Eddie
Collins
 
Nickname: Cocky
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 2, 1887 in Usa, NY, MILLERTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1914    1915    1916    1917   
Gold Glove Award 1915    1916    1917   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1906 19 WS1 AL     4 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 6
1907 20 WS1 AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 8
1908 21 WS1 AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 10 9
1909 22 WS1 AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 10
1910 23 WS1 AL $ 4,064,286   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 10
1911 24 WAS AL $ 4,064,286   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 10
1912 25 WAS AL $ 1,700,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 10
1913 26 WAS AL $ 1,700,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 10 10
1914 27 SLN NL $ 1,700,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 10 10
1915 28 SLN NL $ 5,890,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10
1916 29 SLN NL $ 5,890,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1917 30 SLN NL $ 5,890,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1918 31 SLN NL $ 5,890,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1919 32 SLN NL $ 5,890,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10
1920 33 WAS AL $ 6,700,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1921 34 WAS AL $ 6,700,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1922 35 WAS AL $ 6,700,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1923 36 CHA AL $ 1,700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1924 37 BOS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,700,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1906 19 A   118 410 29 82 19 2 1 30 12 11 52 152 .200 .290 .263 .553 32.0  
1907 20 WS1 AL 152 513 78 137 21 5 1 53 6 5 98 126 .267 .381 .333 .715 71.2 16.0
1908 21 WS1 AL 101 380 49 97 18 5 5 37 4 4 49 71 .255 .341 .368 .709 49.0 9.6
1909 22 WS1 AL 148 560 92 167 19 10 3 66 5 8 76 50 .298 .380 .384 .764 85.4 23.2
1910 23 WS1 AL 154 595 75 117 18 6 1 30 1 6 77 46 .197 .289 .252 .541 46.5 6.0
1911 24 WAS AL 148 552 88 158 19 8 6 70 6 7 81 33 .286 .378 .382 .760 80.5 14.0
1912 25 WAS AL 148 563 96 181 29 5 7 80 6 9 75 23 .321 .401 .428 .829 90.9 18.6
1913 26 WAS AL 142 566 96 170 25 11 4 46 4 11 73 24 .300 .380 .405 .784 83.1 22.4
1914 27 WAS AL 39 141 36 46 7 2 1 18 1 2 22 5 .326 .412 .426 .838 24.3 6.9
  SLN NL 97 378 52 107 14 3 2 56 3 5 47 10 .283 .359 .352 .711 47.9 9.2
  TOT   136 519 88 153 21 5 3 74 4 7 69 15 .295 .374 .372 .746 72.2 16.1
1915 28 SLN NL 144 547 76 155 20 8 5 91 0 5 62 21 .283 .351 .377 .728 72.8 15.4
1916 29 SLN NL 146 561 114 169 30 11 6 71 1 6 84 14 .301 .389 .426 .815 88.8 18.7
1917 30 SLN NL 141 518 56 151 21 9 2 84 0 4 62 9 .292 .364 .378 .742 70.0 15.3
1918 31 SLN NL 140 532 72 151 22 9 5 84 2 4 67 13 .284 .362 .387 .749 72.3 18.4
1919 32 SLN NL 131 515 79 139 21 6 2 48 1 7 47 17 .270 .329 .346 .675 56.7 10.6
1920 33 WAS AL 102 345 56 98 17 11 1 56 3 1 39 10 .284 .352 .406 .758 49.1 9.0
1921 34 WAS AL 108 365 56 98 14 7 4 45 1 4 51 20 .268 .360 .378 .738 49.7 7.3
1922 35 WAS AL 44 53 7 13 2 0 0 3 0 1 7 1 .245 .333 .283 .616 4.6 0.3
1923 36 CHA AL 80 229 23 54 3 3 0 23 0 2 17 17 .236 .285 .275 .560 16.4 0.0
1924 37 AAA   45 98 11 17 3 1 0 11 3 1 10 18 .173 .250 .224 .474 5.5  
17 Years Sim 2165 7913 1201 2208 320 119 55 961 44 91 1034 510 .279 .360 .370 .731 1059.1 220.9
1 Years AAA 45 98 11 17 3 1 0 11 3 1 10 18 .173 .250 .224 .474 5.5  
