Bill Collins Stats

Bill Collins was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 5, 1887, with the New York Metropolitans. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Collins baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:   William J. Collins
Nickname:   Bill
Born On:   00-00-0000  (To Be Determined)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Dublin, Ireland
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-08-1893 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Brooklyn, New York
Cemetery:   Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, New York
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Unknown
Player Height Chart Height:   Unknown   Player Weight Chart Weight:   150
First Game:   10-05-1887 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-19-1891
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Bill Collins Pitching Stats

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Bill Collins Hitting Stats

1887 Metropolitans 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .250 .250 .250
1889 Athletics 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 0 - - 0 - .250 .400 .250
1890 Athletics 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1891 Spiders 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
4 Years 5 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 0 0 - .167 .231 .167

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Bill Collins Fielding Stats

1887 Metropolitans C 1 - - 4 4.0 1 1 0 3 0 4 - - .250 0.00
1889 Athletics C 1 - - 5 5.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 - - .800 0.00
1890 Athletics SS 1 - - 4 4.0 2 1 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1891 Spiders C 1 - - 10 10.0 9 5 4 1 1 1 - - .900 0.00
1891 Spiders RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
C Totals 3 0 0 19 6.3 14 8 6 5 1 5 n/a n/a .737 0.00
SS Totals 1 0 0 4 4.0 2 1 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
RF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
4 Years 5 - - 23 4.6 16 9 7 7 1 5 n/a n/a .696 0.00

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Bill Collins Miscellaneous Stats

1887 Metropolitans 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1889 Athletics 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 4.0 - - -
1890 Athletics 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1891 Spiders 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
4 Years 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 12.0 - - -

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Bill Collins Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1887 New York Metropolitans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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