Ron Coomer
Ronald Bryan Coomer
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 18, 1966 in Crest Hill, IL
High School: Lockport Township (Lockport Township, IL)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 14th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1995
Final Game: September 28, 2003
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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
1995 28 MIN AL 37 111 101 15 26 3 1 5 19 0 1 9 11 .257 .324 .455 .780 100 46 9 1 0 0 0 35/D9
1996 29 MIN AL 95 253 233 34 69 12 1 12 41 3 0 17 24 .296 .340 .511 .851 111 119 10 0 0 3 1 39/5D
1997 30 MIN AL 140 550 523 63 156 30 2 13 85 4 3 22 91 .298 .324 .438 .761 96 229 11 0 0 5 5 *5/3D9
1998 31 MIN AL 137 555 529 54 146 22 1 15 72 2 2 18 72 .276 .295 .406 .702 80 215 22 0 0 8 1 53D/9
1999 32 MIN AL 127 501 467 53 123 25 1 16 65 2 1 30 69 .263 .307 .424 .731 82 198 17 1 0 3 1 35/D9 AS
2000 33 MIN AL 140 589 544 64 147 29 1 16 82 2 0 36 50 .270 .317 .415 .733 81 226 25 4 0 5 2 *3/D5
2001 34 CHC NL 111 386 349 25 91 19 1 8 53 0 0 29 70 .261 .316 .390 .706 86 136 23 2 0 6 1 53/D
2002 35 NYY AL 55 156 148 14 39 7 0 3 17 0 0 6 23 .264 .290 .372 .662 75 55 8 0 1 1 1 5D3
2003 36 LAD NL 69 137 125 11 30 4 0 4 15 0 0 10 19 .240 .299 .368 .667 78 46 7 1 0 1 2 35/D
9 Seasons 911 3238 3019 333 827 151 8 92 449 13 7 177 429 .274 .313 .421 .734 87 1270 132 9 1 32 14
162 Game Avg. 162 576 537 59 147 27 1 16 80 2 1 31 76 .274 .313 .421 .734 87 226 23 2 0 6 2
MIN (6 yrs) 676 2559 2397 283 667 121 7 77 364 13 7 132 317 .278 .315 .431 .746 88 1033 94 6 0 24 10
LAD (1 yr) 69 137 125 11 30 4 0 4 15 0 0 10 19 .240 .299 .368 .667 78 46 7 1 0 1 2
CHC (1 yr) 111 386 349 25 91 19 1 8 53 0 0 29 70 .261 .316 .390 .706 86 136 23 2 0 6 1
NYY (1 yr) 55 156 148 14 39 7 0 3 17 0 0 6 23 .264 .290 .372 .662 75 55 8 0 1 1 1
AL (7 yrs) 731 2715 2545 297 706 128 7 80 381 13 7 138 340 .277 .313 .428 .741 87 1088 102 6 1 25 11
NL (2 yrs) 180 523 474 36 121 23 1 12 68 0 0 39 89 .255 .312 .384 .696 84 182 30 3 0 7 3

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
1995 28 MIN AL 111 85 11 3.4 110 .247 .257 .272 .324 .345 .455 .429 .780 .774 100 .319 -0.7 -0.1 .647 .277 .198 .0
1996 29 MIN AL 253 177 38 5.8 117 .285 .296 .278 .340 .352 .511 .447 .851 .799 111 .513 3.0 0.3 .799 .300 .215 4.8
1997 30 MIN AL 550 386 71 4.9 110 .337 .298 .272 .324 .342 .438 .431 .761 .773 96 .478 -4.4 -0.4 .661 .184 .140 6.1
1998 31 MIN AL 555 415 57 3.7 111 .291 .276 .273 .295 .342 .406 .434 .702 .776 80 .346 -17.3 -1.6 .572 .164 .130 3.5
1999 32 MIN AL 501 365 57 4.2 116 .278 .263 .279 .307 .352 .424 .446 .731 .798 82 .383 -14.5 -1.3 .635 .227 .161 3.6
2000 33 MIN AL 589 427 66 4.1 119 .271 .270 .281 .317 .355 .415 .452 .733 .807 81 .369 -17.3 -1.6 .635 .215 .145 3.6
