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Ripper Collins
James Anthony Collins

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 18, 1931
Final Game September 28, 1941
Born March 30, 1904 in Altoona, PA
Died April 15, 1970 in New Haven, NY

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Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 27 STL NL  89  279   34   84  20 10   4   59   1     18  24  .301  .350  .487  119  136   1           3    
 1932 28 STL NL 149  549   82  153  28  8  21   91   4     38  67  .279  .329  .474  110  260   8           3     MVP-21
 1933 29 STL NL 132  493   66  153  26  7  10   68   7     38  49  .310  .363  .452  127  223   8           3  13
 1934 30 STL NL 154  600  116  200  40 12  35  128   2     57  50  .333  .393  .615  159  369   3           2  11 MVP-6
 1935 31 STL NL 150  578  109  181  36 10  23  122   0     65  45  .313  .385  .529  139  306   1           3   5 MVP-21,AS
 1936 32 STL NL 103  277   48   81  15  3  13   48   1     48  30  .292  .399  .509  143  141   1           1   4 AS
 1937 33 CHC NL 115  456   77  125  16  5  16   71   2     32  46  .274  .329  .436  103  199  10           5  14 AS
 1938 34 CHC NL 143  490   78  131  22  8  13   61   1     54  48  .267  .344  .424  108  208   8           3  13
 1941 37 PIT NL  49   62    5   13   2  2   0   11   0      6  14  .210  .279  .306   65   19   2           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1084 3784  615 1121 205 65 135  659  18  0 356 373  .296  .360  .492  126 1861  42   0   0  23  60
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        566   92  168  31 10  20   98   3  0  53  56  .296  .360  .492  126  278   6   0   0   3   9
 Career High    154  600  116  200  40 12  35  128   7  0  65  67  .333  .399  .615  159  369  10   0   0   5  14

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 27 STL NL  301  196   47   6.4   107| .301  .290| .350  .349| .487  .409| .837  .759| 119  .645   6.5   0.6     
 1932 28 STL NL  598  404   85   5.7   106| .279  .288| .329  .341| .474  .417| .803  .758| 110  .585   5.9   0.6     
 1933 29 STL NL  542  361   80   5.9    95| .310  .280| .363  .333| .452  .383| .815  .717| 127  .666  17.3   1.8     
 1934 30 STL NL  662  414  144   9.3   109| .333  .294| .393  .350| .615  .418|1.008  .769| 159  .773  49.2   4.7     
 1935 31 STL NL  647  403  117   7.7   107| .313  .290| .385  .346| .529  .414| .914  .760| 139  .716  32.7   3.2     
 1936 32 STL NL  327  201   56   7.5   103| .292  .286| .399  .345| .509  .400| .908  .745| 143  .702  18.2   1.8     
 1937 33 CHC NL  503  355   64   4.8   105| .274  .285| .329  .347| .436  .404| .765  .751| 103  .529  -0.2   0.0     
 1938 34 CHC NL  555  380   71   5.0   101| .267  .278| .344  .343| .424  .396| .768  .739| 108  .559   4.6   0.5     
 1941 37 PIT NL   70   51    5   2.6    94| .210  .266| .279  .336| .306  .374| .585  .711|  65  .303  -3.2  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4205 2765  669   6.5   104| .296  .286| .360  .344| .492  .406| .852  .750| 126  .657 131.1  12.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / 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 ------+
 1931 27 STL NL  1B   68    563   42    3   54  .995  .990  8.90  9.63            
                 OF    3      9    0    1    0  .900  .978  3.00  2.37                1    0    2
 1932 28 STL NL  1B   81    701   46    1   72  .999  .990  9.22  9.91            
                 OF   60     96    7    5    2  .954  .976  1.72  2.41               15    0   45
 1933 29 STL NL  1B  123   1054   79    7   82  .994  .990  9.21  8.13            
 1934 30 STL NL  1B  154   1289  110   13  115  .991  .991  9.08  6.49            
 1935 31 STL NL  1B  150   1269   95   18  107  .987  .989  9.09  6.67             AS
 1936 32 STL NL  1B   61    475   37    5   48  .990  .990  8.39  9.91             AS
                 OF    9     13    1    1    0  .933  .972  1.56  2.24                1    0    8 AS
 1937 33 CHC NL  1B  111   1068   80   11   94  .991  .989 10.34  9.01             AS
 1938 34 CHC NL  1B  135   1264  111    6  118  .996  .992 10.19  7.41            
 1941 37 PIT NL  1B   11     64    8    4    5  .947  .989  6.55  9.73            
                 OF    3      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  2.13                0    0    3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1931 27 STL NL  1B   68    563   42    3   54  .995  .990  8.90  9.63            
 1932 28 STL NL  1B   81    701   46    1   72  .999  .990  9.22  9.91            
 1933 29 STL NL  1B  123   1054   79    7   82  .994  .990  9.21  8.13            
 1934 30 STL NL  1B  154   1289  110   13  115  .991  .991  9.08  6.49            
 1935 31 STL NL  1B  150   1269   95   18  107  .987  .989  9.09  6.67            
 1936 32 STL NL  1B   61    475   37    5   48  .990  .990  8.39  9.91            
 1937 33 CHC NL  1B  111   1068   80   11   94  .991  .989 10.34  9.01            
 1938 34 CHC NL  1B  135   1264  111    6  118  .996  .992 10.19  7.41            
 1941 37 PIT NL  1B   11     64    8    4    5  .947  .989  6.55  9.73            

