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Ray Coleman

Raymond Leroy Coleman

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 4, 1922 in Dunsmuir, CA
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1947
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox/Athletics 1947-1952

Final Game: September 26, 1952
Died: September 18, 2010 in Norman, OK
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 SLB AL 25 OF 93 77 76 184 174 7 3 4 .984 1.95 .979 2.47
1947 SLB AL 25 RF 73 68 67 155 146 6 3 4 .981 2.08 .977 2.11
1947 SLB AL 25 LF 21 9 9 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .976 2.36
1948 TOT AL 26 OF 58 55 55 145 134 7 4 3 .972 2.43 .975 2.51
1948 TOT AL 26 RF 26 24 24 51 42 6 3 3 .941 1.85 .971 2.14
1948 SLB AL 26 OF 5 5 5 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 .976 2.50
1948 SLB AL 26 RF 5 5 5 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 .971 2.14
1948 PHA AL 26 OF 53 50 50 136 126 7 3 3 .978 2.51 .975 2.51
1948 PHA AL 26 CF 32 31 31 93 90 2 1 0 .989 2.88 .978 3.01
1948 PHA AL 26 RF 21 19 19 42 34 6 2 3 .952 1.90 .971 2.14
1950 SLB AL 28 OF 98 93 82 800.0 264 253 7 4 1 .985 2.92 2.65 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 SLB AL 28 CF 43 42 40 367.0 132 125 5 2 1 .985 3.19 3.02 .981 2.95 2.89
1950 SLB AL 28 RF 29 29 22 238.0 63 60 1 2 0 .968 2.31 2.10 .975 2.12 2.09
1950 SLB AL 28 LF 26 22 20 195.0 60 60 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 2.31 .977 2.41 2.37
1951 TOT AL 29 OF 138 132 95 1148.1 346 326 12 8 2 .977 2.65 2.45 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 TOT AL 29 LF 71 52 48 520.0 157 148 5 4 0 .975 2.65 2.15 .973 2.43 2.41
1951 TOT AL 29 RF 55 51 33 412.1 104 97 5 2 2 .981 2.23 1.85 .978 2.06 2.05
1951 TOT AL 29 CF 34 29 14 216.0 81 79 0 2 0 .975 3.29 2.32 .981 2.84 2.83
1951 SLB AL 29 OF 87 85 66 732.0 199 185 9 5 1 .975 2.39 2.23 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 SLB AL 29 LF 47 41 37 377.2 113 105 5 3 0 .973 2.62 2.34 .973 2.43 2.41
1951 SLB AL 29 RF 42 41 26 326.1 80 75 3 2 1 .975 2.15 1.86 .978 2.06 2.05
1951 SLB AL 29 CF 5 3 3 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.20 .982 2.83 2.84
1951 CHW AL 29 OF 51 47 29 416.1 147 141 3 3 1 .980 3.11 2.82 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 CHW AL 29 CF 29 26 11 188.0 75 73 0 2 0 .973 3.49 2.52 .981 2.84 2.83
1951 CHW AL 29 LF 24 11 11 142.1 44 43 0 1 0 .977 2.72 1.79 .973 2.43 2.41
1951 CHW AL 29 RF 13 10 7 86.0 24 22 2 0 1 1.000 2.51 1.85 .978 2.06 2.05
1952 TOT AL 30 OF 89 50 43 548.4 165 157 5 3 0 .982 2.66 1.82 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 TOT AL 30 CF 38 26 26 274.0 93 89 3 1 0 .989 3.02 2.42 .983 2.91 2.91
1952 TOT AL 30 LF 34 12 9 142.0 39 35 2 2 0 .949 2.35 1.09 .979 2.28 2.28
1952 TOT AL 30 RF 21 12 8 132.4 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 1.52 .976 1.91 1.91
1952 CHW AL 30 OF 73 41 34 445.2 138 130 5 3 0 .978 2.73 1.85 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 CHW AL 30 CF 33 24 24 246.0 82 78 3 1 0 .988 2.96 2.45 .983 2.91 2.91
1952 CHW AL 30 LF 29 8 5 103.0 28 24 2 2 0 .929 2.27 0.90 .979 2.28 2.28
1952 CHW AL 30 RF 15 9 5 96.2 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 1.87 .976 1.91 1.91
1952 SLB AL 30 OF 16 9 9 102.2 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 1.69 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 SLB AL 30 RF 6 3 3 35.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.01 0.67 .975 1.92 1.92
1952 SLB AL 30 CF 5 2 2 28.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.54 2.20 .983 2.92 2.92
1952 SLB AL 30 LF 5 4 4 39.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.54 2.20 .979 2.28 2.28
5 Seasons OF 476 407 351 2496.2 1104 1044 38 22 10 .980 2.74 2.27 .978 2.46 2.45
5 Seasons RF 204 184 154 782.2 405 377 18 10 9 .975 2.24 1.94 .976 2.05 2.07
4 Seasons LF 152 95 86 857.0 284 271 7 6 0 .979 2.63 1.83 .975 2.40 2.37
4 Seasons CF 147 128 111 857.0 399 383 10 6 1 .985 3.16 2.67 .981 2.91 2.91
5 Seasons TOT 476 407 351 2496.2 1104 1044 38 22 10 .980 2.74 2.27 .978 2.46 2.45
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1947 SLB AL 25 RF
1947 SLB AL 25 LF
1948 SLB AL 26 RF
1948 PHA AL 26 CF
1948 PHA AL 26 RF
1950 SLB AL 28 CF
1950 SLB AL 28 RF
1950 SLB AL 28 LF
1951 SLB AL 29 LF
1951 SLB AL 29 RF
