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Pat Collins (baseball)

November 03, 2023

Tharon Leslie "Pat" Collins (September 13, 1896 – May 20, 1960) was an American baseball catcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees and Boston Braves from 1919 to 1929. Collins batted and threw right-handed and also played five games at first base.

Pat Collins
Collins with the St. Louis Browns, 1922
Catcher
Born: (1896-09-13)September 13, 1896
Sweet Springs, Missouri, U.S.
Died: May 20, 1960(1960-05-20) (aged 63)
Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 5, 1919, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
May 23, 1929, for the Boston Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average.254
Home runs33
Runs batted in168
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Collins played minor league baseball for the Joplin Miners until 1919, when he signed with the Browns. After spending six seasons with the organization, Collins spent a one-year sojourn in the minor leagues before he was traded to the Yankees, where he spent the next three years and played in the famous 1927 Murderers' Row lineup. At the conclusion of the 1928 season, he was traded to the Braves, with whom he played his last major league game on May 23, 1929. A two-time World Series champion, he is famous for being the only major league player to pinch hit and pinch run in the same game.

Personal life edit

Collins was born on September 13, 1896, in Sweet Springs, Missouri.[1] His mother, Sarah, ran a boarding house, and he had three siblings: Ola, Mildred, and Rathal.[2] He attended school in Sweet Springs before moving to Kansas City, Kansas, to play sandlot ball.[3] He was married to Daisy C. Collins.[4] During his time with the Yankees, his teammate Babe Ruth – who usually called everyone "Kid" due to his inability to remember people's names – mockingly gave Collins the nickname "Horse Nose".[5] After his major league career ended, he went on to run a restaurant in Kansas City,[6] then operate a tavern in Lawrence, Kansas, until 1952.[7]

In April 1952, the state of Kansas took Collins to court over alleged unpaid federal income tax from 1945 to 1950.[7] Although he was convicted in December of evading $4,037 ($44,488 today), a federal judge ordered a new trial after evidence emerged showing his friend had deposited $48,300 ($532,268 today) in a safety deposit box for him.[8][9] After being treated for a heart condition,[4] Collins died in his sleep on May 20, 1960, in Kansas City at the age of 63 and was interred at the city's Memorial Park Cemetery.[1][3]

Professional career edit

Minor leagues edit

Collins began his professional baseball career in 1917 with the Joplin Miners, a minor league baseball team that were members of the Class A Western League.[10] In 1919, his last season with the Miners, he had a breakthrough year, posting a batting average of .316 and amassing 100 hits, 19 doubles and 10 home runs in 96 games played.[10] This caught the attention of the St. Louis Browns, who signed him near the end of the season.[1]

St. Louis Browns (1919–24) edit

Collins made his major league debut for the Browns on September 5, 1919, at the age of 22,[1] entering the game as a pinch-hitter for pitcher Bert Gallia and drawing a walk in a 12–3 loss against the Detroit Tigers.[11] Between 1920 and 1922, he never played more than 31 games nor started more than 20 games a season as catcher, and his role was limited to occasional pinch-hitting appearances.[1]

During the 1923 season, Collins played 47 games (37 starts) and had the fifth highest caught stealing percentage in the American League (AL) at 44.4%.[1][12] During a June 8 road game at Shibe Park, he became the first and only major league player to pinch hit and pinch run in the same game. His teammate Homer Ezzell reached base in the third inning, but needed to use the restroom. Collins was inserted into the game as a pinch runner until Ezzell returned. In the ninth inning, Collins returned to pinch hit for pitcher Ray Kolp after the Philadelphia Athletics' manager Connie Mack agreed to drop the no free substitution rule and allowed Collins to pinch hit.[13][14] However, the official box score lists his pinch hit appearance only.[15]

