Slick Coffman
[edit] Biography
Born on December 11, 1910 in Veto, Alabama, Slick Coffman (George David Coffman) played for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 4 year career. Coffman broke into the bigs on May 21, 1937 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.37 ERA in 101 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.
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[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1937
| DET
| A
| 28
| 5
| 7
| 5
| 4.37
| 22
| 61
| 49
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 101
| 121
| 8
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 39
| 6
| 4
| 4
| 6.02
| 31
| 70
| 64
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 95.2
| 120
| 6
| 48
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 6.38
| 10
| 36
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.1
| 51
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 31
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 6.27
| 26
| 62
| 52
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 74.2
| 108
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 121
| 16
| 15
| 12
| 5.60
| 89
| 229
| 195
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 313.2
| 400
| 23
| 132
| 0
| 5
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1937
| DET
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 121
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 59
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1937
| DET
| A
| 28
| 29
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .172
| .294
| .207
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 39
| 24
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 5
| .167
| .259
| .208
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 23
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .167
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 32
| 15
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .250
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 122
| 73
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 8
| .164
| .265
| .192
| 2
| 0
| 10
| 24
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Billy Sullivan (January 30, 1940).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Chicago Cubs (December 5, 1940).
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