Jerry Coleman

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: September 14, 1924 in San Jose, CA us

Died: January 5, 2014 in La Jolla, CA

Buried: Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, CA

High School: Lowell HS (San Francisco, CA)

School: University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: April 20, 1949 (Age 24-218d, 10,586th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 33-015d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Gerald Francis Coleman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.5

2119

558

.263

267

RBI

217

OBP

.340

SLG

.339

OPS

.680

OPS+

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	GF	19	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	29 (17)	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
3	34 (4)	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,13-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
4	36 (1)	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,10-2	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
5	37	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-9	GF	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	2	2B
6	41 (3)	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,12-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	43 (1)	Jun 1	NYY		DET	L,3-6	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	44	Jun 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
9	45	Jun 3 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-7	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	47 (1)	Jun 6	NYY		KCA	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
11	48	Jun 7	NYY		KCA	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
12	49	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-9	GS	38	7.0	5	2	1	8	1	2B
13	50	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,8-15	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	53 (2)	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	L,5-7		25	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
15	54	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
16	55	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
17	56	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
18	57	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
19	58	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
20	59	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
21	60	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
22	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	24	4.2	2	0	0	2	0	3B
23	64 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	69 (4)	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	70	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
26	71	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
27	73 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	16	2.2	1	0	1	2	0	3B
28	74	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	75	Jul 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	GF	22	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
30	76	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	5	5	1	11	1	2B
31	77	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	7	4	0	11	3	2B
32	78	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-2	GS	26	6.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
33	79	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
34	80	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
35	81	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B 3B
36	82	Jul 15 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
37	83	Jul 15 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
38	84	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
39	85	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
40	86	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GS	9	2.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
41	89 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	91 (1)	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-11	GF	29	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	2B
43	92	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
44	93	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
45	94	Jul 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-9	CG	70	14.0	5	6	0	11	3	SS
46	95	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-3	GS	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS 2B
47	96	Jul 29	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
48	97	Jul 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-6	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
49	98	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	99	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS 2B
51	100	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
52	101	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	49	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
53	102	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
54	103	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
55	104	Aug 6	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
56	105	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
57	106	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
58	107	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-7	CG	45	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
59	108	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	SS 3B
60	109	Aug 11	NYY		BAL	L,5-10	GS	30	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
61	110	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
62	112 (1)	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,12-2	GS	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
63	113	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	GS	33	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
64	114	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	115	Aug 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	116	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
67	121 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
68	122	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	131 (8)	Sep 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	4	0.1	0	0	1	1	0	SS
70	134 (2)	Sep 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
71	135	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
72	138 (2)	Sep 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
73	139	Sep 12	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-7	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
74	140	Sep 13	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
75	144 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
76	146 (1)	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	6	5	0	11	2	2B
77	147	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
78	148	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
79	153 (4)	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
80	154	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	GF	20	4.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
							83gm		500.0	138	152	9	299	46