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Kevin Collins

Kevin Michael Collins (Casey)

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 4, 1946 in Springfield, MA
High School: Springfield Tech HS (Springfield, MA)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1965
Teams (by GP): Mets/Tigers/Expos 1965-1971

Final Game: September 29, 1971
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Standard Batting

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
1965 18 NYM NL 11 24 23 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .174 .208 .217 .426 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 /56
1967 20 NYM NL 4 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -42 1 1 0 0 0 0 /4
1968 21 NYM NL 58 168 154 12 31 5 2 1 13 0 1 7 37 .201 .233 .279 .512 54 43 2 0 5 2 2 5/46
1969 22 TOT NL 68 149 136 6 29 8 1 3 14 0 0 11 26 .213 .268 .353 .621 73 48 2 0 0 2 1 54
1969 22 NYM NL 16 43 40 1 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 10 .150 .209 .300 .509 40 12 0 0 0 0 1 5
1969 22 MON NL 52 106 96 5 23 5 1 2 12 0 0 8 16 .240 .292 .375 .667 86 36 2 0 0 2 0 45
1970 23 DET AL 25 25 24 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 10 .208 .240 .375 .615 67 9 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1971 24 DET AL 35 41 41 6 11 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 12 .268 .268 .439 .707 94 18 1 0 0 0 0 /5479
6 Yrs 201 417 388 30 81 17 4 6 34 1 2 20 97 .209 .245 .320 .565 62 124 6 0 5 4 3
162 Game Avg. 162 336 313 24 65 14 3 5 27 1 2 16 78 .209 .245 .320 .565 62 100 5 0 4 3 2
NYM (4 yrs) 89 245 227 17 42 9 2 2 15 1 2 11 59 .185 .221 .269 .490 44 61 3 0 5 2 3
DET (2 yrs) 60 66 65 8 16 3 1 2 7 0 0 1 22 .246 .258 .415 .673 84 27 1 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 52 106 96 5 23 5 1 2 12 0 0 8 16 .240 .292 .375 .667 86 36 2 0 0 2 0
NL (4 yrs) 141 351 323 22 65 14 3 4 27 1 2 19 75 .201 .243 .300 .543 57 97 5 0 5 4 3
AL (2 yrs) 60 66 65 8 16 3 1 2 7 0 0 1 22 .246 .258 .415 .673 84 27 1 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 18 NYM NL 11 24 -2 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .489 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /56
1967 20 NYM NL 4 10 -2 0 -0 1 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .491 .500 -0.2 0.2 -1 $ /4
1968 21 NYM NL 58 168 -9 -0 0 -5 1 -13 -1.5 6 -7 -0.9 .472 .490 -0.4 -0.5 -2 $ 5/46
1969 22 NYM NL 16 43 -4 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.0 .491 .499 -0.3 0.3 -2 $ 5
1969 22 MON NL 52 106 -1 -0 0 -4 1 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .490 .497 0.3 -0.3 3 $ 45
1970 23 DET AL 25 25 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .496 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $14,000 /3
1971 24 DET AL 35 41 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.1 0.2 1 $14,000 /5479
6 Seasons 201 417 -19 0 1 -4 2 -20 -2.3 14 -6 -0.8 .488 .498 -0.5 -0.1 -2 $28,000
NYM (4 yrs) 89 245 -16 0 0 -2 2 -15 -1.8 8 -7 -0.9 .479 .497 -0.9 0.0 -5 $
DET (2 yrs) 60 66 -2 0 0 1 -0 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .500 .500 0.1 0.2 0 $28,000
MON (1 yr) 52 106 -1 -0 0 -4 1 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .490 .497 0.3 -0.3 3 $

