Rich Coggins

Rich Coggins
Rich Coggins
	Outfielder
	Born: December 7, 1950; Indianapolis, Indiana
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
	August 29, 1972, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
	July 7, 1976, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.265
Home runs	12
Runs batted in	90
Teams
	Baltimore Orioles (1972–1974); Montreal Expos (1975); New York Yankees (1975–1976); Chicago White Sox (1976);

Richard Allen Coggins (born December 7, 1950) is a former outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles (1972-1974), Montreal Expos (1975), New York Yankees (1975-1976) and Chicago White Sox (1976).

Coggins helped the Orioles win the 1973 and 1974 American League Eastern Division . He finished sixth in voting for 1973 American League Rookie of the Year. He was traded along with Dave McNally and minor-league right-handed pitcher Bill Kirkpatrick from the Orioles to the Expos for Ken Singleton and Mike Torrez at the Winter Meetings on December 4, 1974.^[1]

In five seasons he played in 342 games and had 1,083 at bats, 125 runs, 287 hits, 42 doubles, 13 triples, 12 home runs, 90 RBI, 50 stolen bases, 72 walks, .265 batting average, .312 on-base percentage, .361 slugging percentage, 391 total bases, 26 sacrifice hits, 5 sacrifice flies and 5 intentional walks. Defensively, he compiled a .986 fielding percentage at all three outfield positions.

References

^ Durso, Joseph. "Orioles Send McNally to Expos; Allen Balks at Trade to Braves," The New York Times, Thursday, December 5, 1974. Retrieved May 3, 2020

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Rich Coggins at Baseball Almanac
Rich Coggins at BaseballLibrary.com

[1] Durso, Joseph. "Orioles Send McNally to Expos; Allen Balks at Trade to Braves," The New York Times, Thursday, December 5, 1974. Retrieved May 3, 2020

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