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Darnell Coles

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 2, 1962 in San Bernardino, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (6th) of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dwight D. Eisenhower HS (Rialto, CA).

High School: Dwight D. Eisenhower HS (Rialto, CA)

Debut: September 4, 1983 (Age 21-094d, 14,814th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 22, 1997 (Age 34-354d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Jim Turner

Full Name: Darnell Coles

Nicknames: DC

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Relatives: Father-In-Law of Zack Segovia

1993 World Series

+11

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.5

2891

709

.245

333

RBI

368

OBP

.307

SLG

.382

OPS

.689

OPS+

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

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 8	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 9	DET		NYY	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 10	DET	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 11	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 12	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	1	2	3	6	0	3B
8	8	Apr 15	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
9	9	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
11	11	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	2	3B
12	12	Apr 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B 1B
13	13	Apr 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
14	14	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
15	15	Apr 24	DET		KCR	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
16	16	Apr 25	DET		KCR	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
17	17	Apr 26	DET		KCR	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	18	Apr 27	DET	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
19	20 (1)	Apr 29	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B 3B
20	21	Apr 30	DET	@	CAL	W,12-4	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	23	May 2	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
23	24	May 3	DET	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
24	25	May 5	DET		SEA	L,5-7	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
25	27 (1)	May 8	DET		OAK	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
26	28	May 9	DET		OAK	L,7-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	29	May 10	DET		OAK	W,7-6	GF	10	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	30	May 11	DET		CAL	L,1-5	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	31	May 12	DET		CAL	W,15-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
30	32	May 13	DET		CAL	W,10-7	GS	31	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
31	33	May 15	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
32	34	May 16	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
33	35	May 17	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
34	36	May 18	DET	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
35	37	May 19	DET	@	TEX	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	2	5	3	10	0	3B
36	39 (1)	May 22	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
37	40	May 23	DET	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
38	41	May 24	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	71 (29)	Jun 28	DET		BAL	W,8-7	GS	33	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
40	72	Jun 29	DET	@	MIL	W,11-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	74 (1)	Jul 1	DET	@	MIL	L,2-13	GF	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
42	78 (3)	Jul 5	DET	@	SEA	W,7-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	84 (5)	Jul 11	DET	@	CAL	W,12-5	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	87 (2)	Jul 17	DET		SEA	W,7-0	GS	18	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	88	Jul 18	DET		SEA	W,10-6	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	90 (1)	Jul 20	DET		OAK	W,5-4	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	92 (1)	Jul 22	DET		OAK	L,1-10	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
48	94 (1)	Jul 25	DET		CAL	W,5-4	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	101 (6)	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	102	Aug 3	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	103	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Pittsburgh Pirates
52	111	Aug 9	PIT		MON	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
53	113 (1)	Aug 11	PIT		STL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	114	Aug 12	PIT		STL	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	115	Aug 13	PIT	@	MON	L,7-9		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	116	Aug 14	PIT	@	MON	L,3-4	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	120 (3)	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-9	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	121	Aug 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
59	122	Aug 21	PIT	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	123	Aug 22	PIT	@	ATL	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
61	124	Aug 23	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-6	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	125	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	126	Aug 25	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	127	Aug 26	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	130 (2)	Aug 30	PIT		HOU	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	132 (1)	Sep 1	PIT		ATL	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	133	Sep 2	PIT		ATL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
68	135 (1)	Sep 5	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	137 (1)	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
70	141 (3)	Sep 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	142	Sep 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	144 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		MON	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	145	Sep 16	PIT		STL	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	147 (1)	Sep 18	PIT		NYM	W,10-9	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
75	148	Sep 19	PIT		NYM	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
76	149	Sep 20	PIT		NYM	W,9-8	GS	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
77	150	Sep 21	PIT	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	151	Sep 22	PIT	@	MON	L,3-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	152	Sep 23	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	153	Sep 24	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
81	154	Sep 25	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	156 (1)	Sep 27	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
83	157	Sep 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
84	158	Sep 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	159	Oct 1	PIT		CHC	W,12-3	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	3B
86	160	Oct 2	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
87	161	Oct 3	PIT		PHI	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
88	162	Oct 4	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							91gm		651.0	123	87	20	230	6