Joe Collins
Joseph Edward Collins
born Joseph Edward Kollonige
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 3, 1922 in Scranton, PA
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1948
Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: August 30, 1989 in Union, NJ
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1948 25 NYY AL 5 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 58 2 0 0 0
1949 26 NYY AL 7 16 10 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 2 .100 .438 .100 .538 46 1 0 0 0 /3
1950 27 NYY AL 108 239 205 47 48 8 3 8 28 5 0 31 34 .234 .335 .420 .754 95 86 4 0 3 3/O
1951 28 NYY AL 125 298 262 52 75 8 5 9 48 9 7 34 23 .286 .368 .458 .826 126 120 6 0 2 *3O
1952 29 NYY AL 122 489 428 69 120 16 8 18 59 4 2 55 47 .280 .364 .481 .845 140 206 11 1 5 *3 MVP-33
1953 30 NYY AL 127 450 387 72 104 11 2 17 44 2 6 59 36 .269 .365 .439 .805 119 170 6 0 4 *3/O
1954 31 NYY AL 130 398 343 67 93 20 2 12 46 2 2 51 37 .271 .365 .446 .812 125 153 5 0 4 0 *3
1955 32 NYY AL 105 330 278 40 65 9 1 13 45 0 2 44 32 .234 .339 .414 .753 103 115 7 2 3 3 2 39
1956 33 NYY AL 100 301 262 38 59 5 3 7 43 3 1 34 33 .225 .313 .347 .661 77 91 5 1 1 3 2 379/8
1957 34 NYY AL 79 174 149 17 30 1 0 2 10 2 1 24 18 .201 .310 .248 .559 56 37 4 0 0 1 2 39/87
10 Seasons 908 2700 2329 404 596 79 24 86 329 27 21 338 263 .256 .350 .421 .771 111 981 48 4 22 7 6
162 Game Avg. 162 482 416 72 106 14 4 15 59 5 4 60 47 .256 .350 .421 .771 111 175 9 1 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1948 25 NYY AL 5 4 0 0.0 105 .250 .200 .272 .200 .357 .400 .393 .600 .750 58 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .200 .200
1949 26 NYY AL 16 9 0 0.0 107 .125 .100 .271 .438 .363 .100 .393 .538 .756 46 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .778 .600 .000
1950 27 NYY AL 239 164 30 4.8 111 .245 .234 .275 .335 .361 .420 .412 .754 .773 95 .490 -2.4 -0.2 .758 .361 .185 6.2
1951 28 NYY AL 298 202 43 5.7 99 .287 .286 .263 .368 .343 .458 .385 .826 .728 126 .607 9.0 0.9 .780 .309 .172 9.0
1952 29 NYY AL 489 326 75 6.2 91 .281 .280 .253 .364 .332 .481 .369 .845 .701 140 .676 21.6 2.2 .822 .334 .201 6.5
1953 30 NYY AL 450 299 60 5.4 100 .260 .269 .266 .365 .342 .439 .391 .805 .733 119 .586 10.8 1.1 .763 .313 .171 3.6
1954 31 NYY AL 398 261 56 5.8 96 .276 .271 .262 .365 .337 .446 .383 .812 .719 125 .634 12.3 1.2 .794 .324 .175 3.4
1955 32 NYY AL 330 228 40 4.7 102 .220 .234 .265 .339 .344 .414 .395 .753 .739 103 .511 1.4 0.1 .716 .331 .180 .0
1956 33 NYY AL 301 213 30 3.8 104 .231 .225 .264 .313 .345 .347 .402 .661 .748 77 .390 -8.9 -0.9 .612 .260 .122 4.2
1957 34 NYY AL 174 125 12 2.6 98 .215 .201 .262 .310 .334 .248 .395 .559 .729 56 .276 -8.6 -0.9 .500 .215 .047 2.0
10 Seasons 2700 1831 346 5.1 99 .257 .256 .263 .350 .341 .421 .389 .771 .730 111 .557 34.8 3.6 .738 .313 .165 41.1
162 Game Avg. 482 327 62 5.1 99 .257 .256 .263 .350 .341 .421 .389 .771 .730 111 .557 6 1 .738 .313 .165 7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 27 NYY AL WS PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 20 18 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .222 .300 .389 .689 7 1 0 0 0 0
1952 29 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 30 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 27 24 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 8 .167 .259 .333 .593 8 0 0 0 0 0
1955 32 NYY AL WS BRO L 5 18 12 6 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 6 4 .167 .444 .667 1.111 8 0 0 0 0 0
1956 33 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 23 21 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .238 .304 .333 .638 7 2 0 0 0 0
1957 34 NYY AL WS MLN L 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (7 Series) 36 106 92 15 15 3 0 4 10 1 0 14 22 .163 .274 .326 .600 30 3 0 0 0 0
7 WS 36 106 92 15 15 3 0 4 10 1 0 14 22 .163 .274 .326 .600 30 3 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 25 NYY AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 5.0 2.5 80%
1949 26 NYY AL 16 0.0% 12.5% 37.5% 0.0% 0% 0.33 5.0 2.5 50%
1950 27 NYY AL 239 3.4% 14.2% 13.0% 8.0% 40% 1.10 6.0 25.6 7.3 68%
1951 28 NYY AL 298 3.0% 7.7% 11.4% 7.4% 29% 0.68 11.4 29.1 5.5 77%
1952 29 NYY AL 489 3.7% 9.6% 11.3% 8.6% 35% 0.85 9.1 23.8 7.3 74%
1953 30 NYY AL 450 3.8% 8.0% 13.1% 6.7% 29% 0.61 10.8 22.8 8.8 74%
1954 31 NYY AL 398 3.0% 9.3% 12.8% 8.5% 37% 0.73 9.3 28.6 7.5 0.74 74%
1955 32 NYY AL 330 3.9% 9.7% 13.3% 7.0% 35% 0.73 8.7 21.4 6.2 0.93 72%
1956 33 NYY AL 301 2.3% 11.0% 11.3% 5.0% 25% 0.97 7.9 37.4 6.1 0.86 75%
1957 34 NYY AL 174 1.2% 10.3% 13.8% 1.7% 10% 0.75 8.3 74.5 14.9 0.79 75%
10 Seasons 2700 3.2% 9.7% 12.5% 7.0% 32% 0.78 8.9 27.1 7.1 0.83 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 31 NYY AL 7 0 42% 181 2 2 50% 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 7 64% 27 13 14 8 3 5 15 1 13
1955 32 NYY AL 1 0 28% 120 0 2 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 64% 16 7 9 3 1 2 9 1 7
1956 33 NYY AL 9 2 36% 135 3 1 75% 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 4 42% 19 14 5 3 2 0 11 1 9
1957 34 NYY AL 3 0 29% 55 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 3 4 5 2 3 3 0 3
10 Seasons 20 2 37% 491 27 21 56% 5 7 1 2 1 0 3 1 11 20 59% 69 37 32 19 8 10 38 3 32
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 31 NYY AL 386 89% 93 25 5 1 3 1.30 12 0 9 11 0 6 5 0 4 4 100% 94 5 5% 42 11 26% 246 36 15% 11 5 45% 21 11 52% 13
1955 32 NYY AL 330 86% 65 13 5 0 7 1.71 13 0 8 13 0 8 5 0 3 3 100% 68 7 10% 40 16 40% 216 33 15% 16 10 63% 11 3 27% 0
1956 33 NYY AL 303 85% 59 17 4 2 5 1.29 7 0 11 6 1 5 2 0 1 1 100% 66 5 8% 31 11 35% 219 37 17% 25 13 52% 16 8 50% 0
1957 34 NYY AL 174 89% 30 33 5 0 4 1.74 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0% 38 4 11% 26 9 35% 116 8 7% 13 3 23% 17 4 24% 0
10 Seasons 1193 87% 596 88 19 3 19 1.52 86 0 31 32 1 20 13 0 9 22 244% 266 48 18% 139 47 34% 797 114 14% 65 31 48% 65 26 40% 13
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 25 5 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 58 2 0 0 0
1949 26 12 21 15 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 3 .133 .381 .200 .581 56 3 0 0 0
1950 27 120 260 220 49 50 9 3 8 34 5 0 37 37 .227 .339 .405 .743 92 89 4 0 3
1951 28 245 558 482 101 125 17 8 17 82 14 7 71 60 .259 .354 .434 .788 110 209 10 0 5
1952 29 367 1047 910 170 245 33 16 35 141 18 9 126 107 .269 .359 .456 .815 124 415 21 1 10
1953 30 494 1497 1297 242 349 44 18 52 185 20 15 185 143 .269 .361 .451 .812 122 585 27 1 14
1954 31 624 1895 1640 309 442 64 20 64 231 22 17 236 180 .270 .362 .450 .812 123 738 32 1 18 0
1955 32 729 2225 1918 349 507 73 21 77 276 22 19 280 212 .264 .358 .445 .803 120 853 39 3 21 3 2
1956 33 829 2526 2180 387 566 78 24 84 319 25 20 314 245 .260 .353 .433 .786 115 944 44 4 22 6 4
1957 34 908 2700 2329 404 596 79 24 86 329 27 21 338 263 .256 .350 .421 .771 111 981 48 4 22 7 6

