Joe Collins

Infobox MLB retired
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textcolor2=white
name=Joe Collins


position=First Baseman
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date|1922|12|3|mf=y
deathdate=death date and age|1989|8|30|1922|12|3
debutdate=September 25
debutyear=1948
debutteam=New York Yankees
finaldate=September 29
finalyear=1957
finalteam=New York Yankees
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.256
stat2label=HR
stat2value=86
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=329
teams=
*New York Yankees (by|1948-by|1957)
highlights=
*World Series champion in 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1956

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

On September 25, by|1948 he began his major league career playing for the New York Yankees. He played in 10 Major League seasons and seven World Series, all for the Yankees. At 6'0" tall and 185 pounds, he batted left and threw left, which made him unavailable to play most infield positions, where he was a first baseman in 715 games regular-season games. He also played 114 games as an outfielder. His peak number of games played in a season was 130 in 1954. Collins hit 86 regular-season home runs, but more importantly, four in the World Series with powerful Yankee teams. He was a teammate of both Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle.

His last Major League 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 he chose to retire rather than join the Phillies, thus cancelling the trade. He died in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey in 1989.

External links

*Joe Collins' statistics on the [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=collijo01 Baseball Almanac] site
*Joe Collins' bio on the [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Collins_Joe.stm Baseball Library] site
*Joe Collins' statistics on the [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/collijo01.shtml Baseball Reference] site