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 Pitching

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
1952	20	NYY-min	A	11	8	.579	2.69	19	19					147.0	98	46	44		85								1.245	6.0		5.2			BNG · EL
1953	21	NYY-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.39	24	19		4	0		127.0	111	69	62	7	69		111	10	2	11			1.417	7.9	0.5	4.9	7.9	1.61	KCY · AA
1954	22	NYY-min	AAA	13	16	.448	4.28	33	31		10	1		200.0	212	115	95	13	75		154	3	3	8			1.435	9.5	0.6	3.4	6.9	2.05	KCY · AA
1955	23	NYY-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.76	30	24		11	0		170.0	149	79	71	16	82	3	133	2	0	6			1.359	7.9	0.8	4.3	7.0	1.62	DEN · AA
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	1	0	139	72	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	106	1.574	9.9	0.6	4.3	4.3	1.00
1957	25	OAK-min	AAA	7	5	.583	2.76	15	13		7	3		101.0	84	32	31	7	40		79	1	1	5			1.228	7.5	0.6	3.6	7.0	1.98	BFL · IL
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	67	1.902	11.6	1.1	5.5	3.3	0.60

1958	26	OAK-min	AAA	9	13	.409	3.27	31	21		8	2		154.0	144	77	56	10	46	5	125	1	1	18			1.234	8.4	0.6	2.7	7.3	2.72	BFL · IL
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	93	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	89	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	CLE-min	AAA	9	8	.529	2.71	23	21		7	4		153.0	143	49	46	7	45	1	113	0	0	7			1.229	8.4	0.4	2.6	6.6	2.51	TTO · IL
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	37	3.250	18.0	0.0	11.3	0.0	0.00
1961	29	TTO	AAA	10	7	.588	2.42	26	22					134.0	100	43	36	10	58								1.179	6.7	0.7	3.9			TTO · IL
1962	30	ATL-min	AAA	1	5	.167	3.50	9	6		1	0		54.0	49	25	21	6	19	1	41	1	1	6			1.259	8.2	1.0	3.2	6.8	2.16	TTO · IL
5 Yrs				7	25	.219	4.58	95	33	26	3	1	5	247.1	287	144	126	21	124	2	130	4	1	6	1123	86	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	1	3	597	86	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	1	1	531	95	1.662	10.5	0.6	4.4	4.4	0.98
BAL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	5.63	8	1	2	0	0	0	8.0	12	5	5	0	7	1	4	1	0	0	41	75	2.375	13.5	0.0	7.9	4.5	0.57

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1955	23	NYY	AL	29.0	10	6	19	5.90	4.18	0.55	0.00	98.5	3.58	-8	-0.8	2.1	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.424	.495	$
1956	24	NYY	AL	88.1	29	9	42	4.28	4.65	0.20	0.00	92.6	4.12	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.3	7	.492	.499	$
1957	25	KCA	AL	41.0	19	6	32	7.02	4.31	-0.04	0.00	100.2	4.36	-12	-1.2	1.2	-0.1	-1.0	-9	.435	.492	$

1959	27	KCA	AL	81.0	29	11	46	5.11	4.52	-0.16	0.00	103.6	4.85	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.3	5	.494	.499	$
1959	27	BAL	AL	4.0	3	0	0	0.00	4.64	0.05	0.00	91.8	4.21	2	0.2	.2	-0.1	0.2	2	.571	.501	$
1960	28	BAL	AL	4.0	5	1	5	11.25	4.59	0.48	-0.16	96.6	3.81	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.434	.498	$10,000
5 Seasons				247.1	95	33	144	5.24	4.50	0.09	-0.00	98.2	4.33	-25	-2.5	1.2	-0.5	-1.1	-3	.474	.497	$10,000

KCA (2 yrs)				122.0	48	17	78	5.75	4.45	-0.12	0.00	102.5	4.68	-14	-1.4	1.1	-0.2	-0.7	-4	.471	.496	$
NYY (2 yrs)				117.1	39	15	61	4.68	4.53	0.29	0.00	94.1	3.98	-10	-1.0	1.3	-0.2	-0.3	2	.475	.497	$
BAL (2 yrs)				8.0	8	1	5	5.63	4.61	0.27	-0.08	94.2	4.01	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.1	-0.1	-1	.485	.500	$10,000

Postseason Pitching

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*

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	ROE
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	1
1956	24	NYY	AL	29	390	339	42	97	14	3	6	2	2	42	42	.286	.364	.398	.762	.310	135	13	1	6	3	1	6
1957	25	KCA	AL	19	193	162	32	53	5	3	5	9	2	25	15	.327	.411	.488	.898	.331	79	6	0	3	3	0	4

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	8
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	1
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	7
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	0
5 Yrs				95	1121	967	144	287	42	7	21	19	6	124	130	.297	.376	.420	.796	.323	406	33	4	19	8	2	19
162 Game Avg.				50	596	514	77	152	22	4	11	10	3	66	69	.297	.376	.420	.796	.323	216	18	2	10	4	1	10
MLB Averages																.257	.327	.392	.718	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1955	23	NYY	AL	-4.8	-0.5	144	0.1	2.5	-2.4	1.02	-0.5	0.6	-4.6	-0.5	1.02	-6.0	2	1	1
1956	24	NYY	AL	1.6	0.2	395	-0.6	6.1	-6.7	.92	-0.4	-0.3	4.8	0.5	0.91	0.0	5	3	12
1957	25	KCA	AL	-9.4	-0.9	205	-2.6	2.9	-5.5	1.05	-1.4	-1.1	-16.5	-1.6	1.05	-14.6	5	2	6

