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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

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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

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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 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 (1339th)

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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  1. Matt Keough (960)
  2. Max Surkont (959)
  3. Ted Gray (953)
  4. Jim Beattie (952)
  5. Elmer Myers (951)
  6. Al Javery (950)
  7. Socks Seibold (950)
  8. Charlie Robertson (950)
  9. Bennie Daniels (950)
  10. Percy Jones (949)
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  1. Dan Larson (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerome Williams (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Arnie Portocarrero (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Glenn Abbott (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Lemanczyk (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hal Gregg (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Glenn Abbott (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Weiland (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

December 17, 1953: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Frank Fanovich to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Cain.

July 1, 1955: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

July 8, 1955: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

April 9, 1956: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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