MLB / Players

Darnell Coles

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb
BornJune 2, 1962 · San Bernardino, CA, USA
MLB debutSeptember 4, 1983
Final gameMay 22, 1997
Seasons14 (1983–1997)

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

G
146
44
PA
573
32
AB
535
45.6
R
54
12.8
H
135
40
2B
21
27.2
3B
3
44
HR
10
37.6
RBI
59
43.2
BB
27
8
SO
61
69.6
SB
5
32.8
CS
4
53.6
BA
.252
31.2
OBP
.294
13.6
SLG
.359
22.4
OPS
.653
18.4
wRC+
79.7
8.8
OPS+
81.3
10.4
wOBA
.300
14.4
sWAR
-0.1
4.8

of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
87.2
19.2
OPS+
88.0
19.9
sWAR
3.5
75.4

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19832710092926701671203.283.333.391.72598.796.4.3300.4
19844816514315233106172621.161.259.196.45532.929.1.228-0.7
1985277159814401591701.237.338.356.69493.690.0.3190.2
1986142587521671423022086458462.273.333.453.786112.0113.4.3463.0
19879331326834541311039344314.201.295.369.66576.477.2.297-0.1
1988123462406521062321570376743.261.326.438.765114.7113.6.3451.7
1989146573535541352131059276154.252.294.359.65379.781.3.300-0.1
199089235215224571320163804.209.265.293.55850.455.3.258-1.1
19911114141300000200.214.214.214.42914.422.9.198-0.1
199255149141164411231831510.312.322.482.804123.2122.5.3610.7
199364217194264991426162911.253.319.371.69186.185.7.3160.2
199448156143153061415102500.210.263.350.61254.956.5.273-0.6
199563158138133170316162000.225.316.341.65775.974.2.303-0.1
19972123221710120600.318.348.500.848100.5100.0.3740.1

Career totals

G
957
PA
3,223
AB
2,891
R
333
H
709
2B
142
3B
14
HR
75
RBI
368
BB
237
SO
445
SB
20
BA
.2452
OBP
.3068
SLG
.3819
OPS
.6887

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1987-09-30CHC @ PIT Gameday4340036113
1994-07-05TOR @ MIN Gameday5330034012
1992-07-26CIN @ STL Gameday625110008
1986-06-04DET @ ATH Gameday513201308
1989-08-05ATH @ SEA Gameday522002608

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.