David Lee Coleman (born October 26, 1950) is a former

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who played briefly for the

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during the season. He batted and threw right-handed. Coleman attended Stebbins High School in

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, a suburb of Dayton.Dave Coleman Statistics and History
/ref> Listed at 6-3, 195 lb., Coleman played in just eleven major league games. In those games, he scored one

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and went hitless in twelve

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s. In 1979, Coleman was traded by Boston to the

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for

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, but he never appeared in a major league game again. From 1979 through 1981, he played in the

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on affiliates of the Twins and the

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, retiring from baseball after the 1981 season.

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