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Jimmy Collins
James Joseph Collins

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 178 lb.

Debut April 19, 1895
Final Game August 29, 1908
Born January 16, 1870 in Buffalo, NY
Died March 6, 1943 in Buffalo, NY

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1945.

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        Long-time 3B and skipper of the Boston franchise, managed the team to the upset World Series win over Pittsburgh that put the Junior Circuit on the map. Just think: the AL might have folded in 1904 if he hadn't done that!

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1895 25 TOT NL 107  411   75  112  20  5   7   57  12     37  20  .273  .347  .397   95  163   4          10    
         LOU NL  96  373   65  104  17  5   6   49  12     33  16  .279  .352  .399   98  149   3           9    
         BSN NL  11   38   10    8   3  0   1    8   0      4   4  .211  .302  .368   69   14   1           1    
 1896 26 BSN NL  84  304   48   90  10  9   1   46  10     30  12  .296  .374  .398   99  121   8           8    
 1897 27 BSN NL 134  529  103  183  28 13   6  132  14     41      .346  .400  .482  126  255   8           7    
 1898 28 BSN NL 152  597  107  196  35  5  15  111  12     40      .328  .377  .479  140  286  13           7    
 1899 29 BSN NL 151  599   98  166  28 11   5   92  12     40      .277  .335  .386   90  231   9          12    
 1900 30 BSN NL 142  586  104  178  25  5   6   95  23     34      .304  .352  .394   96  231   9          10    
 1901 31 BOS AL 138  564  108  187  42 16   6   94  19     34      .332  .375  .495  142  279  12           5    
 1902 32 BOS AL 108  429   71  138  21 10   6   61  18     24      .322  .360  .459  123  197  19           2    
 1903 33 BOS AL 130  540   88  160  33 17   5   72  23     24      .296  .329  .448  126  242  13           2    
 1904 34 BOS AL 156  631   85  171  33 13   3   67  19     27      .271  .306  .379  110  239  13           5    
 1905 35 BOS AL 131  508   66  140  26  5   4   65  18     37      .276  .330  .370  121  188   9           4    
 1906 36 BOS AL  37  142   17   39   8  4   1   16   1      4      .275  .295  .408  119   58   2           0    
 1907 37 TOT AL 140  522   51  145  29  0   0   45   8     34      .278  .332  .333  111  174  15           8    
         BOS AL  41  158   13   46   8  0   0   10   4     10      .291  .333  .342  116   54   6           0    
         PHA AL  99  364   38   99  21  0   0   35   4     24      .272  .331  .330  109  120   9           8    
 1908 38 PHA AL 115  433   34   94  14  3   0   30   5     20      .217  .258  .263   65  114  13           4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         6795      1999    116      983      0      32  .294  .343  .409  113      147   0   0  84   0
               1725      1055      352     65      194    426                            2778
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        638   99  188  33 11   6   92  18  0  40   3  .294  .343  .409  113  261  14   0   0   8   0
 Career High    156  631  108  196  42 17  15  132  23  0  41  20  .346  .400  .495  142  286  19   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1895 25 TOT NL  462  303   54   4.6   108| .273  .296| .347  .361| .397  .399| .744  .761|  95  .450  -2.3  -0.2     
         LOU NL  418  272   50   4.8   107| .279  .294| .352  .360| .399  .398| .751  .757|  98  .463  -0.4   0.0     
         BSN NL   44   31    4   3.3   116| .211  .308| .302  .376| .368  .417| .670  .792|  69  .311  -1.9  -0.2     
 1896 26 BSN NL  350  222   43   5.0   112| .296  .305| .374  .371| .398  .407| .772  .778|  99  .519  -0.7  -0.1     
 1897 27 BSN NL  585  354  100   7.3   112| .346  .306| .400  .371| .482  .407| .882  .777| 126  .684  19.6   1.8     
 1898 28 BSN NL  657  414  106   6.6    95| .328  .284| .377  .349| .479  .364| .856  .713| 140  .723  29.5   3.1     
 1899 29 BSN NL  660  442   74   4.3   107| .277  .301| .335  .365| .386  .392| .721  .756|  90  .502  -9.8  -1.0     
 1900 30 BSN NL  639  417   79   5.0   108| .304  .301| .352  .364| .394  .397| .746  .761|  96  .567  -3.8  -0.4     
 1901 31 BOS AL  615  389  103   6.9    95| .332  .282| .375  .338| .495  .378| .870  .716| 142  .703  30.6   3.0     
 1902 32 BOS AL  474  310   70   6.0   100| .322  .287| .360  .345| .459  .388| .819  .733| 123  .650  11.7   1.2     
 1903 33 BOS AL  579  393   79   5.3    86| .296  .269| .329  .319| .448  .363| .777  .682| 126  .674  15.9   1.7     
 1904 34 BOS AL  676  473   72   4.0    77| .271  .258| .306  .311| .379  .339| .685  .649| 110  .609   6.3   0.7     
 1905 35 BOS AL  558  377   61   4.3    73| .276  .249| .330  .308| .370  .325| .700  .633| 121  .645  12.0   1.4     
 1906 36 BOS AL  148  105   17   4.3    75| .275  .256| .295  .312| .408  .328| .703  .639| 119  .629   2.2   0.3     
 1907 37 TOT AL  579  392   56   3.8    73| .278  .255| .332  .311| .333  .319| .665  .630| 111  .592   8.0   1.0     
         BOS AL  174  118   18   4.1    71| .291  .253| .333  .308| .342  .316| .675  .624| 116  .620   3.0   0.4     
         PHA AL  405  274   38   3.7    73| .272  .256| .331  .312| .330  .320| .661  .633| 109  .579   5.0   0.6     
 1908 38 PHA AL  470  352   29   2.2    74| .217  .253| .258  .311| .263  .322| .521  .634|  65  .372 -17.5  -2.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7452 4943  943   5.0    93| .294  .279| .343  .339| .409  .367| .752  .706| 113  .608 101.7  10.3     

