James Marlan Coughtry (September 11, 1934 – November 8, 2016) was an American professional

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who appeared in 35 total

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over two seasons for four

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clubs. Born in

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, he batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . For his MLB career, Coughtry posted a .185

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(10-for-54) with six runs and four

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(RBI). Coughtry played

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, and was signed by the

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in 1954. He began his professional career with the

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, and had a .333

in 93 games with the team. In 1955, he was promoted to the

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, and had a .295 batting average, 11

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, and 11

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s. He played in 72 games for the

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the following year, then spent 22 games with the

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in 1957. Coughtry missed the 1958 season, and spent both 1959 and 1960 between the

Allentown Red Sox The Allentown Red Sox (''A-Sox'') were a minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Boston Red Sox and based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that played from 1958 through 1960 in the Eastern League. At that time, the Eastern League was official ...

and the

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. With Allentown in 1960, he had a .308 batting average and 13 home runs. In September 1960, the Boston Red Sox brought him up to the major league roster, and he made his debut on September 2, playing in 15 games for a seventh-place team during the closing weeks of that season. In

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' final game for the Red Sox on September 28, 1960, Coughtry started at

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and collected two

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in three

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. He hit a

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and scored the tying run in the ninth

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to help give the Red Sox a win. The following season, Coughtry played for the

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, and had a .296 batting average in 148 games. After the 1961 season, the

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selected Coughtry in the

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, and he played in 11 games for the Angels. On May 12, as they were cutting their roster from 28 to 25 men, the Angels traded Coughtry to the

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for

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; then, on July 2, after six games with Kansas City, Coughtry's contract was sold to the

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. He played three games for the Indians before being sidelined by a sore back, and he retired from professional baseball shortly afterward.

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