Darnell Coles
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| Darnell Coles | |
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| Atlanta Braves – No. 88 | |
| Third baseman / Outfielder | |
| Born: June 2, 1962 San Bernardino, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| MLB: September 4, 1983, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| NPB: April 5, 1996, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| Last appearance | |
| MLB: May 22, 1997, for the Colorado Rockies | |
| NPB: September 10, 1997, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .245 |
| Home runs | 75 |
| Runs batted in | 368 |
| NPB statistics | |
| Batting average | .284 |
| Home runs | 36 |
| Runs batted in | 107 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Darnell Coles (born June 2, 1962) is an American professional baseball player and current hitting coach for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) primarily as a third baseman and outfielder from 1983 to 1997. He has coached in MLB since 2014.
Coles played baseball as well as football, basketball, and track at Eisenhower High School. He was the baseball team's MVP three times.[1]
Playing career
On June 3, 1980, Coles was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round (sixth pick) of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft. He turned down a joint baseball and football scholarship to UCLA to sign with the Mariners. He reached the majors in 1983, batting .214 in parts of three seasons before the Mariners traded him to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone.[2]
In 1986, Coles hit a career-high 20 home runs for the Tigers.[3] He had two three-home run games in his career: in 1987 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and in 1994 with the Toronto Blue Jays.[4]
