Rich Coggins
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Richard Allen Coggins was an outfielder
Outfielder
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 for the Baltimore Orioles
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 (-), Montreal Expos
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 , New York Yankees
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 (-) and Chicago White Sox
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Coggins helped the Orioles win the 1973 and 1974 American League Eastern Division and the Yankees win the 1976 AL Pennant. He finished sixth in voting for 1973 American League Rookie of the Year.

In five seasons he played in 342 games and had 1,083 at bats, 125 runs, 287 hits, 42 doubles, 13 triples, 12 home runs, 90 RBI, 50 stolen bases, 72 walks, .265 batting average, .312 on-base percentage, .361 slugging percentage, 391 total bases, 26 sacrifice hits, 5 sacrifice flies and 5 intentional walks.

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