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Bill Collins
William Shirley Collins

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 14, 1910
Final Game October 5, 1914
Born March 27, 1882 in Chesterton, IN
Died June 26, 1961 in San Bernardino, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1910 28 BSN NL 151  584   67  141   6  7   3   40  36     43  48  .241  .308  .291   73  170  16          13    
 1911 29 TOT NL  24   47   10    7   2  1   0    8   4      2   8  .149  .184  .234   13   11   3           0    
         BSN NL  17   44    8    6   1  1   0    8   4      1   8  .136  .156  .205   -2    9   3           0    
         CHC NL   7    3    2    1   1  0   0    0   0      1   0  .333  .500  .667  225    2   0           0    
 1913 31 BRO NL  32   95    8   18   1  0   0    4   2      8  11  .189  .267  .200   33   19   2           2    
 1914 32 BUF FL  21   47    6    7   2  2   0    2   0      1   8  .149  .167  .277   24   13   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      228  773   91  173  11 10   3   54  42  0  54  75  .224  .287  .276   61  213  23   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        549   65  123   8  7   2   38  30  0  38  53  .224  .287  .276   61  151  16   0   0  11   0
 Career High    151  584   67  141   6  7   3   40  36  0  43  48  .241  .308  .291   73  170  16   0   0  13   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1910 28 BSN NL  656  459   50   2.9    90| .241  .266| .308  .341| .291  .353| .599  .694|  73  .398 -21.7  -2.4     
 1911 29 TOT NL   52   43    2   1.2   101| .149  .276| .184  .354| .234  .380| .418  .734|  13  .106  -5.9  -0.6     
         BSN NL   48   41    1   0.6   101| .136  .276| .156  .355| .205  .381| .361  .736|  -2  .035  -6.6  -0.7     
         CHC NL    4    2    1  13.4    95| .333  .268| .500  .346| .667  .369|1.167  .715| 225  .902   0.6   0.1     
 1913 31 BRO NL  107   79    5   1.7    94| .189  .273| .267  .338| .200  .372| .467  .710|  33  .181  -8.3  -0.9     
 1914 32 BUF FL   50   42    2   1.3    94| .149  .274| .167  .340| .277  .370| .444  .710|  24  .114  -4.8  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       865  623   59   2.5    91| .224  .268| .287  .341| .276  .358| .563  .699|  61  .332 -40.7  -4.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1910 28 BSN NL OF 151 355 23 9 2 .977 .959 2.50 2.10 129 10 13 1911 29 TOT NL OF 17 32 1 0 0 1.000 .962 1.94 2.07 5 10 2 BSN NL OF 13 31 1 0 0 1.000 .961 2.46 2.07 3 8 2 3B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.00 CHC NL OF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.08 2 2 0 1913 31 BRO NL OF 27 57 1 5 0 .921 .960 2.15 2.08 13 15 0 1914 32 BUF FL OF 15 14 5 3 0 .864 .950 1.27 1.87 2 1 13
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 29 BSN NL 3B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.00 1910 28 BSN NL OF 151 355 23 9 2 .977 .959 2.50 2.10 129 10 13 1911 29 TOT NL OF 17 32 1 0 0 1.000 .962 1.94 2.07 5 10 2 BSN NL OF 13 31 1 0 0 1.000 .961 2.46 2.07 3 8 2 CHC NL OF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.08 2 2 0 1913 31 BRO NL OF 27 57 1 5 0 .921 .960 2.15 2.08 13 15 0 1914 32 BUF FL OF 15 14 5 3 0 .864 .950 1.27 1.87 2 1 13
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 210 458 30 17 2 .966 .959 2.32 2.08 149 36 28 3B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 211 460 31 17 2 .967 .959 2.33 2.08
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1910 NL-151-8

At Bats
1910 NL-584-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1910 NL-656-8

Stolen Bases
1910 NL-36-9

Singles
1910 NL-125-6

Hit By Pitch
1910 NL-13-3

Outs
1910 NL-459-1

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

April 4, 1910: Traded by the New York Giants with Buck Herzog to the Boston Doves for Beals Becker.

June 10, 1911: Traded by the Boston Rustlers with Cliff Curtis, Wilbur Good, and Peaches Graham to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Kling, Al Kaiser, Orlie Weaver, and Hank Griffin.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Brooklyn Robins to the Buffalo Buffeds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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