Jerry Coleman
1949–1957 · bats R / throws R · ALS, New York Yankees
723G
.263AVG
.340OBP
.339SLG
More career statistics
558H
16HR
217RBI
22SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 218 | 220 |
| Batting · RBI | 217 | 218 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 723 | 2,415 | 2,119 | 267 | 558 | 77 | 18 | 16 | 217 | 235 | 218 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 719 | .263 | .340 | .339 | .679 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1949-07-18 to 1949-08-12
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1950-04-28 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1949-08-28 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1949-06-14 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 371 | 1187 | 265 | 7 | 113 | 129 | 102 | .258 | .332 | .341 |
| Away | 352 | 1228 | 293 | 9 | 105 | 106 | 118 | .269 | .325 | .338 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 74 | 288 | 82 | 2 | 21 | 28 | 19 | .322 | .382 | .408 |
| May | 95 | 350 | 80 | 4 | 39 | 28 | 22 | .256 | .309 | .332 |
| June | 130 | 432 | 94 | 4 | 36 | 47 | 43 | .249 | .326 | .334 |
| July | 132 | 432 | 103 | 3 | 37 | 40 | 49 | .271 | .331 | .353 |
| August | 156 | 519 | 110 | 2 | 46 | 51 | 51 | .243 | .310 | .305 |
| September | 133 | 382 | 87 | 1 | 34 | 40 | 36 | .264 | .332 | .333 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 126 | 408 | 93 | 4 | 39 | 47 | 37 | .262 | .343 | .355 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 100 | 357 | 85 | 1 | 33 | 27 | 29 | .267 | .314 | .330 |
| chicago-white-sox | 99 | 321 | 67 | 2 | 30 | 34 | 25 | .239 | .315 | .339 |
| cleveland-guardians | 99 | 323 | 74 | 1 | 24 | 30 | 41 | .258 | .322 | .310 |
| detroit-tigers | 94 | 308 | 74 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 28 | .274 | .321 | .352 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 84 | 311 | 77 | 4 | 35 | 32 | 25 | .283 | .350 | .375 |
| st-louis-browns | 60 | 216 | 53 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 11 | .279 | .338 | .342 |
| baltimore-orioles | 35 | 118 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 14 | .208 | .297 | .257 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  New York Yankees | 128 | 447 | 123 | 2 | 43 | 8 | .275 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | 153 | 522 | 150 | 6 | 69 | 3 | .287 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Yankees | 121 | 362 | 90 | 3 | 43 | 6 | .249 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Yankees | 11 | 42 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .405 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Yankees | 8 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Yankees | 107 | 300 | 65 | 3 | 21 | 3 | .217 | – | – |
| 1955 | New York Yankees | 43 | 96 | 22 | – | 8 | – | .229 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | 80 | 183 | 47 | – | 18 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1957 | New York Yankees | 72 | 157 | 42 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .268 | – | – |