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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 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
1965 18 WSA AL 2 0 1.000 1.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 9 3 3 0 8 0 7 0 0 0 69 231 0.944 4.5 0.0 4.0 3.5 0.88
1966 19 WSA AL 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 35 174 0.889 6.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 2.00
1967 20 WSA AL 8 9 .471 4.63 28 22 0 3 0 0 134.0 154 78 69 6 47 4 77 9 1 8 597 68 1.500 10.3 0.4 3.2 5.2 1.64
1968 21 WSA AL 12 16 .429 3.27 33 33 0 12 2 0 223.0 212 98 81 19 51 3 139 12 2 9 929 89 1.179 8.6 0.8 2.1 5.6 2.73
1969 22 WSA AL 12 13 .480 3.27 40 36 2 12 4 1 247.2 222 102 90 26 100 7 182 6 0 12 1041 105 1.300 8.1 0.9 3.6 6.6 1.82
1970 23 WSA AL 8 12 .400 3.58 39 29 4 6 1 0 218.2 190 98 87 25 89 6 152 4 1 14 919 99 1.276 7.8 1.0 3.7 6.3 1.71
1971 24 DET AL 20 9 .690 3.15 39 38 0 16 3 0 286.0 241 106 100 17 96 3 236 7 1 7 1174 116 1.178 7.6 0.5 3.0 7.4 2.46
1972 25 DET AL 19 14 .576 2.80 40 39 0 9 3 0 280.0 216 99 87 23 110 7 222 9 0 9 1145 113 1.164 6.9 0.7 3.5 7.1 2.02 AS
1973 26 DET AL 23 15 .605 3.53 40 40 0 13 2 0 288.1 283 125 113 32 93 2 202 10 0 6 1219 116 1.304 8.8 1.0 2.9 6.3 2.17 MVP-23
1974 27 DET AL 14 12 .538 4.32 41 41 0 11 2 0 285.2 272 160 137 30 158 13 177 12 0 13 1262 87 1.505 8.6 0.9 5.0 5.6 1.12
1975 28 DET AL 10 18 .357 5.55 31 31 0 6 1 0 201.0 234 137 124 27 85 6 125 9 1 15 915 72 1.587 10.5 1.2 3.8 5.6 1.47
1976 29 TOT MLB 4 13 .235 4.45 51 16 21 1 0 4 145.2 152 87 72 10 69 8 104 7 1 9 648 85 1.517 9.4 0.6 4.3 6.4 1.51
1976 29 DET AL 2 5 .286 4.86 12 12 0 1 0 0 66.2 80 44 36 1 34 0 38 5 0 6 309 76 1.710 10.8 0.1 4.6 5.1 1.12
1976 29 CHC NL 2 8 .200 4.10 39 4 21 0 0 4 79.0 72 43 36 9 35 8 66 2 1 3 339 93 1.354 8.2 1.0 4.0 7.5 1.89
1977 30 OAK AL 4 4 .500 2.96 43 12 14 2 0 2 127.2 114 51 42 11 49 2 55 2 0 8 532 135 1.277 8.0 0.8 3.5 3.9 1.12
1978 31 TOT AL 5 0 1.000 3.81 41 0 26 0 0 0 80.1 79 37 34 7 35 3 32 1 0 5 344 101 1.419 8.9 0.8 3.9 3.6 0.91
1978 31 OAK AL 3 0 1.000 1.37 10 0 6 0 0 0 19.2 12 3 3 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 72 264 0.864 5.5 0.5 2.3 1.8 0.80
1978 31 TOR AL 2 0 1.000 4.60 31 0 20 0 0 0 60.2 67 34 31 6 30 3 28 1 0 5 272 85 1.599 9.9 0.9 4.5 4.2 0.93
1979 32 TOT NL 0 0 5.18 15 0 3 0 0 0 24.1 32 19 14 1 11 1 14 2 0 3 119 75 1.767 11.8 0.4 4.1 5.2 1.27
1979 32 SFG NL 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 18 1.364 7.4 0.0 4.9 0.0 0.00
1979 32 PIT NL 0 0 6.10 10 0 2 0 0 0 20.2 29 17 14 1 9 1 14 1 0 3 101 64 1.839 12.6 0.4 3.9 6.1 1.56
15 Seasons 142 135 .513 3.70 484 340 70 94 18 7 2569.1 2416 1202 1055 234 1003 65 1728 90 7 118 10948 97 1.331 8.5 0.8 3.5 6.1 1.72
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .513 3.70 40 28 6 8 1 1 212 199 99 87 19 83 5 143 7 1 10 903 97 1.331 8.5 0.8 3.5 6.1 1.72
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
WSA (6 yrs) 43 50 .462 3.51 143 123 6 36 7 1 850.1 793 381 332 76 297 20 561 31 4 43 3590 93 1.282 8.4 0.8 3.1 5.9 1.89
DET (6 yrs) 88 73 .547 3.82 203 201 0 56 11 0 1407.2 1326 671 597 130 576 31 1000 52 2 56 6024 97 1.351 8.5 0.8 3.7 6.4 1.74
OAK (2 yrs) 7 4 .636 2.75 53 12 20 2 0 2 147.1 126 54 45 12 54 2 59 2 0 8 604 143 1.222 7.7 0.7 3.3 3.6 1.09
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 6.10 10 0 2 0 0 0 20.2 29 17 14 1 9 1 14 1 0 3 101 64 1.839 12.6 0.4 3.9 6.1 1.56
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 18 1.364 7.4 0.0 4.9 0.0 0.00
CHC (1 yr) 2 8 .200 4.10 39 4 21 0 0 4 79.0 72 43 36 9 35 8 66 2 1 3 339 93 1.354 8.2 1.0 4.0 7.5 1.89
TOR (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 4.60 31 0 20 0 0 0 60.2 67 34 31 6 30 3 28 1 0 5 272 85 1.599 9.9 0.9 4.5 4.2 0.93
AL (14 yrs) 140 127 .524 3.67 430 336 46 94 18 3 2466.0 2312 1140 1005 224 957 56 1648 86 6 112 10490 98 1.326 8.4 0.8 3.5 6.0 1.72
NL (2 yrs) 2 8 .200 4.35 54 4 24 0 0 4 103.1 104 62 50 10 46 9 80 4 1 6 458 88 1.452 9.1 0.9 4.0 7.0 1.74

