Rip Coleman

Walter Gary Coleman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 31, 1931 in Troy, NY
Schools: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC), Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1955
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Orioles 1955-1960

Final Game: May 5, 1960
Died: May 14, 2004 in Wolfeboro, NH
Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY
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Standard Batting

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
1952	20	NYY-min	A	19	54	54		7	1	0	0						.130	.130	.148	.278		8							BNG · EL
1953	21	NYY-min	AAA	24	47	46	2	6	1	1	0	5	0		0	23	.130	.130	.196	.326		9	0	0	1				KCY · AA
1954	22	NYY-min	AAA	34	78	66	4	11	3	0	1	5	0		4	37	.167	.214	.258	.472		17	0	0	8	0			KCY · AA
1955	23	NYY-min	AAA	30	70	57	8	4	1	0	1	1	0		8	28	.070	.209	.140	.349		8	0	2	3	0			DEN · AA
1955	23	NYY	AL	10	13	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.200	.333	.200	.533	47	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1956	24	NYY	AL	29	27	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.042	.080	.042	.122	-66	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1957	25	OAK-min	AAA	15	39	37	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	21	.054	.079	.081	.160		3		0	1	0			BFL · IL
1957	25	KCA	AL	19	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

1958	26	OAK-min	AAA	31	60	53	3	7	2	0	0	4	0		1	23	.132	.148	.170	.318		9		0	6	0	0		BFL · IL
1959	27	TOT	AL	32	26	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.080	.080	.080	.160	-56	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	27	KCA	AL	29	26	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.080	.080	.080	.160	-56	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	27	BAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	28	CLE-min	AAA	23	54	50	1	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	22	.100	.100	.180	.280		9		0	4	0			TTO · IL
1960	28	BAL	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	29	TTO	AAA	28	47	47	5	7	1	0	2	4	0		0	23	.149	.149	.298	.447		14							TTO · IL
1962	30	ATL-min	AAA	9	18	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.059	.111	.059	.170		1		0	0	0			TTO · IL
5 Yrs				95	78	69	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	37	.072	.123	.072	.196	-46	5	0	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	133	118	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	63	.072	.123	.072	.196	-46	9	0	0	9	0	0

KCA (2 yrs)				48	37	34	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.059	.086	.059	.145	-60	2	0	0	2	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				39	40	34	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	21	.088	.162	.088	.250	-31	3	0	0	3	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1955	23	NYY	AL	10	13	-1	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1956	24	NYY	AL	29	27	-6	0	-0	0	3	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1957	25	KCA	AL	19	11	-2	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1

1959	27	KCA	AL	29	26	-6	0	0	0	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	1
1959	27	BAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1960	28	BAL	AL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$10,000	/1
5 Seasons				95	78	-14	0	0	0	9	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.495	.499	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$10,000

KCA (2 yrs)				48	37	-7	-0	0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.494	.499	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$
NYY (2 yrs)				39	40	-6	0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
BAL (2 yrs)				8	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$10,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1955	23	NYY	AL	13	9	1	3.0	102	.667	.200	.265	.333	.345	.200	.395	.533	.740	47	.312	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.200	.000
1956	24	NYY	AL	27	25	0	0.0	104	.100	.042	.264	.080	.345	.042	.402	.122	.748	-66	.000	-5.8	-0.6	.087	.042	.000
1957	25	KCA	AL	11	10	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.264	.100	.337	.000	.399	.100	.736	-70	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.111	.111	.000

1959	27	TOT	AL	26	24	0	0.0	100	.143	.080	.263	.080	.334	.080	.401	.160	.736	-56	.000	-5.5	-0.6	.087	.000	.000
1959	27	KCA	AL	26	24	0	0.0	100	.143	.080	.263	.080	.334	.080	.401	.160	.736	-56	.000	-5.5	-0.6	.087	.000	.000
1960	28	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	101		.000	.262	.000	.336	.000	.401	.000	.737	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				78	69	1	0.4	102	.156	.072	.264	.123	.340	.072	.401	.196	.741	-46	.011	-14.4	-1.5	.141	.058	.000
162 Game Avg.				133	118	2	0.4	102	.156	.072	.264	.123	.340	.072	.401	.196	.741	-46	.011	-14.4	-1.5	.141	.058	.000

