Rip Collins
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)
Born: February 26, 1896 in Weatherford, TX
Died: May 27, 1968 in Bryan, TX
Buried: College Station Cemetery, College Station, TX
Schools: St. Edward’s University (Austin, TX), Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Debut: April 19, 1920 (5,027th in major league history) vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Last Game: August 26, 1931 vs. PHA 3.2 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER
Full Name: Harry Warren Collins
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Rip Collins
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Once described as a pitcher with a million dollars worth of talent and 25 cents worth of enthusiasm, Collins apparently played baseball only to support his real pleasures: hunting and fishing in the off-season, bright lights and parties during the season. He claimed to have become a beer drinker at age six, and his nickname came from a pre-Prohibition brand of whiskey. A four-sport star at Texas A & M, Collins won 14 games as a Yankee rookie in 1920, matched that figure with the Red Sox in 1922, and again with the Tigers in ’24. He later became a law enforcement officer in Texas.
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