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
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1955 23 NYY AL 2 1 .667 5.28 10 6 1 0 0 1 29.0 40 19 17 2 16 0 15 1 0 0 139 71 1.931 12.4 0.6 5.0 4.7 0.94
1956 24 NYY AL 3 5 .375 3.67 29 9 9 0 0 2 88.1 97 42 36 6 42 1 42 1 0 1 392 105 1.574 9.9 0.6 4.3 4.3 1.00
1957 25 KCA AL 0 7 .000 5.93 19 6 8 1 1 0 41.0 53 32 27 5 25 0 15 0 0 2 194 66 1.902 11.6 1.1 5.5 3.3 0.60
1959 27 TOT AL 2 10 .167 4.34 32 11 8 2 0 2 85.0 89 46 41 8 36 0 58 1 0 3 374 92 1.471 9.4 0.8 3.8 6.1 1.61
1959 27 KCA AL 2 10 .167 4.56 29 11 6 2 0 2 81.0 85 46 41 8 34 0 54 1 0 3 357 88 1.469 9.4 0.9 3.8 6.0 1.59
1959 27 BAL AL 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 17 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1960 28 BAL AL 0 2 .000 11.25 5 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 5 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 24 34 3.250 18.0 0.0 11.3 0.0 0.00
5 Seasons 7 25 .219 4.58 95 33 26 3 1 5 247.1 287 144 126 21 124 2 130 4 0 6 1123 85 1.662 10.4 0.8 4.5 4.7 1.05
162 Game Avg. 4 13 .219 4.58 50 18 14 2 1 3 131 152 77 67 11 66 1 69 2 0 3 597 85 1.662 10.4 0.8 4.5 4.7 1.05
KCA (2 yrs) 2 17 .105 5.02 48 17 14 3 1 2 122.0 138 78 68 13 59 0 69 1 0 5 551 80 1.615 10.2 1.0 4.4 5.1 1.17
NYY (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 4.07 39 15 10 0 0 3 117.1 137 61 53 8 58 1 57 2 0 1 531 95 1.662 10.5 0.6 4.4 4.4 0.98
BAL (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 5.62 8 1 2 0 0 0 8.0 12 5 5 0 7 1 4 1 0 0 41 67 2.375 13.5 0.0 7.9 4.5 0.57