2001 34 CHC NL 386 287 38 3.5 107 .300 .261 .262 .316 .333 .390 .430 .706 .763 86 .345 -6.6 -0.6 .594 .212 .129 .0
2002 35 NYY AL 156 119 14 3.1 105 .293 .264 .264 .290 .332 .372 .425 .662 .757 75 .304 -5.7 -0.5 .521 .149 .108 .0
2003 36 LAD NL 137 103 12 3.1 104 .252 .240 .261 .299 .332 .368 .419 .667 .751 78 .302 -4.1 -0.4 .559 .208 .128 .0
9 Seasons 3238 2364 364 4.1 112 .291 .274 .273 .313 .345 .421 .438 .734 .783 87 .388 -67.6 -6.2 .627 .207 .147 22.8
162 Game Avg. 576 420 65 4.1 112 .291 .274 .273 .313 .345 .421 .438 .734 .783 87 .388 -67.6 -6.2 .627 .207 .147 4
MIN (6 yrs) 2559 1855 300 4.3 114 .291 .278 .276 .315 .348 .431 .441 .746 .789 88 .404 -51.1 -4.7 .643 .210 .153 22.2
LAD (1 yr) 137 103 12 3.1 104 .252 .240 .261 .299 .332 .368 .419 .667 .751 78 .302 -4.1 -0.4 .559 .208 .128 .0
CHC (1 yr) 386 287 38 3.5 107 .300 .261 .262 .316 .333 .390 .430 .706 .763 86 .345 -6.6 -0.6 .594 .212 .129 .0
NYY (1 yr) 156 119 14 3.1 105 .293 .264 .264 .290 .332 .372 .425 .662 .757 75 .304 -5.7 -0.5 .521 .149 .108 .0
AL (7 yrs) 2715 1974 314 4.2 114 .291 .277 .276 .313 .347 .428 .440 .741 .787 87 .398 -56.8 -5.2 .636 .207 .150 22.4
NL (2 yrs) 523 390 50 3.4 106 .287 .255 .262 .312 .333 .384 .427 .696 .760 84 .334 -10.8 -1.0 .585 .211 .129 .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
2002 35 NYY AL ALDS ANA L 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 MIN AL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
1995 28 MIN AL 111 4.5% 9.9% 8.1% 8.1% 35% 1.22 9.2 20.2 5.3 0.76 1.11 77% 18% 11.9% 18%
1996 29 MIN AL 253 4.7% 9.5% 6.7% 9.9% 36% 1.41 9.7 19.4 5.7 0.74 0.94 79% 19% 11.8% 16%
1997 30 MIN AL 550 2.4% 16.6% 4.0% 8.2% 29% 4.14 5.7 40.2 6.2 0.76 0.99 77% 24% 6.0% 12%
1998 31 MIN AL 555 2.7% 13.0% 3.2% 6.9% 26% 4.00 7.3 35.3 7.3 1.00 1.44 81% 18% 7.4% 12%
1999 32 MIN AL 501 3.2% 13.8% 6.0% 8.4% 34% 2.30 6.8 29.2 7.2 0.84 1.18 77% 17% 8.4% 12%
2000 33 MIN AL 589 2.7% 8.5% 6.1% 7.8% 31% 1.39 10.9 34.0 6.6 0.88 1.40 82% 24% 7.2% 13%
2001 34 CHC NL 386 2.1% 18.1% 7.5% 7.3% 31% 2.41 5.0 43.6 6.6 0.73 1.20 72% 27% 5.9% 15%
2002 35 NYY AL 156 1.9% 14.7% 3.9% 6.4% 26% 3.83 6.4 49.3 8.7 0.84 1.54 79% 28% 4.8% 7%
2003 36 LAD NL 137 2.9% 13.9% 7.3% 5.8% 27% 1.90 6.6 31.3 8.3 0.98 1.37 75% 17% 8.2% 9%
9 Seasons 3238 2.8% 13.3% 5.5% 7.8% 30% 2.42 7.0 32.8 6.7 0.84 1.23 78% 22% 7.5% 13%
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
1995 28 MIN AL 0 0 32% 38 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 80% 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1996 29 MIN AL 2 0 30% 79 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 44% 15 10 5 1 1 0 7 2 5
1997 30 MIN AL 6 0 30% 212 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 17 38% 21 18 3 5 3 2 14 3 10
