Portal:Philadelphia/Did you know?/July 2011
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… that John Coleman, in his 1883 rookie season for the Philadelphia Quakers (now the Phillies), pitched in 65 games, but tallied a record of only 12–48 (the team's record was 17–81)? His 48 losses, 772 hits given up, 510 runs allowed, and 291 earned runs allowed over that 98-game season remain single-season major-league records.