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Ripper Collins
James Anthony Collins
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 30, 1904 in Altoona, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1931
Final Game: September 28, 1941
Died: April 15, 1970 in New Haven, NY
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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
1931 27 STL NL 89 301 279 34 84 20 10 4 59 1 18 24 .301 .350 .487 .837 119 136 3 1 3/O
1932 28 STL NL 149 598 549 82 153 28 8 21 91 4 38 67 .279 .329 .474 .802 110 260 3 8 3O MVP-21
1933 29 STL NL 132 542 493 66 153 26 7 10 68 7 38 49 .310 .363 .452 .816 127 223 13 3 8 *3
1934 30 STL NL 154 662 600 116 200 40 12 35 128 2 57 50 .333 .393 .615 1.008 159 369 11 2 3 *3 MVP-6
1935 31 STL NL 150 647 578 109 181 36 10 23 122 0 65 45 .313 .385 .529 .915 139 306 5 3 1 *3 AS,MVP-21
1936 32 STL NL 103 327 277 48 81 15 3 13 48 1 48 30 .292 .399 .509 .908 143 141 4 1 1 3/O AS
1937 33 CHC NL 115 503 456 77 125 16 5 16 71 2 32 46 .274 .329 .436 .765 103 199 14 5 10 *3 AS
1938 34 CHC NL 143 555 490 78 131 22 8 13 61 1 54 48 .267 .344 .424 .768 108 208 13 3 8 *3
1941 37 PIT NL 49 70 62 5 13 2 2 0 11 0 6 14 .210 .279 .306 .586 65 19 0 0 2 3/O
9 Seasons 1084 4205 3784 615 1121 205 65 135 659 18 356 373 .296 .360 .492 .852 126 1861 60 23 42
162 Game Avg. 162 628 566 92 168 31 10 20 98 3 53 56 .296 .360 .492 .852 126 278 3 6
STL (6 yrs) 777 3077 2776 455 852 165 50 106 516 15 264 265 .307 .370 .517 .887 134 1435 33 15 22
CHC (2 yrs) 258 1058 946 155 256 38 13 29 132 3 86 94 .271 .337 .430 .767 105 407 27 8 18
PIT (1 yr) 49 70 62 5 13 2 2 0 11 0 6 14 .210 .279 .306 .586 65 19 0 0 2

Postseason Batting

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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
1931 27 STL NL WS PHA W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 30 STL NL WS DET W 7 31 30 4 11 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 .367 .387 .400 .787 12 0 0 0 0 0
1938 34 CHC NL WS NYY L 4 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .133 .267 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 13 48 47 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 6 .277 .292 .298 .590 14 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 13 48 47 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 6 .277 .292 .298 .590 14 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1931 STL NL 27 1B 68 608 563 42 3 54 .995 8.90 .990 9.63
1931 STL NL 27 OF 3 10 9 0 1 0 .900 3.00 .980 2.37 1-0-2
1932 STL NL 28 1B 81 748 701 46 1 72 .999 9.22 .990 9.91 MVP-21
1932 STL NL 28 OF 60 108 96 7 5 2 .954 1.72 .977 2.41 15-0-45 MVP-21
1933 STL NL 29 1B 123 1140 1054 79 7 82 .994 9.21 .990 8.13
1934 STL NL 30 1B 154 1412 1289 110 13 115 .991 9.08 .991 6.49 MVP-6
1935 STL NL 31 1B 150 1382 1269 95 18 107 .987 9.09 .989 6.67 AS,MVP-21
1936 STL NL 32 1B 61 517 475 37 5 48 .990 8.39 .990 9.91 AS
1936 STL NL 32 OF 9 15 13 1 1 0 .933 1.56 .973 2.24 1-0-8 AS
1937 CHC NL 33 1B 111 1159 1068 80 11 94 .991 10.34 .989 9.01 AS
1938 CHC NL 34 1B 135 1381 1264 111 6 118 .996 10.19 .992 7.41
1941 PIT NL 37 1B 11 76 64 8 4 5 .947 6.55 .989 9.73
1941 PIT NL 37 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 2.13 0-0-3
9 Seasons 1B 894 8423 7747 608 68 695 .992 9.35 .990 8.02
4 Seasons OF 75 135 120 8 7 2 .948 1.71 .976 2.38 17-0-58
9 Seasons TOT 969 8558 7867 616 75 697 .991 8.75 .981 7.58 17-0-58

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-21-2%
0.46 Career Shares (450th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 NL--.310--10th
1934 NL--.333--4th

On-Base% s c a p y
1934 NL--.393--8th
1935 NL--.385--10th
1936 NL--.399--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1934 NL--.615--1st
1935 NL--.529--7th
1936 NL--.509--7th
Career--.492--123rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1934 NL--1.008--1st
1935 NL--.915--6th
1936 NL--.908--8th
Career--.852--156th

Games Played s c a p y
1934 NL--154--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1934 NL--600--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1934 NL--662--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1934 NL--116--3rd
1935 NL--109--7th

Hits s c a p y
1934 NL--200--3rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1934 NL--369--1st
1935 NL--306--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1934 NL--40--4th
1935 NL--36--8th

Triples s c a p y
1934 NL--12--4th
1935 NL--10--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1932 NL--21--6th
1934 NL--35--1st
1935 NL--23--4th
1936 NL--13--10th
1937 NL--16--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1932 NL--91--8th
1934 NL--128--2nd
1935 NL--122--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 NL--57--10th
1935 NL--65--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1932 NL--67--3rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1934 NL--159--2nd
1935 NL--139--8th
1936 NL--143--8th
Career--126--218th

Runs Created s c a p y
1934 NL--144--1st
1935 NL--117--7th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1934 NL--49--2nd
1935 NL--33--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1934 NL--4.7--2nd
1935 NL--3.2--6th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1932 NL--57--10th
1934 NL--87--1st
1935 NL--69--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1934 NL--259--6th
1935 NL--249--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1934 NL--.773--2nd
1935 NL--.716--6th
1936 NL--.702--8th
Career--.657--175th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1937 NL--5--4th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1933 NL--8.2--5th

AB per HR s c a p y
1932 NL--26.143--7th
1934 NL--17.143--2nd
1935 NL--25.130--5th
1936 NL--21.308--3rd
1937 NL--28.500--7th
1938 NL--37.692--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 8 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 70 (347), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (428), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (571), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Gavvy Cravath (899)
  6. Bob Nieman (898)
  7. John Kruk (895)
  8. Leon Durham (895)
  9. Alvin Davis (889)
  10. Donn Clendenon (886)
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  1. Gary Ward (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ron Blomberg (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Del Bissonette (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Del Bissonette (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George McQuinn (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George McQuinn (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Fournier (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gavvy Cravath (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

October 8, 1936: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Roy Parmelee to the Chicago Cubs for Lon Warneke.

March 25, 1941: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Chicago Cubs.

November 19, 1941: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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