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Jack Coffey of the 1918 Red Sox — 1918: Babe Ruth and the World Champion Boston Red Sox by Allan Wood

John Francis Coffey
Third Base, Second Base

5’11”, 178 lbs., Batted Right, Threw Right
Born: January 28, 1887, New York, New York
Died: February 14, 1966, Bronx, New York

Debut: June 23, 1909

Jack Coffey began the 1918 season in the Western League. He played 22 games for the Detroit Tigers before being sold to the Red Sox in mid-August. Coffey was tabbed as a possible replacement for the injured Dave Shean in the World Series, but didn’t play at all.

Coffey’s only other major league experience was as a shortstop with the 1909 Boston Braves. After his time in Boston, Coffey coached the Fordham University baseball team from 1922 to 1955; the university named its baseball field after him.

Coffey spoke French, Spanish, Italian and German fluently and knew a little Latin and Greek. To practice each language, he traveled and lived in France, Germany, Spain, Mexico and South America. He was also known as “Mr. Birthday” for his reputation for remembering the birth dates of more than 3,000 people, both famous and unknown.

Batting

Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB   R   H  2B 3B HR RBI SB CS  BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  TB SH HBP
1909 22 BSN NL  73  257  21  48   4  4  0  20  2     11    .187 .229 .233  60  3  3
1918 31 BOS AL  15   44   5   7   1  0  1   2  2      3  2 .159 .213 .250  11  1  0
        DET AL  22   67   7  14   0  2  0   4  2      8  6 .209 .303 .269  18  2  1
        TOT AL  37  111  12  21   1  2  1   6  4  0  11  8 .189 .268 .261  29  3  1
2 Seasons      110  368  33  69   5  6  1  26  6  0  22  8 .187 .241 .242  89  6  4

Fielding

Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos    G    PO    A    E   DP    FP  lgFP   RnF lgRnF
1909 22 BSN NL  SS   73   133  213   40   18  .896  .926  4.74  5.21
1918 31 BOS AL  3B   14    11   31    2    0  .955  .948  3.00  3.25
                2B    1     1    6    0    0 1.000  .958  7.00  5.31
        DET AL  2B   22    55   56    5    6  .957  .958  5.05  5.31
        TOT AL  2B   23    56   62    5    6  .959  .958  5.13  5.31
Position Total  SS   73   133  213   40   18  .896  .925  4.74  5.21
                2B   23    56   62    5    6  .959  .959  5.13  5.30
                3B   14    11   31    2    0  .955  .955  3.00  3.29
Overall Total       110   200  306   47   24  .915  .935  4.60  4.98

Minor League Batting

     Team           LG  POS   G     AB    R   H   2B  3B HR  RBI   TB   SF  SB   BA   SLG
1911 Denver         WL   SS  168   580   85  161  31   9  5   58  225       68  .278  .388
1912 Denver         WL   SS  147                                                .293
1913 Denver         WL   SS  134                                                .291  
1914 Denver         WL   SS  165   628  116  207  29  15  7       287   22  34  .330  .457
1915 Denver         WL 3B/?  105   372   61  105  14   6  5       146   20  34  .282  .393
1916 San Francisco PCL   SS  135   457   40  102  13   2  0       119   22  21  .223  .260
1917 Des Moines     WL   2B  142   499   71  114  19   8  4       161   23  28  .289  .323
1918 Des Moines     WL    ?   57   186   24   56                            21  .301
Incomplete Totals           1053  2722  397  745 106  40 21   58        87 206  .274

Minor League Fielding

     Team           LG  POS   G     PO    A    E    PCT
1911 Denver         WL   SS  168                   .923
1912 Denver         WL   SS  147                   .919
1913 Denver         WL   SS  134                   .931
1914 Denver         WL   SS  164   238  461   55   .939
1915 Denver         WL   3B   75    89  123   13   .942
                          ?   30                   .949
1916 San Francisco PCL   SS  129   279  409   38   .948
1917 Des Moines     WL   2B  139   329  346   27   .962
1918 Des Moines     WL    ?   57   181  153   16   .954
Incomplete Totals           1043  1116 1492  149   .946

Manager: Denver, 1914-15 (2nd place both years);
     Des Moines, 1916-21 (won 1917 Western League pennant).
Head Baseball Coach: Fordham University, 1922-59.
Graduate Manager of Athletics: Fordham University, 1926-59.

Minor Leagues: WL - Western League; PCL - Pacific Coast League.

� 1997-20243 by Allan Wood.