Advanced Batting

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
1965 18 NYM NL 24 20 1 1.4 89 .286 .174 .252 .208 .315 .217 .381 .426 .697 23 .114 -2.3 -0.2 .250 .043 .043
1967 20 NYM NL 10 10 0 0.0 89 .143 .100 .256 .100 .318 .100 .376 .200 .694 -42 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .200 .100 .000 .0
1968 21 NYM NL 168 133 10 2.0 81 .254 .201 .252 .233 .310 .279 .355 .512 .666 54 .263 -9.0 -1.0 .389 .117 .078 .0
1969 22 TOT NL 149 111 14 3.4 95 .239 .213 .260 .268 .331 .353 .385 .621 .716 73 .405 -5.2 -0.5 .541 .221 .140 .0
1969 22 NYM NL 43 34 3 2.4 96 .172 .150 .262 .209 .332 .300 .388 .509 .720 40 .262 -3.3 -0.4 .441 .225 .150 .0
1969 22 MON NL 106 77 11 3.8 95 .263 .240 .259 .292 .330 .375 .384 .667 .714 86 .461 -1.8 -0.2 .587 .219 .135 .0
1970 23 DET AL 25 19 2 2.8 98 .308 .208 .259 .240 .334 .375 .395 .615 .729 67 .317 -1.2 -0.1 .526 .208 .167 .0
1971 24 DET AL 41 31 4 3.5 96 .357 .268 .260 .268 .334 .439 .387 .707 .720 94 .432 -0.7 -0.1 .581 .171 .171 .0
6 Yrs 417 324 31 2.6 90 .260 .209 .256 .245 .322 .320 .374 .565 .696 62 .318 -20.4 -2.2 .454 .160 .111 1.7
162 Game Avg. 336 261 25 2.6 90 .260 .209 .256 .245 .322 .320 .374 .565 .696 62 .318 -20.4 -2.2 .454 .160 .111 1
NYM (4 yrs) 245 197 14 1.9 85 .238 .185 .254 .221 .315 .269 .365 .490 .680 44 .227 -16.5 -1.8 .374 .128 .084 1.3
DET (2 yrs) 66 50 6 3.2 97 .341 .246 .260 .258 .334 .415 .390 .673 .723 84 .389 -2.0 -0.2 .560 .185 .169 .0
MON (1 yr) 106 77 11 3.8 95 .263 .240 .259 .292 .330 .375 .384 .667 .714 86 .461 -1.8 -0.2 .587 .219 .135 .0
NL (4 yrs) 351 274 25 2.5 88 .246 .201 .256 .243 .320 .300 .370 .543 .690 57 .303 -18.4 -2.0 .434 .155 .099 1.6
AL (2 yrs) 66 50 6 3.2 97 .341 .246 .260 .258 .334 .415 .390 .673 .723 84 .389 -2.0 -0.2 .560 .185 .169 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1965 18 NYM NL 24 0.0% 37.5% 4.2% 4.2% 25% 9.00 2.6 8.00 58%
1967 20 NYM NL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 1.33 70%
1968 21 NYM NL 168 0.6% 22.0% 4.2% 4.8% 26% 5.29 4.2 154.0 11.8 1.21 70%
1969 22 TOT NL 149 2.0% 17.5% 7.4% 8.1% 41% 2.36 5.2 45.3 9.7 0.80 73%
1969 22 NYM NL 43 2.3% 23.3% 7.0% 9.3% 67% 3.33 4.0 40.0 20.0 0.85 67%
1969 22 MON NL 106 1.9% 15.1% 7.6% 7.6% 35% 2.00 6.0 48.0 8.0 0.79 75%
1970 23 DET AL 25 4.0% 40.0% 4.0% 8.0% 40% 10.00 2.4 24.0 8.0 0.50 52%
1971 24 DET AL 41 2.4% 29.3% 0.0% 9.8% 36% 3.4 41.0 10.3 0.58 68%
6 Yrs 417 1.4% 23.3% 4.8% 6.5% 33% 4.85 4.0 64.7 11.4 1.00 69%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.3% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.83 5.8 43.4 9.2 1.12 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 18 NYM NL -2.3 -0.2 25 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .99 -0.1 -0.1 -2.5 -0.3 0.88 -2.1 0.29 3
1967 20 NYM NL -1.8 -0.2 11 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .96 -0.2 -0.0 -1.4 -0.2 0.83 -1.5 1.21 2
1968 21 NYM NL -9.0 -1.0 169 -0.7 2.6 -3.3 1.09 -0.9 0.3 -6.8 -0.8 0.98 -8.1 1.38 14
1969 22 TOT NL -5.2 -0.5 150 -0.1 3.0 -3.0 1.15 -0.5 0.5 -4.2 -0.4 1.00 -6.5 1.38 32
1969 22 NYM NL -3.3 -0.4 43 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .98 -0.4 0.1 -4.5 -0.5 0.94 -5.1 0.88 3
1969 22 MON NL -1.8 -0.2 107 0.3 2.5 -2.3 1.21 -0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 1.03 -1.4 1.43 29
1970 23 DET AL -1.2 -0.1 25 0.4 0.8 -0.4 .95 -0.1 0.6 -0.1 -0.0 0.86 -1.2 0.97 21
1971 24 DET AL -0.7 -0.1 41 -0.1 0.9 -0.9 1.30 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.07 0.3 1.50 30
6 Yrs -20.4 -2.2 421 -0.9 7.5 -8.4 1.11 -1.9 1.1 -15.4 -1.7 0.98 -19.1 1.30 102

