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Jim
Coates		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 202
 
Born: August 4, 1932 in Usa, VA, FARNHAM
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 23 SDP NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1957 24 SDP NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 7
1958 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1959 26 CIN NL $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1960 27 CIN NL $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1961 28 CIN NL $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1962 29 COL NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1963 30 COL NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1965 32 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1966 33 TAM AL $ 350,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1967 34 TAM AL $ 350,000 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
1968 35 BSN NL $ 595,000 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 595,000 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 26 CIN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 27 CIN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 28 CIN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 29 COL NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 30 COL NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 32 TAM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 33 TAM AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 34 TAM AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 35 BSN NL $ 595,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 595,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1956 23 SDP NL 6 2 .750 57 0 0 0 15 64.7 61 26 9 26 20 3.62 .243 .314 .402 .716 8.7
1957 24 SDP NL 9 10 .474 85 2 0 0 14 96.0 107 67 13 59 55 6.28 .282 .382 .443 .825 0.0
1958 25 SDP NL 4 10 .286 82 0 0 0 13 82.0 95 59 16 44 42 6.48 .288 .371 .470 .841 0.0
1959 26 AAA   7 8 .467 23 23 2 1 0 168.7 132 51 17 53 162 2.72 .211 .272 .330 .602  
1960 27 AAA   10 2 .833 17 17 1 1 0 117.0 114 43 7 47 124 3.31 .252 .322 .360 .682  
    AA   6 5 .545 12 12 2 1 0 94.7 62 25 4 18 103 2.38 .183 .225 .257 .482  
1961 28 CIN NL 1 1 .500 17 1 0 0 2 29.7 37 10 4 13 16 3.03 .319 .385 .474 .859 1.9
1962 29 COL NL 2 2 .500 49 0 0 0 1 67.0 51 29 10 38 46 3.90 .213 .318 .358 .676 2.7
1963 30 COL NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 0 0 2 4.50 .400 .400 .500 .900 0.1
1965 32 TAM AL 0 11 .000 20 12 1 0 0 84.0 105 63 10 40 57 6.75 .310 .384 .466 .850 0.0
1966 33 TAM AL 5 6 .455 72 0 0 0 3 102.7 127 64 15 42 54 5.61 .318 .387 .506 .893 2.7
1967 34 TAM AL 2 1 .667 20 0 0 0 1 28.7 27 13 2 12 28 4.08 .243 .317 .360 .677 2.2
    AAA   0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 12.3 12 6 2 1 11 4.38 .250 .265 .521 .786  
    A   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
1968 35 TAM AL 1 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 2 20.3 26 13 3 13 10 5.76 .313 .398 .470 .868 0.0
    AA   0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 1 16.0 17 7 0 6 16 3.94 .279 .343 .361 .704  
10 Years Sim 30 43 .411 419 15 1 0 51 577.0 640 345 82 287 330 5.38 .283 .365 .447 .812 18.3
3 Years AAA 17 10 .630 46 40 3 2 0 298.0 258 100 26 101 297 3.02 .229 .292 .350 .642  
2 Years AA 6 5 .545 29 12 2 1 1 110.7 79 32 4 24 119 2.60 .198 .243 .273 .517  
1 Years A 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
6 Years Minors 23 15 .605 76 52 5 3 1 409.3 337 132 30 125 417 2.90 .220 .279 .330 .609  
Season Average 3 4 .429 41 1 0 0 5 57.7 64 34 8 28 33 5.38 .283 .365 .447 .812  
Career Highs 9 11 1.000 85 12 1 0 15 102.7 127 67 16 59 57 6.75 .400 .400 .506 .900  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   321 171 41 127 202   .261 .330 .417 .747
vs LH   319 174 41 160 128   .310 .403 .483 .886
Home 17 18 .486 220 7 1 0 18 300.0 346 190 46 152 178 5.70 .292 .372 .456 .828
Away 13 25 .342 199 8 0 0 33 277.0 294 155 36 135 152 5.04 .274 .355 .437 .792
Mar/Apr 2 8 .200 59 0 0 0 4 65.3 79 53 14 46 34 7.30 .305 .410 .521 .931
May 9 8 .529 81 0 0 0 6 109.3 122 59 10 49 49 4.86 .284 .358 .406 .763
June 5 6 .455 69 2 0 0 16 86.3 85 52 18 42 44 5.42 .255 .339 .465 .804
July 4 4 .500 74 1 0 0 5 93.0 128 61 17 44 55 5.90 .330 .398 .518 .916
August 3 9 .250 74 7 0 0 11 131.3 131 66 14 55 82 4.52 .264 .337 .406 .743
Sep/Oct 7 8 .467 62 5 1 0 9 91.6 95 54 9 51 66 5.30 .270 .362 .403 .766
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1956 23 SDP NL 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1957 24 SDP NL 85 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1958 25 SDP NL 82 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1961 28 CIN NL 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1962 29 COL NL 49 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1965 32 TAM AL 20 23 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .087 .087 .130 .217 -0.7 0.0
1966 33 TAM AL 72 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .333 .619 0.6 0.1
1967 34 TAM AL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 402 54 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .056 .073 .093 .165 -2.3 0.1
162 Game Average 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .056 .073 .093 .165 -0.9  
Career Highs 85 23 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .167 .286 .333 .619 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   32 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .094 .121 .156 .277 -0.5
vs LH   22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.1
Home 143 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .040 .000 .040 -2.0
Away 190 30 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .100 .100 .167 .267 -0.7
RISP   7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.1
Close/Late   13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
May 38 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
June 34 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
July 44 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.5
August 35 20 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .150 .150 .250 .400 0.3
Sep/Oct 19 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1956 23 SDP NL P 57 0 64.7 3 27 0 1 1.000 4.18    
1957 24 SDP NL P 85 2 96.0 6 20 1 4 .963 2.44    
1958 25 SDP NL P 82 0 82.0 7 20 0 3 1.000 2.96    
1961 28 CIN NL P 17 1 29.7 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.82    
1962 29 COL NL P 49 0 67.0 4 11 0 2 1.000 2.01    
1963 30 COL NL P 3 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1965 32 TAM AL P 20 12 84.0 11 22 0 2 1.000 3.54    
1966 33 TAM AL P 72 0 102.7 10 18 1 3 .966 2.45    
1967 34 TAM AL P 20 0 28.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.20    
1968 35 TAM AL P 14 0 20.3 3 2 1 0 .833 2.21    
Career Totals   419 15 577.0 46 133 3 16 .984 2.79    
Career Highs   85 12 102.7 11 27 1 4 1.000 9.00    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1956-6-15
1957-3-14
1958-4-13
 Games Pitched
1957-4-85
1958-2-82
1966-7-72
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by San Diego in 1956
Earned first career win on 5/14/1956
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Cincinnati on 2/1/1959 (Going to SDP: 1B Ron Fairly, P Cliff Fannin, CF Mel Clark, 2B Solly Hemus. Going to CIN: P Chuck Stobbs, SS Alex Grammas, P Bob Kuzava, P Jim Coates)
Injured on 4/18/1959 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 7/1/1965 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Had first career hit on 8/20/1965, off Ike Delock (CLE)
9/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $350,000 per year, for 2 years
6/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $595,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 7/6/1967 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 7/31/1968 (Going to BSN: P Jim Coates. Going to TAM: 2B Lee Walls)
 
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