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Gordy
Coleman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 228
 
Born: July 5, 1934 in Usa, MD, ROCKVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1964   
All-Star Selections 1967   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 3 7 8 7
1960 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 3 8 8 8
1961 26 CIN NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 3 8 8 8
1962 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 3 8 8 8
1963 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 3 8 8 8
1964 29 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1965 30 MON NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 6 7 7 6 6 6 3 4 3 8 8 8
1966 31 MON NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 4 3 7 8 8
1967 32 DET AL $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 3 7 7 7
1968 33 NYA AL $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 3 7 7 7
1969 34 NYA AL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 6 6
1970 35 NYA AL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
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
1959 24 PIT NL 8 27 3 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 3 4 .185 .267 .444 .711 3.6 0.7
    AAA   136 528 74 135 18 1 40 105 5 6 45 86 .256 .314 .521 .835 86.2  
1960 25 AAA   80 327 62 103 10 0 26 66 2 3 29 42 .315 .371 .584 .955 65.9  
1961 26 AAA   93 157 26 50 7 0 12 33 1 1 13 14 .318 .371 .592 .963 31.8  
1962 27 WAS NL 153 547 59 119 27 3 20 59 0 0 34 75 .218 .264 .388 .652 52.0 6.9
1963 28 WAS NL 102 391 45 118 20 3 12 53 0 1 34 44 .302 .357 .460 .817 58.7 14.2
  PIT NL 52 193 21 50 6 1 6 28 0 1 15 19 .259 .314 .394 .708 22.3 4.1
  TOT   154 584 66 168 26 4 18 81 0 2 49 63 .288 .343 .438 .781 80.9 18.3
1964 29 PIT NL 101 380 46 109 21 0 10 57 1 1 22 51 .287 .325 .421 .746 48.8 9.9
  MON NL 45 140 22 51 6 0 10 35 1 0 15 11 .364 .427 .621 1.048 32.7 9.0
  TOT   146 520 68 160 27 0 20 92 2 1 37 62 .308 .353 .475 .828 81.4 18.9
1965 30 MON NL 137 438 63 139 14 2 13 60 0 2 22 46 .317 .348 .447 .796 59.7 13.9
1966 31 MON NL 139 459 60 140 26 3 10 60 0 0 32 42 .305 .348 .440 .788 63.4 14.1
1967 32 DET AL 141 483 56 148 24 5 15 70 1 2 22 55 .306 .335 .470 .805 67.5 11.9
1968 33 NYA AL 95 297 39 78 10 0 13 58 0 0 24 42 .263 .315 .428 .743 39.3 5.6
    AAA   50 175 24 59 5 0 14 34 1 0 15 15 .337 .389 .606 .995 37.9  
1969 34 NYA AL 154 551 65 146 24 2 10 67 0 2 41 80 .265 .314 .370 .685 59.6 8.1
1970 35 NYA AL 4 11 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .273 .385 .273 .657 1.1 0.1
10 Years Sim 1131 3917 480 1106 179 19 121 554 3 9 265 470 .282 .327 .430 .758 508.6 98.5
4 Years AAA 359 1187 186 347 40 1 92 238 9 10 102 157 .292 .347 .560 .907 221.8  
162 Game Average 561 68 158 25 2 17 79 0 1 37 67 .282 .327 .430 .758 72.8  
Career Highs 154 584 68 168 27 5 20 92 2 2 49 80 .317 .385 .475 .828 81.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2761 359 830 134 14 90 412 1 7 197 293 .301 .347 .457 .804 416.2
vs LH   1156 121 276 45 5 31 142 2 2 68 177 .239 .280 .367 .647 118.1
Home 551 1905 239 555 97 7 56 263 2 6 126 221 .291 .334 .438 .772 266.9
Away 580 2012 241 551 82 12 65 291 1 3 139 249 .274 .321 .423 .744 267.3
RISP   904 0 268 48 6 27 401 0 0 97 102 .296 .357 .452 .810 145.1
Pinch Hitting   134 15 38 7 1 5 30 0 0 11 9 .284 .336 .463 .798 20.3
Close/Late   510 44 135 25 3 7 57 0 0 48 49 .265 .327 .367 .693 61.5
Mar/Apr 173 609 60 168 32 3 15 79 0 0 43 74 .276 .324 .412 .736 79.0
May 174 634 71 177 24 3 16 80 1 0 34 73 .279 .315 .402 .717 78.3
