Gil Coan

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: May 18, 1922 in Monroe, NC us

Died: February 4, 2020 in Hendersonville, NC

School: Brevard College (Brevard, NC)

Debut: April 27, 1946 (Age 23-344d, 10,138th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 25, 1956 (Age 33-343d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Gilbert Fitzgerald Coan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

2877

731

.254

384

RBI

278

OBP

.316

SLG

.359

OPS

.675

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 21	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 22	WSH		PHA	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 23	WSH		PHA	L,1-14	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 24	WSH		PHA	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 27	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 28	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	Apr 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,9-15	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 1 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	May 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,14-12	CG	48	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	16	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
17	17	May 5	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 7	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 8 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	21	May 8 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	22	May 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 12	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	25	May 14	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	26	May 15	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 16	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
28	28	May 17	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 18	WSH		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 19	WSH		DET	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
31	31	May 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 21	WSH		SLB	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	33	May 22	WSH		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 23	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	36 (1)	May 26	WSH		CLE	W,5-4		15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	41 (4)	Jun 1	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	42	Jun 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	43	Jun 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	44	Jun 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	49 (4)	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	51 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
42	58 (6)	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	60 (1)	Jun 23	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	61	Jun 24	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
45	62	Jun 25	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	63	Jun 26	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	66 (2)	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	69 (2)	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	70	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
50	72 (1)	Jul 6	WSH		BOS	L,0-5	CG	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	74 (1)	Jul 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	80 (5)	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-7	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	85 (4)	Jul 23	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	86	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	90 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-11	GF	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	91	Jul 28	WSH		DET	L,7-13	GF	10	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	92	Jul 29	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	94 (1)	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	95	Aug 1	WSH		SLB	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	96	Aug 2	WSH		CLE	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	98 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-14	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
62	99	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	1	2	0
63	100	Aug 6	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	GF	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	102 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	103	Aug 9	WSH		PHA	L,3-8	CG	50	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
66	104	Aug 10	WSH		PHA	W,8-7	GF	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	109 (4)	Aug 14 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-13	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	110	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	10.2	6	0	0	6	0
69	111	Aug 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	113 (1)	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	115 (1)	Aug 21	WSH		BOS	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	116	Aug 23	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	117	Aug 24	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	118	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
75	120 (1)	Aug 27	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	121	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	123 (1)	Aug 29	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	1	0	1	2	0
78	125 (1)	Aug 31	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	126	Sep 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	128 (1)	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	130 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	132 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-8	GF	23	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	134 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	136 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-20	CG	56	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	137	Sep 11 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	138	Sep 13	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	140 (1)	Sep 16	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	141	Sep 17	WSH		CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
89	142	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	143	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		DET	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	146 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,9-8		12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	147	Sep 23 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	153 (5)	Oct 1	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	154	Oct 2	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							94gm		710.2	229	10	6	245	3