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1965 18 NYM NL 1 0 60% 8 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 20 NYM NL 0 0 100% 0 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 21 NYM NL 2 0 30% 54 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 47% 13 8 5 0 0 0 4 1 3
1969 22 TOT NL 2 0 8% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 60% 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 NYM NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 MON NL 2 0 10% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 60% 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 23 DET AL 0 0 20% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1971 24 DET AL 0 0 50% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
6 Yrs 5 0 25% 134 1 2 33% 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 48% 23 12 11 1 1 0 5 2 3

Situational Hitting*

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
1965 18 NYM NL 24 92% 4 3 1 0 0 0.29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 20 NYM NL 10 100% 1 2 0 0 0 1.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1968 21 NYM NL 168 93% 31 14 0 0 0 1.38 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 33 2 6% 21 10 48% 104 13 13% 10 4 40% 9 4 44% 0
1969 22 TOT NL 149 95% 29 32 10 1 3 1.38 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 26 2 8% 12 2 17% 106 14 13% 11 4 36% 4 1 25% 0
1969 22 NYM NL 43 91% 6 3 0 0 0 0.88 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 29 1 3% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1969 22 MON NL 106 97% 23 29 10 1 3 1.43 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 22 2 9% 11 2 18% 77 13 17% 9 4 44% 4 1 25% 0
1970 23 DET AL 25 80% 5 21 4 1 1 0.97 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 10 2 20% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1971 24 DET AL 41 93% 11 30 9 1 3 1.50 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 5 1 20% 33 3 9% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
6 Yrs 417 93% 81 102 24 3 7 1.30 6 0 13 6 0 4 2 0 6 5 83% 78 6 8% 44 13 30% 264 32 12% 23 8 35% 15 6 40% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 11% 30% 13% 46% 52%

Cumulative Batting

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
1965 18 11 24 23 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .174 .208 .217 .426 23 5 0 0 0 0 0
1966 19 11 24 23 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .174 .208 .217 .426 23 5 0 0 0 0 0
1967 20 15 34 33 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 12 .152 .176 .182 .358 4 6 1 0 0 0 0
1968 21 73 202 187 16 36 6 2 1 13 1 2 8 49 .193 .223 .262 .485 45 49 3 0 5 2 2
1969 22 141 351 323 22 65 14 3 4 27 1 2 19 75 .201 .243 .300 .543 57 97 5 0 5 4 3
1970 23 166 376 347 24 70 15 3 5 30 1 2 20 85 .202 .243 .305 .548 58 106 5 0 5 4 3
1971 24 201 417 388 30 81 17 4 6 34 1 2 20 97 .209 .245 .320 .565 62 124 6 0 5 4 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 18 11 24 23 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .174 .208 .217 .426 1 11
1967 20 4 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1968 21 58 172 157 15 35 6 2 1 17 0 8 37 .223 .257 .306 .563 13 58
1969 22 68 150 137 6 30 8 1 3 15 0 11 26 .219 .273 .358 .631 14 68
1970 23 25 25 24 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 1 10 .208 .240 .375 .615 2 25
1971 24 35 41 41 6 11 2 1 1 4 0 0 12 .268 .268 .439 .707 5 35
6 Yrs 201 422 392 32 85 18 4 6 39 1 21 97 .217 .254 .329 .583 35 201
162 Game Avg. 162 340 316 26 69 15 3 5 31 1 17 78 .217 .254 .329 .583 28 201

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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