Gordy Coleman

Full Name: Gordon Calvin Coleman	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/208	First Game: September 19, 1959
Birthdate: July 5, 1934	Final Game: May 3, 1967
Birthplace: Rockville, Maryland	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: March 12, 1994
Deathplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Gordy Coleman (Gordon Calvin Coleman) was born on July 5, 1934 in Rockville, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on September 19, 1959 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1960, his rookie year, he hit .271 with 6 home runs and 32 RBI. Coleman played for the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Gordy Coleman's best season was 1961, when he slugged 26 home runs, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 87 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1959	CLE	A	6	15	5	8	0	2	.533	.563	.667	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1960	CIN	N	66	251	26	68	6	32	.271	.308	.390	10	1	12	32	2	3	1	1	2
1961	CIN	N	150	520	63	149	26	87	.287	.341	.504	27	4	45	67	2	4	1	11	9
1962	CIN	N	136	476	73	132	28	86	.277	.331	.485	13	1	36	68	3	2	2	4	12
1963	CIN	N	123	365	38	90	14	59	.247	.303	.427	20	2	29	51	2	1	1	1	7
1964	CIN	N	89	198	18	48	5	27	.242	.291	.369	6	2	13	30	1	1	2	1	8
1965	CIN	N	108	325	39	98	14	57	.302	.348	.489	19	0	24	38	1	0	0	4	6
1966	CIN	N	91	227	20	57	5	37	.251	.299	.348	7	0	16	45	0	2	2	2	3
1967	CIN	N	4	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	NL		767	2369	277	642	98	385	.271	.322	.447	102	10	176	331	11	13	9	25	47
Total	AL		6	15	5	8	0	2	.533	.563	.667	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total			773	2384	282	650	98	387	.273	.324	.448	102	11	177	333	11	13	9	25	47

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1959	CLE	A	1B	3	3	27	18	3	1	1	.955
1960	CIN	N	1B	66	65	582.1	559	63	1	69	.998
1961	CIN	N	1B	150	140	1244	1162	121	11	93	.991
1962	CIN	N	1B	128	121	1096.1	1021	83	12	100	.989
1963	CIN	N	1B	105	94	819.1	752	65	11	66	.987
1964	CIN	N	1B	49	48	375	352	35	4	28	.990
1965	CIN	N	1B	89	87	684.2	621	48	6	52	.991
1966	CIN	N	1B	66	63	466.2	399	29	6	33	.986
1967	CIN	N	1B	2	1	11	9	1	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	658	622	5306.1	4893	448	52	442	.990

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1953).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Billy Martin and Cal McLish to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Johnny Temple (December 15, 1959).

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