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Gordy Coleman
Gordon Calvin Coleman

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 218 lb.

Debut September 19, 1959
  vs. KCA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 3, 1967
Born July 5, 1934 in Rockville, MD
Died March 12, 1994 in Cincinnati, OH

Cousin of Larry Littleton

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 24 CLE AL   6   15    5    8   0  1   0    2   0  0   1   2  .533  .563  .667  242   10   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 25 CIN NL  66  251   26   68  10  1   6   32   1  1  12  32  .271  .308  .390   89   98   3   1   1   2   2
 1961 26 CIN NL 150  520   63  149  27  4  26   87   1  3  45  67  .287  .341  .504  119  262   4   7  11   2   9
 1962 27 CIN NL 136  476   73  132  13  1  28   86   2  3  36  68  .277  .331  .485  113  231   2   2   4   3  12
 1963 28 CIN NL 123  365   38   90  20  2  14   59   1  0  29  51  .247  .303  .427  106  156   1   3   1   2   7
 1964 29 CIN NL  89  198   18   48   6  2   5   27   2  0  13  30  .242  .291  .369   83   73   1   1   1   1   8
 1965 30 CIN NL 108  325   39   98  19  0  14   57   0  0  24  38  .302  .348  .489  127  159   0   3   4   1   6
 1966 31 CIN NL  91  227   20   57   7  0   5   37   2  1  16  45  .251  .299  .348   73   79   2   1   2   0   3
 1967 32 CIN NL   4    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .125  .000  -63    0   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      773 2384  282  650 102 11  98  387   9  8 177 333  .273  .324  .448  107 1068  13  18  25  11  47
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        500   59  136  21  2  21   81   2  2  37  70  .273  .324  .448  107  224   3   4   5   2  10
 Career High    150  520   73  149  27  4  28   87   2  3  45  68  .302  .348  .504  127  262   4   7  11   3  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 24 CLE AL   16    7    6  23.0    96| .533  .257| .563  .328| .667  .393|1.230  .720| 242  .954   2.8   0.3   0%
 1960 25 CIN NL  269  190   31   4.4   101| .271  .265| .308  .332| .390  .407| .698  .739|  89  .503  -4.6  -0.5  50%
 1961 26 CIN NL  578  394   88   6.0   107| .287  .272| .341  .339| .504  .424| .845  .763| 119  .611  13.9   1.3  25%
 1962 27 CIN NL  519  363   73   5.4   106| .277  .275| .331  .342| .485  .417| .816  .759| 113  .575   6.4   0.6  40%
 1963 28 CIN NL  400  286   47   4.4    92| .247  .258| .303  .320| .427  .385| .730  .705| 106  .556   2.4   0.3 100%
 1964 29 CIN NL  214  160   20   3.4    96| .242  .267| .291  .325| .369  .396| .660  .721|  83  .410  -5.1  -0.5 100%
 1965 30 CIN NL  353  236   55   6.3    99| .302  .266| .348  .331| .489  .402| .837  .733| 127  .683  11.8   1.2   0%
 1966 31 CIN NL  246  177   24   3.7   104| .251  .276| .299  .336| .348  .416| .647  .751|  73  .434  -8.9  -0.9  66%
 1967 32 CIN NL    8    7    0   0.0   100| .000  .271| .125  .335| .000  .398| .125  .733| -63  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2603 1820  344   5.1   102| .273  .269| .324  .333| .448  .408| .772  .742| 107  .572  17.1   1.6  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1959 24 CLE AL 1B 3 18 3 1 1 .955 .991 7.00 8.27 7.00 9.83 3 27.0 1960 25 CIN NL 1B 66 559 63 1 69 .998 .990 9.42 8.20 9.61 9.57 65 582.3 1961 26 CIN NL 1B 150 1162 121 11 93 .991 .990 8.55 6.67 9.28 7.23 140 1244.0 1962 27 CIN NL 1B 128 1021 83 12 100 .989 .990 8.62 7.81 9.06 8.21 121 1096.3 1963 28 CIN NL 1B 107 752 65 11 66 .987 .989 7.64 8.36 8.97 9.81 94 819.3 1964 29 CIN NL 1B 49 352 35 4 28 .990 .990 7.90 8.83 9.29 10.02 48 375.0 1965 30 CIN NL 1B 89 621 48 6 52 .991 .990 7.52 8.60 8.79 10.02 87 684.7 1966 31 CIN NL 1B 65 399 29 6 33 .986 .989 6.58 8.50 8.25 9.90 63 466.7 1967 32 CIN NL 1B 2 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 5.00 8.80 8.18 9.98 1 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1959 24 CLE AL 1B 3 18 3 1 1 .955 .991 7.00 8.27 7.00 9.83 3 27.0 1960 25 CIN NL 1B 66 559 63 1 69 .998 .990 9.42 8.20 9.61 9.57 65 582.3 1961 26 CIN NL 1B 150 1162 121 11 93 .991 .990 8.55 6.67 9.28 7.23 140 1244.0 1962 27 CIN NL 1B 128 1021 83 12 100 .989 .990 8.62 7.81 9.06 8.21 121 1096.3 1963 28 CIN NL 1B 107 752 65 11 66 .987 .989 7.64 8.36 8.97 9.81 94 819.3 1964 29 CIN NL 1B 49 352 35 4 28 .990 .990 7.90 8.83 9.29 10.02 48 375.0 1965 30 CIN NL 1B 89 621 48 6 52 .991 .990 7.52 8.60 8.79 10.02 87 684.7 1966 31 CIN NL 1B 65 399 29 6 33 .986 .989 6.58 8.50 8.25 9.90 63 466.7 1967 32 CIN NL 1B 2 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 5.00 8.80 8.18 9.98 1 11.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 659 4893 448 52 442 .990 .990 8.10 7.93 9.06 8.90 622 5306.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 659 4893 448 52 442 .990 .990 8.10 7.93 9.06 8.90 622 5306
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   5  20   2   5  0  0  1   2   0   1  .250  .250  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1961 NL-7-6

Intentional Walks
1961 NL-11-6

At Bats per Home Run
1962 NL-17.0-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1781) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1959: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Billy Martin and Cal McLish to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Johnny Temple.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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