John Francis Coleman
[edit] Biography
John Coleman (John Francis Coleman) was born on March 6, 1863 in Saratoga Springs, New York. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1883 for the Philadelphia Quakers. In 1883, his rookie year, he hit .234 with 0 home runs and 32 RBI. Coleman played for the Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that John Coleman's best season was 1886, when he stole 29 bases and knocked in 74 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1883
| PHI
| N
| 90
| 354
| 33
| 83
| 0
| 32
| .234
| .266
| .314
| 12
| 8
| 15
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| PHI
| N
| 43
| 171
| 16
| 42
| 0
| 22
| .246
| .279
| .310
| 7
| 2
| 8
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| PHI
| a
| 28
| 107
| 16
| 22
| 2
| 0
| .206
| .241
| .336
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| 71
| 278
| 32
| 64
| 2
| 22
| .230
| .265
| .320
| 9
| 5
| 13
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| 96
| 398
| 71
| 119
| 3
| 70
| .299
| .345
| .415
| 15
| 11
| 25
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| PIT
| a
| 11
| 43
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 9
| .349
| .378
| .442
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 121
| 492
| 67
| 121
| 0
| 65
| .246
| .296
| .348
| 18
| 16
| 33
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 28
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| TOT
| a
| 132
| 535
| 70
| 136
| 0
| 74
| .254
| .302
| .355
| 20
| 17
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| PIT
| N
| 115
| 475
| 75
| 139
| 2
| 54
| .293
| .337
| .396
| 21
| 11
| 31
| 40
| 1
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| PIT
| N
| 116
| 438
| 49
| 101
| 0
| 26
| .231
| .285
| .274
| 11
| 4
| 29
| 52
| 4
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| 6
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .053
| .100
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .182
| .357
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 367
| 1449
| 174
| 367
| 2
| 134
| .253
| .297
| .327
| 51
| 25
| 86
| 151
| 5
| 0
| 41
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 262
| 1059
| 158
| 278
| 5
| 145
| .263
| .309
| .370
| 37
| 31
| 66
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 629
| 2508
| 332
| 645
| 7
| 279
| .257
| .302
| .345
| 88
| 56
| 152
| 154
| 10
| 0
| 71
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1883
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 69
| 14
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .865
|
| 1883
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1883
| PHI
| N
| P
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 118
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .886
|
| 1884
| PHI
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 38
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1884
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1884
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 6
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .844
|
| 1884
| PHI
| a
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1884
| PHI
| a
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1884
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 6
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .743
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 43
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| OF
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 68
| 12
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .808
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 128
| 23
| 28
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .844
|
| 1886
| PIT
| a
| OF
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .786
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 183
| 23
| 33
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .862
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1886
| TOT
| a
| OF
| 126
| 0
| 0
| 193
| 24
| 36
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .858
|
| 1887
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 214
| 17
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .899
|
| 1887
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1888
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 235
| 4
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1888
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 160
| 20
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .928
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1890
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1890
| PIT
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 510
| 0
| 0
| 833
| 110
| 137
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .873
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 313
| 5
| 10
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 107
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 185
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1883
| PHI
| N
| 65
| 61
| 12
| 48
| 4.87
| 159
| 510
| 291
| 59
| 3
| 0
| 538.1
| 772
| 17
| 48
| 0
| 9
| 0
|
| 1884
| PHI
| N
| 21
| 19
| 5
| 15
| 4.90
| 37
| 147
| 84
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 154.1
| 216
| 9
| 22
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
| 1884
| PHI
| a
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 3.43
| 5
| 14
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| 24
| 21
| 5
| 17
| 4.72
| 42
| 161
| 92
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 175.1
| 244
| 9
| 24
| 0
| 8
| 4
|
| 1885
| PHI
| a
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 3.43
| 12
| 46
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 60.1
| 82
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2.61
| 2
| 9
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 20.2
| 18
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| 5
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 2.91
| 6
| 23
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 38
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| PIT
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 9.64
| 3
| 23
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 28
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 88
| 82
| 17
| 65
| 4.97
| 199
| 680
| 390
| 74
| 4
| 0
| 706.2
| 1016
| 27
| 76
| 0
| 18
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 19
| 11
| 6
| 7
| 3.18
| 25
| 92
| 48
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 136
| 166
| 3
| 26
| 0
| 5
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 107
| 93
| 23
| 72
| 4.68
| 224
| 772
| 438
| 84
| 4
| 0
| 842.2
| 1182
| 30
| 102
| 0
| 23
| 5
|
[edit] Transactions
- Released by Philadelphia Quakers (August, 1884).
- Signed by Philadelphia Athletics (August 23, 1884).
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