Cad Coles | |
Position: | Outfielder |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | January 17, 1886 |
Birth Place: | Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | April 16 |
Debutyear: | 1914 |
Debutteam: | Kansas City Packers |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 29 |
Finalyear: | 1914 |
Finalteam: | Kansas City Packers |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .253 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 1 |
Stat3label: | hits |
Stat3value: | 49 |
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Cadwallader "Cad" Coles (January 17, 1886 – June 30, 1942) was an American outfielder who played for the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League in .
Coles was the first player sold from one Federal League team to another, having been sent from the Chicago Whales to Kansas City before the start of the 1914 season.[1]
Coles grew up on a plantation in South Carolina and attended Clemson College where he played for Clemson's baseball team. He left his professional baseball career to work on ships and spent years as a purser for the P & O Steamship Company before dying of a heart attack at his Miami, Florida home in 1942 at the age of 56.[2]