Joe Collins

Full Name: Joseph Edward Collins	Primary Position: 1B,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: September 25, 1948
Birthdate: December 3, 1922	Final Game: September 29, 1957
Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: August 30, 1989
Deathplace: Union, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Joseph Edward "Joe" Collins (December 3, 1922 - August 30, 1989) (born Joseph Edward Kollonige) was a Major League Baseball player. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

On September 25, 1948 he began his major league career playing for the New York Yankees, wearing uniform number 42. The next year he was given number 41, which he wore from 1949 through 1952. From 1953 to his retirement in 1957 he wore uniform number 15. He played primarily as a first baseman (715 games), with a few games in right field and a very small number of games in other outfield positions (total number of games as an outfielder: 114). His last game was on September 29, 1957. His entire major league career was spent with the Yankees. He was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies at the start of the 1958 season, but chose to retire rather than join the Phillies, thus cancelling the trade.

He died in Union, New Jersey.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	NY	A	5	5	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1949	NY	A	7	10	2	1	0	4	.100	.438	.100	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
1950	NY	A	108	205	47	48	8	28	.234	.335	.420	8	3	31	34	0	3	5	0	4
1951	NY	A	125	262	52	75	9	48	.286	.368	.458	8	5	34	23	0	2	9	0	6
1952	NY	A	122	428	69	120	18	59	.280	.364	.481	16	8	55	47	1	5	4	0	11
1953	NY	A	127	387	72	104	17	44	.269	.365	.439	11	2	59	36	0	4	2	0	6
1954	NY	A	130	343	67	93	12	46	.271	.365	.446	20	2	51	37	0	4	2	0	5
1955	NY	A	105	278	40	65	13	45	.234	.339	.414	9	1	44	32	2	3	0	2	7
1956	NY	A	100	262	38	59	7	43	.225	.313	.347	5	3	34	33	1	1	3	2	5
1957	NY	A	79	149	17	30	2	10	.201	.310	.248	1	0	24	18	0	0	2	2	4
Total			908	2329	404	596	86	329	.256	.350	.421	79	24	338	263	4	22	27	6	48

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1949	NY	A	1B	5	0	0	23	0	2	2	.920
1950	NY	A	1B	99	0	0	480	36	7	62	.987
1950	NY	A	OF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1951	NY	A	OF	15	0	0	19	1	1	0	.952
1951	NY	A	1B	114	0	0	556	56	8	65	.987
1952	NY	A	1B	119	0	0	1047	73	11	123	.990
1953	NY	A	OF	4	0	0	11	0	1	0	.917
1953	NY	A	1B	113	0	0	826	65	10	100	.989
1954	NY	A	1B	117	0	0	759	60	7	105	.992
1955	NY	A	OF	27	0	0	50	3	1	0	.981
1955	NY	A	1B	73	0	0	395	42	1	63	.998
1956	NY	A	OF	51	0	0	95	2	1	0	.990
1956	NY	A	1B	43	0	0	251	30	0	37	1.000
1957	NY	A	1B	32	23	205	218	14	3	23	.987
1957	NY	A	CF	2	1	13	1	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	A	OF	15	8	79	16	1	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	A	LF	2	2	14	4	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	A	RF	11	5	52	11	1	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	715	23	205	4555	376	49	580	.990
Total			OF	114	8	79	192	7	4	0	.980
Total			CF	2	1	13	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	11	5	52	11	1	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	2	2	14	4	0	0	0	1.000

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Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1939).
Sold by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Phillies (March 20, 1958).

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