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Ray Coleman
Raymond Leroy Coleman
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
Final Game: September 26, 1952
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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
1947 25 SLB AL 110 370 343 34 89 9 7 2 30 2 5 26 32 .259 .314 .344 .658 81 118 15 1 0 O
1948 26 TOT AL 85 281 239 34 56 6 7 0 23 5 3 33 22 .234 .327 .318 .645 72 76 13 0 9 O
1948 26 SLB AL 17 32 29 2 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 .172 .226 .241 .467 23 7 2 0 1 /O
1948 26 PHA AL 68 249 210 32 51 6 6 0 21 4 3 31 17 .243 .340 .329 .669 78 69 11 0 8 O
1950 28 SLB AL 117 422 384 54 104 25 6 8 55 7 5 32 37 .271 .330 .430 .760 90 165 13 2 4 O
1951 29 TOT AL 142 564 522 62 146 24 12 8 76 5 7 39 46 .280 .330 .418 .747 100 218 15 0 3 *O
1951 29 SLB AL 91 367 341 41 96 16 5 5 55 3 4 24 32 .282 .329 .402 .731 94 137 10 0 2 O
1951 29 CHW AL 51 197 181 21 50 8 7 3 21 2 3 15 14 .276 .332 .448 .779 111 81 5 0 1 O
1952 30 TOT AL 105 265 241 24 51 10 1 2 15 0 0 18 21 .212 .269 .286 .556 54 69 6 1 5 O
1952 30 CHW AL 85 213 195 19 42 7 1 2 14 0 0 13 17 .215 .264 .292 .557 54 57 6 0 5 O
1952 30 SLB AL 20 52 46 5 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .196 .288 .261 .549 52 12 0 1 0 O
5 Seasons 559 1902 1729 208 446 74 33 20 199 19 20 148 158 .258 .318 .374 .692 84 646 62 4 21
162 Game Avg. 162 551 501 60 129 21 10 6 58 6 6 43 46 .258 .318 .374 .692 84 187 18 1 6
SLB (5 yrs) 355 1243 1143 136 303 53 19 15 143 13 14 89 110 .265 .320 .384 .704 86 439 40 4 7
CHW (2 yrs) 136 410 376 40 92 15 8 5 35 2 3 28 31 .245 .297 .367 .664 82 138 11 0 6
PHA (1 yr) 68 249 210 32 51 6 6 0 21 4 3 31 17 .243 .340 .329 .669 78 69 11 0 8

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 SLB AL 25 OF 93 184 174 7 3 4 .984 1.95 .979 2.35 21-0-73
1948 TOT AL 26 OF 58 145 134 7 4 3 .972 2.43 .975 2.36 0-32-26
1948 SLB AL 26 OF 5 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 .978 2.36 0-0-5
1948 PHA AL 26 OF 53 136 126 7 3 3 .978 2.51 .975 2.36 0-32-21
1950 SLB AL 28 OF 98 264 253 7 4 1 .985 2.65 .979 2.34 27-43-28
1951 TOT AL 29 OF 138 346 326 12 8 2 .977 2.45 .977 2.23 70-34-54
1951 SLB AL 29 OF 87 199 185 9 5 1 .975 2.23 .977 2.23 47-5-42
1951 CHW AL 29 OF 51 147 141 3 3 1 .980 2.82 .977 2.23 23-29-12
1952 TOT AL 30 OF 89 165 157 5 3 0 .982 1.82 .979 2.18 33-38-21
1952 CHW AL 30 OF 73 138 130 5 3 0 .978 1.85 .980 2.18 28-33-15
1952 SLB AL 30 OF 16 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 .978 2.18 5-5-6
5 Seasons OF 476 1104 1044 38 22 10 .980 2.27 .978 2.28 151-147-202
5 Seasons TOT 476 1104 1044 38 22 10 .980 2.27 .958 2.28 151-147-202

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1951 AL--12--2nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1950 AL--7--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL--7--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 3 (2041), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3150), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Paul Lehner (980)
  2. Joe Christopher (975)
  3. Whitey Herzog (969)
  4. Ray Demmitt (966)
  5. Larry Rosenthal (965)
  6. Johnny Barrett (965)
  7. Hosken Powell (964)
  8. Eric Tipton (964)
  9. George Vukovich (963)
  10. Timo Perez (962)
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  1. Sammy Vick (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Whitey Platt (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Paul Lehner (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Paul Lehner (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

June 4, 1948: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for George Binks and $20,000.

December 13, 1949: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Ray Ippolito (minors), Billy DeMars, Frankie Gustine and $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner.

July 31, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

July 28, 1952: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jay Porter to the St. Louis Browns for Darrell Johnson and Jim Rivera.

October 14, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bob Mahoney, Stan Rojek and $95,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Billy Hunter.

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Name and misspellings: Raymond Leroy Ray Choo Coleman

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