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.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
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
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1949
NY
A
1B
5
0
0
23
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.920
1950
NY
A
1B
99
0
0
480
36
7
62
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1950
NY
A
OF
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1951
NY
A
OF
15
0
0
19
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.952
1951
NY
A
1B
114
0
0
556
56
8
65
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1952
NY
A
1B
119
0
0
1047
73
11
123
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1953
NY
A
OF
4
0
0
11
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.917
1953
NY
A
1B
113
0
0
826
65
10
100
0
0
0
0
0
.989
1954
NY
A
1B
117
0
0
759
60
7
105
0
0
0
0
0
.992
1955
NY
A
OF
27
0
0
50
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1955
NY
A
1B
73
0
0
395
42
1
63
0
0
0
0
0
.998
1956
NY
A
OF
51
0
0
95
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1956
NY
A
1B
43
0
0
251
30
0
37
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1957
NY
A
1B
32
23
205
218
14
3
23
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1957
NY
A
CF
2
1
13
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1957
NY
A
OF
15
8
79
16
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1957
NY
A
LF
2
2
14
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1957
NY
A
RF
11
5
52
11
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
1B
715
23
205
4555
376
49
580
0
0
0
0
0
.990
Total
OF
114
8
79
192
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
.980
Total
CF
2
1
13
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
RF
11
5
52
11
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
LF
2
2
14
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1939).
Sold by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Phillies (March 20, 1958).