1 Years A 118 410 29 82 19 2 1 30 12 11 52 152 .200 .289 .263 .552 32.0  
2 Years Minors 163 508 40 99 22 3 1 41 15 12 62 170 .195 .281 .256 .537 37.6  
162 Game Average 592 89 165 23 8 4 71 3 6 77 38 .279 .360 .370 .731 79.2  
Career Highs 154 595 114 181 30 11 7 91 6 11 98 126 .321 .401 .428 .829 90.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5753 892 1622 227 91 43 738 30 57 780 295 .282 .366 .375 .741 806.3
vs LH   2160 309 586 93 28 12 223 14 34 254 215 .271 .346 .357 .703 266.8
Home 1088 3832 598 1090 155 54 28 476 23 47 520 244 .284 .368 .375 .743 537.2
Away 1077 4081 603 1118 165 65 27 485 21 44 514 266 .274 .353 .366 .719 535.8
RISP   2086 0 576 88 35 10 841 0 0 325 134 .276 .365 .366 .731 301.2
Pinch Hitting   36 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 .194 .293 .222 .515 2.3
Close/Late   942 127 253 37 17 6 114 0 0 152 60 .269 .368 .363 .731 135.0
Mar/Apr 230 857 141 250 38 15 6 109 4 10 116 68 .292 .373 .392 .765 125.8
May 383 1416 221 404 56 19 11 176 8 10 167 78 .285 .358 .375 .733 192.8
June 345 1232 179 319 33 16 5 140 5 12 172 69 .259 .348 .324 .672 148.0
July 375 1350 214 388 71 21 9 179 9 15 183 83 .287 .370 .391 .762 196.1
August 399 1470 217 410 61 30 9 182 9 21 191 97 .279 .360 .380 .740 201.2
Sep/Oct 433 1588 229 437 61 18 15 175 9 23 205 115 .275 .357 .365 .722 209.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1907 20 WS1 AL 2B 88 87 776.7 201 322 20 58 .963 6.06   3.1
    3B 62 62 560.3 44 171 5 10 .977 3.45   4.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1908 21 WS1 AL 2B 100 100 896.0 207 436 24 66 .964 6.46   4.2
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1909 22 WS1 AL 2B 144 144 1290.0 287 551 35 73 .960 5.85   2.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1910 23 WS1 AL 2B 154 154 1394.0 304 640 31 103 .968 6.09   5.2
1911 24 WAS AL 3B 132 132 1175.7 88 282 15 19 .961 2.83   6.9
    2B 14 14 124.0 33 48 3 14 .964 5.88   0.5
    SS 2 2 18.0 2 11 0 2 1.000 6.50   0.2
1912 25 WAS AL 2B 96 93 837.7 191 395 26 52 .958 6.30   3.6
    3B 49 48 428.7 30 103 6 8 .957 2.79   1.0
1913 26 WAS AL 2B 139 139 1256.3 328 534 38 100 .958 6.18   5.7
    SS 2 1 9.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
1914 27 WAS AL 3B 28 28 241.4 16 68 2 5 .977 3.13   1.5
    2B 11 11 98.6 22 47 3 6 .958 6.30   0.1
  SLN NL 3B 68 68 626.9 41 176 4 13 .982 3.12   3.2
    2B 28 28 256.0 57 122 8 17 .957 6.29   1.5
  TOT   3B 96 96 868.3 57 244 6 18 .980 3.12   4.7
      2B 39 39 354.6 79 169 11 23 .958 6.29   1.7
1915 28 SLN NL 3B 144 144 1299.0 91 319 7 31 .983 2.84   8.8
1916 29 SLN NL 3B 145 145 1301.0 61 312 8 23 .979 2.58   9.9
1917 30 SLN NL 3B 141 141 1268.7 62 312 6 15 .984 2.65   8.2
1918 31 SLN NL 2B 99 99 894.0 229 386 17 76 .973 6.19   4.5
    SS 37 36 324.0 67 152 11 29 .952 6.08   2.4
    3B 4 4 35.3 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.80   0.3
1919 32 SLN NL SS 85 85 750.7 126 313 22 57 .952 5.26   3.4
    3B 40 40 351.7 27 81 0 4 1.000 2.76   1.9
    2B 6 6 52.0 12 21 1 2 .971 5.71   0.1
1920 33 WAS AL 3B 92 92 810.3 51 234 8 16 .973 3.17   4.0
    SS 9 9 79.0 12 35 6 9 .887 5.35   0.3
1921 34 WAS AL 3B 107 103 926.7 45 256 15 28 .953 2.92   3.7
    SS 1 1 9.0 4 6 1 1 .909 10.00   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1922 35 WAS AL 2B 11 6 51.7 14 27 2 8 .953 7.14   0.2
    SS 12 3 42.7 8 27 1 4 .972 7.38   0.5
    3B 4 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
1923 36 CHA AL 2B 57 52 444.3 107 195 7 36 .977 6.12   1.0
    3B 20 12 115.0 11 25 0 2 1.000 2.82   0.7
