Louis Coleman

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Louis Coleman

Kansas City Royals – No. 31
Pitcher
Born: (1986-04-04) April 4, 1986 Greenwood, Mississippi
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 21, 2011 for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics (through 2013 season)
Win–loss record	4–4
Earned run average	2.69
Strikeouts	161
WHIP	1.18
Teams
Kansas City Royals (2011–present)

Harold Louis Coleman III (born April 4, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.

Biography

Coleman was born in Greenwood, Mississippi to Hal and Kathy Coleman. He graduated from Pillow Academy in Greenwood and played college baseball at Louisiana State University^[1] where he and earned his agricultural business degree in May 2009.^[2]

Coleman was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 2009 amateur draft,^[3] and was called up to the majors for the first time on April 21, 2011.^[4] That night, he pitched two scoreless innings against the Cleveland Indians in his major league debut.

On May 11, 2011, Coleman recorded his first Major League save by pitching a perfect 11th inning against the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium.^[5]

Coleman mostly throws a four-seam fastball (88–92) and slider (78–81), with an occasional changeup to left-handed hitters.^[6]

References

↑ "Louis Coleman Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
↑ "#29 Louis Coleman". LSUsports.net. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
↑ "Louis Coleman". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
↑ Bullpen shuffle: Coleman in, Texeira out
↑ Hosmer drives Royals to win over Yankees
↑ "Brooks Baseball · Home of the PitchFX Tool - Player Card: Louis Coleman". Brooks Baseball. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

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Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
LSU Tigers bio
Kansas City RFoyals: Coleman part of bright outlook for KC bullpen

v t e LSU Tigers 2009 College World Series Champions

3 Jared Mitchell (College World Series MOP) 4 Chad Jones 8 Mikie Mahtook 17 DJ LeMahieu 23 Anthony Ranaudo 29 Louis Coleman 34 Blake Dean Manager 1 Paul Mainieri Associate Head Coach 40 David Grewe

Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

v t e Southeastern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year

2003: Marchbanks 2004: Hoyman 2005: Hochevar 2006: Schmidt 2007: Price 2008: Fields 2009: Coleman 2010: Pomeranz 2011: Garvin 2012: Stratton 2013: Nola

v t e Kansas City Royals current roster

Active roster	1 Jarrod Dyson 2 Alcides Escobar 4 Alex Gordon 6 Lorenzo Cain 8 Mike Moustakas 9 Johnny Giavotella 11 Jeremy Guthrie 12 Brett Hayes 13 Salvador Pérez 14 Omar Infante 16 Billy Butler 17 Wade Davis 19 Danny Valencia 23 Norichika Aoki 24 Christian Colon 25 Everett Teaford 26 Francisco Peña 27 Justin Maxwell 30 Yordano Ventura 31 Louis Coleman 33 James Shields 35 Eric Hosmer 36 Chris Dwyer 37 Pedro Ciriaco 38 John Lamb 40 Kelvin Herrera 41 Danny Duffy 43 Aaron Crow 44 Luke Hochevar 46 Justin Marks 48 Michael Mariot 49 Donnie Joseph 51 Jason Vargas 52 Bruce Chen 55 Tim Collins 56 Greg Holland 61 Cheslor Cuthbert 62 Maikel Cleto 63 Lane Adams 67 Francisley Bueno

Coaching staff	Manager 3 Ned Yost Bench 22 Don Wakamatsu Hitting 28 Pedro Grifol First base 18 Rusty Kuntz Third base 21 Dale Sveum Pitching 58 Dave Eiland Bullpen 57 Doug Henry Coach 59 Mike Jirschele

Persondata
Name	Coleman, Louis
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	April 4, 1986
Place of birth	Greenwood, Mississippi
Date of death
Place of death

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