Jimmy Collins

Jimmy Collins

1895–1908 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'9", 178 lb · b. 1870 Buffalo, NY

Career 1,725 G · 1,999 H · 65 HR · 983 RBI · .294 AVG

Seasons leading his league

18

14 best in baseball 4 league only

68 Top-5 finishes

8 Title seasons

7 Categories led

1903 Best season

Spanning 1897–1904, peaking at 4 titles in 1903.

Team records #4 Braves 1897 RBI

Led in Third Base Assists for 3 straight seasons (1899–1901) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

182nd League titles 18
85th Best in baseball 14
174th Top-5 finishes 68

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

2nd Third Base Putouts 2,372
4th Third Base Range Factor 3.61
18th Third Base Assists 3,702
65th Third Base Double Plays 225
108th Triples 116
110th Third Base Fielding Percentage .929
300th Hits 1,999
312th Batting Average .294
313th Runs 1,055
313th Doubles 352
324th Runs Batted In 983
389th Stolen Bases 194
419th Total Bases 2,778

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Third Base Putouts	5	1st	2 yrs (1897–1898)	1897 214 1898 243 1900 251 1903 AL 178 1904 AL 191 1899 #3 1901 #2 1905 #3
Third Base Assists	4	1st	3 yrs (1899–1901)	1897 303 1899 376 1900 329 1901 328 1898 #2 1903 #2 1904 #2 1907 #3
Third Base Double Plays	3	1st	—	1897 20 1900 21 1903 AL 19 1898 #3 1899 #2 1901 #3 1904 #3 1905 #3 1908 #3
Third Base Range Factor	2	1st	—	1901 3.85 1903 AL 3.37 1897 #2 1898 #3 1899 #3 1900 #2 1902 #3 1904 #3 1905 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage	2	1st	2 yrs (1902–1903)	1902 .954 1903 .952 1899 #3 1900 #2 1904 #3
Total Bases	1	1st	—	1898 286 1901 #2
Home Runs	1	1st	—	1898 15
Doubles	—	#2	—	1898 #3 1901 #3 1904 #2
Slugging Percentage	—	#2	—	1898 #2
Hits	—	#3	—	1901 #3
Runs Batted In	—	#2	—	1897 #2 1898 #2

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1904	1	3B PO 191
1903	4	3B PO 178 3B DP 19 3B FPCT .952 3B RF 3.37
1902	1	3B FPCT .954
1901	2	3B A 328 3B RF 3.85
1900	3	3B A 329 3B PO 251 3B DP 21
1899	1	3B A 376
1898	3	HR 15 TB 286 3B PO 243
1897	3	3B A 303 3B PO 214 3B DP 20

Batting

led the league 14 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1895	LS3 +1	NL	107	411	75	112	20	5	7	57	37	20	12	.273	.347	.397	.744
1896	BSN	NL	84	304	48	90	10	9	1	46	30	12	10	.296	.374	.398	.772
1897	BSN	NL	134	529	103	183	28	13	6	132	41	16	14	.346	.400	.482	.882
1898	BSN	NL	152	597	107	196	35	5	15	111	40	18	12	.328	.377	.479	.856
1899	BSN	NL	151	599	98	166	28	11	5	92	40	17	12	.277	.335	.386	.721
1900	BSN	NL	142	586	104	178	25	5	6	95	34	13	23	.304	.352	.394	.747
1901	BOS	AL	138	564	108	187	42	16	6	94	34	18	19	.332	.375	.495	.870
1902	BOS	AL	108	429	71	138	21	10	6	61	24	16	18	.322	.360	.459	.820
1903	BOS	AL	130	540	88	160	33	17	5	72	24	28	23	.296	.329	.448	.777
1904	BOS	AL	156	631	85	171	33	13	3	67	27	35	19	.271	.306	.379	.685
1905	BOS	AL	131	508	66	140	26	5	4	65	37	21	18	.276	.330	.370	.700
1906	BOS	AL	37	142	17	39	8	4	1	16	4	7	1	.275	.295	.409	.703
1907	PHA +1	AL	140	522	51	145	29	0	0	45	34	22	8	.278	.332	.333	.665
1908	PHA	AL	115	433	34	94	14	3	0	30	20	23	5	.217	.258	.263	.522
Career	—	—	1,725	6,795	1,055	1,999	352	116	65	983	426	266	194	.294	.344	.409	.752

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1895	LS3	NL	3B	77	—	649.0	131	181	25	12	337	.926	4.05
			OF	28	—	240.0	49	4	6	1	59	.898	1.89
			2B	2	—	20.0	3	12	0	0	15	1.000	7.50
			SS	1	—	9.0	2	3	1	1	6	.833	5.00
1896	BSN	NL	3B	80	—	719.0	134	207	34	16	375	.909	4.26
			SS	4	—	29.0	7	11	6	2	24	.750	4.50
1897	BSN	NL	3B	134	—	1180.0	214	303	47	20	564	.917	3.86
1898	BSN	NL	3B	152	—	1337.0	243	332	42	20	617	.932	3.78
1899	BSN	NL	3B	151	—	1330.0	217	376	36	23	629	.943	3.93
1900	BSN	NL	3B	141	—	1234.0	251	329	40	21	620	.936	4.11
			SS	1	—	4.0	1	2	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
1901	BOS	AL	3B	138	—	1210.0	203	328	50	24	581	.914	3.85
1902	BOS	AL	3B	107	—	959.0	143	255	19	14	417	.954	3.72
1903	BOS	AL	3B	130	—	1164.0	178	260	22	19	460	.952	3.37
1904	BOS	AL	3B	156	156	1394.0	191	320	30	15	541	.945	3.28
1905	BOS	AL	3B	131	131	1167.0	164	268	36	12	468	.923	3.30
1906	BOS	AL	3B	32	32	290.0	43	70	11	2	124	.911	3.53
1907	PHA	AL	3B	139	138	1241.0	143	257	47	13	447	.895	2.88
1908	PHA	AL	3B	115	115	1036.0	117	216	26	14	359	.928	2.90
Career	—	—	3B	1,683	572	14910.0	2,372	3,702	465	225	6,539	.929	3.61
	—	—	OF	28	—	240.0	49	4	6	1	59	.898	1.89
	—	—	SS	6	—	42.0	10	16	7	3	33	.788	4.33
	—	—	2B	2	—	20.0	3	12	0	0	15	1.000	7.50