1951 SLB AL 29 CF
1951 CHW AL 29 CF
1951 CHW AL 29 LF
1951 CHW AL 29 RF
1952 CHW AL 30 CF
1952 CHW AL 30 LF
1952 CHW AL 30 RF
1952 SLB AL 30 RF
1952 SLB AL 30 CF
1952 SLB AL 30 LF
5 Seasons RF
4 Seasons LF
4 Seasons CF
5 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 SLB AL 25 110 77 110 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 73 93 0 20 1
1948 PHA AL 26 68 50 68 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 21 53 0 17 1
1948 SLB AL 26 17 5 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 11 1
1950 SLB AL 28 117 93 117 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 43 29 98 0 21 0
1951 SLB AL 29 91 85 91 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 5 42 87 0 5 0
1951 CHW AL 29 51 47 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 29 13 51 0 1 0
1952 CHW AL 30 85 41 85 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 33 15 73 0 16 0
1952 SLB AL 30 20 9 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 6 16 0 5 3
5 Seasons 559 407 559 476 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 147 204 476 0 96 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1950 SLB AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 21 16 76.2% 5 0 0.0% 0 583 65% 82% 28% 64 53%
1951 SLB AL 29 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 31 23 0 19 1 2 10 4 0 5 2 0 3 3 0 68 33 48.5% 33 2 2.9% 2 1309 63% 81% 29% 181 44%
1951 CHW AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 11 10 90.9% 1 0 0.0% 0 572 52% 83% 33% 71 58%
1952 CHW AL 30 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 14 12 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 24 15 62.5% 9 0 0.0% 2 463 63% 77% 28% 60 43%
1952 SLB AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 43% 43% 0% 0
3 Seasons 6 0 5 1 2 6 0 4 0 2 60 48 0 30 4 2 14 7 0 8 4 0 12 11 0 124 74 59.7% 48 2 1.6% 4 2948 61% 81% 29% 376 48%
MLB Averages 57.3% 2.7% 62% 82% 31% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 PHA AL 26 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 2 1 13 7 0 10 2 0 4 4 0 5 1 1 6 6 0 38 20 52.6% 17 1 2.6% 5 493 55% 84% 27% 58 41%
1948 SLB AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 41 54% 83% 20% 4 25%
1950 SLB AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 3 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 18 8 44.4% 10 0 0.0% 1 692 61% 84% 33% 75 56%
1951 SLB AL 29 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 7 0 5 2 1 7 3 0 5 1 0 7 7 0 35 20 57.1% 14 1 2.9% 0 949 60% 82% 28% 103 41%
1951 CHW AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 13 7 53.8% 5 1 7.7% 1 297 60% 87% 34% 33 52%
1952 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 398 57% 77% 32% 40 70%
1952 SLB AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 117 59% 80% 33% 9 33%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 2 10 0 4 2 2 41 22 0 27 6 1 16 11 0 13 4 1 19 18 1 116 61 52.6% 52 3 2.6% 7 2987 59% 83% 30% 322 49%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 82% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 PHA AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 5 0 8 0 0 3 2 0 4 2 0 4 3 0 28 12 42.9% 16 0 0.0% 1 747 56% 84% 32% 107 56%
1950 SLB AL 28 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 17 10 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 10 9 0 50 20 40.0% 29 1 2.0% 1 975 61% 84% 31% 144 55%
1951 CHW AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 19 10 52.6% 9 0 0.0% 0 585 60% 86% 31% 91 66%
1951 SLB AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 117 58% 73% 35% 9 67%
1952 CHW AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 14 6 0 9 1 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 34 12 35.3% 20 2 5.9% 1 1023 59% 82% 30% 141 57%
1952 SLB AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 27 63% 96% 30% 4 100%
4 Seasons 5 0 5 0 1 6 0 1 1 4 50 26 0 40 2 3 8 3 0 17 4 0 23 19 0 138 54 39.1% 81 3 2.2% 3 3474 59% 83% 31% 496 58%
MLB Averages 45.1% 3.0% 62% 82% 31% 60%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1951 AL  4 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 AL  6 (5th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1951 AL  138 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1950 AL  2.93 (5th)

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