Slick Coffman
1937–1940 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
122G
.164AVG
.265OBP
.192SLG
More career statistics
12H
0HR
8RBI
0SB
15–12W–L
313.2IP
89K
5.60ERA
16GS
3SV
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 · At bats | 73 | 74 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 24 | 25 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 90 | 91 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,454 | 1,453 |
| Pitching · p er | 195 | 198 |
| Pitching · p h | 400 | 399 |
| Pitching · p k | 89 | 90 |
| Pitching · p w | 132 | 133 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | 90 | 73 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .164 | .265 | .192 | .457 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 313.7 | 121 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 400 | 229 | 195 | 23 | 132 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 5.60 | 1.696 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1938-09-15 to 1938-09-21
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1937-05-21 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1940-04-21 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 6 scoreless innings | 1939-08-08 | 1 in 33 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Detroit Tigers | 28 | 29 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .172 | 101 | 22 |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 39 | 24 | 4 | – | 5 | – | .167 | 95 | 32 |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers | 23 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 42 | 10 |
| 1940 |  St. Louis Browns | 32 | 15 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 74 | 26 |