* 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 ------+
1895 25 TOT NL OF 28 49 4 6 1 .898 .917 1.89 2.14 0 7 21 LOU NL 3B 77 131 181 25 12 .926 .872 4.05 3.38 OF 18 40 3 2 1 .956 .917 2.39 2.14 0 7 11 2B 2 3 12 0 0 1.000 .932 7.50 5.65 SS 1 2 3 1 1 .833 .893 5.00 5.50 BSN NL OF 10 9 1 4 0 .714 .917 1.00 2.14 0 0 10 1896 26 BSN NL 3B 80 134 207 34 16 .909 .892 4.26 3.41 SS 4 7 11 6 2 .750 .905 4.50 5.53 1897 27 BSN NL 3B 134 214 303 47 20 .917 .892 3.86 3.29 1898 28 BSN NL 3B 152 243 332 42 20 .932 .902 3.78 3.42 1899 29 BSN NL 3B 151 217 376 36 23 .943 .903 3.93 3.52 1900 30 BSN NL 3B 141 251 329 40 21 .935 .895 4.11 3.74 SS 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 5.80 1901 31 BOS AL 3B 138 203 328 50 24 .914 .899 3.85 3.51 1902 32 BOS AL 3B 107 143 255 19 14 .954 .912 3.72 3.52 1903 33 BOS AL 3B 130 178 260 22 19 .952 .922 3.37 3.11 1904 34 BOS AL 3B 156 191 320 30 15 .945 .931 3.28 3.09 1905 35 BOS AL 3B 131 164 268 36 12 .923 .923 3.30 3.10 1906 36 BOS AL 3B 32 43 70 11 2 .911 .920 3.53 3.15 1907 37 TOT AL 3B 139 143 257 47 13 .895 .913 2.88 3.10 BOS AL 3B 41 46 72 17 2 .874 .913 2.88 3.10 PHA AL 3B 98 97 185 30 11 .904 .913 2.88 3.10 1908 38 PHA AL 3B 115 117 216 26 14 .928 .932 2.90 3.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1895 25 LOU NL 2B 2 3 12 0 0 1.000 .932 7.50 5.65 1895 25 LOU NL 3B 77 131 181 25 12 .926 .872 4.05 3.38 1896 26 BSN NL 3B 80 134 207 34 16 .909 .892 4.26 3.41 1897 27 BSN NL 3B 134 214 303 47 20 .917 .892 3.86 3.29 1898 28 BSN NL 3B 152 243 332 42 20 .932 .902 3.78 3.42 1899 29 BSN NL 3B 151 217 376 36 23 .943 .903 3.93 3.52 1900 30 BSN NL 3B 141 251 329 40 21 .935 .895 4.11 3.74 1901 31 BOS AL 3B 138 203 328 50 24 .914 .899 3.85 3.51 1902 32 BOS AL 3B 107 143 255 19 14 .954 .912 3.72 3.52 1903 33 BOS AL 3B 130 178 260 22 19 .952 .922 3.37 3.11 1904 34 BOS AL 3B 156 191 320 30 15 .945 .931 3.28 3.09 1905 35 BOS AL 3B 131 164 268 36 12 .923 .923 3.30 3.10 1906 36 BOS AL 3B 32 43 70 11 2 .911 .920 3.53 3.15 1907 37 TOT AL 3B 139 143 257 47 13 .895 .913 2.88 3.10 BOS AL 3B 41 46 72 17 2 .874 .913 2.88 3.10 PHA AL 3B 98 97 185 30 11 .904 .913 2.88 3.10 1908 38 PHA AL 3B 115 117 216 26 14 .928 .932 2.90 3.20 1895 25 TOT NL OF 28 49 4 6 1 .898 .917 1.89 2.14 0 7 21 LOU NL OF 18 40 3 2 1 .956 .917 2.39 2.14 0 7 11 BSN NL OF 10 9 1 4 0 .714 .917 1.00 2.14 0 0 10 1895 25 LOU NL SS 1 2 3 1 1 .833 .893 5.00 5.50 1896 26 BSN NL SS 4 7 11 6 2 .750 .905 4.50 5.53 1900 30 BSN NL SS 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 5.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 1683 2372 3702 465 225 .929 .907 3.61 3.33 OF 28 49 4 6 1 .898 .917 1.89 2.14 0 7 21 SS 6 10 16 7 3 .788 .903 4.33 5.57 2B 2 3 12 0 0 1.000 .932 7.50 5.65 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1719 2434 3734 478 229 .928 .907 3.59 3.32
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1903   WS    BOS PIT     W   8  36   5   9  1  2  0   1   1   1  .250  .270  .389   3  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Batting Average
1898 NL-.328-7
1901 AL-.332-5
1902 AL-.322-9