In 1924, there were two factors which limited Collins to just 20 games (11 starts) as catcher. Firstly, he dislocated the joint in his left thumb during spring training after splitting the finger.[16] Then on June 22, Collins—along with Browns manager George Sisler and coach Jimmy Austin—were suspended indefinitely after arguing balls and strikes with the umpire.[17] Sisler lodged a formal protest to AL president Ban Johnson,[18] and the suspensions were rescinded four days later.[19] After the season ended, Collins was not re-signed by the Browns, so he spent the 1925 season with the St. Paul Saints, a minor league baseball team that competed in the American Association (AA). There, he batted .316 and hit 19 home runs in 132 games.[10]

New York Yankees (1926–28) edit

The Saints traded Collins to the New York Yankees on August 30, 1925, in exchange for $25,000 ($417,173 today) and three players to be named later (the Yankees later sent Pee-Wee Wanninger to St. Paul on December 16).[1][20] During his years with the team, he developed a reputation of being slow-footed[21] and having a throwing arm that was described as "terrible"[22] and "weak".[23] However, his steadiness behind the plate[21] and his bat[23] kept him in the lineup. He became the starting catcher "by default"[24] after Benny Bengough—who was Miller Huggins' first choice for the job—suffered from a sore arm before spring training commenced.[24] In his first season with the organization, Collins had the fourth highest on-base percentage (.433) and tenth best at bats per home run ratio (41.4) in the AL, though he also recorded the fifth highest number of strikeouts in the league with 57. Defensively, he played the fourth highest number of games at catcher (100), during which he finished second in errors committed by a catcher (14), fifth in passed balls (6) and fourth in stolen bases allowed in the AL. However, he compensated for this by turning the most double plays (14) and recording the second highest range factor (4.75) as catcher, while finishing fourth in putouts (401) and fifth in assists (74) at his position and catching the fifth highest number of baserunners stealing (34).[1] On July 20, in the final game of a series against the Browns (his former team), Collins injured a side ligament while attempting to run down catcher Wally Schang,[25][26] who was also facing his former team.[27] This, along with Bengough's recurring problems with his arm, prompted the Yankees to buy Hank Severeid from the Washington Senators.[25] In the postseason, the Yankees advanced to the 1926 World Series, where they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.[28] Collins did not receive much playing time throughout the series, appearing in just three games and getting no hits and one strikeout in two plate appearances.[1]

The 1927 season saw Collins split catching duties with Johnny Grabowski and Bengough. He appeared in the most games behind the plate out of the three players – 89 games caught by Collins versus 68 by Grabowski and Bengough's 30.[29] He was usually placed near the bottom of the Yankees lineup, which was given the nickname "Murderers' Row".[30] Many sports analysts, baseball writers and fans consider the 1927 team the greatest baseball team of all time.[30][31][32] Although Collins was labelled an "offensive afterthought",[30] he still managed to bat a respectable .275 and drove in 36 runs in 311 plate appearances. Defensively, he once again finished fourth in the AL in number of games (89) and putouts (267) at catcher, while also recording the fourth highest fielding percentage at the position (.976).[1] At the end of the year, the Yankees once again advanced to the World Series, where they swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in four games.[33] Collins played in Games 1 and 4; in the first game, he was hitless in two at bats but garnered two walks,[34] while in the latter game he went 3-for-3 with a double.[35] His series average of .600 was the highest among his teammates.[33]

After the Yankees purchased Bill Dickey from the Jackson Senators before the start of the 1928 season,[36] the team now had four catchers on their roster.[37] The increase competition restricted Collins to 45 starts and 70 games in total.[1] In the 1928 World Series, the Yankees achieved a second consecutive Fall Classic sweep, this time against the Cardinals in a rematch of the series from two years before.[38] However, he played just one game in the series, entering the 7th inning of Game 4 as a defensive substitute and hitting a double two innings later.[39] The catching situation—along with his dismal .221 batting average that year[1]—made Collins redundant, and at the end of the season, he was sold to the Boston Braves.[3]