KCA (2 yrs)				37	34	0	0.0	100	.105	.059	.263	.086	.335	.059	.401	.145	.736	-60	.000	-7.6	-0.8	.094	.029	.000
NYY (2 yrs)				40	34	1	0.8	103	.231	.088	.264	.162	.345	.088	.400	.250	.745	-31	.036	-6.5	-0.6	.194	.088	.000
BAL (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	101		.000	.262	.000	.336	.000	.401	.000	.737	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1955	23	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	23	NYY	AL	13	0.0%	53.9%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	3.50	1.4			1.00	23%
1956	24	NYY	AL	27	0.0%	51.9%	3.7%	0.0%	0%	14.00	1.7				37%
1957	25	KCA	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	9.1%	0.0%		4.00	2.3			1.50	45%

1959	27	TOT	AL	26	0.0%	42.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			1.60	54%
1959	27	KCA	AL	26	0.0%	42.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			1.60	54%
1960	28	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
5 Yrs				78	0.0%	47.4%	5.1%	0.0%	0%	9.25	1.9			3.00	41%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.6%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.41	7.0	37.8	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	23	NYY	AL	-0.7	-0.1	14	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.69	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.88	-0.7	0
1956	24	NYY	AL	-5.8	-0.6	28	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.55	-0.5	-0.0	-5.0	-0.5	0.82	-5.9	0
1957	25	KCA	AL	-2.2	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.10	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.80	-1.5	0

1959	27	TOT	AL	-5.5	-0.6	26	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	1.21	-0.5	0.0	-6.5	-0.7	1.05	-5.7	0
1959	27	KCA	AL	-5.5	-0.6	26	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	1.21	-0.5	0.0	-6.5	-0.7	1.05	-5.7	0
1959	27	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1960	28	BAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.99	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
5 Yrs				-14.4	-1.4	80	-1.1	0.3	-1.4	.87	-1.3	-0.0	-13.6	-1.4	0.90	-14.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	23	NYY	AL	0	0	50%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	24	NYY	AL	1	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	25	KCA	AL	1	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1959	27	TOT	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	27	KCA	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	28	BAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2	0	56%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	4	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1955	23	NYY	AL	13	54%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1956	24	NYY	AL	27	63%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	7	0	0%	10	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1957	25	KCA	AL	11	64%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1959	27	TOT	AL	26	96%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	21	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1959	27	KCA	AL	26	96%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	21	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1960	28	BAL	AL	1	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
5 Yrs				78	72%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	10	0	0%	15	2	13%	42	0	0%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1955	23	10	13	10	2	2	2	7	.200	.333	.200	.533	47	2	1
1956	24	39	40	34	4	3	3	21	.088	.162	.088	.250	-31	3	3
1957	25	58	51	43	5	3	4	25	.070	.149	.070	.219	-39	3	4
1958	26	58	51	43	5	3	4	25	.070	.149	.070	.219	-39	3	4
1959	27	90	77	68	5	5	4	36	.074	.125	.074	.199	-45	5	5
1960	28	95	78	69	5	5	4	37	.072	.123	.072	.196	-46	5	5

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	23	10	15	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.273	.429	.273	.701	1	10
1956	24	30	28	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.000	.038	.000	.038	0	29
1957	25	20	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	19

1959	27	33	27	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	32
1960	28	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
5 Yrs		98	82	72	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	38	.042	.104	.042	.146	1	95
162 Game Avg.		162	136	119	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	63	.042	.104	.042	.146	2	95

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