1998 31 MIN AL 11 0 26% 224 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 9 26% 31 23 6 13 9 2 14 6 7
1999 32 MIN AL 5 0 27% 174 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 22% 25 23 2 3 3 0 13 5 7
2000 33 MIN AL 8 0 28% 231 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 20% 33 28 5 8 8 0 18 10 7
2001 34 CHC NL 2 0 15% 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 38% 20 14 6 2 1 1 7 3 4
2002 35 NYY AL 2 0 26% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27% 13 12 1 1 1 0 8 3 5
2003 36 LAD NL 1 0 19% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14% 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 1
9 Seasons 37 0 26% 1186 13 7 65% 12 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 25 61 29% 164 132 30 35 28 5 85 33 48
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
1995 28 MIN AL 111 49% 26 4 0 4 0 0 0 1.08 5 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 24 9 38% 9 3 33% 73 14 19% 5 3 60% 6 2 33% 0
1996 29 MIN AL 253 63% 69 8 0 25 10 2 7 1.67 12 0 13 2 10 5 7 0 0 0 66 10 15% 25 6 24% 184 31 17% 15 10 67% 11 5 45% 0
1997 30 MIN AL 550 24% 156 10 0 4 0 0 0 1.69 13 0 14 10 3 4 9 0 0 0 96 11 11% 43 18 42% 338 74 22% 41 24 59% 40 21 53% 0
1998 31 MIN AL 555 26% 146 31 0 9 3 0 2 1.62 15 1 16 10 5 6 9 0 0 0 106 22 21% 62 22 35% 387 61 16% 40 20 50% 40 26 65% 0
1999 32 MIN AL 501 25% 123 11 0 8 4 0 3 2.32 16 0 14 11 5 6 10 0 0 0 109 17 16% 56 17 30% 322 50 16% 29 15 52% 33 17 52% 0
2000 33 MIN AL 589 23% 147 13 0 4 1 0 0 2.16 16 0 15 11 5 3 13 0 1 0 0% 114 25 22% 60 26 43% 421 69 16% 44 26 59% 46 25 54% 0
2001 34 CHC NL 386 27% 91 3 0 15 3 1 2 1.39 8 0 13 4 4 3 5 0 0 0 86 23 27% 38 14 37% 302 46 15% 26 13 50% 17 5 29% 0
2002 35 NYY AL 156 54% 39 1 0 4 1 0 2 2.27 3 0 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 100% 31 8 26% 16 7 44% 115 14 12% 11 4 36% 13 9 69% 0
2003 36 LAD NL 137 48% 30 2 0 28 8 0 3 1.12 4 0 7 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 26 7 27% 15 3 20% 90 11 12% 12 5 42% 11 5 45% 0
9 Seasons 3238 31% 827 83 0 101 30 3 19 1.55 92 1 98 51 41 33 59 0 2 1 50% 658 132 20% 324 116 36% 2232 370 17% 223 120 54% 217 115 53% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1995 28 MIN AL 107 388 3.63 240 62% 20% 14% 30% 36% 80% 0% 49% 82% 32% 7% 8 0 17% 18 8 11% 12 9 45% 4 0 0
1996 29 MIN AL 218 803 3.68 502 63% 19% 14% 31% 36% 81% 1% 51% 82% 28% 6% 12 2 16% 34 19 7% 16 11 9% 35 0 0
1997 30 MIN AL 522 1751 3.35 1140 65% 17% 17% 29% 36% 82% 3% 54% 79% 36% 3% 18 7 13% 66 44 5% 28 19 17% 28 0 3
1998 31 MIN AL 555 1859 3.35 1226 66% 19% 14% 29% 38% 81% 1% 53% 82% 36% 3% 19 9 12% 65 40 4% 23 19 25% 0 0 0