Boston Braves and back to the minors (1929–32) edit

Collins managed to play just seven games for the Braves during the 1929 season, making his final major league appearance on May 23. During his brief tenure with the team, he was hitless, but drove in 2 runs, drew 3 walks and had 3 sacrifice bunts in 11 plate appearances.[1] After the Braves acquired several younger catchers, he was released and sent to the Buffalo Bisons of the Class AAA International League[3][40] There, he batted .122 and had 5 hits in 16 games played[10] before manager Bill Clymer cut him loose after the season ended.[40] He promptly signed a one-year contract with the Seattle Indians, a minor league team that played in the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.[41] He batted .244 during his stint with the team and was traded midway through the 1930 season to the Kansas City Blues, thus returning to the AA. His numbers improved tremendously—he recorded a .358 batting average, amassed 39 hits and slugged 7 doubles and 3 home runs in 109 at bats. The 1931 season saw Collins play just 27 games with the Blues and his average dipped to .182.[10] He was scheduled to be traded to the Omaha Packers in July,[42] but the deal fell through and he remained with the team through to the 1932 season. That year, he played 105 games and batted .268, collected 78 hits with 14 doubles, 3 triples and 4 home runs before retiring from professional baseball at the end of the season.[10]

Post-playing career edit

After playing his final major league season in 1929, Collins returned to minor league baseball and played for several teams until 1932.[10] In 1936, he teamed up with former minor league pitcher Van Hammer in attempting to establish a new Western League franchise in St. Joseph, Missouri, after the St. Joseph Saints moved to Waterloo, Iowa, and became the Waterloo Hawks.[43] However, the plan fell through after a court injunction was issued barring him from using the stadium in St. Joseph for professional baseball.[44] Because of this, Collins forfeited the St. Joseph franchise[45] and subsequently bought the Western League's Rock Island Islanders instead.[46]

References edit

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  7. ^ a b "Tax Liens Filed Against Former Baseball Player". Lawrence Journal-World. Associated Press. April 2, 1952. p. 13. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  8. ^ "New Pat Collins Trial". Lawrence Journal-World. Associated Press. January 5, 1953. p. 5. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
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  17. ^ "Yanks Lost To Sox But Cobb's Men Also Fall". The Morning Leader. Regina. June 23, 1924. p. 8. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
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  20. ^ "Pat Collins, Catcher, Sold To Yankees". The Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque. August 31, 1925. p. 8. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  21. ^ a b "Earl Smith Rates As Best Backstop In Coming Series". Meriden Record. Associated Press. October 4, 1927. p. 10. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
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  42. ^ "Collins, Deviveros Are Signed by Omaha". The Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. July 12, 1931. p. 2. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  43. ^ "Western League Now Eight Club Circuit". The Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque. Associated Press. March 4, 1936. p. 10. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  44. ^ "Pat Collins Awarded St. Joseph Franchise in Western League". St. Joseph Gazette. Associated Press. November 16, 1936. p. 5. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  45. ^ "St. Joseph to Forfeit Its Baseball Franchise". The Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. March 27, 1937. p. 2. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
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External links edit

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
  • Pat Collins at Find a Grave