    SS 3 2 16.0 4 5 1 0 .900 5.06   0.1
  3B 1036 1019 9150.6 569 2349 76 175 .975 2.87   54.1
  2B 948 933 8373.2 1992 3724 215 611 .964 6.14   31.8
  SS 156 139 1256.0 226 554 42 104 .949 5.59   7.0
Career Totals   2140 2091 18779.8 2787 6627 333 890 .966 4.51   93.0
Career Highs   154 154 1394.0 329 640 38 106 .984 6.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1911 24 WAS AL 5 14 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 2 6 0 .214 .450 .286 .736
1914 27 SLN NL 5 18 2 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .278 .350 .500 .850
1915 28 SLN NL 5 15 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 1 .333 .545 .333 .879
1916 29 SLN NL 4 16 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 .250 .294 .438 .732
1917 30 SLN NL 4 12 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 .417 .471 .417 .887
1918 31 SLN NL 7 28 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .179 .233 .179 .412
1920 33 WAS AL 8 31 6 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 1 .484 .515 .581 1.096
1922 35 WAS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1923 36 CHA AL 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 42 142 22 43 6 1 1 25 0 2 23 7 .303 .395 .380 .775
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1909-5-.298
1912-6-.321
On-Base Pct
1907-7-.381
1909-4-.380
1912-4-.401
1913-6-.380
1916-9-.389
Slugging Pct
1909-5-.384
1916-7-.426
OPS
1909-2-.764
1912-7-.829
1916-9-.815
XR
1909-4-85.4
1912-4-90.9
1916-9-88.8
CAR-26-1059.1
Games
1907-2-152
1909-10-148
1910-1-154
1911-5-148
1912-3-148
CAR-10-2165
At-Bats
1910-3-595
1912-9-563
1913-9-566
CAR-15-7913
Runs
1909-2-92
1910-10-75
1912-6-96
1913-5-96
1916-3-114
CAR-21-1201
Hits
1909-6-167
1912-6-181
1913-7-170
CAR-23-2208
Total Bases
1909-6-215
1913-10-229
1916-8-239
CAR-23-2931
Singles
1909-7-135
1912-6-140
1913-8-130
CAR-19-1714
Doubles
1912-10-29
1916-5-30
CAR-33-320
Triples
1909-9-10
1916-8-11
CAR-38-119
Homeruns
1908-8-5
1911-5-6
1912-5-7
1916-7-6
RBIs
1915-4-91
1917-7-84
1918-3-84
CAR-32-961
Walks
1907-1-98
1909-5-76
1910-2-77
1911-3-81
1912-7-75
1913-6-73
1916-8-84
1918-8-67
1921-6-51
CAR-7-1034
Strikeouts
1907-1-126
1908-10-71
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 98    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Washington in 1906
Had first career hit on 4/11/1907, off Ed Reulbach (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1907, hitting .542 with 0 HR, 12 RBI
Hit first career homerun on 9/24/1907, off Frank Owen (PHA)
Injured on 5/11/1908 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
2/13/1910: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,064,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (A) on 4/24/1912
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 6/23/1912
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland on 8/14/1913
Traded from Washington to St. Louis (N) on 6/1/1914 (Going to SLN: 2B Eddie Collins. Going to WAS: P Doc Scanlan, C Jack Zalusky, 3B Jimmy Walsh)
6/1/1914: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $5,890,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 7/19/1914 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1914
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1915
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1915
Won Player of the Week award on 9/3/1916, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1916
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1916
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1917
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1917