Chip Coulter

Chip Coulter
Second baseman
Born: June 5, 1945 (1945-06-05) (age 66) 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
Career statistics
Batting average	.316
Home runs	0
RBI	4
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1969)

Thomas Lee "Chip" Coulter (born June 5, 1945 in Steubenville, Ohio) is a former switch hitting, right-handed throwing Major League Baseball second baseman who played in 1969 for the St. Louis Cardinals.

He was 5'10" tall and he weighed 172 pounds and wore number 35.

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 pitcher Steve Blass and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He collected no hits in two at-bats that game, and was pinch hit for in the eighth inning by Julián Javier.

His second big league game (on September 26, 1969) was against the Montreal Expos, Coulter went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI. The Cardinals beat the Expos 12-to-1 that game.

Coulter then slumped following his gargantuan performance, going 0-for-10 over his next three games. He went out in style in the final game of his career on October 1, 1969, going 2-for-2 and hitting a triple in his final career at-bat off of Woodie Fryman.

Overall, Chip Coulter collected six hits in 19 at-bats for a .316 batting average. He appeared in six games, hitting a double, a triple, scoring three times and driving in four runs. Coulter walked twice and struck out six times. He committed one error for a .960 fielding percentage.

Although his big league career ended after the 1969 season, he still played in the minors for quite a while. On October 18, 1971, he was traded by the Cardinals with Jim Beauchamp, Harry Parker, and Chuck Taylor to the New York Mets for Art Shamsky, Jim Bibby, Rich Folkers, and Charlie Hudson.

At last check, Coulter lived in Toronto, Ohio.

References

• Baseball-Reference

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Name	Coulter, Chip
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Date of birth	June 5, 1945
Place of birth	Steubenville, Ohio
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