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Bob Coleman
American baseball figure (1890–1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Hunter Coleman (September 26, 1890 – July 16, 1959) was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. Notably, he served two terms as pilot of the Boston Braves of the National League—as acting skipper from April 24 to June 17, 1943, and as the Braves' official field leader from the start of 1944 through July 29, 1945.
Bob Coleman | |
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![]() Coleman as a Boston Brave (1943–45) | |
Catcher / Coach / Manager | |
Born: (1890-09-26)September 26, 1890 Huntingburg, Indiana, U.S. | |
Died: July 16, 1959(1959-07-16) (aged 68) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 13, 1913, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 9, 1916, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .241 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 27 |
Games managed | 295 |
Managerial record | 128–165 |
Winning % | .437 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Coleman also was one of the most successful managers in the history of minor league baseball, where, between 1919 and 1957 (with interruptions caused by major league service) he won ten regular season pennants and five league playoff titles. He won his first pennant with the 1922 Terre Haute Tots of the Three-I League, and he also won a championship with the 1935 Springfield Senators, also of the Three-I League. The rest of his titles came with the Evansville, Indiana, franchise in that circuit.