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Ripper Collins

James Anthony Collins

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 30, 1904 in Altoona, PA(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1931 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Pirates 1931-1941

Final Game: September 28, 1941 (Age 37)
Died: April 15, 1970 in New Haven, NY
Buried: Mexico Village Cemetery, Mexico, NY
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 STL NL 27 1B 68 62 60 608 563 42 3 54 .995 8.90 .990 10.11
1931 STL NL 27 OF 3 1 1 10 9 0 1 0 .900 3.00 .973 2.47
1931 STL NL 27 RF 2 0 0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 3.00 .969 2.35
1931 STL NL 27 LF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .977 2.20
1932 STL NL 28 1B 81 79 78 748 701 46 1 72 .999 9.22 .990 10.19 MVP-21
1932 STL NL 28 OF 60 58 57 108 96 7 5 2 .954 1.72 .976 2.52 MVP-21
1932 STL NL 28 RF 46 45 44 89 82 6 1 2 .989 1.91 .969 2.32 MVP-21
1932 STL NL 28 LF 14 13 13 19 14 1 4 0 .789 1.07 .975 2.28 MVP-21
1933 STL NL 29 1B 123 123 122 1140 1054 79 7 82 .994 9.21 .990 10.42
1934 STL NL 30 1B 154 154 154 1412 1289 110 13 115 .991 9.08 .991 10.02 MVP-6
1935 STL NL 31 1B 150 150 149 1382 1269 95 18 107 .987 9.09 .989 9.93 AS,MVP-21
1936 STL NL 32 1B 61 58 58 517 475 37 5 48 .990 8.39 .990 10.15 AS
1936 STL NL 32 OF 9 8 4 15 13 1 1 0 .933 1.56 .973 2.38 AS
1936 STL NL 32 RF 8 8 4 15 13 1 1 0 .933 1.75 .966 2.12 AS
1936 STL NL 32 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 AS
1937 CHC NL 33 1B 111 111 109 1159 1068 80 11 94 .991 10.34 .989 10.31 AS
1938 CHC NL 34 1B 135 133 127 1381 1264 111 6 118 .996 10.19 .992 10.47
1941 PIT NL 37 1B 11 4 4 76 64 8 4 5 .947 6.55 .989 10.16
1941 PIT NL 37 OF 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .975 2.30
1941 PIT NL 37 RF 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .970 1.93
9 Seasons 1B 894 874 861 8423 7747 608 68 695 .992 9.35 .990 10.20
4 Seasons OF 75 69 64 135 120 8 7 2 .948 1.71 .975 2.49
4 Seasons RF 59 55 50 113 103 7 3 2 .973 1.86 .969 2.27
3 Seasons LF 16 14 14 22 17 1 4 0 .818 1.13 .975 2.27
9 Seasons TOT 969 943 925 8558 7867 616 75 697 .991 8.75 .990 9.60
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1931 STL NL 27 89 63 89 70 0 0 68 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 19 0
1932 STL NL 28 149 137 149 140 0 0 81 0 0 0 14 0 46 60 0 10 0
1933 STL NL 29 132 123 132 123 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1934 STL NL 30 154 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 STL NL 31 150 150 150 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 STL NL 32 103 66 103 70 0 0 61 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 0 33 0
1937 CHC NL 33 115 111 115 111 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1938 CHC NL 34 143 133 143 135 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1941 PIT NL 37 49 6 49 14 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 35 0
9 Seasons 1084 943 1084 967 0 0 894 0 0 0 16 0 59 75 0 118 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1935 *
1936 (1B)
1937 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 NL (21, 4%)
1934 NL (6, 40%)
1935 NL (21, 3%)
0.47 Career Shares (470th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1934 NL  1,289 (4th)
1935 NL  1,269 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1934 NL  154 (1st)
1935 NL  150 (2nd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1934 NL  1,289 (4th)
1935 NL  1,269 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1933 NL  79 (5th)
1934 NL  110 (1st)
1935 NL  95 (4th)
1938 NL  111 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1934 NL  13 (4th)
1935 NL  18 (3rd)
1937 NL  11 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1932 NL  72 (5th)
1934 NL  115 (2nd)
1935 NL  107 (3rd)
1938 NL  118 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1937 NL  10.34 (4th)
1938 NL  10.19 (4th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1933 NL  .994 (2nd)
1934 NL  .991 (4th)
1935 NL  .987 (5th)
1937 NL  .991 (4th)
1938 NL  .996 (1st)

                           

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