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Gil Coan
Gilbert Fitzgerald Coan

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School Brevard (NC) College

MLB Debut April 27, 1946
Final Game April 25, 1956
Born May 18, 1922 in Monroe, NC
Died February 4, 2020 (age 97)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 24 NYN NL   50  193   30   50   3   4   7   14   1   1   11   59  .259  .301  .425  .726   107    82   1   1   0   1   0  
 1947 25 BON NL   16   47    7   21   2   5   0    3   1   0    7    5  .447  .519  .702 1.221   173    33   1   0   1   0   0  
 1948 26 BON NL   47   51   13   13   1   2   2   10   6   3    5    5  .255  .333  .471  .804   114    24   0   0   0   1   0  
 1949 27 BON NL   33   64    8   13   3   0   0    5   1   0    6   16  .203  .268  .250  .518    73    16   0   1   0   0   3  
 1950 28 BON NL   89  223   28   57   3   5   1   10   6   4    8   39  .256  .291  .327  .618    83    73   4   0   0   3   2  
 1951 29 BON NL  139  520   77  156  25   9   9   64   8   5   30   80  .300  .340  .435  .775   108   226  10   3   0   3  15  
 1952 30 BON NL  113  364   35   72  17   6  12   53   5   2   30   47  .198  .263  .376  .640    95   137   0   2   0   3   8  
 1953 31 MLN NL   43   43   10    7   0   0   0    1   7   0    2    7  .163  .200  .163  .363    50     7   0   0   0   0   1  
 1954 32 BAA AL  111  289   35   82  15   1   2   34  12   4   21   21  .284  .331  .363  .695   101   105   1   3   3   1   2  
 1955 33 BAA AL   84  233   20   50  11   0   2   17   5   3   18   37  .215  .278  .288  .566    81    67   0   1   1   3   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      725 2027  263  521  80  32  35  211  52  22  138  316  .257  .308  .380  .687         770  17  11   5  15  31
 Per 600 PA           551   71  142  22   9  10   57  14   6   38   86                                 209   5   3   1   4   8
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MLN      480 1312  178  339  51  27  24  146  34  14   88  199  .258  .309  .393  .702         516  15   6   1  10  29
   With BAA      195  522   55  132  26   1   4   51  17   7   39   58  .253  .308  .330  .637         172   1   4   4   4   2
   With NY2       50  193   30   50   3   4   7   14   1   1   11   59  .259  .301  .425  .726          82   1   1   0   1   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      918 2877  384  731  98  44  39  278  83  38  232  384  .254  .316  .359  .675        1034  27   2   0  28  25
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1946 24 NYN NL  34   25   4.7   1   1   0 1.000   6   21   13  .619    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e10   129   
 1947 25 BON NL   9   18  18.1   2   0   0  .000   2    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e8      1   
 1948 26 BON NL  82    8   5.3   6   1   0  .167   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e13  173   
 1949 27 BON NL  10    4   2.1   0   0   0  .000   0    7    6  .857    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e9    -68   
 1950 28 BON NL  49   21   3.2  23  10   0  .435   5   13   10  .769    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e12  -170   
 1951 29 BON NL  29   73   5.0  22   6   0  .273   7   68   37  .544    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e16    -8   
 1952 30 BON NL  25   35   3.2   7   2   1  .286   4   43   23  .535    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e7     44   
 1953 31 MLN NL  22    1   1.4   7   2   0  .286   0    4    3  .750    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e7   -223   
 1954 32 BAA AL   7   36   4.6  30   7   0  .233   6   28   13  .464    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e13   23   
 1955 33 BAA AL   4   20   2.9  19   3   0  .158   3   20    9  .450    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e6   -21   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          244   4.2 117  32   1  .274  34  210  117  .557    0    0  .000                  -1   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1946 24 NYN NL  LF    47    94     3    6    1   .942    45   406.2   2.15
                 CF     2     2     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   5.40
 1947 25 BON NL  RF    13    22     0    2    0   .917    13   116.0   1.71
 1948 26 BON NL  LF    19    20     1    1    0   .955    11   105.0   1.80
 1949 27 BON NL  LF    25    42     0    0    0  1.000    16   153.0   2.47
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1950 28 BON NL  RF    24    49     1    2    0   .962    24   216.0   2.08
                 LF    22    40     1    2    0   .953    20   180.1   2.05
                 CF     3     8     0    1    0   .889     3    26.0   2.77
 1951 29 BON NL  CF    97   231     9    6    1   .976    94   849.0   2.54
                 RF    22    30     2    1    0   .970    20   187.0   1.54
                 LF     4     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    14.0   1.29
 1952 30 BON NL  CF    94   230    13    4    2   .984    93   830.1   2.63
                 RF     4     0     0    0    0   .000     0     6.0   0.00
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1953 31 MLN NL  LF    18    23     1    0    0  1.000     7    87.1   2.47
 1954 32 BAA AL  LF    64   140     0    6    0   .959    57   507.1   2.48
                 CF    12    18     1    0    0  1.000     7    62.0   2.76
                 RF     4     3     0    0    0  1.000     2    19.0   1.42
 1955 33 BAA AL  RF    64    80     1    3    0   .964    57   493.2   1.48
                 LF     4     2     0    0    0  1.000     2    19.0   0.95
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF   209   489    24   11    3   .979   197  1775.1   2.60
                 LF   205   364     6   15    1   .961   159  1476.2   2.26
                 RF   131   184     4    8    0   .959   116  1037.2   1.63
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1946  NYN   60-94   Rick Field
 1947  BON   66-88   Jim Pardee
 1948  BON   70-84   Jim Pardee
 1949  BON   77-77   Jim Pardee
 1950  BON   69-85   Jim Pardee
 1951  BON   69-85   Jim Pardee
 1952  BON   63-91   Jim Pardee
 1953  MLN   92-62   Jim Pardee
 1954  BAA   59-95   Pat Carr
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