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Joe Collins

Joseph Edward Collins
born Joseph Edward Kollonige

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder
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
Team: Yankees 1948-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: August 30, 1989 in Union, NJ
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:02PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1339. Ken Landreaux… #1340. Elliott Maddox… #1341. Jim McTamany… #1342. JOE COLLINS… #1343. Wayne Garrett… #1344. Pete Incaviglia… #1345. Julio Cruz… 

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 .826 125 120 6 0 2 *3O
1952 29 NYY AL 122 489 428 69 120 16 8 18 59 4 2 55 47 .280 .364 .481 .845 139 206 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 3
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 3
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 3
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1948 25 NYY AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1949 26 NYY AL 16 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /3
1950 27 NYY AL 239 -2 3 0 0 -1 -5 7 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 3/O
1951 28 NYY AL 298 11 1 0 0 2 -6 9 17 1.7 15 1.5 0.2 $ *3O
1952 29 NYY AL 489 23 2 0 0 1 -5 14 35 3.7 34 3.6 0.1 $ *3 MVP-33
1953 30 NYY AL 450 13 0 0 0 0 -5 13 19 1.9 21 2.2 -0.3 $ *3/O
1954 31 NYY AL 399 15 1 1 2 2 -5 11 28 3.0 25 2.7 0.3 $ *3
1955 32 NYY AL 330 -1 2 -2 1 5 -5 9 8 0.8 4 0.4 0.4 $ 3
1956 33 NYY AL 303 -7 0 3 0 13 -4 9 14 1.4 1 0.1 1.3 $ 3
1957 34 NYY AL 174 -8 0 1 1 2 -2 5 -1 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 3
10 Seasons 2703 44 9 3 4 23 -37 77 121 12.4 100 10.5 1.9 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1949 NYY AL 26 1B 5 25 23 0 2 2 .920 4.60 .989 9.76
1950 NYY AL 27 1B 99 523 480 36 7 62 .987 5.21 .989 9.37
1950 NYY AL 27 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .980 2.45
1950 NYY AL 27 RF 2 2 1 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 0.50 .980 2.12 2.10
1951 NYY AL 28 1B 114 620 556 56 8 65 .987 5.37 .990 9.66
1951 NYY AL 28 OF 15 21 19 1 1 0 .952 1.33 .977 2.44
1951 NYY AL 28 RF 15 13 2 102.1 24 22 1 1 0 .958 2.02 1.53 .978 2.06 2.05
1952 NYY AL 29 1B 119 1131 1047 73 11 123 .990 9.41 .988 9.62 MVP-33
1953 NYY AL 30 1B 113 901 826 65 10 100 .989 7.88 .989 9.66
1953 NYY AL 30 OF 4 12 11 0 1 0 .917 2.75 .981 2.40
1953 NYY AL 30 RF 4 3 2 27.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 3.67 2.75 .984 2.10 2.08
1954 NYY AL 31 1B 117 826 759 60 7 105 .992 2 7.00 .990 9.53
1955 NYY AL 32 1B 73 438 395 42 1 63 .998 3 5.99 .991 9.54
1955 NYY AL 32 OF 27 54 50 3 1 0 .981 1 1.96 .982 2.38
1955 NYY AL 32 RF 27 23 15 199.0 47 44 2 1 0 .979 1 8 2.08 1.70 .981 2.05 2.03
1956 NYY AL 33 OF 51 98 95 2 1 0 .990 10 1.90 .979 2.32
1956 NYY AL 33 1B 43 281 251 30 0 37 1.000 3 6.53 .990 9.35
1956 NYY AL 33 LF 26 20 15 184.0 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 3 17 2.30 1.81 .977 2.10 2.09
1956 NYY AL 33 RF 23 16 6 134.0 42 41 0 1 0 .976 6 57 2.75 1.78 .973 2.09 2.07
1956 NYY AL 33 CF 7 1 1 20.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 66 3.60 1.14 .984 2.79 2.77
1957 NYY AL 34 1B 32 235 218 14 3 23 .987 2 7.25 .992 9.70
1957 NYY AL 34 OF 15 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -0 1.13 .980 2.25
1957 NYY AL 34 RF 11 5 2 52.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1 18 2.08 1.09 .976 1.92 1.93
1957 NYY AL 34 CF 2 1 1 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -102 0.69 0.50 .980 2.70 2.70
1957 NYY AL 34 LF 2 2 1 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 2.57 2.00 .980 2.12 2.10
9 Seasons 1B 715 4980 4555 376 49 580 .990 11 6.90 .989 9.56
6 Seasons OF 114 203 192 7 4 0 .980 11 1.75 .980 2.35
6 Seasons RF 82 62 28 531.1 138 130 4 4 0 .971 9 19 2.27 1.63 .978 2.05 2.03
2 Seasons LF 28 22 16 198.0 51 49 2 0 0 1.000 3 17 2.32 1.82 .977 2.10 2.09
2 Seasons CF 9 2 2 33.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.45 1.00 .983 2.75 2.76
10 Seasons TOT 829 5183 4747 383 53 580 .990 22 6.19 .989 8.57
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1498th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1952 AL  3.6 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1956 AL  1.3 (2nd)

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  139 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1952 AL  .677 (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)**

Putouts† s c a p y
1952 AL  1,047 (5th)
1954 AL  759 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1956 AL  13 (2nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1951 AL  114 (4th)
1952 AL  119 (5th)
1954 AL  117 (3rd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1952 AL  1,047 (5th)
1954 AL  759 (3rd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1954 AL  60 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1954 AL  3 (2nd)
1955 AL  3 (2nd)
1956 AL  3 (2nd)
1957 AL  2 (5th)
Career  11 (73rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1952 AL  10.15 (1st)
1953 AL  9.54 (5th)
1954 AL  9.71 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1952 AL  9.41 (4th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1952 AL  .990 (2nd)
1954 AL  .992 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1956 AL  10 (3rd)

                           
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 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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