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Tharon Leslie Pat Collins September 13 1896 May 20 1960 was an American baseball catcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball MLB He played for the St Louis Browns New York Yankees and Boston Braves from 1919 to 1929 Collins batted and threw right handed and also played five games at first base Pat CollinsCollins with the St Louis Browns 1922CatcherBorn 1896 09 13 September 13 1896Sweet Springs Missouri U S Died May 20 1960 1960 05 20 aged 63 Kansas City Kansas U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 5 1919 for the St Louis BrownsLast MLB appearanceMay 23 1929 for the Boston BravesMLB statisticsBatting average 254Home runs33Runs batted in168TeamsSt Louis Browns 1919 1926 New York Yankees 1926 1928 Boston Braves 1929 Career highlights and awards2 World Series champion 1927 1928 Collins played minor league baseball for the Joplin Miners until 1919 when he signed with the Browns After spending six seasons with the organization Collins spent a one year sojourn in the minor leagues before he was traded to the Yankees where he spent the next three years and played in the famous 1927 Murderers Row lineup At the conclusion of the 1928 season he was traded to the Braves with whom he played his last major league game on May 23 1929 A two time World Series champion he is famous for being the only major league player to pinch hit and pinch run in the same game Contents 1 Personal life 2 Professional career 2 1 Minor leagues 2 2 St Louis Browns 1919 24 2 3 New York Yankees 1926 28 2 4 Boston Braves and back to the minors 1929 32 3 Post playing career 4 References 5 External linksPersonal life editCollins was born on September 13 1896 in Sweet Springs Missouri 1 His mother Sarah ran a boarding house and he had three siblings Ola Mildred and Rathal 2 He attended school in Sweet Springs before moving to Kansas City Kansas to play sandlot ball 3 He was married to Daisy C Collins 4 During his time with the Yankees his teammate Babe Ruth who usually called everyone Kid due to his inability to remember people s names mockingly gave Collins the nickname Horse Nose 5 After his major league career ended he went on to run a restaurant in Kansas City 6 then operate a tavern in Lawrence Kansas until 1952 7 In April 1952 the state of Kansas took Collins to court over alleged unpaid federal income tax from 1945 to 1950 7 Although he was convicted in December of evading 4 037 44 488 today a federal judge ordered a new trial after evidence emerged showing his friend had deposited 48 300 532 268 today in a safety deposit box for him 8 9 After being treated for a heart condition 4 Collins died in his sleep on May 20 1960 in Kansas City at the age of 63 and was interred at the city s Memorial Park Cemetery 1 3 Professional career editMinor leagues edit Collins began his professional baseball career in 1917 with the Joplin Miners a minor league baseball team that were members of the Class A Western League 10 In 1919 his last season with the Miners he had a breakthrough year posting a batting average of 316 and amassing 100 hits 19 doubles and 10 home runs in 96 games played 10 This caught the attention of the St Louis Browns who signed him near the end of the season 1 St Louis Browns 1919 24 edit Collins made his major league debut for the Browns on September 5 1919 at the age of 22 1 entering the game as a pinch hitter for pitcher Bert Gallia and drawing a walk in a 12 3 loss against the Detroit Tigers 11 Between 1920 and 1922 he never played more than 31 games nor started more than 20 games a season as catcher and his role was limited to occasional pinch hitting appearances 1 During the 1923 season Collins played 47 games 37 starts and had the fifth highest caught stealing percentage in the American League AL at 44 4 1 12 During a June 8 road game at Shibe Park he became the first and only major league player to pinch hit and pinch run in the same game His teammate Homer Ezzell reached base in the third inning but needed to use the restroom Collins was inserted into the game as a pinch runner until Ezzell returned In the ninth inning Collins returned to pinch hit for pitcher Ray Kolp after the Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack agreed to drop the no free substitution rule and allowed Collins to pinch hit 13 14 However the official box score lists his pinch hit appearance only 15 In 1924 there were two factors which limited Collins to just 20 games 11 starts as catcher Firstly he dislocated the joint in his left thumb during spring training after splitting the finger 16 Then on June 22 Collins along with Browns manager George Sisler and coach Jimmy Austin were suspended indefinitely after arguing balls and strikes with the umpire 17 Sisler lodged a formal protest to AL president Ban Johnson 18 and the suspensions were rescinded four days later 19 After the season ended Collins was not re signed by the Browns so he spent