Ripper Collins

First Base

1931—1941

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
#703
First Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

James Anthony
GIVEN NAME
Collins
SURNAME
March 30, 1904, in Altoona, PA
BORN
April 15, 1970, in New Haven, NY, USA
DIED
1931—1941
Playing Career
Played from 27-37
PLAYING AGE
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Gashouse Gang
PRIMARY TEAM
1931, 1934
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
12
UNIFORM NUMBER
#5 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 165
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Both / Left
BATTED / THREW
April 18, 1931
Major League Debut
September 28, 1941
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Ripper Collins?

Hard-swinging, beer guzzling slugger for the Gashouse Gang.
  • Ripper Collins Scouting Report

50

HITTING

60

POWER

40

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1084
1121
135
659
.296
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
22.9
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.852
.787
108.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.296
.360
.492

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Gus Suhr
Dolph Camilli
Don Hurst

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Ripper Collins Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Collins
540
160
88
29
9
19
94
51
53
3
266
214
.296
.360
.492
852
AVG 1B
539
157
76
28
7
11
52
42
4
232
211
.292
.356
.430
.787

Ripper Collins Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
94
83
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Ripper Collins PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
23.5
22.4
18.2
13.9
3.51
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Ripper Collins
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
143.8
133.1
UNK
78.5
21.4
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Ripper Collins
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B