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Eddie Collins

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Eddie Collins

Full name Edward Trowbridge Sr. Collins
Born May 2, 1887, Millerton, New York
Died March 25, 1951, Boston, Massachusetts
Buried at Linwood Cemetery, Weston, Massachusetts
Played as Eddie Sullivan in 1906
First Game: September 17, 1906; Final Game: August 5, 1930
Managed First Game: May 19, 1924; Managed Final Game: September 26, 1926
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 175
Father of Eddie Collins
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1939
Won Chalmers Award as AL Most Valuable Player (1914)
Ejections as player: 1911 (1), 1912 (2), 1919 (1), 1924 (1), 1925 (1), 1928 (1). Total: 7
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1906 PHI A    Daily Splits    6    15    2    3   0   0   0    0    0        3   0   3   0            1      .200  .200  .200  -0.2 1906 PHI A
1907 PHI A    Daily Splits   14    23    0    8   0   1   0    2    0        4   0   1   0            0      .348  .348  .435   0.0 1907 PHI A
1908 PHI A    Daily Splits  102   330   39   90  18   7   1   40   16       30   3  15   0            8      .273  .312  .379  -0.5 1908 PHI A
1909 PHI A    Daily Splits  153   571  104  198  30  10   3   56   62       36   6  21   0           63      .347  .416  .450   5.9 1909 PHI A
1910 PHI A    Daily Splits  153   581   81  188  16  15   3   81   49       41   6  22   0           81      .324  .382  .418   7.0 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A    Daily Splits  132   493   92  180  22  13   3   73   62       39  15  18   0           38      .365  .451  .481   4.6 1911 PHI A
1912 PHI A    Daily Splits  153   543  137  189  25  11   0   64  101       28   0  29   0           63      .348  .450  .435   7.0 1912 PHI A
1913 PHI A    Daily Splits  148   534  125  184  23  13   3   73   85   0i  37   7  26   0   9i  3i  55  11i .345  .441  .453   7.0 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A    Daily Splits  152   526  122  181  23  14   2   85   97   1i  31   6  28   0   6i  2i  58  30  .344  .452  .452   6.7 1914 PHI A
1915 CHI A    Daily Splits  155   521  118  173  22  10   4   77  119   0i  27   5  35   0  18i  3i  46  30  .332  .460  .436   6.6 1915 CHI A
1916 CHI A    Daily Splits  155   545   87  168  14  17   0   52   86   1i  36   3  39   0i 13i  8i  40  21  .308  .405  .396   2.8 1916 CHI A
1917 CHI A    Daily Splits  156   564   91  163  18  12   0   66   89   0i  16   3  33   0i 20i  6i  53  19i .289  .389  .363  -0.2 1917 CHI A
1918 CHI A    Daily Splits   97   330   51   91   8   2   2   30   73   5i  13   0  22   0i 11i  1i  22  16i .276  .407  .330   1.5 1918 CHI A
1919 CHI A    Daily Splits  140   518   87  165  19   7   4   80   68   0   27   2  40   0  17   5   33  20  .319  .400  .405   2.6 1919 CHI A
1920 CHI A    Daily Splits  153   602  117  224  38  13   3   76   69   1   19   2  33   0  15   5   20   8  .372  .438  .493   5.5 1920 CHI A
1921 CHI A    Daily Splits  139   526   79  177  20  10   2   58   66   2   11   2  13   0  16   5   12  10  .337  .412  .424   4.5 1921 CHI A
1922 CHI A    Daily Splits  154   598   92  194  20  12   1   69   73   1   16   3  27   0  13  15   20  12  .324  .401  .403   0.3 1922 CHI A
1923 CHI A    Daily Splits  145   505   89  182  22   5   5   67   84   4    8   4  39   0  19   5   48  29  .360  .455  .453   3.8 1923 CHI A
1924 CHI A    Daily Splits  152   556  108  194  27   7   6   86   89  10   16   3  28   0  14  10   42  17  .349  .441  .455   3.2 1924 CHI A
1925 CHI A    Daily Splits  118   425   80  147  26   3   3   80   87   2    8   4  17   0  12   6   19   6  .346  .461  .442   2.4 1925 CHI A
1926 CHI A    Daily Splits  106   375   66  129  32   4   1   62   62   2    8   3  15   0  11   5   13   8  .344  .441  .459   2.5 1926 CHI A
1927 PHI A    Daily Splits   95   226   50   76  12   1   1   15   56   0    9   0   8   0   4   2    6   2  .336  .468  .412   1.0 1927 PHI A
1928 PHI A    Daily Splits   36    33    3   10   3   0   0    7    4   0    4   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .303  .378  .394  -0.1 1928 PHI A
1929 PHI A    Daily Splits    9     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    2   1    0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .222  .000  -0.1 1929 PHI A
1930 PHI A    Daily Splits    3     2    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500   0.0 1930 PHI A
Total    (25 Years) Splits 2826  9949 1821 3315 438 187  47 1299 1499  30i 467  77 512   0i198i 82i 741 261i .333  .424  .429  73.8 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1910 PHI A    Daily Splits    5    21    5    9   4   0   0    3    2   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    4   2  .429  .478  .619 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A    Daily Splits    6    21    4    6   1   0   0    1    2   0    2   0   2   0   0   1   0    2   0  .286  .348  .333 1911 PHI A
1913 PHI A    Daily Splits    5    19    5    8   0   2   0    3    1   0    2   0   2   0   0   0   0    3   0  .421  .450  .632 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A    Daily Splits    4    14    0    3   0   0   0    1    2   0    1   0   1   0   0   1   0    1   0  .214  .313  .214 1914 PHI A
1917 CHI A    Daily Splits    6    22    4    9   1   0   0    2    2   0    3   0   0   0   0   1   0    3   0  .409  .458  .455 1917 CHI A
1919 CHI A    Daily Splits    8    31    2    7   1   0   0    1    1   0    2   1   2   0   0   0   0    1   1  .226  .273  .258 1919 CHI A
