 92 76 1.895 12.8 0.5 4.3 3.8 0.89 76
1947 24 6 15 .286 4.37 37 23 11 9 2 1 179.1 198 97 87 18 71 73 0 0 0 781 87 1.500 9.9 0.9 3.6 3.7 1.03 87
1948 25 20 28 .417 4.22 70 52 13 22 5 1 395.0 422 202 185 29 161 159 1 1 6 1725 96 1.476 9.6 0.7 3.7 3.6 0.99 96
1949 26 33 42 .440 4.08 103 82 16 40 6 2 635.1 671 321 288 41 288 268 4 2 9 2788 100 1.509 9.5 0.6 4.1 3.8 0.93 100
1950 27 33 47 .413 4.43 118 88 23 42 6 2 689.1 745 375 339 50 338 280 4 2 11 3066 93 1.571 9.7 0.7 4.4 3.7 0.83 93
1951 28 34 53 .391 4.62 146 97 31 43 6 3 785.2 862 444 403 62 397 314 7 2 14 3518 90 1.602 9.9 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79 90
1952 29 34 53 .391 4.62 146 97 31 43 6 3 785.2 862 444 403 62 397 314 7 2 14 3518 90 1.602 9.9 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79 90
1953 30 37 57 .394 4.55 167 106 40 45 7 3 875.2 947 490 443 70 446 332 8 2 17 3906 91 1.591 9.7 0.7 4.6 3.4 0.74 91
1954 31 50 74 .403 4.34 200 138 40 60 11 3 1097.0 1131 592 529 86 542 435 11 2 18 4818 93 1.525 9.3 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.80 93
1955 32 52 76 .406 4.38 223 140 55 60 11 6 1134.0 1172 616 552 92 566 0 444 13 3 19 4993 92 1.533 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78 92

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1942 19 0 0 2.57 7.0 9 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.429 11.6 1.3 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1946 23 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 21 10 9 1 9 7 0 2.500 15.8 6.8 5.3 0.78 0.8 4
1947 24 7 10 .412 4.76 157.0 180 92 83 18 65 64 0 1.561 10.3 3.7 3.7 0.98 1.0 32
1948 25 12 12 .500 3.83 223.0 226 106 95 11 91 89 1 1.422 9.1 3.7 3.6 0.98 0.4 33
1949 26 13 13 .500 3.87 242.0 253 116 104 12 129 110 3 1.579 9.4 4.8 4.1 0.85 0.4 33
1950 27 1 5 .167 7.71 56.0 73 53 48 9 49 12 0 2.179 11.7 7.9 1.9 0.24 1.4 15
1951 28 3 7 .300 5.69 98.0 118 69 62 12 60 35 3 1.816 10.8 5.5 3.2 0.58 1.1 28
1953 30 5 5 .500 3.76 91.0 84 42 38 8 48 18 1 1.451 8.3 4.7 1.8 0.38 0.8 21
1954 31 11 12 .478 4.14 215.0 201 110 99 17 105 100 3 1.423 8.4 4.4 4.2 0.95 0.7 33
1955 32 1 3 .250 5.84 37.0 44 27 24 6 26 9 2 1.892 10.7 6.3 2.2 0.35 1.5 23
10 Seasons 53 68 .438 4.46 1138.0 1209 627 564 94 583 444 13 1.575 9.6 3.5 0.76 0.7 223

* 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)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL--7.482--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 AL--240.3--9th
1954 AL--221.3--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1949 AL--109--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1949 AL--30--10th
1954 AL--32--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 AL--18--7th
1954 AL--15--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 AL--3--5th
1954 AL--4--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 AL--17--2nd
1954 AL--16--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL--127--6th
1954 AL--96--5th

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL--249--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL--.459--8th
1949 AL--.449--6th

Losses s c a p y
1949 AL--14--7th
1954 AL--17--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1949 AL--103--4th
1954 AL--86--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL--6--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1948 AL--944--10th
1949 AL--1063--8th
1954 AL--912--10th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 20 (1044), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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