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
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
1955 23 NYY AL WS L BRO 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 5.000 45.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 WS 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 5.000 45.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 23 NYY AL 10 139 121 19 40 9 0 2 2 1 16 15 .331 .413 .455 .868 .365 55 3 1 1 0 0
1956 24 NYY AL 29 391 339 42 97 14 3 6 2 2 42 42 .286 .364 .398 .762 .310 135 13 1 6 3 1
1957 25 KCA AL 19 193 162 32 53 4 3 5 9 2 25 15 .327 .411 .481 .892 .331 78 6 0 3 3 0
1959 27 BAL AL 3 17 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 .267 .353 .267 .620 .364 4 2 0 0 0 0
1959 27 KCA AL 29 357 311 46 85 12 0 8 5 1 34 54 .273 .345 .389 .734 .307 121 8 1 9 2 0
1959 27 TOT AL 32 374 326 46 89 12 0 8 6 1 36 58 .273 .345 .383 .729 .309 125 10 1 9 2 0
1960 28 BAL AL 5 25 19 5 8 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 .421 .560 .632 1.192 .421 12 1 1 0 0 1
5 Seasons 95 1122 967 144 287 41 7 21 19 6 124 130 .297 .376 .419 .795 .323 405 33 4 19 8 2
162 Game Avg. 50 596 514 77 152 22 4 11 10 3 66 69 .297 .376 .419 .795 .323 215 18 2 10 4 1
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 23 NYY AL 10 6 2 1 3 1 0 3 3 .500 0 2 0 0 1 17% 41 56 33 9 2 2 1 5.6 7.3 4.2
1956 24 NYY AL 29 9 2 2 5 1 1 7 2 .778 2 2 0 0 3 33% 48 61 33 15 7 2 6 6.5 6.1 5.0
1957 25 KCA AL 19 6 0 4 2 0 0 1 4 .200 0 1 1 1 0 0% 38 55 21 6 2 1 3 3.0 4.1 3.3
1959 27 TOT AL 32 11 2 6 3 0 2 4 7 .364 1 1 2 0 5 45% 74 31 20 7 4 5 3.6 2.5 4.7
1959 27 KCA AL 29 11 2 6 3 0 2 4 7 .364 1 1 2 0 5 45% 47 74 31 20 7 4 5 3.6 2.5 4.7
1960 28 BAL AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 41 41 5 2 1 0 2.0 0.0 0.3
5 Seasons 92 33 6 14 13 2 3 15 17 .469 3 6 3 1 9 27% 44 74 21 55 20 10 15 4.6 4.7 4.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 23 NYY AL 10 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 1 14% 4 1.025 1 2 1 4 0 0 4 0 1 3 2 1 2.8
1956 24 NYY AL 29 20 9 1 3 1 2 0 200% 3 1 20 8 40% 9 0.929 5 4 11 5 3 12 9 11 14 2 14 2 6.6
1957 25 KCA AL 19 13 8 0 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 8 50% 7 1.067 5 2 5 1 1 10 7 5 7 3 7 3 4.8
1959 27 TOT AL 32 21 8 0 4 2 2 0 100% 2 0 19 6 32% 0.966 5 6 9 3 2 16 11 10 10 4 10 3 4.7
1959 27 KCA AL 29 18 6 0 4 2 2 0 100% 2 0 16 3 19% 8 1.002 5 6 6 3 2 13 10 8 9 4 9 3 4.8
1959 27 BAL AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0.214 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 4.0
1960 28 BAL AL 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 2 1.170 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 2.8
5 Seasons 95 62 26 1 11 5 5 1 100% 8 2 68 26 38% 0.982 17 15 28 14 7 40 34 27 33 13 35 9 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 23 NYY AL 139 75% 1.4% 10.8% 11.5% 7.9% 28% 0.68 75% 28 3 11%
1956 24 NYY AL 391 68% 1.5% 10.7% 10.7% 5.9% 24% 1.36 75% 91 13 14%
1957 25 KCA AL 193 74% 2.6% 7.8% 13.0% 6.2% 23% 1.94 75% 55 6 11%
1959 27 TOT AL 374 79% 2.1% 15.5% 9.6% 5.4% 23% 1.37 70% 89 10 11%
1959 27 KCA AL 357 79% 2.2% 15.1% 9.5% 5.6% 24% 1.27 70% 85 8 9%
1959 27 BAL AL 17 65% 0.0% 23.5% 11.8% 0.0% 0% 65% 4 2 50%
1960 28 BAL AL 25 60% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 12.0% 38% 2.00 76% 9 1 11%
5 Seasons 1122 73% 1.9% 11.6% 11.1% 6.2% 24% 1.34 73% 272 33 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 23 NYY AL 139 40 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 6 3 1 50% 1 0 0 61 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 24 NYY AL 390 97 6 1 13 3 3 3 3 21 11 5 52% 6 1 1 161 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1957 25 KCA AL 186 53 5 0 8 4 1 1 4 21 12 1 57% 4 2 0 80 9 2 82% 6 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 7
1959 27 TOT AL 374 89 8 0 13 6 2 3 5 22 17 2 77% 8 3 2 156 6 1 86% 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
1959 27 KCA AL 357 85 8 0 12 6 2 3 5 21 16 2 76% 7 3 1 146 5 1 83% 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1959 27 BAL AL 17 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 10 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1960 28 BAL AL 25 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1114 287 21 1 39 15 6 7 14 74 45 9 61% 19 6 3 473 19 6 76% 11 6 7 0 1 0 1 0 19 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age 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 ERA+
1955 23 2 1 .667 5.28 10 6 1 0 0 1 29.0 40 19 17 2 16 0 15 1 0 0 139 71 1.931 12.4 0.6 5.0 4.7 0.94 71
1956 24 5 6 .455 4.07 39 15 10 0 0 3 117.1 137 61 53 8 58 1 57 2 0 1 531 95 1.662 10.5 0.6 4.4 4.4 0.98 95
1957 25 5 13 .278 4.55 58 21 18 1 1 3 158.1 190 93 80 13 83 1 72 2 0 3 725 85 1.724 10.8 0.7 4.7 4.1 0.87 85
1958 26 5 13 .278 4.55 58 21 18 1 1 3 158.1 190 93 80 13 83 1 72 2 0 3 725 85 1.724 10.8 0.7 4.7 4.1 0.87 85
1959 27 7 23 .233 4.48 90 32 26 3 1 5 243.1 279 139 121 21 119 1 130 3 0 6 1099 87 1.636 10.3 0.8 4.4 4.8 1.09 87
1960 28 7 25 .219 4.58 95 33 26 3 1 5 247.1 287 144 126 21 124 2 130 4 0 6 1123 85 1.662 10.4 0.8 4.5 4.7 1.05 85

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 23 1 2 .333 6.11 28.0 42 21 19 2 17 14 1 2.107 13.5 5.5 4.5 0.82 0.6 10
1956 24 5 4 .556 3.89 88.0 101 42 38 6 44 42 1 1.648 10.3 4.5 4.3 0.95 0.6 29
1957 25 1 3 .250 6.37 41.0 56 32 29 5 26 15 0 2.000 12.3 5.7 3.3 0.58 1.1 19
1959 27 4 5 .444 4.40 86.0 93 47 42 8 38 59 1 1.523 9.7 4.0 6.2 1.55 0.8 32
1960 28 0 0 11.25 4.0 8 6 5 0 5 0 1 3.250 18.0 11.3 0.0 0.00 0.0 5
5 Seasons 11 14 .440 4.85 247.0 300 148 133 21 130 130 4 1.741 10.9 4.7 1.00 0.8 95

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Mike Willis (984)
  2. Al Sima (983)
  3. Tom Sunkel (978)
  4. Frank Kreutzer (975)
  5. Mike McQueen (974)
  6. Ken Reynolds (973)
  7. Lefty Wilkie (972)
  8. Randy Niemann (972)
  9. Skip Pitlock (971)
  10. Seth Morehead (971)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Lefty Wallace (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lou Sleater (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Frank Kreutzer (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fred Norman (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Rip Coleman    

Viewed 14,175 times through November 30, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Walter Lee Rip Choo Coleman

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.