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Jerry Coleman
Gerald Francis Coleman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 20, 1949
Final Game September 29, 1957
Born September 14, 1924 in San Jose, CA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 24 NYY AL 128  447   54  123  21  5   2   42   8  6  63  44  .275  .367  .358   92  160  11           2  12 RoY-3
 1950 25 NYY AL 153  522   69  150  19  6   6   69   3  2  67  38  .287  .372  .381   95  199  10           3  10 AS
 1951 26 NYY AL 121  362   48   90  11  2   3   43   6  1  31  36  .249  .315  .315   74  114   8           4  11
 1952 27 NYY AL  11   42    6   17   2  1   0    4   0  1   5   4  .405  .468  .500  177   21   0           0   0
 1953 28 NYY AL   8   10    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .200   10    2   1           0   0
 1954 29 NYY AL 107  300   39   65   7  1   3   21   3  0  26  29  .217  .278  .277   55   83   5   1       0   8
 1955 30 NYY AL  43   96   12   22   5  0   0    8   0  2  11  11  .229  .321  .281   64   27   3   0   0   2   3
 1956 31 NYY AL  80  183   15   47   5  1   0   18   1  2  12  33  .257  .305  .295   62   54   6   1   2   1   5
 1957 32 NYY AL  72  157   23   42   7  2   2   12   1  1  20  21  .268  .354  .376  102   59   2   0   0   1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      723 2119  267  558  77 18  16  217  22 15 235 218  .263  .340  .339   83  719  46   2   2  13  56
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        475   60  125  17  4   4   49   5  3  53  49  .263  .340  .339   83  161  10   0   0   3  13
 Career High    153  522   69  150  21  6   6   69   8  6  67  44  .287  .372  .381   95  199  11   1   2   4  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 24 NYY AL  523  353   58   4.4   107| .275  .271| .367  .363| .358  .393| .725  .756|  92  .478  -3.8  -0.4  57%
 1950 25 NYY AL  602  394   73   4.9   111| .287  .275| .372  .361| .381  .412| .753  .773|  95  .495  -2.2  -0.2  60%
 1951 26 NYY AL  405  292   36   3.3    99| .249  .263| .315  .343| .315  .385| .630  .728|  74  .362 -13.3  -1.3  85%
 1952 27 NYY AL   47   26    9   9.4    91| .405  .253| .468  .332| .500  .369| .968  .701| 177  .815   4.5   0.5   0%
 1953 28 NYY AL   11    9    0   0.0   100| .200  .266| .200  .342| .200  .392| .400  .733|  10  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1954 29 NYY AL  332  249   24   2.6    96| .217  .262| .278  .337| .277  .383| .555  .720|  55  .285 -19.0  -2.0 100%
 1955 30 NYY AL  112   82    9   2.9   102| .229  .265| .321  .344| .281  .395| .602  .739|  64  .308  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1956 31 NYY AL  203  150   16   2.9   104| .257  .264| .305  .345| .295  .402| .600  .748|  62  .279 -10.2  -1.0  33%
 1957 32 NYY AL  180  125   20   4.3    98| .268  .261| .354  .332| .376  .393| .730  .726| 102  .493   0.8   0.1  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2415 1680  245   3.9   103| .263  .267| .340  .350| .339  .395| .679  .746|  83  .424 -49.0  -4.8  59%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 24 NYY AL 2B 122 298 315 12 102 .981 .974 5.02 5.13 SS 4 6 16 1 4 .957 .965 5.50 4.80 1950 25 NYY AL 2B 152 384 384 18 137 .977 .976 5.05 5.39 AS SS 6 4 6 1 1 .909 .962 1.67 4.73 AS 1951 26 NYY AL 2B 102 245 268 17 84 .968 .978 5.03 5.35 SS 18 27 27 1 8 .982 .961 3.00 4.72 1952 27 NYY AL 2B 11 33 34 2 17 .971 .978 6.09 5.13 1953 28 NYY AL 2B 7 11 8 0 4 1.000 .979 2.71 