Jim McCollom

James Anthony McCollom

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.
• School Clemson University
• High School Hewlett High School

• Born April 23, 1963 in New York, NY USA

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Biographical Information

Jim McCollom peaked at AAA. He was on Team USA.

He represented the USA in the 1984 Amateur World Series, hitting .279/.380/.488 for the Bronze Medalists. He scored 7 runs, tying Barry Bonds for second on the team (behind Allan Stallings) and his 9 RBI were second to Bonds' 16. He posted a better OBP than Bonds. His 188 total bases in 1985 tied Rick Lundblade and John Clem for 10th in NCAA Division I. He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year. He was drafted by the California Angels in the 9th round of the 1985 Amateur Draft.

The New Yorker debuted for the 1985 Salem Angels and batted .318/.406/.509 with 11 homers in 267 AB. He was 7th in the Northwest League in average (between Joey Cora and Ron Jones), 6th in slugging (between Ty Dabney and Mike Duncan), 6th in OPS (between Lundblade and Cora), 4th in doubles (18, between Danny Lamar and Dave Cortez), tied Duncan for 4th in dingers and 9th in RBI (47, between Larry Arndt and Glenn Meyers). He was named the NWL All-Star first baseman. He did not play in 1986, recovering from back surgery.

Returning to action, he batted .273/.345/.413 for the Quad Cities Angels in 1987. McCollom crushed a career-high 20 homers with a solid .343/.404/.560 batting line for the Midland Angels in 1988, edging Mario Monico for the Texas League batting title by .001. He was third in OBP (behind Monico and Domingo Michel), led in slugging (.008 ahead of Greg Vaughn), led in OPS (14 ahead of Jeff Manto; Gary Sheffield was a bit higher but did not qualify based on plate appearances), tied Todd Zeile for second in runs (95, 9 behind Vaughn), ranked 5th with 32 doubles (between Zeile and Kevin Reimer) and was sixth in homers. He was named the All-Star first baseman but Manto beat him out for MVP. Among Angels farmhands, he was second in runs (six shy of Rubén Amaro Jr.), led in hits (155, 17 ahead of Bobby Rose), second in doubles (six shy of Joe Redfield), third in homers (after Manto and Lee Stevens), 7th in RBI (between Stevens and Brian Brady) and 3rd in HBP (11). He only played 10 games with a 7-for-33 record for Midland in 1989; He also went 8-for-30 with the Palm Springs Angels in '89 season, and he went 7-for-34 in 6 games for the Edmonton Trappers in 1990 then his professional career ended.

McCollom had hit an impressive .310/.382/.493 with 73 doubles, 41 homers, 193 runs and 174 RBI in 1,269 plate appearances as a pro, going 24-for-31 in steal attempts. He later was a retirement planner.