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Joe Collins

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 3, 1922 in Scranton, PA us

Died: August 30, 1989 in Union, NJ

Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ

Debut: September 25, 1948 (Age 25-297d, 10,563rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 34-300d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Joseph Edward Collins

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.0

2329

596

.256

404

RBI

329

OBP

.350

SLG

.421

OPS

.772

OPS+

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
2	2	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
3	5 (2)	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-7		11	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
4	6	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
5	7	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
6	8	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PR 1B
7	9	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-13	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
8	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	3	1B
9	11	Apr 28	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
10	12	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13	May 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
12	14	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	GF	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
13	15	May 3	NYY	@	SLB	W,17-3	GF	19	5.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
14	16	May 4	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-1	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
15	17	May 5	NYY	@	SLB	W,17-6	GF	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
16	18	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,11-6	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
17	19	May 7	NYY	@	DET	L,6-10	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
18	20	May 8	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	17	3.2	4	0	0	4	1	1B
19	21	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-2	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	PR 1B
20	22	May 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
21	23	May 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
22	24	May 13 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-9	GS	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
23	26 (1)	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
24	27	May 17	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
25	28	May 18	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	GS	37	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
26	29	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	3	1B
27	30	May 21	NYY		SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
28	31	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
29	32	May 24	NYY		DET	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
30	33	May 25	NYY		PHA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
31	34	May 26	NYY		PHA	W,8-5	GS	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	44 (9)	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
33	45	Jun 6	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	5	4	0	9	1
34	46	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS	26	6.0	8	2	1	11	1	1B
35	53 (6)	Jun 16	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
36	54	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
37	55	Jun 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,11-9	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
38	57 (1)	Jun 20	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
39	59 (1)	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
40	61 (1)	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
41	62	Jun 26	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
42	63	Jun 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 1B
43	64	Jun 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
44	65	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	67 (1)	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-2		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	PR 1B
46	68	Jul 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,14-5	GF	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
47	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-9	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
48	71 (1)	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	73 (1)	Jul 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
50	74	Jul 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
51	75	Jul 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
52	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-11	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
53	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
54	78	Jul 15 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
55	79	Jul 15 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	GF	17	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	80	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	81	Jul 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	19	3.1	5	2	0	7	1	1B
58	82	Jul 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
59	83	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
60	84	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,1-0	GS	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	85	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	86	Jul 22 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-0	GS	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	RF 1B
63	88 (1)	Jul 24	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
64	91 (2)	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
65	92	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-3	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF 1B
66	93	Jul 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
67	94	Jul 30	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	95	Aug 1 (1)	NYY		DET	L,8-9	GS	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	RF 1B
69	96	Aug 1 (2)	NYY		DET	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
70	97	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
71	98	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	2	1B
72	99	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-10	GS	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF 1B
73	100	Aug 4	NYY		SLB	W,11-3	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	101	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	RF 1B
75	102	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	GS	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF 1B
76	103	Aug 6	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF 1B
77	104	Aug 8	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	105	Aug 9	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
79	106	Aug 10	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
80	107	Aug 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4		18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
81	110 (2)	Aug 13	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-16	GF	13	2.0	3	0	1	4	1	PR 1B
82	111	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
83	112	Aug 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
84	113	Aug 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
85	114	Aug 17	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
86	115	Aug 18	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
87	118 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
88	119	Aug 21	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	120	Aug 22	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
90	121	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
91	122	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
92	123	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
93	124	Aug 26 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	8	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	1B
94	125	Aug 26 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	GF	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
95	126	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	127	Aug 29	NYY	@	SLB	W,15-2	GF	14	4.0	4	1	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	128	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	GF	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
98	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	3	0	1	4	0	PR 1B
99	131 (1)	Sep 5	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
100	132	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
101	133	Sep 8	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
102	134	Sep 9 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
103	135	Sep 9 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,2-0	CG	19	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
104	136	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
105	139 (2)	Sep 14	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
106	140	Sep 15	NYY		DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
107	141	Sep 16	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
108	142	Sep 17	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
109	143	Sep 18	NYY		CHW	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
110	144	Sep 19	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
111	145	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
112	146	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
113	147	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
114	148	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	GS	20	5.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
115	150 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
116	151	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
117	152	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
118	154 (1)	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
							129gm		690.1	574	57	9	640	65