Jerry Coleman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Jerry Coleman, August 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Second baseman / Manager | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born: San Jose, California, U.S. | September 14, 1924|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died: January 5, 2014 San Diego, California, U.S. | (aged 89)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 20, 1949, for the New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 29, 1957, for the New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting average | .263 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home runs | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial record | 73–89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning % | .451 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As player
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Gerald Francis Coleman (September 14, 1924 – January 5, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman for the New York Yankees and manager of the San Diego Padres for one year. Coleman was named the rookie of the year in 1949 by Associated Press, and was an All-Star in 1950 and later that year was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Yankees teams on which he was a player appeared in six World Series during his career, winning four times. Coleman served as a Marine Corps pilot in World War II and the Korean War, flying combat missions with the VMSB-341 Torrid Turtles (WWII) and VMA-323 Death Rattlers (Korea) in both wars.[2] He later became a broadcaster, and he was honored in 2005 by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the Ford C. Frick Award for his broadcasting contributions.[3]
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