Eddie Collins (baseball player)

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Eddie Collins
Eddie Collins 1911.jpg
Second baseman
Born: May 2, 1887
Willerton , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: March 25, 1951
Boston , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Left Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 17,  1906  with the  Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB assignment
August 2,  1930  in the  Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 333
Hits    3,314
Home runs    47
Runs Batted In    1,300
Stolen Bases    745
Teams

As a player

As a manager

Awards

member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1939
Quota    77.74% (fourth ballot)

Edward Trowbridge "Eddie" Collins Sr. (born May 2, 1887 in Willerton , New York , † March 25, 1951 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball . His nickname was Cocky . He was the first player to win the World Series six times .

biography

Baseball card Made by Eddie Collins in 1910

Eddie Collins made his American League debut on September 17, 1906 with the Philadelphia Athletics . The second baseman quickly became a star on Connie Mack's team . With Jack Barry as shortstop , Stuffy McInnis as first baseman and Frank Baker as third baseman , he formed the so-called $ 100,000 infield of Athletics. From 1909 to 1914 they won all championships in the American League except 1912. In 1910 he was able to win his first World Series with Philadelphia against the Chicago Cubs . Two more successes followed against the New York Giants in 1912 and 1913.

On September 7th and 22nd, 1912, he was able to steal six bases in one game, a record that has not been broken to this day. In 1914 he was elected MVP of the AL. In the World Series, the Athletics surprisingly had to admit defeat to the Boston Braves . After the 1914 season, Connie Mack began rebuilding his team and sold Eddie Collins to the Chicago White Sox .

With the White Sox he also reached the World Series twice. In 1917 he reached a batting average of 40.9% against the New York Giants and scored the decisive point in the last game of the series. Collins also played in the Black Sox team of 1919, but was not involved in the affair.

From August 1924 to 1926 he also took over the managerial post of the White Sox. In 1927 he returned to the Athletics in Philadelphia. There he took on more and more coaching tasks and should actually later inherit Connie Mack, who however continued to work until he was 88. Collins played his last game on August 2, 1930. In 1933, he moved to the Boston Red Sox as General Manager and helped build a new team. During his term of office, which lasted until 1947, a. the commitments of Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr .

Collins finished his career with a batting average of 33.3%, 3315 base hits, 714 stolen bases, and 1300 RBI. In 1939 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame . He is still considered one of the best players as a second baseman today. He died in Boston in 1951 at the age of 63.

His stations as a player

His stations as a manager

Web links

Commons : Eddie Collins  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. Record list