Frank Colman
| Frank Colman | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: March 2, 1918 London, Ontario |
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Died: February 19, 1983 (aged 64) London, Ontario |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 12, 1942, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 3, 1947, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .228 | ||
| Home runs | 15 | ||
| Runs batted in | 106 | ||
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Frank Lloyd Colman (March 2, 1918 – February 19, 1983), was a Canadian Major League Baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees.
The son of Frederick and Harriet Colman who operated a shoe store on Hamilton Road in London, Ontario, Colman joined the London Majors of the senior Intercounty Baseball League in the mid-1930s (winning the batting title as a pitcher, Most Valuable Player award and a championship in 1936), the Pittsburgh Pirates as a first-baseman-outfielder from 1942 to 1946 and the New York Yankees as an outfielder in 1946 and 1947, where he roomed with the young Yankee catcher Yogi Berra.
Colman batted and threw left, was six-feet tall and weighed 188 pounds. His debut in Major League Baseball was on September 12, 1942, and his final game in the big leagues was on August 3, 1947.
In addition to Berra, Colman's teammates on the legendary 1947 Yankees included Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Allie Reynolds, Johnny Lindell, Charlie Keller, Tommy Henrich, Ralph Houk and Joe Page.
Colman and Yogi Berra were teammates with the minor-league Newark, New York, Bears in 1946 and both were called up to the Yankees.
In 1947, Colman opened the season as the starting right fielder with the Yankees but suffered a leg injury and underwent season-ending surgery. That would be his last season in the big leagues, although Colman did play two more seasons in 1949 and 1950 in the Pacific Coast League with Seattle where he batted .319 with 18 HRs and 98 RBIs in 1949 and batted .310 in 1950.
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