Coggins had quite a nice rookie season for Baltimore in 1973, batting .319 with 124 hits over 389 at-bats in 110 games.
He would finish sixth in Rookie of the Year balloting, behind eventual winner, and teammate, Al Bumbry.
The following season saw him fall back to earth a bit, getting sufficient playing time but seeing his average drop to .243, while appearing in 113 games, though stealing 26 bases, a career high.
Over that off-season, he would end up getting traded as part of somewhat of a big deal, seeing pitcher Dave McNally going to the Montreal Expos, with pitcher Mike Torrez and outfielder Ken Singleton coming to Baltimore.
For Coggins however, the change of scenery didn’t help his career, as he would play only 13 games North of the border before seeing himself with the New York Yankees, who purchased him in June of 1975.
For the Yanks the rest of the way, Coggins hit .244 , giving him a combined .236 average for the season, playing in a combined 64 games between the two teams.
In 1976, he opened the year with the Yankees, but was traded over to the Chicago White Sox in the Ken Brett deal, and would play 32 games for the South-Siders, in what would end up being the last games of his five-year Major League career.
All told, Coggins finished with a .265 career average, with 287 hits over 1083 games in 342 games played, along with 125 runs scored and 90 runs batted in.