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1948 25 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1949 26 7 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 .000 .375 .000 .375 0 7
1950 27 113 243 212 45 48 8 3 8 27 5 31 36 .226 .325 .406 .731 28 108
1951 28 131 310 275 55 78 8 5 9 50 9 35 24 .284 .365 .447 .812 45 125
1952 29 128 520 457 81 135 18 9 20 69 4 62 49 .295 .381 .505 .886 88 122
1953 30 133 467 405 77 109 12 2 18 47 2 62 38 .269 .366 .442 .808 65 127
1954 31 136 417 362 76 101 22 2 13 52 2 55 39 .279 .374 .459 .833 63 130
1955 32 110 344 292 42 69 10 1 14 47 0 47 33 .236 .343 .421 .764 42 105
1956 33 105 315 275 39 63 5 3 7 45 3 36 34 .229 .317 .345 .663 31 100
1957 34 83 187 159 19 34 1 0 2 11 2 27 19 .214 .326 .258 .584 14 79
10 Seasons 951 2824 2452 434 637 84 25 91 348 27 361 275 .260 .355 .426 .781 376 908
162 Game Avg. 162 481 418 74 109 14 4 16 59 5 61 47 .260 .355 .426 .781 64 908

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (33, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1952 AL  .481 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1952 AL  .845 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1952 AL  8 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL  17 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1952 AL  140 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1952 AL  .676 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL  7 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 AL  9.0 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1952 AL  23.8 (9th)
1953 AL  22.8 (9th)**

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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