Vince
Coleman
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 22, 1961 in Usa, FL, JACKSONVILLE
 
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
1985 23 LAD NL     7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1986 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1987 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1988 26 BAL AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7
1989 27 BAL AL $ 1,864,286   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1990 28 BAL AL $ 2,142,857   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,142,857   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
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
1985 23 AAA   137 524 62 144 20 4 7 45 28 9 70 86 .275 .360 .368 .729 74.6  
1986 24 LAD NL 154 555 51 141 26 10 1 64 70 25 43 80 .254 .307 .342 .649 57.8 8.8
1987 25 LAD NL 152 618 76 172 22 9 7 68 79 30 51 90 .278 .334 .377 .711 82.2 14.8
1988 26 LAD NL 102 362 48 95 10 2 3 49 34 18 35 55 .262 .326 .326 .652 38.2 5.7
  BAL AL 51 209 30 57 17 4 1 20 20 11 9 36 .273 .301 .407 .708 22.9 3.1
  TOT   153 571 78 152 27 6 4 69 54 29 44 91 .266 .317 .356 .673 61.1 8.8
1989 27 BAL AL 152 589 96 169 26 10 2 56 88 30 48 81 .287 .339 .375 .714 80.2 16.1
1990 28 BAL AL 141 575 96 172 30 6 6 59 74 32 45 80 .299 .352 .403 .755 80.4 15.1
5 Years Sim 752 2908 397 806 131 41 20 316 365 146 231 422 .277 .330 .371 .701 361.7 63.6
1 Years AAA 137 524 62 144 20 4 7 45 28 9 70 86 .275 .358 .368 .727 74.6  
162 Game Average 626 85 173 28 8 4 68 78 31 49 90 .277 .330 .371 .701 77.9  
Career Highs 154 618 96 172 30 10 7 69 88 32 51 91 .299 .352 .403 .755 82.2  
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   2155 303 616 107 33 13 230 280 108 168 299 .286 .337 .384 .722 286.8
vs LH   753 94 190 24 8 7 86 85 38 63 123 .252 .309 .333 .642 81.7
Home 368 1349 187 393 70 25 11 163 180 66 125 180 .291 .352 .405 .757 197.7
Away 384 1559 210 413 61 16 9 153 185 80 106 242 .265 .310 .342 .652 170.7
RISP   751 0 217 28 13 5 278 0 0 57 110 .289 .336 .381 .717 94.5
Pinch Hitting   22 3 5 1 1 0 5 2 1 3 3 .227 .320 .364 .684 2.7
Close/Late   338 41 88 12 3 3 33 0 0 37 58 .260 .332 .340 .673 39.7
Mar/Apr 120 466 74 139 25 8 6 50 73 23 45 62 .298 .361 .425 .786 74.6
May 132 516 85 140 19 6 5 62 67 23 40 66 .271 .321 .360 .682 64.3
June 127 487 60 134 25 7 2 51 53 30 34 61 .275 .319 .368 .686 55.8
July 112 427 45 113 13 5 1 55 55 17 41 72 .265 .328 .326 .653 51.3
August 131 516 78 143 25 8 3 54 59 27 44 79 .277 .335 .374 .709 65.3
Sep/Oct 130 496 55 137 24 7 3 44 58 26 27 82 .276 .316 .371 .687 57.2
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
1986 24 LAD NL CF 147 144 1284.7 353 4 17 3 .955 2.50   3.3
    LF 4 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1987 25 LAD NL CF 148 145 1321.0 298 6 19 6 .941 2.07   3.3
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75    
1988 26 LAD NL CF 65 63 549.9 133 3 6 0 .958 2.23   1.2
    LF 13 11 96.3 21 1 1 0 .957 2.06   0.0
  BAL AL CF 32 32 301.1 73 1 3 0 .961 2.21   0.9
    LF 7 6 52.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
  TOT   CF 97 95 851.0 206 4 9 0 .959 2.22   2.0
      LF 20 17 149.0 33 1 1 0 .971 2.05   0.0
1989 27 BAL AL LF 149 147 1305.7 252 7 8 2 .970 1.79   2.3
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1990 28 BAL AL LF 137 133 1172.3 211 2 7 0 .968 1.64   2.5
    CF 3 3 26.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.39    
  CF 396 387 3484.3 864 14 45 9 .951 2.27   8.6
  LF 313 297 2639.0 501 11 16 2 .970 1.75   4.8
Career Totals   709 684 6123.3 1365 25 61 11 .958 2.04   13.4
Career Highs   151 147 1325.0 356 7 19 6 .970 2.51    
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
1988 26 BAL AL 17 67 8 18 3 1 0 6 5 1 1 12 .269 .279 .343 .623
1989 27 BAL AL 5 22 2 6 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 4 .273 .304 .500 .804
1990 28 BAL AL 9 39 3 9 4 0 0 4 1 1 3 4 .231 .286 .333 .619
Career Post-Season Batting 31 128 13 33 8 3 0 15 8 2 5 20 .258 .286 .367 .653
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.
At-Bats
1987-6-618
1989-7-589
Runs
1989-6-96
1990-5-96
Hits
1989-9-169
1990-10-172
Singles
1987-8-134
1989-2-131
1990-4-130
Triples
1986-3-10
1987-6-9
1989-2-10
1990-10-6
Stolen Bases
1986-3-70
1987-2-79
1988-9-34
1989-1-88
1990-1-74
CAR-30-365
Caught Stealing
1986-4-25
1987-3-30
1988-5-18
1988-8-11
1989-1-30
1990-2-32
CAR-36-146
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1985
Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1986, off Lance Rautzhan (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1986, off Dave Ford (COL)
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/18/1986
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 4/15/1988
Traded from Los Angeles to Baltimore on 7/31/1988 (Going to BAL: CF Vince Coleman, 2B Brad Wellman. Going to LAD: CF Jerry Hairston)
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/14/1990 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
10/3/1990: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $2,700,000 per year, for 4 years