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Eddie Collins
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 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
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 20 i 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
i - incomplete 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 1171.1 i 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 1331.1 i 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 1409.2 i 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
i - incomplete World Series Fielding Record
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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