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- Updated: August 16, 2016
Original Met Clarence “Choo-Choo” Coleman, a catcher who was among the many who came to symbolize the futility of the losingest team in Major League history but became an icon because of his memorable name and his role on that 1962 team, died Monday after a lengthy illness. He was 10 days shy of his 79th birthday.
Coleman, a left-handed-hitting catcher, was taken 28th in the National League’s first expansion draft from the Phillies, with whom he made his Major League debut in 1961. He was called up from the Minor Leagues that July and played in 55 games, platooning with Chris Cannizzaro and hitting .250 with six home runs and 17 RBIs.
He was one of seven players who caught for that year’s Mets team, which featured players such as Marv Throneberry, Elio Chacon, “Hot Rod” Kanehl, two …
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