#17 Claude "Powderkeg" Coughlin, Reliever, 40 yrs, Houston Colt .45's

#17 Claude "Powderkeg" Coughlin, Reliever, 40 yrs, Houston Colt .45's
Wednesday, 10/15/1966

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Claude Coughlin
Powderkeg
11/7/1925
40
Shamokin, PA
6"7
225

Reliever
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1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 350,000
1967
21 Year(s), 86 Days (3698 total Days)
0 Day(s)
25 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	0	0	0	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	0	0	0
Versus RHB	0	0	0
Talent	2	2	2

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

4
49
5

Pitches:
Fastball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	1	3	1	3	3

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1
1
3
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 7 (Range), .905 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

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Dec

Pitching Stats 1966

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	.0	.0	.0	.0	0	0	.0	0	0	.0	0.00

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
vs. RHB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Road	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sept./Oct.	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1944	14	13	2	11	0	5.44	96.0	89	74	58	13	67	42	5	0	1.63	.247	PHA BOS
1945	11	11	3	5	0	2.95	76.1	61	29	25	7	36	44	2	1	1.27	.238	BOS
1946	33	20	6	11	1	5.09	132.2	119	77	75	9	83	64	1	0	1.52	.266	BOS
1947	27	22	12	8	0	4.03	169.2	143	90	76	18	97	103	5	0	1.41	.251	BOS
1948	24	6	2	5	2	5.63	56.0	57	40	35	4	34	39	0	0	1.63	.308	BOS
1949	12	12	3	6	0	4.40	73.2	69	41	36	8	23	39	0	0	1.25	.253	BOS PHA
1950	37	37	9	23	0	5.19	246.1	267	167	142	43	77	168	3	1	1.40	.291	PHA
1951	36	36	8	18	0	5.48	238.0	240	162	145	36	99	133	4	1	1.42	.268	PHA
1952	39	16	9	8	0	4.22	138.2	126	73	65	26	51	99	1	0	1.28	.251	PHA
1953	24	6	2	2	0	6.58	53.1	60	44	39	11	25	37	2	0	1.59	.301	PHA
1954	28	13	1	10	1	5.12	114.1	96	65	65	21	63	79	1	0	1.39	.235	PHA BRO
1955	28	25	11	10	0	4.30	184.1	156	103	88	33	72	116	7	1	1.24	.226	BRO
1956	27	27	11	12	0	4.75	199.0	194	114	105	30	74	127	11	1	1.35	.267	BRO
1957	34	34	10	16	0	5.58	224.1	227	153	139	47	88	146	7	1	1.40	.267	BRO
1958	35	35	10	20	0	5.10	248.2	243	154	141	51	100	178	13	1	1.38	.264	BRO
1959	39	39	12	20	0	4.17	287.0	255	156	133	38	121	234	6	2	1.31	.268	BRO PIT
1960	40	40	8	23	0	4.14	286.2	264	154	132	39	112	232	6	0	1.31	.272	PIT
1961	34	34	6	15	0	6.11	206.1	226	152	140	44	89	131	0	0	1.53	.284	PIT
1962	76	1	1	8	15	5.09	92.0	94	54	52	15	44	69	0	0	1.50	.290	PIT
1963	52	0	4	4	1	4.85	59.1	60	35	32	7	30	34	0	0	1.52	.293	HOU
1964	85	0	6	6	1	4.38	86.1	77	47	42	14	52	62	0	0	1.49	.258	HOU
1965	8	2	0	2	0	5.26	25.2	22	16	15	3	17	16	0	0	1.52	.237	HOU
Total	743	429	136	243	21	4.86	3294.2	3145	2000	1780	517	1454	2192	74	9	1.40	.266

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1944, A	10	10	5	2	0	1.94	83.2	46	20	18	2	19	48	4	3	0.78	.183
1944, AAA	3	3	2	1	0	2.81	25.2	23	11	8	2	11	14	1	0	1.32	.263
1945, A	5	5	5	0	0	0.68	40.0	27	3	3	0	12	19	1	0	0.97	.214
1945, AA	17	17	5	7	0	2.39	143.1	115	41	38	8	35	83	7	1	1.05	.244
1965, AAA	18	0	0	1	0	8.40	15.0	21	14	14	9	14	10	0	0	2.33	.267
1966, AAA	31	0	1	4	3	11.88	33.1	53	46	44	9	40	7	0	0	2.79	.349