1959	27	TOT	AL	-2.4	-0.2	387	-1.3	5.6	-6.9	.96	-0.4	-0.9	-6.7	-0.6	0.95	-3.2	5	4	11
1959	27	KCA	AL	-4.2	-0.4	368	-1.3	5.5	-6.8	.99	-0.4	-0.9	-7.4	-0.7	0.99	-3.6	5	4	8
1959	27	BAL	AL	1.9	0.2	19	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.19	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.19	0.4	0	0	3
1960	28	BAL	AL	-2.9	-0.3	25	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	1.19	-0.3	-0.1	-4.3	-0.4	1.19	-4.5	1	1	2
5 Yrs				-17.8	-1.8	1156	-4.9	17.4	-22.2	.97	-3.0	-2.0	-27.3	-2.6	0.97	-28.3	18	11	32

Starting Pitching*

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
1955	23	NYY	AL	10	6	2	1	3	1	0	3	3	.500	0	2	0	0	1	17%	41.0	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%	47.6	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%	38.0	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%	47.4	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%	41.0	41	41	5	2	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.3
5 Yrs				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													.500						50%	51	118	2					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1955	23	NYY	AL	10	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	7	1	14%	4	1.018	2	1	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	.915	5	3	12	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	1.052	5	2	6	1	1	11	7	6	7	3	7	3	4.8

1959	27	TOT	AL	32	21	8	0	4	2	2	0	100%	2	0	19	6	32%		.956	5	4	11	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	.992	5	4	8	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	.193	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	1.188	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	0	2.8
5 Yrs				95	62	26	1	11	5	5	1	100%	8	2	68	26	38%		.971	18	11	32	14	7	41	34	28	33	13	35	9	5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1955	23	NYY	AL	139	25%	1.4%	10.8%	11.5%	7.9%	28%	0.68	75%	28	3	11%
1956	24	NYY	AL	391	32%	1.5%	10.8%	10.8%	5.9%	24%	1.36	75%	91	13	14%
1957	25	KCA	AL	193	25%	2.6%	7.8%	13.0%	6.7%	25%	1.92	75%	57	6	11%

1959	27	TOT	AL	374	21%	2.1%	15.5%	9.6%	5.4%	23%	1.37	70%	89	10	11%
1959	27	KCA	AL	357	21%	2.2%	15.1%	9.5%	5.6%	24%	1.27	70%	85	8	9%
1959	27	BAL	AL	17	35%	0.0%	23.5%	11.8%	0.0%	0%		65%	4	2	50%
1960	28	BAL	AL	25	40%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	12.0%	38%	2.00	76%	9	1	11%
5 Yrs				1122	26%	1.9%	11.6%	11.1%	6.2%	24%	1.34	74%	274	33	12%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	13.0%	9.2%	6.7%	29%	0.99	76%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	193	53			5	0	8	4	1	1	4	22	13	1	59%	4	2	0	83	9	2	82%	6	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	0

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 Yrs				1121	287			21	1	39	15	6	7	14	75	46	9	61%	19	6	3	476	19	6	76%	11	6	7	0	1	0	1	0	21	1
MLB Averages																		51%							58%

Cumulative Pitching

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	1	0	139	72	1.931	12.4	0.6	5.0	4.7	0.94	72
1956	24	5	6	.455	4.07	39	15	10	0	0	3	117.1	137	61	53	8	58	1	57	2	1	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	1	3	725	86	1.724	10.8	0.7	4.7	4.1	0.87	86
1958	26	5	13	.278	4.55	58	21	18	1	1	3	158.1	190	93	80	13	83	1	72	2	1	3	725	86	1.724	10.8	0.7	4.7	4.1	0.87	86
1959	27	7	23	.233	4.48	90	32	26	3	1	5	243.1	279	139	121	21	119	1	130	3	1	6	1099	88	1.636	10.3	0.8	4.4	4.8	1.09	88
1960	28	7	25	.219	4.58	95	33	26	3	1	5	247.1	287	144	126	21	124	2	130	4	1	6	1123	86	1.662	10.4	0.8	4.5	4.7	1.05	86

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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	43	21	19	2	17	14	1	2.143	13.8	5.5	4.5	0.82	0.6	10
1956	24	5	4	.556	3.89	88.0	102	42	38	6	44	42	1	1.659	10.4	4.5	4.3	0.95	0.6	29
1957	25	1	3	.250	6.15	41.0	56	31	28	5	26	15	0	2.000	12.3	5.7	3.3	0.58	1.1	19

1959	27	4	5	.444	4.34	87.0	92	47	42	8	37	59	1	1.483	9.5	3.8	6.1	1.59	0.8	32
1960	28	0	0		15.00	3.0	9	6	5	0	6	0	1	5.000	27.0	18.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	5
5 Yrs		11	14	.440	4.81	247.0	302	147	132	21	130	130	4	1.749	11.0		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 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Lefty Wallace (994) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lou Sleater (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Kreutzer (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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

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Name and misspellings: Walter Gary 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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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.

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