Slugging %
1897 NL-.482-10
1898 NL-.479-2
1901 AL-.495-5
1902 AL-.459-9
1903 AL-.448-8

OPS
1898 NL-.856-7
1901 AL-.869-6
1902 AL-.820-10

Games
1897 NL-134-4
1898 NL-152-5
1899 NL-151-6
1900 NL-142-1
1901 AL-138-3
1904 AL-156-5

At Bats
1898 NL-597-10
1899 NL-599-8
1900 NL-586-1
1901 AL-564-4
1903 AL-540-10
1904 AL-631-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1899 NL-660-9
1900 NL-639-4
1901 AL-615-8
1904 AL-676-4

Runs
1900 NL-104-10
1901 AL-108-6
1903 AL-88-8
1904 AL-85-5

Hits
1898 NL-196-5
1900 NL-178-7
1901 AL-187-3
1903 AL-160-10
1904 AL-171-8

Total Bases
1897 NL-255-9
1898 NL-286-1
1900 NL-231-9
1901 AL-279-2
1903 AL-242-8
1904 AL-239-8

Doubles
1898 NL-35-3
1899 NL-28-6
1901 AL-42-3
1903 AL-33-6
1904 AL-33-2
1907 AL-29-4

Triples
1901 AL-16-4
1903 AL-17-4

Home Runs
1897 NL-6-7
1898 NL-15-1
1900 NL-6-10
1901 AL-6-9
1902 AL-6-10
1903 AL-5-10
1905 AL-4-9

RBI
1897 NL-132-2
1898 NL-111-2
1900 NL-95-4
1901 AL-94-6
1905 AL-65-9

Singles
1900 NL-142-8

Adjusted OPS+
1898 NL-140-9
1901 AL-142-4

Runs Created
1898 NL-106-1
1901 AL-103-2
1903 AL-79-8
1904 AL-72-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1898 NL-30-8
1901 AL-31-4

Batting Wins
1898 NL-3.1-8
1901 AL-3.0-3

Extra-Base Hits
1897 NL-47-9
1898 NL-55-3
1899 NL-44-8
1901 AL-64-2
1903 AL-55-5
1904 AL-49-5

Times on Base
1901 AL-226-7

Offensive Win%
1898 NL-.723-8
1901 AL-.703-6

Hit By Pitch
1895 NL-10-10
1907 AL-8-9

Sac. Hits
1902 AL-19-8

Power/Speed Number
1898 NL-13.3-3
1900 NL-9.5-8
1901 AL-9.1-9
1903 AL-8.2-7
1905 AL-6.5-10

At Bats per Home Run
1898 NL-39.8-1

Outs
1899 NL-442-4
1900 NL-417-4
1904 AL-473-2

Oldest Player
1908 AL-38-3

     

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (333) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 128 (137) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.0 (376) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 39.5 (460) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 14, 1894: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Buffalo (Eastern) for $500.

May 19, 1895: Loaned to the Louisville Colonels by the Boston Beaneaters for $500.

Before 1896 Season: Jimmy Collins returned to the Boston Beaneaters by the Louisville Colonels as part of earlier loan.

February 11, 1901: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Boston Americans.

June 7, 1907: Traded by the Boston Americans to the Philadelphia Athletics for John Knight.


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