Wilson Collins
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: Script error: No such module "person date". Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S. | |
| Died: Script error: No such module "person date". Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 12, 1913, for the Boston Braves | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 8, 1914, for the Boston Braves | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .263 |
| Runs batted in | 1 |
| Fielding percentage | .926 |
| Putouts | 25 |
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Cyril Wilson Collins (May 7, 1889 – February 28, 1941) was an American backup outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at left field for the Boston Braves in the 1913 and 1914 seasons. Listed at 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m), 165 lb., Collins batted and threw right-handed.
A native of Pulaski, Tennessee, he attended Vanderbilt University. He was a member of both the football and baseball teams there. Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches reads "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage, Wilson Collins, Ammie Sikes, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9-8 loss to Michigan." The Atlanta Constitution voted it the best backfield in the South.[1]
During the First World War, Collins was the fullback for the 1917 Camp Gordon football team.
In a two-season career, Collins was a .263 hitter (10-for-38) with five runs and one RBI in 43 games. He did not hit have any extra-base hits. In 28 outfield appearances, he committed two errors in 27 chances for a collective .926 fielding percentage.
Collins died in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the age of 51.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Charles Weatherby (April 2, 2014). "Wilson Collins". The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series: 13. ISBN 9781933599700.
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