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1972 25 DET AL ALCS L OAK 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 7 0 0 0 3 0 14 0 0 0 37 1.111 7.0 0.0 3.0 14.0 4.67
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 7 0 0 0 3 0 14 0 0 0 37 1.111 7.0 0.0 3.0 14.0 4.67

Standard Batting

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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
1965 18 WSA AL 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1966 19 WSA AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1967 20 WSA AL 28 44 36 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 22 .056 .128 .083 .212 -35 3 1 0 5 0 0 1
1968 21 WSA AL 34 78 70 2 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .129 .153 .157 .310 -4 11 3 0 6 0 0 1
1969 22 WSA AL 40 92 84 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 40 .107 .148 .119 .267 -22 10 1 0 4 0 0 1
1970 23 WSA AL 39 84 67 5 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 12 28 .119 .263 .134 .397 16 9 2 1 4 0 0 1
1971 24 DET AL 39 112 96 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 39 .094 .146 .115 .260 -27 11 3 0 9 1 0 1
1972 25 DET AL 40 102 82 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 30 .110 .161 .110 .271 -19 9 3 0 15 0 0 1 AS
1976 29 CHC NL 39 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 -15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 30 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 31 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 32 TOT NL 15 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 32 SFG NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1979 32 PIT NL 10 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Seasons 279 540 462 18 49 8 0 0 23 0 1 32 195 .106 .165 .123 .289 -15 57 13 1 44 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 314 268 10 28 5 0 0 13 0 1 19 113 .106 .165 .123 .289 -15 33 8 1 26 1 0
WSA (6 yrs) 144 308 266 12 28 5 0 0 16 0 0 21 119 .105 .174 .124 .298 -11 33 7 1 20 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (6 yrs) 79 214 178 6 18 2 0 0 7 0 1 11 69 .101 .153 .112 .265 -23 20 6 0 24 1 0
PIT (1 yr) 10 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 57 2 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 39 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 -15 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (14 yrs) 225 522 444 18 46 7 0 0 23 0 1 32 188 .104 .165 .119 .285 -16 53 13 1 44 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 54 18 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .222 .389 6 4 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 25 DET AL ALCS OAK L 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 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
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1972

