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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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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

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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

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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

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

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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 Awards
1955 NYY AL 23 P 10 6 29.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.17 0.70 .957 1.99 0.83
1956 NYY AL 24 P 29 9 88.1 26 10 14 2 0 .923 2.45 0.83 .950 1.92 0.82
1957 KCA AL 25 P 19 6 41.0 11 1 9 1 1 .909 2.20 0.53 .964 2.00 0.86
1959 TOT AL 27 P 32 11 85.0 21 1 18 2 3 .905 2.01 0.59 .957 2.04 0.85
1959 KCA AL 27 P 29 11 81.0 17 1 14 2 2 .882 1.67 0.52 .959 2.04 0.85
1959 BAL AL 27 P 3 0 4.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 9.00 1.33 .950 2.02 0.87
1960 BAL AL 28 P 5 1 4.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0.60 .967 2.02 0.78
5 Seasons P 95 33 247.1 68 15 48 5 4 .926 2.29 0.66 .956 1.98 0.84
5 Seasons TOT 95 33 247.1 68 15 48 5 4 .926 2.29 0.66 .882 1.98 0.84

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Transactions

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

February 19, 1957: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later, Milt Graff, Billy Hunter, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan and Irv Noren to the Kansas City Athletics for players to be named later, Wayne Belardi, Art Ditmar, Jack McMahan and Bobby Shantz. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

September 6, 1959: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Kansas City Athletics.

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Name and misspellings: Walter Lee Rip Choo Coleman

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