Joe Coleman
1942–1955 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
223G
.182AVG
.229OBP
.259SLG
More career statistics
66H
4HR
26RBI
1SB
52–76W–L
1,134.0IP
444K
4.38ERA
140GS
6SV
4Rare feats
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 | 133 | 134 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 407 | 406 |
| Batting · Walks | 22 | 21 |
| Pitching · p er | 552 | 556 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,172 | 1,173 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,402 | 3,400 |
| Pitching · p k | 444 | 446 |
| Pitching · p w | 566 | 565 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223 | 407 | 363 | 20 | 66 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | .182 | .229 | .259 | .488 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,134.0 | 223 | 140 | 60 | 52 | 76 | 6 | 1,172 | 616 | 552 | 92 | 566 | 444 | 0 | 0 | 4.38 | 1.533 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1949-08-07 to 1949-08-23
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1954-07-06 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1954-09-09 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1949-04-20 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 115 | 212 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 66 | .183 | .222 | .247 |
| Away | 108 | 194 | 32 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 68 | .181 | .206 | .271 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .074 | .138 | .074 |
| May | 31 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | .138 | .200 | .215 |
| June | 34 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 20 | .127 | .171 | .222 |
| July | 52 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26 | .200 | .215 | .233 |
| August | 45 | 88 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 28 | .263 | .273 | .400 |
| September | 45 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 | .206 | .228 | .265 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 41 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32 | .132 | .160 | .206 |
| detroit-tigers | 36 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 23 | .232 | .243 | .348 |
| new-york-yankees | 34 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 | .190 | .214 | .270 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 32 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24 | .158 | .180 | .211 |
| chicago-white-sox | 31 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 17 | .203 | .227 | .305 |
| cleveland-guardians | 25 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .130 | .241 | .130 |
| st-louis-browns | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .091 | .235 | .182 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .333 | .273 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | .400 | 13 | 8 |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Athletics | 32 | 48 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .146 | 160 | 67 |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 74 | 9 | – | 7 | – | .122 | 215 | 85 |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 5 | – | .177 | 240 | 109 |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Athletics | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | .059 | 54 | 12 |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 28 | 27 | 7 | – | 5 | – | .259 | 95 | 34 |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Athletics | 21 | 28 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .286 | 90 | 18 |
| 1954 |  Baltimore Orioles | 33 | 74 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .176 | 221 | 104 |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers | 23 | 7 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .714 | 37 | 9 |