Chip Coulter

Thomas Lee "Chip" Coulter (born June 5, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the 1969 St. Louis Cardinals. Listed at 5'10" tall, weighing 172 pounds, Coulter was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was born in Steubenville, Ohio.

Chip Coulter
Second baseman
Born: (1945-06-05) June 5, 1945
Steubenville, Ohio
Batted: Both Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 18, 1969, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1969, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average.316
Runs scored3
Runs batted in4
On-base percentage.381
Slugging percentage.474
Games played6
Teams

Originally signed by the Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1964, Coulter made his Major League debut at the age of 24 on September 18, 1969, against the Pittsburgh Pirates, facing pitcher Steve Blass, finishing the game 0-for-2, after which Julián Javier pinch hit for him in the eighth inning.

His second big league game, on September 26, 1969, was against the Montreal Expos where Coulter went 4-for-5, with a double and three RBIs, which saw the Cardinals win 12-1.

Coulter went 0-for-10 in his next three games, then in his final game, on October 1, 1969, he went 2-for-2 with a triple in his final at-bat, off Woodie Fryman.

Coulter finished his career with six hits in 19 at-bats for a .316 batting average and did not hit a home run. In total he appeared in six games, collecting a double and a triple, driving in four runs while scoring three times, walking twice and striking out six times. He committed one error in 25 fielding appearances for a .960 fielding percentage.

After his stint in the majors, Coulter continued playing in the Minor Leagues. He was traded with Jim Beauchamp, Harry Parker and Chuck Taylor from the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Art Shamsky, Jim Bibby, Rich Folkers and Charlie Hudson on October 18, 1971.[1]

Coulter lives in Toronto, Ohio.

References
  1. "Shamsky Traded by Mets to Cards in 8-Player Deal," The New York Times, Tuesday, October 19, 1971. Retrieved October 21, 2020
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