June 197 668 91 196 28 2 27 107 0 1 43 90 .293 .334 .463 .797 99.6
July 184 627 84 177 36 4 15 84 1 1 41 63 .282 .325 .424 .750 83.3
August 207 718 93 197 33 3 27 109 1 2 53 85 .274 .324 .442 .765 100.3
Sep/Oct 196 661 81 191 26 4 21 95 0 5 51 85 .289 .339 .436 .775 93.7
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
1959 24 PIT NL 1B 8 8 65.0 79 8 1 7 .989 12.05   0.1
1962 27 WAS NL 1B 150 149 1285.0 1458 106 12 134 .992 10.95   3.6
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 28 WAS NL 1B 100 97 889.3 1019 79 17 101 .985 11.11   1.9
  PIT NL 1B 51 49 434.3 497 39 8 50 .985 11.11   0.1
  TOT   1B 151 146 1323.6 1516 118 25 151 .985 11.11   2.0
1964 29 PIT NL 1B 95 94 864.4 1097 73 10 99 .992 12.18   1.9
  MON NL 1B 43 42 335.6 426 28 4 38 .991 12.18   0.5
  TOT   1B 138 136 1200.0 1523 101 14 137 .991 12.18   2.5
1965 30 MON NL 1B 112 100 920.3 1055 68 8 90 .993 10.98   1.5
1966 31 MON NL 1B 115 111 974.3 1156 77 9 94 .993 11.39   3.2
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1967 32 DET AL 1B 132 110 1013.7 1080 76 12 93 .990 10.26   1.4
1968 33 NYA AL 1B 76 71 634.0 772 71 16 62 .981 11.97   1.9
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1969 34 NYA AL 1B 76 72 635.3 755 66 9 70 .989 11.63   1.9
    RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 35 NYA AL CF 2 2 17.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.59   0.0
  1B 958 903 8051.3 9394 691 106 838 .990 11.27   18.1
  CF 2 2 17.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.59   0.0
  RF 3 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   964 905 8075.9 9398 692 107 838 .990 11.24   18.1
Career Highs   151 149 1323.6 1523 118 25 151 .993 12.18    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 28 PIT NL 7 24 1 8 2 0 0 7 1 0 2 5 .333 .385 .417 .801
1965 30 MON NL 14 40 5 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 .300 .333 .375 .708
1966 31 MON NL 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 25 67 6 21 5 0 0 14 1 0 4 11 .313 .352 .388 .740
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.
Batting Average
1964-4-.308
1966-7-.303*
1967-6-.306
 At-Bats
1963-4-584
 Hits
1963-4-168
1964-10-160
 Singles
1963-9-120
1964-9-113
 Doubles
1963-10-26
 RBIs
1964-10-92
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1959
Had first career hit on 9/27/1959, off Danny Mcdevitt (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/1959, off Harvey Haddix (BSN)
Injured on 4/1/1960 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on 4/2/1960 (Going to PIT: LF Willie Mays. Going to CIN: LF Ken Hunt, RF Lou Clinton, 1B Deron Johnson, 1B Gordy Coleman)
Traded from Washington to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1963 (Going to WAS: 2B Elio Chacon. Going to PIT: P Joe Gibbon, 1B Gordy Coleman)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 6/3/1964
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1964, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 7/31/1964 (Going to PIT: P Tony Cloninger. Going to MON: 1B Gordy Coleman, SS Ernie Banks)
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $1,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: SS Tony Martinez. Going to DET: CF Bobby Del greco, 1B Gordy Coleman)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1967, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 4/2/1968 (Going to DET: P Craig Anderson. Going to NYA: 1B Gordy Coleman)
Injured on 4/5/1970 with a Broken Finger, out for 7 weeks
 
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