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Rip Coleman

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Full Name: Walter Gary Coleman Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185 First Game: August 15, 1955
Birthdate: July 31, 1931 Final Game: May 5, 1960
Birthplace: Troy, New York MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: May 14, 2004
Deathplace: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on July 31, 1931 in Troy, New York, Rip Coleman (Walter Gary Coleman) played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 5 year career. Coleman broke into the bigs on August 15, 1955 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.67 ERA in 88.1 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.

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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
1955 NY A 10 6 2 1 5.28 15 19 17 0 0 1 29 40 2 16 0 0 1
1956 NY A 29 9 3 5 3.67 42 42 36 0 0 2 88.1 97 6 42 1 1 1
1957 KC A 19 6 0 7 5.93 15 32 27 1 1 0 41 53 5 25 0 2 0
1959 KC A 29 11 2 10 4.56 54 46 41 2 0 2 81 85 8 34 0 3 1
1959 BAL A 3 0 0 0 .00 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
1959 TOT A 32 11 2 10 4.34 58 46 41 2 0 2 85 89 8 36 0 3 1
1960 BAL A 5 1 0 2 11.25 0 5 5 0 0 0 4 8 0 5 1 0 1
Total 95 33 7 25 4.58 130 144 126 3 1 5 247.1 287 21 124 2 6 4

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1955 NY A P 10 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 NY A P 29 0 0 10 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1957 KC A P 19 6 41 1 9 1 1 0 0 9 2 1 .909
1959 KC A P 29 11 81 1 14 2 2 0 1 5 1 0 .882
1959 BAL A P 3 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
1959 TOT A P 32 11 85 1 18 2 3 0 2 6 1 0 .905
1960 BAL A P 5 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 95 18 130 15 48 5 4 0 2 15 3 1 .926

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1955 NY A 10 10 2 2 0 0 .200 .333 .200 0 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 0
1956 NY A 29 24 2 1 0 0 .042 .080 .042 0 0 1 14 0 2 0 0 0
1957 KC A 19 9 1 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0
1959 KC A 29 25 0 2 0 0 .080 .080 .080 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
1959 BAL A 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 TOT A 32 25 0 2 0 0 .080 .080 .080 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
1960 BAL A 5 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 95 69 5 5 0 0 .072 .123 .072 0 0 4 37 0 5 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1952).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Billy Hunter and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2 players to be named later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Kansas City Athletics received Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) and New York Yankees received Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957).
  • Claimed on waivers by Baltimore Orioles from Kansas City Athletics (September 6, 1959).

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