| Michael Coleman | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: (1975-08-16)August 16, 1975 (age 50) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 1, 1997, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 16, 2001, for the New York Yankees | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .194 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 7 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
Michael Donnell Coleman (born August 16, 1975) is an American former professionalbaseball player. He played as a backupoutfielder inMajor League Baseball for theBoston Red Sox (1997,1999) andNew York Yankees (2001). He batted and threw right-handed.
Coleman was a two-sport star atStratford High School inNashville, Tennessee, lettering in both baseball and football. He turned down a football scholarship to theUniversity of Alabama to play baseball professionally.
Coleman has a Sports Training Academy in Nashville, Tennessee called M3 Baseball.[citation needed]
Coleman was drafted by theBoston Red Sox in the 18th round of the 1994amateur draft. He first appearance for Boston came in September 1997, where he would go on to play eight games and post a .167batting average with tworuns batted in and nohome runs.
He did not appear in 1998, but was again called up in 1999, where he played in only two games, amassing one hit in fiveat bats.
During the fall offseason in 2000, he was traded along withDonnie Sadler to theCincinnati Reds forChris Stynes. He was traded yet again that offseason to theNew York Yankees in the deal that broughtWily Mo Pena toCincinnati.
In 2001, Coleman appeared in 12 games for New York, where he would hit two home runs. He posted seven runs batted in and a .211 batting average during his time in New York, and was grantedfree agency following the 2001 season.
Coleman never again appeared in the major leagues, and since the 2001 season, he has played in theminor league systems of the Boston Red Sox,Cincinnati Reds,Washington Nationals, New York Yankees andTampa Bay Rays. Following the 2006 season, Coleman was granted free agency and has yet to sign with another team.
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