Vince Coleman
| Vince Coleman | |||
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| Left fielder | |||
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Born: September 22, 1961 Jacksonville, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 18, 1985, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| April 14, 1997, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .264 | ||
| Hits | 1,425 | ||
| Stolen bases | 752 | ||
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Vincent Maurice Coleman (born September 22, 1961) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player, best known for his years with the St. Louis Cardinals. Primarily a left fielder, Coleman played from 1985 to 1997 and set a number of stolen base records. He was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was a baserunning consultant for the Chicago White Sox during the 2015 season.
Coleman attended William M. Raines High School in Jacksonville, Florida and then Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. In 1981, he set the all-time single season stolen base record at Florida A&M with 65 steals in 69 attempts. He led NCAA Division I that year in both total steals and stolen base percentage. While at Florida A&M, Coleman was also a kicker and punter on the Florida A&M Rattlers football team, where he followed in the footsteps of his cousin, Greg Coleman, who was also a punter at Florida A&M in the 1970s and went on to a 12-year career in the National Football League. Coleman was named to the all-conference team in both 1980 and 1981 and kicked a game-winning 34-yard field goal in an unlikely 16–13 Rattlers win over the Division I-A Miami Hurricanes in 1979.
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