 1931 27 STL NL  OF    3      9    0    1    0  .900  .978  3.00  2.37                1    0    2
 1932 28 STL NL  OF   60     96    7    5    2  .954  .976  1.72  2.41               15    0   45
 1936 32 STL NL  OF    9     13    1    1    0  .933  .972  1.56  2.24                1    0    8
 1941 37 PIT NL  OF    3      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  2.13                0    0    3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B  894   7747  608   68  695  .992  .990  9.35  8.02            
                 OF   75    120    8    7    2  .948  .976  1.71  2.38               17    0   58
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       969   7867  616   75  697  .991  .990  8.75  7.58

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1934   WS    STL DET     W   7  30   4  11  1  0  0   3   1   2  .367  .387  .400   0  1   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    CHC NYY     L   4  15   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   3  .133  .133  .133   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1  13  47   5  13  1  0  0   3   1   6  .277  .292  .298   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1935   STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1936   STL NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1937   CHC NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   2   0   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .500  .250 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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.

All-Star
1935 *
1936 (1B)
1937 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1932-NL-21-0.04
1934-NL-6-0.40
1935-NL-21-0.02
Car-447-0.46 shares

Batting Average
1933 NL-.310-10
1934 NL-.333-4

On-base %
1934 NL-.393-8
1935 NL-.385-10
1936 NL-.399-9

Slugging %
1934 NL-.615-1
1935 NL-.529-7
1936 NL-.509-7

OPS
1934 NL-1.008-1
1935 NL-.915-6
1936 NL-.908-8

Games
1934 NL-154-1

At Bats
1934 NL-600-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1934 NL-662-8

Runs
1934 NL-116-3
1935 NL-109-7

Hits
1934 NL-200-3

Total Bases
1934 NL-369-1
1935 NL-306-6

Doubles
1934 NL-40-4
1935 NL-36-8

Triples
1934 NL-12-4
1935 NL-10-10

Home Runs
1932 NL-21-6
1934 NL-35-1
1935 NL-23-4
1936 NL-13-10
1937 NL-16-9

RBI
1932 NL-91-8
1934 NL-128-2
1935 NL-122-3

Bases on Balls
1934 NL-57-10
1935 NL-65-6

Strikeouts
1932 NL-67-3

Adjusted OPS+
1934 NL-159-2
1935 NL-139-8
1936 NL-143-8

Runs Created
1934 NL-144-1
1935 NL-117-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1934 NL-49-2
1935 NL-33-6

Batting Wins
1934 NL-4.7-2
1935 NL-3.2-6

Extra-Base Hits
1932 NL-57-10
1934 NL-87-1
1935 NL-69-5

Times on Base
1934 NL-259-6
1935 NL-249-8

Offensive Win%
1934 NL-.773-2
1935 NL-.716-6
1936 NL-.702-8

Hit By Pitch
1937 NL-5-4

Power/Speed Number
1933 NL-8.2-5

At Bats per Home Run
1932 NL-26.1-7
1934 NL-17.1-2
1935 NL-25.1-5
1936 NL-21.3-3
1937 NL-28.5-7
1938 NL-37.7-10

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (273) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 70 (347) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.2 (571) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 42.5 (420) (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.

Transactions
October 8, 1936: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Roy Parmelee to the Chicago Cubs for Lon Warneke.
March 25, 1941: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Chicago Cubs.
November 19, 1941: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Ripper Collins's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1935 * 1936 (1B) 1937 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1932-NL-21-0.04 1934-NL-6-0.40 1935-NL-21-0.02 Car-447-0.46 shares	Batting Average 1933 NL-.310-10 1934 NL-.333-4	On-base % 1934 NL-.393-8 1935 NL-.385-10 1936 NL-.399-9	Slugging % 1934 NL-.615-1 1935 NL-.529-7 1936 NL-.509-7	OPS 1934 NL-1.008-1 1935 NL-.915-6 1936 NL-.908-8
Games 1934 NL-154-1	At Bats 1934 NL-600-9	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1934 NL-662-8	Runs 1934 NL-116-3 1935 NL-109-7	Hits 1934 NL-200-3	Total Bases 1934 NL-369-1 1935 NL-306-6
Doubles 1934 NL-40-4 1935 NL-36-8	Triples 1934 NL-12-4 1935 NL-10-10	Home Runs 1932 NL-21-6 1934 NL-35-1 1935 NL-23-4 1936 NL-13-10 1937 NL-16-9	RBI 1932 NL-91-8 1934 NL-128-2 1935 NL-122-3	Bases on Balls 1934 NL-57-10 1935 NL-65-6	Strikeouts 1932 NL-67-3
Adjusted OPS+ 1934 NL-159-2 1935 NL-139-8 1936 NL-143-8	Runs Created 1934 NL-144-1 1935 NL-117-7	Adjusted Batting Runs 1934 NL-49-2 1935 NL-33-6	Batting Wins 1934 NL-4.7-2 1935 NL-3.2-6	Extra-Base Hits 1932 NL-57-10 1934 NL-87-1 1935 NL-69-5	Times on Base 1934 NL-259-6 1935 NL-249-8
Offensive Win% 1934 NL-.773-2 1935 NL-.716-6 1936 NL-.702-8	Hit By Pitch 1937 NL-5-4	Power/Speed Number 1933 NL-8.2-5	At Bats per Home Run 1932 NL-26.1-7 1934 NL-17.1-2 1935 NL-25.1-5 1936 NL-21.3-3 1937 NL-28.5-7 1938 NL-37.7-10