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Jerry
Coleman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: September 14, 1924 in Usa, CA, SAN JOSE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1951   
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
1949 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8
1950 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1951 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1952 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1953 28 CIN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1954 29 CIN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1955 30 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1956 31 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8
1957 32 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1958 33 DET AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1959 34 OAK AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
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
1949 24 CIN NL 101 243 29 52 9 1 1 20 0 0 46 14 .214 .344 .272 .615 26.1 2.1
    AAA   26 95 23 24 3 2 1 13 4 2 27 6 .253 .418 .358 .776 17.1  
1950 25 CIN NL 91 245 34 49 7 1 1 20 0 1 39 24 .200 .309 .249 .558 20.5 0.1
    AAA   31 116 18 38 10 5 3 16 3 2 26 11 .328 .451 .578 1.028 28.0  
1951 26 CIN NL 154 548 68 134 21 6 7 59 27 13 75 43 .245 .334 .343 .677 66.5 5.9
1952 27 CIN NL 140 451 53 109 14 1 2 44 13 6 55 26 .242 .322 .290 .612 44.4 2.6
1953 28 CIN NL 38 61 11 14 4 0 1 5 3 0 2 3 .230 .262 .344 .606 6.1 0.4
1954 29 CIN NL 62 67 9 18 0 0 0 9 2 1 10 3 .269 .354 .269 .623 7.3 0.5
1955 30 AAA   133 436 59 109 25 2 8 47 12 9 92 41 .250 .381 .372 .752 67.8  
1956 31 CLE AL 157 566 75 125 28 8 6 43 10 10 78 47 .221 .317 .330 .647 62.5 5.6
1957 32 DET AL 50 94 15 21 7 1 2 9 1 0 11 10 .223 .305 .383 .688 11.0 1.5
    AAA   27 103 14 32 8 1 0 13 4 0 20 14 .311 .423 .408 .831 19.0  
1958 33 DET AL 27 21 1 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .238 .304 .429 .733 2.6 0.4
1959 34 AAA   118 283 32 66 15 0 4 19 3 2 39 38 .233 .326 .329 .655 32.4  
9 Years Sim 820 2296 295 527 91 18 21 211 56 31 318 172 .230 .323 .312 .635 247.0 19.0
5 Years AAA 335 1033 146 269 61 10 16 108 26 15 204 110 .260 .384 .385 .769 164.3  
162 Game Average 453 58 104 17 3 4 41 11 6 62 33 .230 .323 .312 .635 48.8  
Career Highs 157 566 75 134 28 8 7 59 27 13 78 47 .269 .354 .429 .733 66.5  
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   1332 162 303 44 12 13 116 29 17 170 98 .227 .316 .308 .624 138.7
vs LH   964 133 224 47 6 8 95 27 14 148 74 .232 .332 .318 .651 112.8
Home 407 1122 149 252 39 8 8 101 37 16 156 89 .225 .319 .295 .614 117.5
Away 413 1174 146 275 52 10 13 110 19 15 162 83 .234 .327 .329 .656 134.0
RISP   525 0 118 18 2 4 172 0 0 79 40 .225 .319 .290 .608 55.6
Pinch Hitting   121 15 30 3 1 1 13 1 4 21 10 .248 .357 .314 .671 14.4
Close/Late   283 42 60 5 1 2 25 0 0 42 24 .212 .313 .258 .571 26.4
Mar/Apr 116 365 55 75 9 3 5 31 7 6 46 32 .205 .293 .288 .581 32.9
May 138 418 48 101 16 4 1 32 12 6 46 25 .242 .317 .306 .623 42.6
June 140 403 44 101 18 2 4 30 13 6 63 26 .251 .351 .335 .686 52.1
July 147 372 53 89 12 4 4 35 9 6 54 38 .239 .334 .325 .659 44.0
August 148 411 55 87 23 2 5 45 7 6 63 29 .212 .318 .314 .632 44.0
Sep/Oct 128 327 40 74 13 3 2 38 7 1 46 22 .226 .323 .303 .625 35.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1949 24 CIN NL 2B 80 72 612.3 170 306 9 64 .981 7.00   2.5
    SS 19 0 48.3 6 27 1 6 .971 6.15   0.3
1950 25 CIN NL 2B 70 66 567.7 147 266 8 63 .981 6.55   3.2
    SS 9 2 30.0 5 13 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
1951 26 CIN NL 2B 150 143 1218.3 307 552 17 136 .981 6.35   5.1
    SS 2 1 9.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
1952 27 CIN NL SS 94 74 692.7 117 318 18 79 .960 5.65   3.8
    3B 14 13 123.0 9 37 8 2 .852 3.37   0.3
    2B 11 11 93.0 27 45 1 10 .986 6.97   0.3
    1B 7 7 59.0 62 7 0 8 1.000 10.53   0.1
1953 28 CIN NL SS 11 9 79.3 12 29 2 5 .953 4.65   0.3
    2B 16 8 79.3 17 33 2 5 .962 5.67   0.3
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1954 29 CIN NL 1B 8 8 70.7 82 6 1 8 .989 11.21   0.2
    2B 15 0 20.3 6 8 0 1 1.000 6.20   0.1
    SS 2 1 10.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    3B 4 0 8.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04   0.0
1956 31 CLE AL 2B 152 144 1265.7 276 527 29 99 .965 5.71   4.5
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 32 DET AL 2B 30 23 210.7 43 95 3 15 .979 5.90   0.8
    SS 8 0 12.0 1 3 2 0 .667 3.00   0.0
1958 33 DET AL 3B 6 3 29.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.79   0.1
    2B 4 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    SS 4 0 5.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 10.80   0.1
  2B 528 467 4073.3 993 1833 69 393 .976 6.24   16.8
  SS 150 87 887.3 143 403 23 91 .960 5.54   4.7
  3B 25 16 161.7 12 45 8 3 .877 3.17   0.4
  1B 15 15 129.7 144 13 1 16 .994 10.90   0.3
Career Totals   718 585 5251.9 1292 2294 101 503 .973 6.15   22.3
Career Highs   153 144 1266.7 308 557 29 136 1.000 8.70    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1956-2-157
 Triples
1951-5-6
1956-1-8
 Stolen Bases
1951-4-27
1956-8-10
 Caught Stealing
1951-4-13
1956-4-10
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Dick Bartell (944)
  6. Ed Brinkman (941)
  7. Gene Mauch (937)
  8. Rich Dauer (935)
  9. Ken Hamlin (934)
  10. Rafael Belliard (934)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1949
Had first career hit on 5/3/1949, off Lloyd Hittle (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/1949, off Dutch Mccall (BSN)
Injured on 5/9/1950 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1951
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Cleveland on 5/1/1955 (Going to CIN: P Bob Kelly, P Art Fowler. Going to CLE: SS Jerry Coleman, P Tom Poholsky)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 6/1/1957 to a minor league deal
7/1/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Released by Detroit on 10/13/1958
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1959 to a minor league deal
 
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