John Coleman

Positions: Rightfielder, Pitcher and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: March 6, 1863 in Saratoga Springs, NY us

Died: May 31, 1922 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Detroit, MI

School: Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)

Debut: May 1, 1883 (Age 20-056d, 605th in major league history)

Last Game: July 18, 1890 (Age 27-134d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1883 season

Full Name: John Francis Coleman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.1

2508

645

.257

332

RBI

279

OBP

.302

SLG

.345

OPS

.648

OPS+

101

Summary of 30 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead, 29 lacking some details

3 Tms
PHI	26
PHA	3
PIT	1

Platoon
vs RHB	17
vs LHB	12
vs ?HB	1

Home/Road
Away	27
Home	3

Outs
Unk	29
0	1

10 Opps
BSN	9
CHC	6
NYG	4
DTN	4
BUF	2
LOU	1
PHI	1
CLV	1
KCC	1
CIN	1

22 Batters
John Ward	3
Tom Burns	2
Jim Manning	2
Sam Wise	2
Ed Williamson	2
Jack Burdock	2
Jim Whitney	2
Ezra Sutton	1
Frank Meinke	1
King Kelly	1
Martin Powell	1
Jim O'Rourke	1
Silver Flint	1
Charlie Bennett	1
Hardy Richardson	1
Al Myers	1
George Wood	1
Buck Ewing	1
Fred Dunlap	1
Dan Shannon	1
John Corkhill	1
Joe Hornung	1

9 Parks
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	9
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	6
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	4
RecreationPk (DET)	4
RiversideGrd (BUF)	2
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	2
League Pk I (CIN)	1
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	1
RecreationPk (PHI)	1

Where Hit

7 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	10
2·HR gms	6
4·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

54 Runs

Inning
1	5
2	2
3	3
4	2
5	4
6	3
7	4
8	3
9	2

1-3	10
4-6	9
7-end	9

RelScore
Tied	1
Unk	29

Tied	1
Unk	29

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	8
SS	5
P	3
CF	3
LF	3
3B	3
C	2
RF	2
1B	1

OrderPos
Unk	13
1st	5
6th	4
2nd	3
7th	2
3rd	2
4th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1883-05-12	King Kelly	CHC		PHI		b 1		2	3	9
2	2	2	1	1883-06-09	Fred Dunlap	CLV	@	PHI		t 6		2	1	4
3	3	3	1	1883-06-23	Ezra Sutton	BSN		PHI		b 8		2	2	5	IPHR
4	4	4	1	1883-06-25	Jim Whitney	BSN		PHI		b 2		2		1
5	5	5	2	1883-06-25	Sam Wise	BSN		PHI		b 7		3		6
6	6	6	1	1883-06-29	John Ward	NYG		PHI		b 6		2		8
7	7	7	2	1883-06-29	John Ward	NYG		PHI		b 8		2		8
8	8	8	1	1883-07-19	Hardy Richardson	BUF		PHI		b 4		3		4	IPHR
9	9	9	2	1883-07-19	Jim O'Rourke	BUF		PHI		b 5		1	2	7	IPHR
10	10	10	1	1883-07-31	George Wood	DTN		PHI		b 3		1	1	7
11	11	11	2	1883-07-31	Martin Powell	DTN		PHI		b 6		1		3	IPHR
12	12	12	1	1883-08-15	Jim Whitney	BSN		PHI		b 1		2		1
13	13	13	2	1883-08-15	Sam Wise	BSN		PHI		b 2		1		6
14	14	14	3	1883-08-15	Jack Burdock	BSN		PHI		b 7		1		4
15	15	15	4	1883-08-15	Joe Hornung	BSN		PHI		b 8		3	1	7	IPHR
16	16	16	1	1883-08-28	Buck Ewing	NYG		PHI					1	4
17	17	17	2	1883-08-28	John Ward	NYG		PHI						1
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
18	18	1	1	1884-05-29	Jim Manning	BSN		PHI	tied 6-6	b 9		1	6	8	Walk-Off
19	19	2	1	1884-05-30 (1)	Jack Burdock	BSN		PHI		b 7		3	3	4
20	20	3	1	1884-07-03	Ed Williamson	CHC		PHI		b 9		1	6	5
21	21	4	1	1884-07-04 (2)	Silver Flint	CHC		PHI		b 1		3		2
22	22	5	2	1884-07-04 (2)	Tom Burns	CHC		PHI		b 5		1	7	6
23	23	6	3	1884-07-04 (2)	Ed Williamson	CHC		PHI		b 5		4	6	5
24	24	7	4	1884-07-04 (2)	Tom Burns	CHC		PHI		b 7		1	7	6
25	25	8	1	1884-07-09	Charlie Bennett	DTN		PHI		b 1		3	4	2
26	26	9	2	1884-07-09	Frank Meinke	DTN		PHI		b 4		2		6
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
27	27	1	1	1886-07-05 (2)	John Corkhill	CIN		PHA		b 3		1	2	9
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
28	28	1	1	1889-06-06 (2)	Dan Shannon	LOU	@	PHA		t 1	0	1	1	4	Lead-Off,IPHR
29	29	2	1	1889-09-02 (1)	Jim Manning	KCC	@	PHA		t 5		3	6	4
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
30	30	1	1	1890-07-15	Al Myers	PHI		PIT		b 3		2		4	IPHR