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Vince Coleman

Vince Coleman
Left fielder
Born: (1961-09-22) September 22, 1961 (age 55)
Jacksonville, Florida
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
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
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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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