Rip Coleman
[edit] Biography
Born on July 31, 1931 in Troy, New York, Rip Coleman (Walter Gary Coleman) played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 5 year career. Coleman broke into the bigs on August 15, 1955 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.67 ERA in 88.1 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1955
| NY
| A
| 10
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 5.28
| 15
| 19
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 29
| 40
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| 29
| 9
| 3
| 5
| 3.67
| 42
| 42
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 88.1
| 97
| 6
| 42
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 19
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 5.93
| 15
| 32
| 27
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 41
| 53
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| 29
| 11
| 2
| 10
| 4.56
| 54
| 46
| 41
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 81
| 85
| 8
| 34
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| TOT
| A
| 32
| 11
| 2
| 10
| 4.34
| 58
| 46
| 41
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 85
| 89
| 8
| 36
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 11.25
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 95
| 33
| 7
| 25
| 4.58
| 130
| 144
| 126
| 3
| 1
| 5
| 247.1
| 287
| 21
| 124
| 2
| 6
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1955
| NY
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| P
| 19
| 6
| 41
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 2
| 1
| .909
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| P
| 29
| 11
| 81
| 1
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| .882
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| TOT
| A
| P
| 32
| 11
| 85
| 1
| 18
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| .905
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| P
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 95
| 18
| 130
| 15
| 48
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 3
| 1
| .926
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1955
| NY
| A
| 10
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .333
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| 29
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .042
| .080
| .042
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 19
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .100
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| 29
| 25
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .080
| .080
| .080
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| TOT
| A
| 32
| 25
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .080
| .080
| .080
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 95
| 69
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .072
| .123
| .072
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 37
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1952).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Billy Hunter and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2 players to be named later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Kansas City Athletics received Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) and New York Yankees received Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957).
- Claimed on waivers by Baltimore Orioles from Kansas City Athletics (September 6, 1959).
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Video Gallery
Add Videos
[edit] Picture Gallery
Add Pictures
[edit] See Also
[edit] Categories
