Joe Coleman
1965–1979 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Senators (1961-71)
454G
.106AVG
.165OBP
.123SLG
More career statistics
49H
0HR
23RBI
0SB
142–135W–L
2,569.1IP
1,728K
3.70ERA
340GS
7SV
8Rare 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 · Games | 454 | 485 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 195 | 196 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 10,948 | 10,949 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,055 | 1,056 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,708 | 7,707 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,003 | 1,004 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454 | 540 | 462 | 18 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57 | .106 | .165 | .123 | .288 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,569.3 | 484 | 340 | 94 | 142 | 135 | 7 | 2,416 | 1,202 | 1,055 | 233 | 1,003 | 1,728 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 | 1.331 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1970-04-16 to 1970-04-27
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1974-10-01 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1972-04-26 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1972-08-27 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 244 | 255 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 100 | .110 | .165 | .137 |
| Away | 241 | 285 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 96 | .103 | .137 | .111 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 55 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | .143 | .156 | .179 |
| May | 84 | 82 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 26 | .136 | .220 | .167 |
| June | 88 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 36 | .103 | .160 | .115 |
| July | 91 | 98 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 38 | .122 | .153 | .156 |
| August | 83 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 36 | .047 | .082 | .047 |
| September | 80 | 91 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 34 | .114 | .154 | .114 |
| October | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 44 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | .167 | .179 | .222 |
| cleveland-guardians | 42 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 19 | .108 | .250 | .135 |
| boston-red-sox | 40 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | .042 | .057 | .042 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | .116 | .128 | .140 |
| minnesota-twins | 36 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | .097 | .143 | .129 |
| new-york-yankees | 34 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .162 | .209 | .162 |
| athletics | 33 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | .088 | .133 | .088 |
| california-angels | 32 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .071 | .122 | .071 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 18 | 7 |
| 1966 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 4 |
| 1967 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 28 | 36 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .056 | 134 | 77 |
| 1968 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 34 | 70 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .129 | 223 | 139 |
| 1969 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 40 | 84 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .107 | 247 | 182 |
| 1970 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 39 | 67 | 8 | – | 6 | – | .119 | 218 | 152 |
| 1971 |  Detroit Tigers | 39 | 96 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .094 | 286 | 236 |
| 1972 | Detroit Tigers | 40 | 82 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .110 | 280 | 222 |
| 1973 | Detroit Tigers | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 288 | 202 |
| 1974 | Detroit Tigers | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 285 | 177 |
| 1975 | Detroit Tigers | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 201 | 125 |
| 1976 | Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers | 51 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 145 | 104 |
| 1977 |  Athletics | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 127 | 55 |
| 1978 | Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 80 | 32 |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants | 15 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 24 | 14 |