Kevin Collins
Kevin Michael Collins (Casey)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 4, 1946 in Springfield, MA
High School: Technical (Springfield, MA)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1965
Final Game: September 29, 1971
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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 Awards
1965 NYM NL 18 3B 7 4 40.0 10 1 9 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -6.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 0 2.25 1.43 .950 2.81 2.47
1965 NYM NL 18 SS 3 0 13.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 1.38 0.67 .950 4.92 4.20
1967 NYM NL 20 2B 2 2 18.0 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.3 86.7 1.3 0.0 1.3 0 4.50 4.50 .978 5.25 4.65
1968 NYM NL 21 3B 40 38 323.0 89 28 57 4 7 .955 -5.0 -18.6 -5.0 -1.6 -3.4 0 2.37 2.13 .954 2.93 2.72
1968 NYM NL 21 2B 6 1 17.1 16 8 7 1 2 .938 -0.2 -13.8 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 7.79 2.50 .975 5.19 4.73
1968 NYM NL 21 SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1969 TOT NL 22 3B 30 26 210.2 72 21 45 6 4 .917 -1.3 -7.4 -1.3 0.5 -1.8 0 2.82 2.20 .947 2.92 2.63
1969 NYM NL 22 3B 14 11 98.2 40 11 26 3 2 .925 2.4 29.2 2.4 1.5 0.9 0 3.38 2.64 .948 2.92 2.63
1969 MON NL 22 2B 20 2 61.0 28 13 15 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -2.0 -0.1 -0.8 0.7 0 4.13 1.40 .975 5.19 4.65
1969 MON NL 22 3B 16 15 112.0 32 10 19 3 2 .906 -3.7 -39.6 -3.7 -1.0 -2.7 0 2.33 1.81 .947 2.92 2.63
1970 DET AL 23 1B 1 1 9.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 6.00 6.00 .983 9.60 8.10
1971 DET AL 24 3B 4 1 17.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.8 56.5 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0 3.18 1.50 .950 3.02 2.75
1971 DET AL 24 OF 2 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 3.38 1.50 .967 2.25 1.95
1971 DET AL 24 2B 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1971 DET AL 24 LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.60
1971 DET AL 24 RF 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 150.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.50 2.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
4 Seasons 3B 81 69 590.2 177 51 116 10 12 .944 -5.7 -11.6 -5.7 -0.1 -5.6 0 2.54 2.06 .951 2.92 2.67
4 Seasons 2B 29 5 97.1 55 24 30 1 4 .982 1.2 14.8 1.2 -1.0 2.2 0 4.99 1.86 .976 5.21 4.67
2 Seasons SS 4 0 14.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -8.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.93 0.75 .967 4.95 4.28
1 Season OF 2 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 3.38 1.50 .967 2.25 1.95
1 Season 1B 1 1 9.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 6.00 6.00 .983 9.60 8.10
1 Season LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.60
1 Season RF 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 150.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.50 2.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
6 Seasons TOT 117 75 719.0 244 84 149 11 16 .955 -4.1 -6.8 -4.1 -0.7 -3.4 0 0 2.92 1.99 .913 3.35 3.25

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
1965 NYM NL 18 11 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
1967 NYM NL 20 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 NYM NL 21 58 39 58 58 0 0 0 6 40 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
1969 MON NL 22 52 17 52 52 0 0 0 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
1969 NYM NL 22 16 11 16 16 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1970 DET AL 23 25 1 25 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1971 DET AL 24 35 1 35 35 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 30 2
6 Seasons 201 75 201 201 0 0 1 29 81 4 1 0 1 2 109 3
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 NYM NL 18 184 70% 78% 32% 11 82% 0 1 0 0 1 9 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 21 1404 64% 76% 26% 80 91% 1 31 16 8 7 57 46 10 0 4 4 0 4 0 2 7 5 1 6 1 0 1 3 67%
1969 MON NL 22 510 54% 70% 21% 26 88% 1 9 5 1 3 18 13 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1969 NYM NL 22 427 63% 74% 26% 41 93% 0 13 10 2 1 25 21 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0%
1971 DET AL 24 70 61% 81% 39% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2595 62% 75% 26% 164 91% 2 55 32 11 12 114 91 20 0 7 10 0 8 2 7 11 8 1 9 2 0 2 6 67%
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 90% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1967 NYM NL 20 74 70% 74% 24% 8 100% 0 2 1 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 21 75 83% 73% 33% 9 89% 0 8 2 6 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1969 MON NL 22 279 62% 76% 25% 22 91% 0 14 5 5 4 16 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1971 DET AL 24 4 50% 75% 25% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 432 67% 75% 26% 40 93% 0 25 8 11 6 31 24 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 NYM NL 18 51 49% 82% 27% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 21 5 40% 60% 0% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 56 48% 80% 25% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 91%

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%
1970 DET AL 23 30 70% 57% 23% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 30 70% 57% 23% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 94% 88%

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%
1971 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 55% 80% 15% 3 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 55% 80% 15% 3 33%
MLB Averages 57.2% 2.8% 62% 76% 25% 47%

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%
1971 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 71% 71% 36% 2 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 71% 71% 36% 2 100%
MLB Averages 41.6% 3.2% 62% 76% 25% 54%

* 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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