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Joseph Edward "Joe" Collins (December 3, 1922 - August 30, 1989) (born Joseph Edward Kollonige) was a Major League Baseball player. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...
For other places named Scranton, see Scranton. ...
On September 25, 1948 he began his major league career playing for the New York Yankees, wearing uniform number 42. The next year he was given number 41, which he wore from 1949 through 1952. From 1953 to his retirement in 1957 he wore uniform number 15. He played primarily as a first baseman (715 games), with a few games in right field and a very small number of games in other outfield positions (total number of games as an outfielder: 114). His last 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 chose to retire rather than join the Phillies, thus cancelling the trade. September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ...
See also: 1947 in sports, 1949 in sports and the list of years in sports. Baseball January 29: Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players. ...
Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (26) 2000 • 1999 • 1998 • 1996 1978 • 1977 • 1962 • 1961 1958 • 1956 • 1953 • 1952 1951 • 1950 • 1949 • 1947 1943 • 1941 • 1939 • 1938 1937 • 1936 • 1932 • 1928 1927 • 1923 AL Pennants (39) 2003 • 2001 • 2000...
1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a [[leap year starting on Tueday] (link will take you to calendar). ...
1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The position of the first baseman First base redirects here. ...
The position of the right fielder A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in right field (e. ...
An outfielder moves in to catch a fly ball Outfielder is a collective term including left fielder, center fielder, and right fielder, the three positions in baseball farthest from the batter. ...
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1883-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (1) 1980 NL Pennants (5) 1993 • 1983 • 1980 • 1950 1915 East Division titles (6) [1] 1993 • 1983 • 1980 • 1978 1977 • 1976 Wild card berths (0) None [1] - In 1981, a players strike in...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He died in Union, New Jersey. Union Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Union Township, Camden County, New Jersey Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Union Township, Union County, New Jersey see also: Union City, New Jersey Union Beach, New Jersey Union County, New Jersey This is...
External links
- Joe Collins' statistics on the Baseball Almanac site
- Joe Collins' bio on the Baseball Library site
- Joe Collins' statistics on the Baseball Reference site
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