Jack Coffey

Who was Jack Coffey?

John "Jack" Francis Coffey born in New York, New York was an Infielder for the Boston Doves, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox.

He started the season by playing 22 games with the Detroit Tigers before being sold to the Red Sox in mid-August. He was listed as a possible replacement for the injured Dave Shean, but never got a chance to play in the World Series. His only other time in the major leagues was when he played for the 1909 Boston Braves.

Coffey is the only player to play with both Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth in the same season. After finishing up his playing career, he went on to coach the Fordham University baseball team from 1909 to 1958, amassing 1160 wins. The University's baseball field is named in his honor.

In two seasons, he played in 110 games and had 368 at bats with 33 runs, 69 hits, 5 doubles, 6 triples, 1 home run, 26 RBI, 6 stolen bases, 22 walks, a .188 batting average, .241 on-base percentage and a .242 slugging percentage.

He died in the Bronx, New York at the age of 79.