"Jim thrives on work- the more he pitches, the better he becomes. At Richmond in 1957, he toiled a total of 226 innings and topped the loop in strikeouts with 161 victims.
Last season he won twice in relief for New York, once over Cleveland and then against Washington. Starting against Chicago in September, he hurled a 4-hit, 3-1 win.
In the off-season, Jim likes to hunt and fish."
-1960 Topps No. 51
"One of the finest pitching prospects among the young hurlers of Casey Stengel, Coates will be starting his second full season with the Yankees. He had one of the better relief pitching records in the majors last season.
Coates began his professional career with Olean, N.Y., in 1952 and since has been with Binghamton, Richmond, Joplin and Norfolk. His best year to date was in 1957 with Richmond of the International League when he had the low earned-run average of 2.63 and won 14 games while losing 11.
He has good control. In his first season of pro ball with Olean he struck out 223 men and walked only 128."
-1960 Leaf No. 35
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