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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1949 NYY AL 26 1B 5 25 23 0 2 2 .920 4.60 .988 9.16
1950 NYY AL 27 1B 99 523 480 36 7 62 .987 5.21 .989 8.51
1950 NYY AL 27 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 2.35 0-0-2
1951 NYY AL 28 1B 114 620 556 56 8 65 .987 5.37 .990 8.49
1951 NYY AL 28 OF 15 21 19 1 1 0 .952 1.33 .976 2.23 0-0-15
1952 NYY AL 29 1B 119 1131 1047 73 11 123 .990 9.41 .988 8.40 MVP-33
1953 NYY AL 30 1B 113 901 826 65 10 100 .989 7.88 .989 8.85
1953 NYY AL 30 OF 4 12 11 0 1 0 .917 2.75 .983 2.17 0-0-4
1954 NYY AL 31 1B 117 75 758.1 826 759 60 7 105 .992 2.5 4.0 2.5 3.8 -1.2 0 9.72 7.00 .990 9.60 8.00
1955 NYY AL 32 1B 73 44 454.1 438 395 42 1 63 .998 3.3 8.7 3.3 1.7 1.6 0 8.66 5.99 .991 9.63 8.17
1955 NYY AL 32 OF 27 23 199.0 54 50 3 1 0 .981 1.3 7.8 0.3 0.7 -0.4 1 2.40 1.96 .981 2.40 2.08
1955 NYY AL 32 RF 27 23 199.0 47 44 2 1 0 .979 1.3 7.8 0.3 0.7 -0.4 1 2.08 1.70 .981 2.05 1.73
1956 NYY AL 33 OF 51 37 338.0 98 95 2 1 0 .990 10.1 35.9 9.1 1.8 7.3 1 2.58 1.90 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 NYY AL 33 1B 43 25 256.1 281 251 30 0 37 1.000 3.2 15.0 3.2 1.7 1.5 0 9.87 6.53 .990 9.43 7.99
1956 NYY AL 33 LF 26 20 184.0 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.6 17.0 2.6 1.4 1.2 0 2.30 1.81 .977 2.10 1.69
1956 NYY AL 33 RF 23 16 134.0 42 41 0 1 0 .976 6.4 57.3 5.4 0.7 4.7 1 2.75 1.78 .974 2.09 1.80
1956 NYY AL 33 CF 7 1 20.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 66.0 1.1 -0.3 1.4 0 3.60 1.14 .988 2.79 2.50
1957 NYY AL 34 1B 32 23 205.0 235 218 14 3 23 .987 1.7 10.0 1.7 1.1 0.5 0 10.19 7.25 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 NYY AL 34 OF 15 8 79.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 1.94 1.13 .982 2.24 1.97
1957 NYY AL 34 RF 11 5 52.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 18.5 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 2.08 1.09 .975 1.94 1.68
1957 NYY AL 34 CF 2 1 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -101.5 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 0.69 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.40
1957 NYY AL 34 LF 2 2 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 17.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .975 2.12 1.70
9 Seasons 1B 715 167 1674.0 4980 4555 376 49 580 .990 10.7 7.7 10.7 8.3 2.4 0 26.51 6.90 .989 9.59 8.39
6 Seasons OF 114 68 616.0 203 192 7 4 0 .980 11.3 22.0 9.3 2.7 6.6 2 2.91 1.75 .980 2.35 2.08 28-9-82
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 61 44 385.0 101 96 3 2 0 .980 8.5 26.5 6.5 1.4 5.1 2 2.31 1.62 .977 2.05 1.75
2 Seasons LF 28 22 198.0 51 49 2 0 0 1.000 2.8 17.0 2.8 1.6 1.2 0 2.32 1.82 .976 2.10 1.69
2 Seasons CF 9 2 33.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 2.45 1.00 .989 2.75 2.48
10 Seasons TOT 829 235 2290.0 5183 4747 383 53 580 .990 22.0 11.5 20.0 11.0 9.0 2 0 20.16 6.19 .979 7.64 7.52 28-9-82
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 NYY AL 25 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYY AL 26 7 7 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 NYY AL 27 108 108 108 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1951 NYY AL 28 125 125 125 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 15 15
1952 NYY AL 29 122 122 122 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 30 127 127 127 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
1954 NYY AL 31 130 75 130 130 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 3
1955 NYY AL 32 105 67 105 105 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 21 1
1956 NYY AL 33 100 62 100 100 0 0 43 0 0 0 26 7 23 51 24 0
1957 NYY AL 34 79 31 79 79 0 0 32 0 0 0 2 2 11 15 39 1
10 Seasons 908 235 908 908 0 0 715 0 0 0 28 9 82 114 115 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 NYY AL 31 3197 66% 79% 26% 167 93% 1 733 51 679 4 49 59 42 14 1 1 7 0 6 1 4 101 4 2 0 95 6 6 2 4 10 80%
1955 NYY AL 32 1957 65% 74% 23% 115 95% 0 398 27 368 2 51 40 27 4 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 63 1 0 0 56 3 6 1 4 7 100%
1956 NYY AL 33 1110 63% 77% 26% 58 98% 0 251 8 239 4 25 29 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 2 0 1 34 3 3 0 3 6 100%
1957 NYY AL 34 872 69% 79% 32% 50 94% 0 223 10 210 3 25 13 5 7 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 23 0 0 0 22 0 1 0 1 3 100%
4 Seasons 7136 65% 77% 26% 390 95% 1 1605 96 1496 13 150 141 93 29 3 7 12 1 8 3 7 224 7 2 1 207 12 16 3 12 26 92%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 NYY AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 10 8 0 6 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 11 52.4% 9 1 4.8% 1 880 70% 75% 29% 76 61%
1956 NYY AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 14 10 71.4% 4 0 0.0% 0 566 61% 77% 28% 62 66%
1957 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 211 66% 78% 32% 18 67%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 18 11 0 8 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 7 7 0 39 22 56.4% 16 1 2.6% 2 1657 67% 76% 29% 156 63%
MLB Averages 44.0% 3.1% 63% 79% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 NYY AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 20 15 75.0% 5 0 0.0% 2 811 67% 74% 25% 96 49%
1957 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 72 69% 83% 21% 10 40%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11 10 0 4 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 23 16 69.6% 7 0 0.0% 2 883 67% 75% 25% 106 48%
MLB Averages 56.3% 2.2% 63% 79% 30% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 NYY AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 90 71% 71% 26% 12 67%
1957 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 62 73% 68% 23% 4 25%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 152 72% 70% 24% 16 56%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 58%

* 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.

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