5.13 SS 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 4.50 1954 29 NYY AL 2B 79 183 198 9 62 .977 .976 4.82 4.84 SS 30 26 54 5 9 .941 .960 2.67 4.31 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1955 30 NYY AL SS 29 33 51 3 17 .966 .959 2.90 4.04 2B 13 32 23 0 7 1.000 .975 4.23 4.87 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 2.70 1956 31 NYY AL 2B 41 89 94 4 32 .979 .973 4.46 4.74 6.23 5.44 27 264.3 SS 24 40 48 3 14 .967 .960 3.67 4.10 4.97 4.98 18 159.3 3B 18 9 10 2 0 .905 .950 1.06 2.78 2.24 3.22 6 76.3 1957 32 NYY AL 2B 45 74 84 5 32 .969 .980 3.51 4.84 4.96 5.39 28 286.7 3B 21 15 31 2 1 .958 .950 2.19 2.77 3.20 3.23 12 129.3 SS 4 1 5 2 1 .750 .968 1.50 4.42 3.18 5.14 2 17.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 24 NYY AL 2B 122 298 315 12 102 .981 .974 5.02 5.13 1950 25 NYY AL 2B 152 384 384 18 137 .977 .976 5.05 5.39 1951 26 NYY AL 2B 102 245 268 17 84 .968 .978 5.03 5.35 1952 27 NYY AL 2B 11 33 34 2 17 .971 .978 6.09 5.13 1953 28 NYY AL 2B 7 11 8 0 4 1.000 .979 2.71 5.13 1954 29 NYY AL 2B 79 183 198 9 62 .977 .976 4.82 4.84 1955 30 NYY AL 2B 13 32 23 0 7 1.000 .975 4.23 4.87 1956 31 NYY AL 2B 41 89 94 4 32 .979 .973 4.46 4.74 6.23 5.44 27 264.3 1957 32 NYY AL 2B 45 74 84 5 32 .969 .980 3.51 4.84 4.96 5.39 28 286.7 1954 29 NYY AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1955 30 NYY AL 3B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 2.70 1956 31 NYY AL 3B 18 9 10 2 0 .905 .950 1.06 2.78 2.24 3.22 6 76.3 1957 32 NYY AL 3B 21 15 31 2 1 .958 .950 2.19 2.77 3.20 3.23 12 129.3 1949 24 NYY AL SS 4 6 16 1 4 .957 .965 5.50 4.80 1950 25 NYY AL SS 6 4 6 1 1 .909 .962 1.67 4.73 1951 26 NYY AL SS 18 27 27 1 8 .982 .961 3.00 4.72 1953 28 NYY AL SS 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 4.50 1954 29 NYY AL SS 30 26 54 5 9 .941 .960 2.67 4.31 1955 30 NYY AL SS 29 33 51 3 17 .966 .959 2.90 4.04 1956 31 NYY AL SS 24 40 48 3 14 .967 .960 3.67 4.10 4.97 4.98 18 159.3 1957 32 NYY AL SS 4 1 5 2 1 .750 .968 1.50 4.42 3.18 5.14 2 17.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 572 1349 1408 67 477 .976 .976 4.82 5.14 55 551.0 SS* 116 137 208 17 54 .953 .960 2.97 4.31 20 176.3 3B* 41 25 41 5 1 .930 .950 1.61 2.78 18 205.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 729 1511 1657 89 532 .973 .974 4.35 4.88
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1949   WS    NYY BRO     W   5  20   0   5  3  0  0   4   0   4  .250  .250  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
 1950   WS    NYY PHI     W   4  14   2   4  1  0  0   3   2   0  .286  .375  .357   0  0   0   0   0 
 1951   WS    NYY NYG     W   5   8   2   2  0  0  0   0   1   2  .250  .333  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1955   WS    NYY BRO     L   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1957   WS    NYY MLN     L   7  22   2   8  2  0  0   2   3   1  .364  .440  .455   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 World Series        4-2  26  69   6  19  6  0  0   9   6   8  .275  .333  .362   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1950   NYY AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1950 *

Awards
1950-AL-Babe Ruth Award

Games
1950 AL-153-10

Sac. Hits
1949 AL-11-9
1950 AL-10-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.0 (839) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1957: Released by the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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