Joe Coleman stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1965
Bio
- Debut
- 1965
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 484
- W
- 142
- L
- 135
- ERA
- 3.70
- IP
- 2569.1
- K
- 1,728
- BB
- 1,003
- WHIP
- 1.33
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | TEX | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | 18.0 | 7 | 8 | 0.94 |
| 1966 | TEX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 0.89 |
| 1967 | TEX | 28 | 8 | 9 | 4.63 | 134.0 | 77 | 47 | 1.50 |
| 1968 | TEX | 33 | 12 | 16 | 3.27 | 223.0 | 139 | 51 | 1.18 |
| 1969 | TEX | 40 | 12 | 13 | 3.27 | 247.2 | 182 | 100 | 1.30 |
| 1970 | TEX | 39 | 8 | 12 | 3.58 | 218.2 | 152 | 89 | 1.28 |
| 1971 | DET | 39 | 20 | 9 | 3.15 | 286.0 | 236 | 96 | 1.18 |
| 1972 | DET | 40 | 19 | 14 | 2.80 | 280.0 | 222 | 110 | 1.16 |
| 1973 | DET | 40 | 23 | 15 | 3.53 | 288.1 | 202 | 93 | 1.30 |
| 1974 | DET | 41 | 14 | 12 | 4.32 | 285.2 | 177 | 158 | 1.51 |
| 1975 | DET | 31 | 10 | 18 | 5.55 | 201.0 | 125 | 85 | 1.59 |
| 1976 |  DET/CHC | 51 | 4 | 13 | 4.45 | 145.2 | 104 | 69 | 1.52 |
| 1977 | ATH | 43 | 4 | 4 | 2.96 | 127.2 | 55 | 49 | 1.28 |
| 1978 |  ATH/TOR | 41 | 5 | 0 | 3.81 | 80.1 | 32 | 35 | 1.42 |
| 1979 |  PIT/SF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5.18 | 24.1 | 14 | 11 | 1.77 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 9.0
- K
- 14
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.11
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 94
- SHO
- 18
- K/9
- 6.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | TEX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | TEX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | TEX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | TEX | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | TEX | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | TEX | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | DET | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | DET | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | DET | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | DET | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | DET | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | DET/CHC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | ATH | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | ATH/TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Joe Coleman's career stats?
Joe Coleman played 15 seasons for the Rangers, the Tigers, the Athletics and the Pirates. He had 142 wins and 1,728 strikeouts with a 3.70 ERA over 2,569.1 innings. His best season was 1973: 23 wins, a 3.53 ERA and 202 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1 postseason, 1965 to 1979
Joe Coleman finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.
Championships
- 1979 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
All-time career rank
- 145th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,728)
- 288th in wins (pitching) (142)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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