Curtis Hancock "Curt" Coleman (February 18, 1887 – July 1, 1980) was a Major League Baseball player. Coleman played third base for the New York Highlanders in 1912. He played in 12 games, with nine hits in 37 at-bats, with four RBIs. He had a batting average of .243.
During the 1912 season, the Highlanders reassigned Coleman to an Atlanta minor league team but Coleman refused to report;[1] given that he already owned a productive farm in the Willamette Valley, he was not reliant on baseball to earn a living and had actually been considering retiring even before the 1911 season.[2] It was not until the 1915 season that the Highlanders granted him a release from his contract, allowing him to play professional baseball again.[1]
Following the 1915 season, Coleman married Irene Gearin, niece of John M. Gearin, and retired to his farm in St. Paul, Oregon.[3] His parents also owned a fruit and grain ranch in the Willamette Valley.[2]
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