Ray Coleman
1947–1952 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
559G
.258AVG
.318OBP
.374SLG
More career statistics
446H
20HR
199RBI
19SB
2Rare 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 | 158 | 160 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 559 | 1,902 | 1,729 | 208 | 446 | 74 | 33 | 20 | 199 | 148 | 158 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 646 | .258 | .318 | .374 | .692 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1951-05-30 to 1951-06-10
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1947-09-27 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1950-06-01 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1948-06-11 | 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 | 272 | 903 | 216 | 13 | 98 | 64 | 86 | .261 | .310 | .380 |
| Away | 287 | 999 | 230 | 7 | 101 | 84 | 74 | .255 | .314 | .367 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 86 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 5 | .256 | .291 | .439 |
| May | 93 | 278 | 58 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 25 | .232 | .288 | .372 |
| June | 112 | 408 | 103 | 2 | 42 | 37 | 38 | .284 | .343 | .388 |
| July | 124 | 438 | 104 | 3 | 49 | 35 | 37 | .263 | .317 | .359 |
| August | 98 | 338 | 80 | 2 | 26 | 27 | 28 | .258 | .317 | .381 |
| September | 94 | 336 | 77 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 26 | .248 | .295 | .363 |
| October | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .176 | .222 | .176 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 92 | 327 | 70 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 28 | .231 | .281 | .340 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 79 | 290 | 70 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 16 | .277 | .348 | .455 |
| boston-red-sox | 76 | 233 | 46 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 26 | .211 | .258 | .289 |
| detroit-tigers | 76 | 267 | 70 | 2 | 31 | 26 | 22 | .298 | .360 | .430 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 74 | 254 | 66 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 18 | .284 | .339 | .388 |
| new-york-yankees | 72 | 198 | 38 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 24 | .207 | .258 | .283 |
| chicago-white-sox | 61 | 224 | 54 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 20 | .262 | .299 | .374 |
| st-louis-browns | 29 | 109 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | .327 | .376 | .459 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  St. Louis Browns | 110 | 343 | 89 | 2 | 30 | 2 | .259 | – | – |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns | 85 | 239 | 56 | – | 23 | 5 | .234 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Browns | 117 | 384 | 104 | 8 | 55 | 7 | .271 | – | – |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 142 | 522 | 146 | 8 | 76 | 5 | .280 | – | – |
| 1952 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 105 | 241 | 51 | 2 | 15 | – | .212 | – | – |