Jimmie Goodwin Coker was a catcher

Catcher

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 for the Philadelphia Phillies

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 (1958 and 1960–62), San Francisco Giants

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 (1963) and Cincinnati Reds

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 (1964–67).

The native of Holly Hill, South Carolina

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, spent all or parts of nine years in the National League

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, where he played in 233 games and had 592 at bats, 44 runs, 137 hits, 15 doubles, four triples, 16 home run

Home run

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s, 70 runs batted in, one stolen base

Stolen base

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, 55 walks, .231 batting average

Batting average

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, .299 on-base percentage, .351 slugging percentage, 208 total bases, seven sacrifice hits, four sacrifice flies and seven intentional walks.

He died in Throckmorton, Texas

Throckmorton, Texas

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, at the age of 55.

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