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 AL (23, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Wins s c a p y
1971 AL  20 (6th)
1972 AL  19 (7th)
1973 AL  23 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 AL  .690 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  7.820 (9th)
1972 AL  6.943 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL  2.058 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  6.614 (10th)
1970 AL  6.256 (10th)
1971 AL  7.427 (4th)
1972 AL  7.136 (6th)
1973 AL  6.305 (10th)
1974 AL  5.576 (10th)
1975 AL  5.597 (9th)
Career  6.053 (214th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 AL  286.0 (5th)
1972 AL  280.0 (7th)
1973 AL  288.3 (10th)
1974 AL  285.7 (10th)
Career  2569.3 (215th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 AL  182 (5th)
1971 AL  236 (3rd)
1972 AL  222 (5th)
1973 AL  202 (7th)
1974 AL  177 (8th)
Career  1728 (98th)

Games Started s c a p y
1969 AL  36 (9th)
1971 AL  38 (6th)
1972 AL  39 (6th)
1973 AL  40 (5th)
1974 AL  41 (2nd)
Career  340 (199th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1968 AL  12 (7th)
1969 AL  12 (7th)
1971 AL  16 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 AL  4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  26 (6th)
1972 AL  23 (4th)
1973 AL  32 (4th)
1974 AL  30 (2nd)
1975 AL  27 (6th)
Career  234 (126th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  100 (8th)
1970 AL  89 (10th)
1971 AL  96 (7th)
1972 AL  110 (2nd)
1974 AL  158 (2nd)
Career  1003 (109th)

Hits s c a p y
1968 AL  212 (5th)
1973 AL  283 (8th)
1974 AL  272 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1971 AL  2.458 (9th)
1973 AL  2.172 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL  .535 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1968 AL  16 (2nd)
1975 AL  18 (2nd)
Career  135 (229th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1968 AL  81 (5th)
1971 AL  100 (6th)
1972 AL  87 (8th)
1973 AL  113 (7th)
1974 AL  137 (3rd)
1975 AL  124 (2nd)
Career  1055 (187th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1968 AL  9 (8th)
1969 AL  12 (8th)
1970 AL  14 (4th)
1972 AL  9 (5th)
1974 AL  13 (3rd)
1975 AL  15 (1st)
Career  118 (51st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 AL  9 (4th)
1968 AL  12 (2nd)
1971 AL  7 (9th)
1972 AL  9 (8th)
1973 AL  10 (1st)
1974 AL  12 (1st)
1975 AL  9 (4th)
Career  90 (86th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 AL  1174 (5th)
1972 AL  1145 (7th)
1973 AL  1219 (8th)
1974 AL  1262 (6th)
Career  10948 (178th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1972 AL  15 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1965 AL  born 1947-02-03 (1st)
1966 AL  born 1947-02-03 (2nd)
1967 AL  born 1947-02-03 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 65 (379), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 29 (450), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1965 amateur draft.

October 9, 1970: Traded by the Washington Senators with Ed Brinkman, Jim Hannan and Aurelio Rodriguez to the Detroit Tigers for Elliott Maddox, Denny McLain, Norm McRae and Don Wert.

June 8, 1976: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Detroit Tigers.

March 15, 1977: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Jim Todd.

May 22, 1978: Purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Oakland Athletics.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

April 1, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

April 21, 1979: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

May 8, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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