1999 32 MIN AL 501 1669 3.33 1062 64% 21% 15% 26% 38% 79% 0% 50% 81% 30% 4% 21 5 14% 68 38 5% 26 24 26% 0 0 0
2000 33 MIN AL 589 1971 3.35 1245 63% 22% 11% 26% 40% 78% 1% 49% 85% 29% 4% 25 4 14% 80 46 6% 33 22 26% 0 0 0
2001 34 CHC NL 386 1407 3.65 893 63% 20% 17% 31% 32% 80% 1% 51% 79% 31% 4% 15 0 12% 47 30 7% 26 17 21% 0 0 0
2002 35 NYY AL 156 515 3.30 342 66% 23% 15% 25% 37% 77% 2% 51% 80% 35% 3% 4 0 10% 16 9 8% 12 8 17% 0 0 0
2003 36 LAD NL 137 473 3.45 298 63% 18% 18% 29% 36% 82% 5% 52% 78% 42% 3% 4 0 15% 21 13 5% 7 4 26% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3171 10836 3.42 6948 64% 20% 15% 28% 37% 80% 1% 51% 81% 33% 4% 126 27 13% 415 247 6% 183 133 23% 67 0 3
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
1995 28 37 111 101 15 26 3 1 5 19 0 1 9 11 .257 .324 .455 .780 100 46 9 1 0 0 0
1996 29 132 364 334 49 95 15 2 17 60 3 1 26 35 .284 .335 .494 .829 108 165 19 1 0 3 1
1997 30 272 914 857 112 251 45 4 30 145 7 4 48 126 .293 .328 .460 .788 101 394 30 1 0 8 6
1998 31 409 1469 1386 166 397 67 5 45 217 9 6 66 198 .286 .316 .439 .755 93 609 52 1 0 16 7
1999 32 536 1970 1853 219 520 92 6 61 282 11 7 96 267 .281 .314 .436 .749 90 807 69 2 0 19 8
2000 33 676 2559 2397 283 667 121 7 77 364 13 7 132 317 .278 .315 .431 .746 88 1033 94 6 0 24 10
2001 34 787 2945 2746 308 758 140 8 85 417 13 7 161 387 .276 .315 .426 .740 88 1169 117 8 0 30 11
2002 35 842 3101 2894 322 797 147 8 88 434 13 7 167 410 .275 .314 .423 .736 87 1224 125 8 1 31 12
2003 36 911 3238 3019 333 827 151 8 92 449 13 7 177 429 .274 .313 .421 .734 87 1270 132 9 1 32 14

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1995 28 42 116 107 15 23 3 1 4 19 0 8 12 .215 .276 .374 .650 11 37
1996 29 95 243 225 30 61 11 1 11 36 3 15 24 .271 .313 .476 .788 33 95
1997 30 140 539 513 59 146 28 2 12 80 4 21 91 .285 .310 .417 .727 67 140
1998 31 137 537 513 51 130 20 1 13 67 2 16 72 .253 .272 .372 .644 53 137
1999 32 127 485 454 47 110 22 1 14 57 2 27 69 .242 .285 .388 .672 50 127
2000 33 140 564 525 54 128 25 1 14 70 2 31 50 .244 .287 .375 .662 56 140
2001 34 111 375 341 25 83 17 1 7 52 0 26 70 .243 .296 .361 .657 37 111
2002 35 55 149 143 13 34 6 0 3 16 0 5 23 .238 .262 .343 .604 13 55
2003 36 69 134 123 11 28 4 0 4 15 0 9 19 .228 .284 .358 .641 12 69
9 Seasons 916 3142 2944 305 743 136 8 82 412 13 158 430 .252 .289 .388 .677 332 911
162 Game Avg. 162 556 521 54 131 24 1 15 73 2 28 76 .252 .289 .388 .677 59 911

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1999 *

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1998 AL  22 (1st)
2000 AL  25 (3rd)
2001 NL  23 (2nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
2000 AL  10.9 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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