Joseph Howard Coleman

Full Name: Joseph Howard Coleman	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/175	First Game: September 28, 1965
Birthdate: February 3, 1947	Final Game: September 24, 1979
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Joe Coleman overcame a 9-32 minor league record to twice win 20 games in the big leagues. The first player chosen by the Senators in the initial 1965 free agent draft, he had his best years after going to Detroit in an eight-player deal for Denny McLain in 1970. He won 20 games in 1971, 19 in 1972, and a career-high 23 in 1973. In Game Three of the 1972 LCS, he shut out Oakland 3-0, striking out an LCS-record 14 batters. After going 10-18 (5.55) in 1975, Coleman worked for six teams in four years, mostly out of the bullpen.

The son of Joseph Patrick Coleman, the two rank third in father-son combined wins, their 194 victories placing them behind the Bagbys and the Trouts.

There is some disagreement on what was Joe Coleman's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1971, when he posted a 3.15 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 236 batters. However, others believe that it was 1972, when he posted a 2.80 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 222 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
1965	WAS	A	2	2	2	0	1.50	7	3	3	2	0	0	18	9	0	8	0	0	0
1966	WAS	A	1	1	1	0	2.00	4	2	2	1	0	0	9	6	0	2	0	0	0
1967	WAS	A	28	22	8	9	4.63	77	78	69	3	0	0	134	154	6	47	4	8	9
1968	WAS	A	33	33	12	16	3.27	139	98	81	12	2	0	223	212	19	51	3	9	12
1969	WAS	A	40	36	12	13	3.27	182	102	90	12	4	1	247.2	222	26	100	7	12	6
1970	WAS	A	39	29	8	12	3.58	152	98	87	6	1	0	218.2	190	25	89	6	14	4
1971	DET	A	39	38	20	9	3.15	236	106	100	16	3	0	286	241	17	96	3	7	7
1972	DET	A	40	39	19	14	2.80	222	99	87	9	3	0	280	216	23	110	7	9	9
1973	DET	A	40	40	23	15	3.53	202	125	113	13	2	0	288.1	283	32	93	2	6	10
1974	DET	A	41	41	14	12	4.32	177	160	137	11	2	0	285.2	272	30	158	13	13	12
1975	DET	A	31	31	10	18	5.55	125	137	124	6	1	0	201	234	27	85	6	15	9
1976	DET	A	12	12	2	5	4.86	38	44	36	1	0	0	66.2	80	1	34	0	6	5
1976	CHI	N	39	4	2	8	4.10	66	43	36	0	0	4	79	72	9	35	8	3	2
1976	Total		51	16	4	13	4.45	104	87	72	1	0	4	145.2	152	10	69	8	9	7
1977	OAK	A	43	12	4	4	2.96	55	51	42	2	0	2	127.2	114	11	49	2	8	2
1978	TOR	A	31	0	2	0	4.60	28	34	31	0	0	0	60.2	67	6	30	3	5	1
1978	OAK	A	10	0	3	0	1.37	4	3	3	0	0	0	19.2	12	1	5	0	0	0
1978	TOT	A	41	0	5	0	3.81	32	37	34	0	0	0	80.1	79	7	35	3	5	1
1979	SF	N	5	0	0	0	.00	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	0	2	0	0	1
1979	PIT	N	10	0	0	0	6.10	14	17	14	0	0	0	20.2	29	1	9	1	3	1
1979	TOT	N	15	0	0	0	5.18	14	19	14	0	0	0	24.1	32	1	11	1	3	2
Total	NL		54	4	2	8	4.35	80	62	50	0	0	4	103.1	104	10	46	9	6	4
Total	AL		430	336	140	127	3.67	1648	1140	1005	94	18	3	2466	2312	224	957	56	112	86
Total			484	340	142	135	3.70	1728	1202	1055	94	18	7	2569.1	2416	234	1003	65	118	90

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1965	WAS	A	P	2	2	18	0	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000
1966	WAS	A	P	1	1	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	WAS	A	P	28	22	134	9	14	1	0	2	5	6	1	.958
1968	WAS	A	P	33	33	223	30	20	3	0	4	10	6	1	.943
1969	WAS	A	P	40	36	247.1	21	35	2	3	1	15	17	1	.966
1970	WAS	A	P	39	29	218.2	16	30	0	3	1	10	8	0	1.000
1971	DET	A	P	39	38	286	18	32	3	2	4	16	10	0	.943
1972	DET	A	P	40	39	280	6	39	1	2	2	23	11	1	.978
1973	DET	A	P	40	40	288.1	23	37	2	1	3	34	15	3	.968
1974	DET	A	P	41	41	285.2	21	47	3	4	2	46	9	5	.958
1975	DET	A	P	31	31	201	6	32	2	1	1	21	11	5	.950
1976	DET	A	P	12	12	66.2	2	19	3	2	0	9	3	2	.875
1976	CHI	N	P	39	4	79	6	12	1	0	1	13	6	1	.947
1976	Total		P	51	16	145.2	8	31	4	2	1	22	9	3	.907
1977	OAK	A	P	43	12	127.2	13	17	3	2	4	12	8	0	.909
1978	TOR	A	P	31	0	60.2	3	5	0	0	2	5	3	0	1.000
1978	OAK	A	P	10	0	19.2	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1978	TOT	A	P	41	0	80.1	5	9	0	0	2	6	5	0	1.000
1979	SF	N	P	5	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1979	PIT	N	P	10	0	20.2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1979	TOT	N	P	15	0	24.1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.500
Total			P	484	340	2569	179	351	25	22	27	220	117	20	.955

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1965	WAS	A	2	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	0	1	0
1966	WAS	A	1	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
1967	WAS	A	28	36	3	2	3	.056	.128	.083	1	3	22	0	5	1
1968	WAS	A	34	70	2	9	3	.129	.153	.157	2	2	22	0	6	3
1969	WAS	A	40	84	2	9	4	.107	.148	.119	1	4	40	0	4	1
1970	WAS	A	39	67	5	8	6	.119	.262	.134	1	12	28	1	4	2
1971	DET	A	39	96	1	9	2	.094	.146	.115	2	6	39	0	9	3
1972	DET	A	40	82	5	9	5	.110	.161	.110	0	5	30	0	15	3
1973	DET	A	40	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	DET	A	41	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	DET	A	31	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	DET	A	12	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHI	N	39	13	0	2	0	.154	.154	.154	0	0	4	0	0	0
1976	Total		51	13	0	2	0	.154	.154	.154	0	0	4	0	0	0
1977	OAK	A	43	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	TOR	A	31	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	OAK	A	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	TOT	A	41	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	SF	N	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	PIT	N	10	5	0	1	0	.200	.200	.400	1	0	3	0	0	0
1979	TOT	N	15	5	0	1	0	.200	.200	.400	1	0	3	0	0	0
Total	NL		54	18	0	3	0	.167	.167	.222	1	0	7	0	0	0
Total	AL		431	444	18	46	23	.104	.165	.119	7	32	188	1	44	13
Total			485	462	18	49	23	.106	.165	.123	8	32	195	1	44	13

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Selected by Washington Senators in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
Traded by Washington Senators with Ed Brinkman, Aurelio Rodriguez and Jim Hannan to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Denny McLain, Don Wert, Norm McRae and Elliott Maddox (October 9, 1970).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to Chicago Cubs (June 8, 1976).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jim Todd (March 15, 1977).
Sold by Oakland Athletics to Toronto Blue Jays (May 22, 1978).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 1, 1979).
Released by San Francisco Giants (April 21, 1979).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 8, 1979).

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