Joe Coleman
Joseph Howard Coleman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 3, 1947 in Boston, MA
High School: Natick (Natick, MA)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1965
Final Game: September 24, 1979
Relatives: Son 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
1965 WSA AL 18 P 2 2 18.0 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 3.00 3.00 .950 2.05 0.75
1966 WSA AL 19 P 1 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 4.00 .950 2.00 0.80
1967 WSA AL 20 P 28 22 134.0 24 9 14 1 0 .958 1.54 0.82 .958 1.96 0.74
1968 WSA AL 21 P 33 33 223.0 53 30 20 3 0 .943 2.02 1.52 .958 1.89 0.73
1969 WSA AL 22 P 40 36 247.1 58 21 35 2 3 .966 2.04 1.40 .950 1.88 0.69
1970 WSA AL 23 P 39 29 218.2 46 16 30 0 3 1.000 1.89 1.18 .948 1.86 0.67
1971 DET AL 24 P 39 38 286.0 53 18 32 3 2 .943 1.57 1.28 .958 1.98 0.77
1972 DET AL 25 P 40 39 280.0 46 6 39 1 2 .978 1.45 1.13 .948 1.86 0.75 AS
1973 DET AL 26 P 40 40 288.1 62 23 37 2 1 .968 1.87 1.50 .950 1.86 0.86 MVP-23
1974 DET AL 27 P 41 41 285.2 71 21 47 3 4 .958 2.14 1.66 .946 1.81 0.83
1975 DET AL 28 P 31 31 201.0 40 6 32 2 1 .950 1.70 1.23 .940 1.87 0.85
1976 TOT MLB 29 P 51 16 145.2 43 8 31 4 2 .907 2.41 0.76 .953 1.88 0.75
1976 DET AL 29 P 12 12 66.2 24 2 19 3 2 .875 2.84 1.75 .954 1.88 0.85
1976 CHC NL 29 P 39 4 79.0 19 6 12 1 0 .947 2.05 0.46 .953 1.88 0.72
1977 OAK AL 30 P 43 12 127.2 33 13 17 3 2 .909 2.11 0.70 .952 1.95 0.84
1978 TOT AL 31 P 41 0 80.4 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.57 0.34 .950 1.90 0.85
1978 OAK AL 31 P 10 0 19.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.75 0.60 .950 1.92 0.85
1978 TOR AL 31 P 31 0 60.2 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.19 0.26 .950 1.90 0.85
1979 TOT NL 32 P 15 0 24.4 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.37 0.07 .950 1.78 0.66
1979 SFG NL 32 P 5 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.72 0.66
1979 PIT NL 32 P 10 0 20.2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.44 0.10 .950 1.79 0.66
15 Seasons P 484 340 2569.0 555 179 351 25 22 .955 1.86 1.10 .951 1.89 0.77
15 Seasons TOT 484 340 2569.0 555 179 351 25 22 .955 1.86 1.10 .906 1.89 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1965 WSA AL 18 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 WSA AL 19 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 WSA AL 20 28 22 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 WSA AL 21 34 33 34 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 WSA AL 22 40 36 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 WSA AL 23 39 29 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 DET AL 24 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 DET AL 25 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 DET AL 26 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 DET AL 27 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 28 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CHC NL 29 39 4 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 DET AL 29 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 43 0 1 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TOR AL 31 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 OAK AL 31 10 0 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 32 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 32 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 485 204 279 485 484 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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%
1965 WSA AL 18 70 79% 34% 6 100% 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1966 WSA AL 19 35 83% 34% 3 100% 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1967 WSA AL 20 618 78% 28% 16 88% 0 9 1 6 13 11 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 WSA AL 21 961 79% 28% 32 81% 1 30 4 21 19 16 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1969 WSA AL 22 1087 73% 27% 43 95% 1 20 2 12 36 26 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 10 80%
1970 WSA AL 23 954 74% 28% 34 91% 0 14 1 11 29 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 4 75%
1971 DET AL 24 1210 72% 26% 30 93% 0 20 2 16 26 22 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 8 88%
1972 DET AL 25 1190 71% 22% 41 95% 0 6 0 5 39 33 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 7 100%
1973 DET AL 26 1277 76% 22% 37 97% 0 23 1 18 36 30 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 10 90%
1974 DET AL 27 1335 74% 24% 45 96% 1 21 3 14 47 34 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 3 1 10 100%
1975 DET AL 28 968 77% 23% 29 97% 1 7 1 6 32 21 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1976 CHC NL 29 364 72% 28% 16 81% 0 6 1 4 12 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1976 DET AL 29 328 77% 24% 18 94% 0 2 0 1 19 15 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1977 OAK AL 30 562 81% 28% 19 89% 0 13 0 12 16 13 1 3 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0
1978 TOR AL 31 287 79% 24% 5 100% 0 3 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1978 OAK AL 31 75 88% 35% 5 80% 1 2 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1979 PIT NL 32 103 77% 19% 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1979 SFG NL 32 21 76% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 11445 75% 25% 380 92% 5 179 16 132 341 265 27 25 2 14 9 14 22 16 21 1 75 87%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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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