Chip Coulter

Thomas Lee Coulter

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 172 lb.

• Debut September 18, 1969
• Final Game October 1, 1969
• Born June 5, 1945 in Steubenville, OH USA

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Biographical Information

Chip Coulter made his major league debut on September 18, 1969 against pitcher Steve Blass and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He collected no hits in two at bats and was pinch hit for in the 8th inning by Julian Javier. His second big league game (on September 26th) was a dandy: playing the Montreal Expos, Coulter went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI, turning a couple of double plays as the Cardinals won, 12-1. Coulter slumped following this game, going 0-for-10 over his next three. He went out in style in his final game on October 1, going 2-for-2 with a triple in his final career at bat off Woodie Fryman of the Philadelphia Phillies. Overall, Coulter hit .316/.381/.474 (6-for-19) in six games with a double, a triple, three runs scored and four batted in. Coulter walked twice and struck out six times, committing an error for a .960 fielding percentage. He wore number 35.

Coulter was originally signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1964. On June 14, 1966, he was the second baseman for the St. Petersburg Cardinals when they played the longest game in organized baseball history (until then), playing all 29 innings of a 4-3 loss to the Miami Marlins. Although his big league career ended after the brief look in 1969, he played in the minors through 1972. On October 18, 1971, he was traded with Jim Beauchamp, Harry Parker, and Chuck Taylor to the New York Mets for Art Shamsky, Jim Bibby, Rich Folkers, and Charlie Hudson. Obviously, Coulter never donned a Mets uniform, spending all of 1972 with the Tidewater Tides. At last check, Coulter lived in Toronto, OH.