Jim Coates

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 192lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: August 4, 1932 in Farnham, VA us

Died: November 15, 2019 in Lancaster, VA

Buried: Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lively, VA

High School: Lively HS (Lively, VA)

Debut: September 21, 1956 (Age 24-048d, 11,400th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 30, 1967 (Age 35-057d)
vs. DET 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: James Alton Coates

Nicknames: Mummy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

4.00

247

683.1

396

WHIP

1.370

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYY		MIN	L,0-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	8 (6)	Apr 22 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	T,5-5	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	15 (6)	Apr 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4		13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	18 (1)	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	21 (2)	May 7	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5		4	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	24 (2)	May 12	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	26 (1)	May 14 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	27	May 14 (2)	NYY		DET	W,8-6	GF	17	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	29 (1)	May 17	NYY		WSA	L,7-8		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	30	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	34 (3)	May 22	NYY		BAL	W,8-2		15	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
13	38 (3)	May 28 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	GF	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
14	40 (1)	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	46 (5)	Jun 5 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,6-2	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	52 (5)	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,8-6	GS	25	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	57 (4)	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	60 (2)	Jun 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	64 (3)	Jun 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	68 (3)	Jun 24	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-7		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	69	Jun 25	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	71 (1)	Jun 27	NYY	@	LAA	L,6-7		7	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	74 (2)	Jul 1	NYY		WSA	W,7-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	77 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	83 (5)	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,6-9		13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	86 (2)	Jul 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8		14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	90 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-8		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	92 (1)	Jul 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-8		10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	99 (6)	Jul 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	101 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	107 (5)	Aug 5	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	112 (4)	Aug 9	NYY		LAA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
33	117 (4)	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	121 (3)	Aug 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	17	2.2	3	0	0	3	0	P
35	127 (5)	Aug 24	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-6	GS	20	3.2	1	1	1	3	1	P
36	133 (5)	Aug 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5		14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	139 (5)	Sep 5	NYY		WSA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
38	144 (4)	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-6		24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
39	148 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	31	7.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	151 (2)	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	157 (5)	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	160 (2)	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	L,2-3		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	162 (1)	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							43gm		141.1	12	19	2	33	2