Joseph Patrick Coleman

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Full Name: Joseph Patrick Coleman	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2.5"/200	First Game: September 19, 1942
Birthdate: July 30, 1922	Final Game: September 7, 1955
Birthplace: Medford, Massachusetts	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: April 9, 1997
Deathplace: Fort Myers, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on July 30, 1922 in Medford, Massachusetts, Joe Coleman (Joseph Patrick Coleman) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 10 year career. Coleman broke into the bigs on September 19, 1942 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.32 ERA in 160.1 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joe Coleman's best season was 1954, when he posted a 3.50 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 103 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1942	PHI	A	1	0	0	1	3.00	0	5	2	0	0	0	6	8	0	1	0	0	0
1946	PHI	A	4	2	0	2	5.54	8	8	8	0	0	0	13	19	1	8	0	0	0
1947	PHI	A	32	21	6	12	4.32	65	84	77	9	2	1	160.1	171	17	62	0	0	0
1948	PHI	A	33	29	14	13	4.09	86	105	98	13	3	0	215.2	224	11	90	0	6	1
1949	PHI	A	33	30	13	14	3.86	109	119	103	18	1	1	240.1	249	12	127	0	3	3
1950	PHI	A	15	6	0	5	8.50	12	54	51	2	0	0	54	74	9	50	0	2	0
1951	PHI	A	28	9	1	6	5.98	34	69	64	1	0	1	96.1	117	12	59	0	3	3
1953	PHI	A	21	9	3	4	4.00	18	46	40	2	1	0	90	85	8	49	0	3	1
1954	BAL	A	33	32	13	17	3.50	103	102	86	15	4	0	221.1	184	16	96	0	1	3
1955	DET	A	17	0	2	1	3.20	5	9	9	0	0	3	25.1	22	1	14	0	1	1
1955	BAL	A	6	2	0	1	1.80	4	15	14	0	0	0	11.2	19	5	10	0	0	1
1955	TOT	A	23	2	2	2	5.59	9	24	23	0	0	3	37	41	6	24	0	1	2
Total			223	140	52	76	4.38	444	616	552	60	11	6	1134	1172	92	566	0	19	13

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1942	PHI	A	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	PHI	A	P	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	PHI	A	P	32	0	0	5	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1948	PHI	A	P	33	0	0	6	33	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1949	PHI	A	P	33	0	0	7	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1950	PHI	A	P	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	PHI	A	P	28	0	0	7	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1953	PHI	A	P	21	0	0	1	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	BAL	A	P	33	0	0	15	41	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1955	DET	A	P	17	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	BAL	A	P	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	TOT	A	P	23	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	223	0	0	44	145	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	.950

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1942	PHI	A	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1946	PHI	A	4	5	0	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1947	PHI	A	32	48	3	7	0	1	.146	.212	.188	2	0	4	25	0	3	0	0	1
1948	PHI	A	33	74	2	9	0	7	.122	.177	.149	2	0	5	29	0	6	0	0	2
1949	PHI	A	33	79	4	14	1	5	.177	.226	.253	3	0	5	29	0	7	0	0	4
1950	PHI	A	15	17	2	1	1	1	.059	.158	.235	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	1
1951	PHI	A	28	27	2	7	0	5	.259	.310	.370	3	0	2	12	0	1	0	0	0
1953	PHI	A	21	28	1	8	0	1	.286	.310	.357	2	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
1954	BAL	A	33	74	4	13	2	5	.176	.208	.297	3	0	3	22	0	4	1	0	2
1955	DET	A	17	4	2	3	0	0	.750	.750	.750	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1955	BAL	A	6	3	0	2	0	1	.667	.667	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	TOT	A	23	7	2	5	0	1	.714	.714	.857	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total			223	363	20	66	4	26	.182	.229	.259	16	0	22	133	0	22	1	0	10

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1941).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Frank Fanovich to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Bob Cain (December 17, 1953).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 6, 1955).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (July 8, 1955).
Released by Detroit Tigers (April 9, 1956).

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