the 1925 season with the St Paul Saints a minor league baseball team that competed in the American Association AA There he batted 316 and hit 19 home runs in 132 games 10 New York Yankees 1926 28 edit The Saints traded Collins to the New York Yankees on August 30 1925 in exchange for 25 000 417 173 today and three players to be named later the Yankees later sent Pee Wee Wanninger to St Paul on December 16 1 20 During his years with the team he developed a reputation of being slow footed 21 and having a throwing arm that was described as terrible 22 and weak 23 However his steadiness behind the plate 21 and his bat 23 kept him in the lineup He became the starting catcher by default 24 after Benny Bengough who was Miller Huggins first choice for the job suffered from a sore arm before spring training commenced 24 In his first season with the organization Collins had the fourth highest on base percentage 433 and tenth best at bats per home run ratio 41 4 in the AL though he also recorded the fifth highest number of strikeouts in the league with 57 Defensively he played the fourth highest number of games at catcher 100 during which he finished second in errors committed by a catcher 14 fifth in passed balls 6 and fourth in stolen bases allowed in the AL However he compensated for this by turning the most double plays 14 and recording the second highest range factor 4 75 as catcher while finishing fourth in putouts 401 and fifth in assists 74 at his position and catching the fifth highest number of baserunners stealing 34 1 On July 20 in the final game of a series against the Browns his former team Collins injured a side ligament while attempting to run down catcher Wally Schang 25 26 who was also facing his former team 27 This along with Bengough s recurring problems with his arm prompted the Yankees to buy Hank Severeid from the Washington Senators 25 In the postseason the Yankees advanced to the 1926 World Series where they lost to the St Louis Cardinals in seven games 28 Collins did not receive much playing time throughout the series appearing in just three games and getting no hits and one strikeout in two plate appearances 1 The 1927 season saw Collins split catching duties with Johnny Grabowski and Bengough He appeared in the most games behind the plate out of the three players 89 games caught by Collins versus 68 by Grabowski and Bengough s 30 29 He was usually placed near the bottom of the Yankees lineup which was given the nickname Murderers Row 30 Many sports analysts baseball writers and fans consider the 1927 team the greatest baseball team of all time 30 31 32 Although Collins was labelled an offensive afterthought 30 he still managed to bat a respectable 275 and drove in 36 runs in 311 plate appearances Defensively he once again finished fourth in the AL in number of games 89 and putouts 267 at catcher while also recording the fourth highest fielding percentage at the position 976 1 At the end of the year the Yankees once again advanced to the World Series where they swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in four games 33 Collins played in Games 1 and 4 in the first game he was hitless in two at bats but garnered two walks 34 while in the latter game he went 3 for 3 with a double 35 His series average of 600 was the highest among his teammates 33 After the Yankees purchased Bill Dickey from the Jackson Senators before the start of the 1928 season 36 the team now had four catchers on their roster 37 The increase competition restricted Collins to 45 starts and 70 games in total 1 In the 1928 World Series the Yankees achieved a second consecutive Fall Classic sweep this time against the Cardinals in a rematch of the series from two years before 38 However he played just one game in the series entering the 7th inning of Game 4 as a defensive substitute and hitting a double two innings later 39 The catching situation along with his dismal 221 batting average that year 1 made Collins redundant and at the end of the season he was sold to the Boston Braves 3 Boston Braves and back to the minors 1929 32 edit Collins managed to play just seven games for the Braves during the 1929 season making his final major league appearance on May 23 During his brief tenure with the team he was hitless but drove in 2 runs drew 3 walks and had 3 sacrifice bunts in 11 plate appearances 1 After the Braves acquired several younger catchers he was released and sent to the Buffalo Bisons of the Class AAA International League 3 40 There he batted 122 and had 5 hits in 16 games played 10 before manager Bill Clymer cut him loose after the season ended 40 He promptly signed a one year contract with the Seattle Indians a minor league team that played in the Class AAA Pacific Coast League 41 He batted 244 during his stint with the team and was traded midway through the 1930 season to the Kansas City Blues thus returning to the AA His numbers improved tremendously he recorded a 358 batting average