Joe Collins
HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb
BornDecember 3, 1922 · Scranton, PA, USA
MLB debutSeptember 25, 1948
Final gameSeptember 29, 1957
Seasons10 (1948–1957)
New York Yankees 1948–1957
Percentile snapshot
1952 season — qualified batters
of 76 qualified 1952 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 43.3 | 59.5 | .266 | 0.0 |
| 1949 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .438 | .100 | .538 | 93.0 | 47.4 | .349 | 0.0 |
| 1950 | 108 | 239 | 205 | 47 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 5 | 0 | .234 | .335 | .420 | .754 | 94.4 | 96.3 | .350 | -0.2 |
| 1951 | 125 | 298 | 262 | 52 | 75 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 7 | .286 | .368 | .458 | .826 | 126.9 | 128.2 | .382 | 0.9 |
| 1952 | 122 | 489 | 428 | 69 | 120 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 55 | 47 | 4 | 2 | .280 | .364 | .481 | .845 | 141.0 | 142.7 | .388 | 3.0 |
| 1953 | 127 | 450 | 387 | 72 | 104 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 44 | 59 | 36 | 2 | 6 | .269 | .365 | .439 | .805 | 123.0 | 122.3 | .372 | 1.8 |
| 1954 | 130 | 398 | 343 | 67 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 51 | 37 | 2 | 2 | .271 | .365 | .446 | .812 | 130.3 | 128.4 | .377 | 1.7 |
| 1955 | 105 | 330 | 278 | 40 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 44 | 32 | 0 | 2 | .234 | .339 | .414 | .753 | 106.0 | 105.9 | .350 | 0.6 |
| 1956 | 100 | 301 | 262 | 38 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .225 | .313 | .347 | .661 | 78.4 | 79.3 | .309 | -0.4 |
| 1957 | 79 | 174 | 149 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .201 | .310 | .248 | .559 | 59.9 | 57.7 | .273 | -0.6 |
Career totals
G
908
PA
2,700
AB
2,329
R
404
H
596
2B
79
3B
24
HR
86
RBI
329
BB
338
SO
263
SB
27
BA
.2559
OBP
.3503
SLG
.4212
OPS
.7715
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952-06-23 | NYY @ BAL Gameday | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 1954-07-05 | NYY @ ATH Gameday | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1952-06-11 | DET @ NYY Gameday | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 1955-09-09 | CWS @ NYY Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1955-08-02 | CLE @ NYY Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948-04-19 | NYY @ MIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948-04-20 | NYY @ MIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948-04-21 | NYY @ MIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948-04-23 | BOS @ NYY Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948-04-24 | BOS @ NYY Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.