Rip Coleman
Walter Lee Coleman
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 31, 1931 in Troy, NY
Schools: Syracuse University, Wake Forest University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1955
Final Game: May 5, 1960
Died: May 14, 2004 in Wolfeboro, NH
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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
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 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
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 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
5 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1955 23 NYY AL 13 9 1 3.0 102 .667 .200 .265 .333 .344 .200 .395 .533 .739 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 .336 .000 .399 .100 .735 -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 Seasons 78 69 1 0.4 102 .156 .072 .264 .123 .340 .072 .400 .196 .740 -46 .011 -14.4 -1.4 .141 .058 .000
162 Game Avg. 133 118 2 0.4 102 .156 .072 .264 .123 .340 .072 .400 .196 .740 -46 .011 -14.4 -1.4 .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

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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
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 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 78 0.0% 47.4% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 9.25 1.9 2.88 41%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 1 0 0% 0
1956 24 NYY AL 26 62% 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% 1
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 1 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 0 0% 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 0 0% 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 Seasons 77 71% 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% 5 0 0% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 23 10 13 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .200 .333 .200 .533 47 2 0 0 1 0 0
1956 24 39 40 34 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 .088 .162 .088 .250 -31 3 0 0 3 0 0
1957 25 58 51 43 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25 .070 .149 .070 .219 -39 3 0 0 4 0 0
1958 26 58 51 43 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25 .070 .149 .070 .219 -39 3 0 0 4 0 0
1959 27 90 77 68 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 36 .074 .125 .074 .199 -45 5 0 0 5 0 0
1960 28 95 78 69 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 37 .072 .123 .072 .196 -46 5 0 0 5 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 14 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .273 .429 .273 .701 1 10
1956 24 30 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .000 .038 .000 .038 0 29
1957 25 20 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 19
1959 27 33 26 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 Seasons 98 77 72 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 38 .042 .104 .042 .146 1 95
162 Game Avg. 162 127 119 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 63 .042 .104 .042 .146 2 95

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