Total    ( 6 Years) Splits   34   128   20   42   7   2   0   11   10   0   10   1   8   0   0   3   0   14   3  .328  .381  .414 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1906 PHI A Daily Splits  SS    3    3    3    27.1     8   10    2    0   0  .900
1906 PHI A               3B    1    1    1     9       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1907 PHI A Daily Splits  SS    7    4    3    36.2i   11    9    4    1   0  .833
1908 PHI A Daily Splits  2B   47   47   47   414.1   111  127   14    5   0  .944
1908 PHI A               SS   24   24   24   226.1    60   61   10    7   0  .924
1908 PHI A               OF   16   15   13   114      13    0    1    0   0  .929     2    7    7 
1908 PHI A               RF    7    7    5    46  i    6    0    1    0   0  .857
1908 PHI A               CF    7    7    7    59      12    1    0    0   0 1.000
1908 PHI A               LF    2    1    1     9  i    0    0    0    0   0     -
1909 PHI A Daily Splits  2B  152  152  152  1366     373  406   27   55   2  .967
1909 PHI A               SS    1    1    1     9       2    4    0    0   0 1.000
1910 PHI A Daily Splits  2B  153  153  147  1347  i  402  451   25   67   0  .972
1911 PHI A Daily Splits  2B  132  132  129  1171.1i  348  349   24   49   0  .967
1912 PHI A Daily Splits  2B  153  153  151  1336  i  387  426   38   63   0  .955
1913 PHI A Daily Splits  2B  148  148  144  1287  i  314  449   28   54   1  .965
1914 PHI A Daily Splits  2B  152  152  148  1331.1i  354  387   23   55   1  .970
1915 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  155  155  153  1395.2   344  487   22   54   0  .974
1916 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  155  155  154  1405.1i  346  415   19   75   0  .976
1917 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  156  156  154  1409.2i  353  388   24   68   0  .969
1918 CHI A Daily Splits  2B   96   96   94   871.2   231  285   14   52   0  .974
1919 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  140  140  135  1238.2   347  401   20   68   1  .974
1920 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  153  153  151  1364.1   449  471   23   86   0  .976
1921 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  136  135  132  1190.2   376  458   28   89   0  .968
1922 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  154  154  152  1388     406  451   21   81   2  .976
1923 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  142  140  134  1234.2   347  430   20   77   0  .975
1924 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  149  148  141  1297.1   396  446   20   83   0  .977
1925 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  116  116  108  1016.1   290  346   20   74   0  .970
1926 CHI A Daily Splits  2B  101  100   92   856     228  307   15   53   0  .973
1927 PHI A Daily Splits  2B   56   51   47   456     124  150   10   31   0  .965
1927 PHI A               SS    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1928 PHI A Daily Splits  2B    2    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
1928 PHI A               SS    1    0    0     1       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total (21 Years) Splits  2B 2648 2636 2565 23381.1i 6526 7630  435 1239   7  .970
Total ( 6 Years)         SS   37   32   31   301.1i   81   85   16    8   0  .912
Total ( 1 Year )         OF   16   15   13   114      13    0    1    0   0  .929     2    7    7 
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    7    7    5    46  i    6    0    1    0   0  .857
Total ( 1 Year )         CF    7    7    7    59      12    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    2    1    1     9  i    0    0    0    0   0     -
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    1    1    1     9       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1910 PHI A Daily Splits  2B    5    5    5    45.2    17   18    0    4   0 1.000
1911 PHI A Daily Splits  2B    6    6    6    55.2    13   22    4    1   0  .897
1913 PHI A Daily Splits  2B    5    5    5    46      17   19    1    5   0  .973
1914 PHI A Daily Splits  2B    4    4    4    37       9   12    0    1   0 1.000
1917 CHI A Daily Splits  2B    6    6    6    52      12   23    0    3   0 1.000
1919 CHI A Daily Splits  2B    8    8    8    71      21   31    2    7   0  .963
Total ( 6 Years) Splits  2B   34   34   34   307.1    89  125    7   21   0  .968
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1924 CHI A         27   14   13  .519   146   131   5-19   6-18    6  6  8
1925 CHI A        154   79   75  .513   811   770                  5
1926 CHI A        155   81   72  .529   730   665                  5
Total ( 3 Years)  336  174  160  .521  1687  1566
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1929 PHI A   4-17  10-14
1930 PHI A   4-15  10- 8
1931 PHI A   4-14  10-10
1932 PHI A   4-12   9-25
Total ( 4 Years) 

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-11-1911(2)  BOX  PHI A  Silk O'Loughlin     Unknown reason
 8-17-1912     BOX  PHI A  Jack Sheridan       Call at 2B
 9- 7-1912     BOX  PHI A  Joe O'Brien         Call at 2B
 9-24-1919     BOX  CHI A  George Hildebrand   Call at HP
 6-18-1924     BOX  CHI A  Pants Rowland       Call at 2B
 6-27-1925(1)  BOX  CHI A  Red Ormsby          Call at 1B
 5-29-1928     BOX  PHI A  Roy Van Graflan     Call at 3B

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1906).

Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Chicago White Sox for $50000 (December 8, 1914).

Released by Chicago White Sox (November, 1926).

Signed by Philadelphia Athletics (December 23, 1926).
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