This article is about the American Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman and manager. For his son, see Eddie Collins Jr. For other people with this name, see Eddie Collins (disambiguation).
Baseball player
Eddie Collins
Collins with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1911
Second baseman / Manager
Born:(1887-05-02)May 2, 1887 Millerton, New York, U.S.
Died: March 25, 1951(1951-03-25) (aged 63) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 17, 1906, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
August 2, 1930, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average
.333
Hits
3,315
Home runs
47
Runs batted in
1,300
Stolen bases
745
Managerial record
174–160
Winning %
.521
Teams
As player
Philadelphia Athletics (1906–1914)
Chicago White Sox (1915–1926)
Philadelphia Athletics (1927–1930)
As manager
Chicago White Sox (1924–1926)
Career highlights and awards
6× World Series champion (1910, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1929, 1930)
AL MVP (1914)
4× AL stolen base leader (1910, 1919, 1923, 1924)
Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
Athletics Hall of Fame
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1939
Vote
77.7% (fourth ballot)
Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr. (May 2, 1887 – March 25, 1951), nicknamed "Cocky", was an American professional baseball player, manager and executive. He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1930 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox. A graduate of Columbia University, Collins holds major league career records in several categories and is among the top few players in several other categories. In 1925, Collins became just the sixth person to join the 3,000 hit club – and the last for the next 17 seasons.[1] His 47 career home runs are the fewest of anyone in it. Collins is the only non-Yankee to win five or more World Series titles with the same club as a player. He is also the only player to have been a member of all five World Series championships won by the Athletics during the franchise's time in Philadelphia.
Collins coached and managed in the major leagues after retiring as a player. He also served as general manager of the Boston Red Sox. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.[1]
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