A native of Medford, Massachusetts, Coleman attended Malden Catholic High School, where he was coached by Brother Gilbert Mathias, who had mentored Babe Ruth as a youth in Baltimore. In 1940, Mathias introduced Coleman to Ruth, who was visiting the school. After watching Coleman pitch, Ruth took him aside and helped him throw a more effective curveball.[1]
He finished 19th in voting for the 1954 American League MVP for having a 13–17 win–loss record, 33 games, 32 games started, 15 complete games, 4 shutouts, 221+1⁄3 innings pitched, 184 hits allowed, 102 runs allowed, 86 earned runs allowed, 16 home runs allowed, 96 walks allowed, 103 strikeouts, 3 hit batsmen, 1 wild pitch, 912 batters faced, and a 3.50 ERA.
In 10 seasons he had a 52–76 win–loss record, 223 games, 140 games started, 60 complete games, 11 shutouts, 55 games finished, 6 saves, 1134 innings pitched, 1172 hits allowed, 616 runs allowed, 552 earned runs allowed, 92 home runs allowed, 566 walks allowed, 444 strikeouts, 13 hit batsmen, 19 wild pitches, 4993 batters faced, 3 balks, and a 4.38 ERA.
coleman, baseball, born, 1922, joseph, patrick, coleman, july, 1922, april, 1997, american, professional, baseball, pitcher, appeared, games, major, league, baseball, over, seasons, between, 1942, 1955, philadelphia, athletics, baltimore, orioles, detroit, tig. Joseph Patrick Coleman July 30 1922 April 9 1997 was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 223 games in Major League Baseball MLB over ten seasons between 1942 and 1955 for the Philadelphia Athletics Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers He was the father of Joe Coleman a major league pitcher for 15 seasons from 1965 to 1979 and a two time 20 game winner and the grandfather of Casey Coleman a pitcher with the Chicago Cubs and the Kansas City Royals between 2010 and 2014 Joe ColemanPitcherBorn 1922 07 30 July 30 1922Medford Massachusetts U S Died April 9 1997 1997 04 09 aged 74 Fort Myers Florida U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 19 1942 for the Philadelphia AthleticsLast MLB appearanceSeptember 7 1955 for the Detroit TigersMLB statisticsWin loss record52 76Earned run average4 38Strikeouts444TeamsPhiladelphia Athletics 1942 1946 1951 1953 Baltimore Orioles 1954 1955 Detroit Tigers 1955 Career highlights and awardsAll Star 1948 Contents 1 Career 2 Death 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCareer editA native of Medford Massachusetts Coleman attended Malden Catholic High School where he was coached by Brother Gilbert Mathias who had mentored Babe Ruth as a youth in Baltimore In 1940 Mathias introduced Coleman to Ruth who was visiting the school After watching Coleman pitch Ruth took him aside and helped him throw a more effective curveball 1 Coleman missed the 1943 1945 seasons while serving in the United States Navy during World War II Along with other notable major league baseball players including Ted Williams and Johnny Pesky Coleman enlisted in the Navy s Aviation Cadet Training Program located on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus 1 He finished 19th in voting for the 1954 American League MVP for having a 13 17 win loss record 33 games 32 games started 15 complete games 4 shutouts 221 1 3 innings pitched 184 hits allowed 102 runs allowed 86 earned runs allowed 16 home runs allowed 96 walks allowed 103 strikeouts 3 hit batsmen 1 wild pitch 912 batters faced and a 3 50 ERA In 10 seasons he had a 52 76 win loss record 223 games 140 games started 60 complete games 11 shutouts 55 games finished 6 saves 1134 innings pitched 1172 hits allowed 616 runs allowed 552 earned runs allowed 92 home runs allowed 566 walks allowed 444 strikeouts 13 hit batsmen 19 wild pitches 4993 batters faced 3 balks and a 4 38 ERA Death editHe died in Fort Myers Florida at the age of 74 in 1997 See also editThird generation Major League Baseball familiesReferences edit a b Keene Anne R 2018 The Cloudbuster Nine New York Sports Publishing p 80 297 298 ISBN 978 1 68358 207 6 Retrieved 5 January 2020 External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Joe Coleman at SABR Baseball BioProject Joe Coleman at Baseball Library Joe Coleman at Find a GravePortals nbsp Biography nbsp Baseball nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joe Coleman baseball born 1922 amp oldid 1188276650, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