amassed 39 hits and slugged 7 doubles and 3 home runs in 109 at bats The 1931 season saw Collins play just 27 games with the Blues and his average dipped to 182 10 He was scheduled to be traded to the Omaha Packers in July 42 but the deal fell through and he remained with the team through to the 1932 season That year he played 105 games and batted 268 collected 78 hits with 14 doubles 3 triples and 4 home runs before retiring from professional baseball at the end of the season 10 Post playing career editAfter playing his final major league season in 1929 Collins returned to minor league baseball and played for several teams until 1932 10 In 1936 he teamed up with former minor league pitcher Van Hammer in attempting to establish a new Western League franchise in St Joseph Missouri after the St Joseph Saints moved to Waterloo Iowa and became the Waterloo Hawks 43 However the plan fell through after a court injunction was issued barring him from using the stadium in St Joseph for professional baseball 44 Because of this Collins forfeited the St Joseph franchise 45 and subsequently bought the Western League s Rock Island Islanders instead 46 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m Pat Collins Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Sports Reference LLC Retrieved August 24 2013 Tharon Collins in household of Sarah P Collins United States Census 1910 citing sheet 6 B family 136 NARA microfilm publication T624 FHL microfilm 1374474 FamilySearch United States Census 1910 index and images Retrieved January 18 2014 a b c d Trachtenberg Leo January 1 1995 The Wonder Team The True Story of the Incomparable 1927 New York Yankees Popular Press p 155 ISBN 9780879726782 Retrieved September 24 2013 a b Former Yankee Catcher Dies St Joseph News Press Associated Press May 20 1960 p 14 Retrieved August 24 2013 Votano Paul January 1 2005 Tony Lazzeri A Baseball Biography McFarland p 47 ISBN 9780786484522 Retrieved September 25 2013 Claassen Harold July 10 1941 Sisler s Failure to Extend Long Batting Streak Probably Cost Browns 1922 Flag The Evening Independent St Petersburg Florida p 6 Retrieved September 23 2013 a b Tax Liens Filed Against Former Baseball Player Lawrence Journal World Associated Press April 2 1952 p 13 Retrieved August 24 2013 New Pat Collins Trial Lawrence Journal World Associated Press January 5 1953 p 5 Retrieved August 24 2013 Pat Collins Granted New Trial in Income Tax Case The Hartford Courant January 4 1953 p C3 Retrieved August 24 2013 subscription required a b c d e f g Pat Collins Minor League Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Sports Reference LLC Retrieved August 24 2013 September 5 1919 St Louis Browns at Detroit Tigers Play by Play and Box Score Baseball Reference com Sports Reference September 5 1919 Retrieved August 24 2013 1923 American League Fielding Leaders Baseball Reference com Sports Reference LLC Retrieved August 24 2013 Nemec David Flatow Scott 2008 This Day in Baseball A Day by day Record of the Events that Shaped the Game Rowman amp Littlefield p 109 ISBN 9781589793804 Retrieved August 24 2013 Sambol Rich June 20 1998 Nolan is KC s Mr Amateur Baseball The Kansas City Star p D2 Retrieved August 24 2013 subscription required June 8 1923 St Louis Browns at Philadelphia Athletics Play by Play and Box Score Baseball Reference com Sports Reference June 8 1923 Retrieved August 24 2013 Tuesday Was Hard Luck Day In Most Baseball Camps The Evening Independent St Petersburg Florida March 19 1924 p 13 Retrieved August 24 2013 Yanks Lost To Sox But Cobb s Men Also Fall The Morning Leader Regina June 23 1924 p 8 Retrieved August 24 2013 Sisler Makes Protest To Johnson The Atlanta Journal Constitution June 23 1924 p 6 Retrieved August 24 2013 subscription required Suspension Of Collins Lifted Rochester Evening Journal and the Post Express June 26 1924 p 15 Retrieved August 24 2013 Pat Collins Catcher Sold To Yankees The Telegraph Herald Dubuque August 31 1925 p 8 Retrieved August 24 2013 a b Earl Smith Rates As Best Backstop In Coming Series Meriden Record Associated Press October 4 1927 p 10 Retrieved August 26 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March 4 1936 p 10 Retrieved September 1 2013 Pat Collins Awarded St Joseph Franchise in Western League St Joseph Gazette Associated Press November 16 1936 p 5 Retrieved September 1 2013 St Joseph to Forfeit Its Baseball Franchise The Milwaukee Journal Associated Press March 27 1937 p 2 Retrieved September 1 2013 Western League to Operate Rock Island Is New Member The Telegraph Herald Dubuque United Press International April 4 1937 p 16 Retrieved September 1 2013 External links edit nbsp Baseball portalCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors Pat Collins at Find a Grave Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pat Collins baseball amp oldid 1158917391, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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