Joe Collins
Joseph Edward Collins
Born: December 3, 1922
Scranton, PA USA
Deceased: 1989
Union, NJ USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185
Career: 1948-1957
Minor League Statistics
Joe Collins compiled a career batting average of .256 with 86 home runs and 329 RBI in his 908-game career with the New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1948 season and last took the field during the 1957 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AL | New York Yankees | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AL | New York Yankees | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .100 | .438 | .100 | .538 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 108 | 239 | 205 | 47 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 34 | .234 | .335 | .420 | .754 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | AL | New York Yankees | 125 | 298 | 262 | 52 | 75 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 23 | .286 | .368 | .458 | .826 | 120 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | AL | New York Yankees | 122 | 489 | 428 | 69 | 120 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 47 | .280 | .364 | .481 | .845 | 206 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | AL | New York Yankees | 127 | 450 | 387 | 72 | 104 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 59 | 36 | .269 | .365 | .439 | .805 | 170 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 130 | 398 | 343 | 67 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 37 | .271 | .365 | .446 | .812 | 153 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 105 | 330 | 278 | 40 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 32 | .234 | .339 | .414 | .753 | 115 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 100 | 301 | 262 | 38 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 33 | .225 | .313 | .347 | .661 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 79 | 174 | 149 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 18 | .201 | .310 | .248 | .559 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 908 | 2700 | 2329 | 404 | 596 | 79 | 24 | 86 | 329 | 27 | 21 | 338 | 263 | .256 | .350 | .421 | .771 | 981 | 48 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 6 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 4.600 | |
| 1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 480 | 36 | 7 | 62 | .987 | 5.212 | |
| 1950 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | |
| 1951 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 556 | 56 | 8 | 65 | .987 | 5.368 | |
| 1951 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.333 | |
| 1952 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 119 | 0 | 0.0 | 1047 | 73 | 11 | 123 | .990 | 9.412 | |
| 1953 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 113 | 0 | 0.0 | 826 | 65 | 10 | 100 | .989 | 7.885 | |
| 1953 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.750 | |
| 1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 117 | 75 | 758.3 | 759 | 60 | 7 | 105 | .992 | 9.720 | 7.000 |
| 1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 73 | 44 | 454.3 | 395 | 42 | 1 | 63 | .998 | 8.657 | 5.986 |
| 1955 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 27 | 23 | 199.0 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 2.397 | 1.963 |
| 1956 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 51 | 37 | 338.0 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.583 | 1.902 |
| 1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 43 | 25 | 256.3 | 251 | 30 | 0 | 37 | 1.000 | 9.866 | 6.535 |
| 1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 32 | 23 | 205.0 | 218 | 14 | 3 | 23 | .987 | 1.185 | 7.250 |
| 1957 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 15 | 8 | 79.0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.937 | 1.133 |
| Totals | 829 | 235 | 2290.0 | 4747 | 383 | 53 | 580 | .990 | 2.162 | 6.188 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1951 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .389 | .689 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .167 | .259 | .333 | .593 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .167 | .444 | .667 | 1.111 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .238 | .304 | .333 | .638 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 106 | 92 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 22 | .163 | .274 | .326 | .600 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.000 | 2.000 |
| 1951 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 6 | 4 | 42.0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 7.000 |
| 1951 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1952 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 6 | 3 | 32.0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.875 | 4.667 |
| 1953 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 6 | 6 | 51.0 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.529 | 9.000 |
| 1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 5 | 3 | 31.0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.710 | 6.000 |
| 1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 5 | 5 | 44.7 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .943 | 6.649 | 6.600 |
| 1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 5 | 1 | 14.3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.791 | 2.800 |
| Totals | 36 | 24 | 228.0 | 187 | 16 | 2 | 20 | .990 | 8.013 | 5.639 |
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