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1944	14	30	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	.000	.063	.000	.063	PHA BOS
1945	11	26	2	0	0	1	2	3	1	5	0	0	.077	.111	.192	.303	BOS
1946	33	40	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	12	0	1	.050	.116	.050	.166	BOS
1947	27	61	4	1	0	0	3	5	5	10	0	0	.066	.134	.082	.216	BOS
1948	24	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
1949	12	27	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	5	0	0	.111	.111	.259	.370	BOS PHA
1950	37	87	6	1	0	0	4	3	4	14	0	1	.069	.110	.080	.190	PHA
1951	36	87	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	14	0	1	.011	.075	.011	.087	PHA
1952	39	44	3	0	0	0	1	3	2	6	0	0	.068	.109	.068	.177	PHA
1953	24	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	PHA
1954	28	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	0	.029	.057	.029	.087	PHA BRO
1955	28	58	2	1	0	0	1	4	4	10	0	0	.034	.097	.052	.148	BRO
1956	27	70	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	17	0	0	.043	.056	.057	.113	BRO
1957	34	81	4	1	0	0	3	3	1	20	0	0	.049	.061	.062	.123	BRO
1958	35	84	6	3	1	0	3	1	2	22	0	0	.071	.093	.131	.224	BRO
1959	39	94	5	2	1	0	3	2	3	18	0	0	.053	.091	.096	.187	BRO PIT
1960	40	86	8	3	0	0	7	2	4	25	0	0	.093	.132	.128	.260	PIT
1961	34	68	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	20	0	0	.029	.057	.044	.101	PIT
1962	76	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	PIT
1963	52	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU
1964	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU
1965	8	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	HOU
Total	743	1019	55	16	2	2	35	38	41	223	1	3	.054	.092	.079	.172

Fielding Stats 1966

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Player History

Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Boston (A) on 6/1/1944 (Going to PHA: 2B Dickie Freemantle, CF Charles Ruffin. Going to BOS: 2B Barnabas Stinson, P Claude Coughlin, P Dom Costello)...
Earned first career win on 7/13/1944...
Had first career hit on 8/3/1945, off Ernie Pagan (CLE)...
Hit first career homerun on 8/26/1945, off Galen Saracen (PHA)...
Pitched NO-HITTER against Philadelphia (A) on 8/31/1945, striking out 5...
Injured on 7/4/1946 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week...
Traded from Boston (A) to Philadelphia (A) on 1/31/1949 (Going to PHA: P Claude Coughlin. Going to BOS: P Barry Piper, P Samuel Peppers)...
Injured on 5/28/1949 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 7/16/1949 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 8 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1950, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA...
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Brooklyn on 8/1/1954 (Going to PHA: P Herb Philipp. Going to BRO: P Claude Coughlin, 3b Joey Tartaglione, 1b Tony Stark, P James Ledlow)...
Injured on 7/21/1955 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Pitcher in 1955...
Injured on 7/19/1956 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
Injured on 3/14/1957 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Injured on 5/14/1957 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Traded from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh on 3/1/1959 (Going to PIT: P Claude Coughlin. Going to BRO: LF Giovanni Cagliostro)...
Injured on 9/20/1960 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks...
Released by Pittsburgh on 3/1/1962...
Injured on 5/30/1963 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks...
Injured on 6/16/1965 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Losses 1950 - 23 - 1st 1951 - 18 - 5th 1957 - 16 - 8th 1958 - 20 - 4th 1959 - 20 - 6th 1960 - 23 - 2nd 1961 - 15 - 7th	Saves 1962 - 15 - 10th	IP 1959 - 287.0 - 10th	K's 1950 - 168 - 6th 1958 - 178 - 10th 1959 - 234 - 2nd 1960 - 232 - 10th	BB 1959 - 121 - 4th 1961 - 89 - 10th

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