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Joe Collins
Joseph Edward Collins

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

MLB Debut September 25, 1948
Final Game September 29, 1957
Born December 3, 1922 in Scranton, PA
Died August 30, 1989 (age 66)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 26 CHA AL    9   26    3    9   4   0   0    3   1   1   10    5  .346  .528  .500 1.028   140    13   0   0   0   0   0  
 1950 27 CHA AL   68  176   31   37   7   3  10   28   0   0   32   32  .210  .329  .455  .783   103    80   0   2   0   0  10  
         NYA AL   18   47    1    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    5   12  .106  .185  .213  .398    53    10   2   2   0   0   1  
         TOT      86  223   32   42   9   3  11   31   0   0   37   44  .188  .299  .404  .703          90   2   4   0   0  11 
 1951 28 NYA AL  127  277   45   84   7   4  11   43   7   5   34   35  .303  .385  .477  .861   121   132   3   2   3   4   9  
 1952 29 NYA AL  139  461   79  126  16  12  26   68   7   2   65   65  .273  .368  .529  .897   130   244   2   0   5   4   9  
 1953 30 NYA AL  139  387   57   92   6   2  21   53   7   5   58   38  .238  .336  .426  .762   105   165   6   4   1   1  11  
 1954 31 NYA AL  129  382   52  105  30   3  18   65   2   0   57   37  .275  .366  .510  .876   127   195   8   4   9   0  10  
 1955 32 NYA AL   95  291   34   59   6   5  12   42   0   0   43   38  .203  .309  .381  .690    95   111   1   1   1   2   4  
 1956 33 NYA AL   74  169   22   31   2   2   5   16   0   0   19   18  .183  .265  .308  .572    73    52   0   1   0   0   4  
 1957 34 NYA AL   72  123   22   35   5   0   4   11   4   1   19   21  .285  .380  .423  .803   117    52   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  9 Seasons      870 2339  346  583  85  31 108  332  28  14  342  301  .249  .346  .451  .796        1054  22  16  19  11  59
 Per 600 PA           514   76  128  19   7  24   73   6   3   75   66                                 232   5   4   4   2  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYA      793 2137  312  537  74  28  98  301  27  13  300  264  .251  .344  .450  .794         961  22  14  19  11  49
   With CHA       77  202   34   46  11   3  10   31   1   1   42   37  .228  .358  .460  .818          93   0   2   0   0  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      908 2329  404  596  79  24  86  329  27  21  338  263  .256  .350  .421  .771         981  22   7   6   4  48
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1949 26 CHA AL  17    8  12.1   1   1   0 1.000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   2e30      490   
 1950 27 CHA AL   5   25   4.5  15   2   1  .133  10   20    9  .450    0    0  .000  1B   2e22       29   
         NYA AL  35    2   1.2   3   0   0  .000   3    7    4  .571    0    0  .000  1B   2e22     -356   
         TOT                    18   2   1  .111  13   27   13  .481    0    0  .000
 1951 28 NYA AL  43   49   6.3  34   9   1  .265   5   18   11  .611    0    0  .000  1B   2e11       35   
 1952 29 NYA AL  38   91   7.1   7   1   1  .143  14   42   29  .690    0    0  .000  1B   2e14       52   
 1953 30 NYA AL  26   55   4.7  24   9   1  .375   9   47   29  .617    0    0  .000  1B   2e13      -43   
 1954 31 NYA AL  16   72   6.5   7   2   0  .286   6   30   24  .800    0    0  .000  1B   2e13       65   
 1955 32 NYA AL   9   36   4.1   6   3   1  .500   2   14   10  .714    0    0  .000  1B   2e4       -63   
 1956 33 NYA AL  13   13   2.6  13   4   0  .308   1    9    7  .778    0    0  .000  1B   2e7       -88   
 1957 34 NYA AL  11   21   6.5  11   5   1  .455   4   13    6  .462    0    0  .000  1B   2e14      244   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  9 Seasons          377   5.5 121  36   6  .298  55  201  129  .642    0    0  .000                  18   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 11.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1949 26 CHA AL  1B     8    61     5    1    8   .985     8    63.2   9.33
 1950 27 CHA AL  1B    51   456    42   10   56   .980    49   424.2  10.55
         NYA AL  1B    13    84     8    3   11   .968     8    85.0   9.74
                 RF     2     5     0    0    0  1.000     2    22.0   2.05
 1951 28 NYA AL  1B    94   563    49    5   49   .992    61   608.1   9.05
 1952 29 NYA AL  1B   133  1112   101   14  113   .989   126  1152.1   9.47  GG
 1953 30 NYA AL  1B   110   872    81    7  106   .993    94   873.1   9.82
                 RF     8     8     0    2    0   .800     6    53.1   1.35
                 LF     2     6     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.2   5.59
 1954 31 NYA AL  1B   125   991   110    6  115   .995   104   972.2  10.19
 1955 32 NYA AL  1B    89   757    88    2   72   .998    84   739.2  10.28
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1956 33 NYA AL  1B    56   379    23    1   35   .998    38   359.2  10.06
                 RF     1     3     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
                 LF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.2   3.18
 1957 34 NYA AL  1B    53   265    21    4   31   .986    24   267.2   9.62
                 RF     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     9.0   0.00
                 LF     5     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.1   4.91
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B   732  5540   528   53  596   .991   596  5547.0   9.85
                 RF    15    17     0    2    0   .895     9    95.1   1.60
                 LF    10    12     0    0    0  1.000     1    22.2   4.76
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1956 WS    NYA NY2   W    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
 1957 WS    NYA CIN   L    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1949  CHA   84-70   Robert Rescigno
 1950  CHA   72-82   Robert Rescigno
 1950  NYA  105-49   Billy Vanson
 1951  NYA   78-76   Billy Vanson
 1952  NYA   84-70   Billy Vanson
 1953  NYA   72-82   Billy Vanson
 1954  NYA   79-75   Billy Vanson
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