Jim Coates

Full Name: James Alton Coates	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/192	First Game: September 21, 1956
Birthdate: August 4, 1932	Final Game: September 30, 1967
Birthplace: Farnham, Virginia	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 4, 1932 in Farnham, Virginia, Jim Coates (James Alton Coates) played for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Cincinnati Reds and California Angels over the course of his 9 year career. Coates broke into the bigs on September 21, 1956 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.87 ERA in 100.1 innings pitched in 1959, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Coates's best season was 1961, when he posted a 3.44 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 80 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1956	NY	A	2	0	0	0	13.50	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	1	1
1959	NY	A	37	4	6	1	2.87	64	39	32	2	0	3	100.1	89	10	36	4	1	3
1960	NY	A	35	18	13	3	4.28	73	78	71	6	2	1	149.1	139	16	66	4	2	2
1961	NY	A	43	11	11	5	3.44	80	60	54	4	1	5	141.1	128	15	53	0	2	7
1962	NY	A	50	6	7	6	4.44	67	62	58	0	0	6	117.2	119	9	50	5	3	5
1963	WAS	A	20	2	2	4	5.28	31	29	26	0	0	0	44.1	51	4	21	4	4	3
1963	CIN	N	9	0	0	0	5.51	11	10	10	0	0	0	16.1	21	2	7	1	2	0
1963	Total		29	2	2	4	5.34	42	39	36	0	0	0	60.2	72	6	28	5	6	3
1965	CAL	A	17	0	2	0	3.54	15	13	11	0	0	3	28	23	1	16	2	1	0
1966	CAL	A	9	4	1	1	3.98	16	16	14	1	1	0	31.2	32	3	10	0	1	0
1967	CAL	A	25	1	1	2	4.30	39	26	25	0	0	0	52.1	47	5	23	5	2	4
Total	NL		9	0	0	0	5.51	11	10	10	0	0	0	16.1	21	2	7	1	2	0
Total	AL		238	46	43	22	3.97	385	326	294	13	4	18	667	629	63	279	24	17	25
Total			247	46	43	22	4.00	396	336	304	13	4	18	683.1	650	65	286	25	19	25

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1956	NY	A	P	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	NY	A	P	37	4	100.1	7	17	2	0	0	2	2	0	.923
1960	NY	A	P	35	18	149.1	9	15	4	1	1	2	3	0	.857
1961	NY	A	P	43	11	141.1	12	19	2	2	1	10	3	0	.939
1962	NY	A	P	50	6	117.2	6	12	2	2	1	3	2	0	.900
1963	WAS	A	P	20	2	44.1	2	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	1.000
1963	CIN	N	P	9	0	16.1	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1963	Total		P	29	2	60.2	2	10	0	2	0	4	0	1	1.000
1965	CAL	A	P	17	0	28	1	6	2	0	2	3	0	0	.778
1966	CAL	A	P	9	4	31.2	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1967	CAL	A	P	25	1	52.1	4	8	0	2	0	0	5	0	1.000
Total			P	247	46	681.1	44	91	12	9	5	24	16	1	.918

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1956	NY	A	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1959	NY	A	37	21	1	2	0	.095	.136	.095	0	1	16	0	0
1960	NY	A	35	48	10	12	6	.250	.294	.333	4	2	20	1	8
1961	NY	A	43	35	1	1	0	.029	.081	.029	0	1	21	1	8
1962	NY	A	50	32	1	4	1	.125	.152	.125	0	1	17	0	3
1963	WAS	A	20	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	0	0
1963	CIN	N	9	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1963	Total		29	9	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	0	0
1965	CAL	A	17	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1966	CAL	A	9	11	1	1	0	.091	.091	.091	0	0	9	0	0
1967	CAL	A	25	3	0	1	0	.333	.333	.667	1	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		9	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
Total	AL		238	157	14	21	7	.134	.171	.166	5	5	90	2	19
Total			247	160	14	21	7	.131	.168	.162	5	5	93	2	19

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Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1951).
Traded by New York Yankees to Washington Senators in exchange for Steve Hamilton (April 21, 1963).
Sold by Washington Senators to Cincinnati Reds (July, 1963).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with a player to be named to California Angels in exchange for Bobby Locke (July 28, 1965).

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