Darnell Coles
Seattle Mariners 1983–1985; Detroit Tigers 1986–1987; Pittsburgh Pirates 1987–1988; Seattle Mariners 1988–1989; Detroit Tigers 1990; Seattle Mariners 1990; San Francisco Giants 1991; Cincinnati Reds 1992; Toronto Blue Jays 1993–1994; St. Louis Cardinals 1995; Colorado Rockies 1997
Percentile snapshot
1989 season — qualified batters
of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 27 | 100 | 92 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .283 | .333 | .391 | .725 | 98.7 | 96.4 | .330 | 0.4 |
| 1984 | 48 | 165 | 143 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .161 | .259 | .196 | .455 | 32.9 | 29.1 | .228 | -0.7 |
| 1985 | 27 | 71 | 59 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .338 | .356 | .694 | 93.6 | 90.0 | .319 | 0.2 |
| 1986 | 142 | 587 | 521 | 67 | 142 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 86 | 45 | 84 | 6 | 2 | .273 | .333 | .453 | .786 | 112.0 | 113.4 | .346 | 3.0 |
| 1987 | 93 | 313 | 268 | 34 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 34 | 43 | 1 | 4 | .201 | .295 | .369 | .665 | 76.4 | 77.2 | .297 | -0.1 |
| 1988 | 123 | 462 | 406 | 52 | 106 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 70 | 37 | 67 | 4 | 3 | .261 | .326 | .438 | .765 | 114.7 | 113.6 | .345 | 1.7 |
| 1989 | 146 | 573 | 535 | 54 | 135 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 59 | 27 | 61 | 5 | 4 | .252 | .294 | .359 | .653 | 79.7 | 81.3 | .300 | -0.1 |
| 1990 | 89 | 235 | 215 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 4 | .209 | .265 | .293 | .558 | 50.4 | 55.3 | .258 | -1.1 |
| 1991 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 14.4 | 22.9 | .198 | -0.1 |
| 1992 | 55 | 149 | 141 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .312 | .322 | .482 | .804 | 123.2 | 122.5 | .361 | 0.7 |
| 1993 | 64 | 217 | 194 | 26 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .253 | .319 | .371 | .691 | 86.1 | 85.7 | .316 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 48 | 156 | 143 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .210 | .263 | .350 | .612 | 54.9 | 56.5 | .273 | -0.6 |
| 1995 | 63 | 158 | 138 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .316 | .341 | .657 | 75.9 | 74.2 | .303 | -0.1 |
| 1997 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .348 | .500 | .848 | 100.5 | 100.0 | .374 | 0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-09-30 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 1994-07-05 | TOR @ MIN Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 1992-07-26 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1986-06-04 | DET @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1989-08-05 | ATH @ SEA Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.