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George Coffman

Name Note: Name presented as Slick Coffman in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 155lb (183cm, 70kg)

Born: December 11, 1910 in Veto, AL us

Died: May 8, 2003 in Birmingham, AL

Buried: Gatlin Cemetery, Ardmore, AL

Debut: May 21, 1937 (Age 26-161d, 8,263rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 11.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 17, 1940 (Age 29-281d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: George David Coffman

Nicknames: Slick

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Relatives: Brother of Dick Coffman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

ERA

5.60

121

313.2

WHIP

1.696

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-18 / in Starts: 2-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 10

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	25	May 21	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG(11)	W(1-0)	99	11.0	8	2	2	5	2	1	0	1.64	5.38	44	17	13	3	3	7	70			0	0	0	39	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.67	0.629	4.93	1.12%	4.86	1b start tie	11b 3 out a2
2	2	30	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-2	L(1-1)	4	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	2	0	3.46	7.28	11	3	3	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.165	2.40	-0.37%	-1.79	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
3	3	34	May 29	DET		SLB	L,9-13	GS-2	L(1-2)	2	1.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	6.28	7.11	10	2	2	1	0	5	23			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.300	4.07	-0.63%	-3.31	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d1
4	4	36	May 31(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6.00	7.34	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.12	-0.016	.44	-0.04%	-1.51	8b -23 1 out d3	8b end d 6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	39	Jun 2	DET		WSH	W,11-8	4-11		1	7.1	7	3	2	3	1	1	1	4.84	7.01	31	19	0	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.091	3.68	0.15%	0.83	4t --- 0 out d5	11t 12- 1 out d1
6	6	53	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	4-GF	W(2-2)	16	6.0	3	1	1	5	0	0	0	4.13	6.73	25	4	13	3	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.352	5.37	0.74%	2.49	4b --- 0 out d2	9b end a 2
7	7	57	Jun 24	DET	@	BOS	L,0-9	2-GF(8)		4	6.1	6	3	2	0	2	1	0	3.89	6.35	25	8	9	1	1	6		1	0	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.034	.38	0.09%	1.16	2b --3 2 out d6	8b end d 9
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	64	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	2-GF	W(3-2)	8	7.2	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.61	5.73	33	6	14	0	3	7		2	0	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.278	2.22	0.48%	3.06	2b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
9	9	70	Jul 10(2)	DET		CLE	L,7-8	8-GF	L(3-3)	6	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.06	5.68	10	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.381	8.11	-0.75%	-1.79	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
10	10	72	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,2-10	7-8		3	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.47	5.84	11	2	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.032	.28	-0.09%	-1.79	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d8
11	11	78	Jul 20	DET		BOS	W,10-9	5-7		5	3.0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	4.20	5.80	12	8	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	.78	0.012	1.79	0.02%	0.82	5t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
12	12	81	Jul 23(1)	DET		PHA	L,4-16	5-6		2	1.1	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	4.44	5.77	11	1	2	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	.07	-0.032	.13	-0.03%	-3.03	5t -2- 2 out d6	6t 3 out d10
13	13	87	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-GF(10)	BL(3-4)	6	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.42	5.71	11	5	2	0	1	3		2	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	-0.163	6.88	-0.20%	0.27	8b 1-3 1 out a1	10b end d 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	92	Aug 4	DET	@	PHA	W,11-7	GS-6	W(4-4)	4	5.0	7	5	5	1	0	1	1	4.81	5.82	23	12	2	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.040	.47	0.02%	-1.12	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a5
15	15	98	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	9-GF		5	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.88	5.78	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.071	.56	-0.04%	-0.40	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
16	16	104	Aug 15	DET		SLB	L,7-9	GS-7		4	6.0	10	6	6	2	1	0	0	5.26	5.60	28	12	3	1	2	10	27			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	2	0	0	.82	-0.031	.73	-0.02%	-1.40	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
17	17	105	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	W,11-7	3-GF	W(5-4)	1	6.2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.90	5.39	25	10	9	0	3	4		1	0	1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.396	.88	0.21%	3.57	3b --3 1 out a1	9b end a 4
18	18	109	Aug 21	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	2-GF	W(6-4)	3	7.1	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	4.44	5.18	29	15	5	2	1	6		2	0	0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.697	.67	0.13%	3.71	2b 1-3 2 out d1	9b end a 1
19	19	113	Aug 24(2)	DET		PHA	L,8-9	2-7	L(6-5)	2	4.2	6	4	2	2	2	0	0	4.41	5.09	22	6	6	0	0	6		2	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.291	.94	-0.12%	-1.49	2t 12- 1 out d2	7t --3 0 out d1
20	20	116	Aug 27	DET		BOS	L,5-8	8-GF		2	2.0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	5.05	11	7	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.121	.43	-0.04%	-0.38	8t 1-- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	122	Sep 2	DET		WSH	W,9-8	6-8		5	3.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.26	5.03	16	3	4	0	1	6		0	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.82	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
22	22	124	Sep 4	DET		CHW	L,1-9	8-GF		1	2.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.37	4.97	12	3	3	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.008	.01	0.00%	-0.79	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 8
23	23	129	Sep 8(2)	DET		CLE	W,10-5	5-GF(8)	W(7-5)	3	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.18	4.92	13	11	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.369	.03	0.01%	2.42	5t --- 0 out tie	8t end tie
24	24	137	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	4-4		7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.14	4.94	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.019	.02	0.00%	0.57	4b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d4
25	25	142	Sep 21(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	5-6		4	1.1	5	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.36	4.98	11	3	1	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-4.88	5b 12- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d9
26	26	151	Sep 29	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.27	4.92	6	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.069	.00	0.00%	1.19	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
27	27	152	Sep 30	DET	@	SLB	L,3-10	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.90	7	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-2.41	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 7
28	28	154	Oct 2	DET		CLE	L,5-12	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.54	4.91	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.40	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
							10-18		W-L:7-5,BSv:1	3.5	101.0	121	61	51	39	22	7	3	4.54	4.91	456	1.71		4%	5%	118	37	16	50%	3	2	0	410	25	3	2	9	0	3	1.04	1.310	2.00	0.66%	-0.70

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