Ray Coleman
[edit] Biography
Ray Coleman (Raymond Leroy Coleman) was born on June 4, 1922 in Dunsmuir, California. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1947 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .259 with 2 home runs and 30 RBI. Coleman played for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 5 year career.
Most people believe that Ray Coleman's best season was 1951, when he hit for a .280 average and knocked in 76 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1947
| STL
| A
| 110
| 343
| 34
| 89
| 2
| 30
| .259
| .314
| .344
| 9
| 7
| 26
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 15
|
| 1948
| STL
| A
| 17
| 29
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .172
| .226
| .241
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 68
| 210
| 32
| 51
| 0
| 21
| .243
| .340
| .329
| 6
| 6
| 31
| 17
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 11
|
| 1948
| TOT
| A
| 85
| 239
| 34
| 56
| 0
| 23
| .234
| .327
| .318
| 6
| 7
| 33
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 13
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| 117
| 384
| 54
| 104
| 8
| 55
| .271
| .330
| .430
| 25
| 6
| 32
| 37
| 2
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 13
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| 91
| 341
| 41
| 96
| 5
| 55
| .282
| .329
| .402
| 16
| 5
| 24
| 32
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 10
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| 51
| 181
| 21
| 50
| 3
| 21
| .276
| .332
| .448
| 8
| 7
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 5
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 142
| 522
| 62
| 146
| 8
| 76
| .280
| .330
| .418
| 24
| 12
| 39
| 46
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 15
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| 20
| 46
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .196
| .288
| .261
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| 85
| 195
| 19
| 42
| 2
| 14
| .215
| .264
| .292
| 7
| 1
| 13
| 17
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| 105
| 241
| 24
| 51
| 2
| 15
| .212
| .269
| .286
| 10
| 1
| 18
| 21
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 559
| 1729
| 208
| 446
| 20
| 199
| .258
| .318
| .374
| 74
| 33
| 148
| 158
| 4
| 21
| 19
| 0
| 62
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1947
| STL
| A
| OF
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 174
| 7
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1948
| STL
| A
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 126
| 7
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1948
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 134
| 7
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1948
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1950
| STL
| A
| OF
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 253
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1951
| STL
| A
| OF
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 185
| 9
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1951
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 141
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 138
| 0
| 0
| 326
| 12
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1952
| STL
| A
| OF
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 130
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 157
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 476
| 0
| 0
| 1044
| 38
| 22
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1940).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for George Binks and $20000 (June 4, 1948).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Frankie Gustine, Billy DeMars, Ray Ippolito and $100000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner (December 13, 1949).
- Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from St. Louis Browns (July 31, 1951).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with JW Porter to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Jim Rivera and Darrell Johnson (July 28, 1952).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Stan Rojek, Bob Mahoney and $95000 to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Billy Hunter (October 14, 1952).
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