Eddie Collins

Edward Trowbridge " Eddie" Collins Sr. ( born 2 May 1887 in Willerton, New York, † March 25, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. His nickname was cocky. He was the first player to six times won the World Series.

Biography

His debut in the American League was Eddie Collins on September 17, 1906 with the Philadelphia Athletics. The second baseman has quickly become a star in the team of Connie Mack. With Jack Barry at shortstop, Stuffy McInnis as a first baseman and third baseman Frank Baker as he formed the so-called $ 100,000 infield of the Athletics. From 1909 to 1914 she won all the championships up to 1912 in the American League. In 1910 he was able to win against the Chicago Cubs his first World Series with Philadelphia. Two other successes followed against the New York Giants in 1912 and 1913.

On 7 and on 22 September 1912, he was able to steal six bases in one game, a record that was not broken until today. In 1914 he was elected MVP of the AL. In the World Series, the Athletics were defeated the Boston Braves surprisingly. After the 1914 season Connie Mack began with the conversion of his team and sold Eddie Collins to the Chicago White Sox.

With the White Sox, he also reached the World Series twice. In 1917 he reached against the New York Giants a stroke average of 40.9 % and scored the decisive point in the final game of the series. Also in the team of the Black Sox of 1919 played with Collins, but was not involved in the affair.

From August 1924 to 1926 he also took over the office manager for the White Sox. In 1927 he returned to the Athletics back to Philadelphia. There he took over more and more tasks and coaches should actually inherit later Connie Mack, who continued to work, however, until his 88th year. His last game played Collins on August 2, 1930., 1933, he then joined as general manager of the Boston Red Sox and helped there to build a new team. During his tenure, which lasted until 1947, were among others the obligations of Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr.

Collins finished his career with a batting average of 33.3 %, 3315 base hits, 714 stolen bases and 1,300 RBI. In 1939 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is still considered one of the best players as a second baseman. In 1951, he died in Boston at the age of 63 years.

His positions as a player

His positions as Manager

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