Rip Collins Position: PitcherBats: Right • Throws: Right6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)Born: February 26, 1896 in Weatherford, TXDied: May 27, 1968 in Bryan, TXBuried: College Station Cemetery, College Station, TXSchools: 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 ERLast Game: August 26, 1931 vs. PHA 3.2 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4…
The Gashouse Gang using their equipment as instruments. Stan Bordagaray, Bill McGee, former Cardinal Rip Collins, and Pepper Martin with Bob Weiland standing, 1938.
1936 – Joe Medwick sets a still-standing National League record with his 64th double.
On October 9, 1934, Dizzy Dean and the St. Louis Cardinals win the seventh game of the World Series 11-0, the Cardinals erupted for 7 runs in the 3rd inning. Dizzy Dean with 1 out doubled to left, Pepper Martin singled to first and stole second, then Jack Rothrock walked. Frankie Frisch lines a three…
1934 – Schoolboy Rowe evens the World Series with a 12-inning, 3 – 2 victory, shutting out the St. Louis Cardinals over the final nine innings. The Detroit Tigers tie the game in the 9th inning and win on Goose Goslin’s single.
With a two-run round-tripper off Allyn Stout at Sportsman’s Park in the Cardinals’ 9-0 victory over Cincinnati, Rip Collins establishes a National League record when he blasts his league-leading 35th home run of the season as a switch hitter. The 30 year-old first baseman’s mark will not be broken until Howard Johnson goes deep from both sides of the plate 36 times in 1987 for the Mets.
Interested in exploring FRANCHISING? We will help you through your journey visit us @ www.franchisingconnection.com On June 3, 1925, Eddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox collects his 3,000th major league hit. The future Hall of Famer singles against Detroit’s Harry “Rip” Collins, who is not related to the star second baseman. The White Sox…
Major League-leading slugger Babe Ruth brings the Yankees but apparently little else – least of all his A-game – to Forbes Field for an exhibition bout against the National League-leading Bucs. Ralph Davis of the Pittsburgh Press is clearly not at all impressed: “Bambino Didn’t Shine. Babe Ruth didn’t have a batting average yesterday. His strikeout average was .500. The King of Swatters didn’t look good against Hal Carlson’s pitching. He struck wide at several pitches and fanned twice. His other efforts were flies to Max Careyand Dave Robertson. Rip Collins, the Yankee pitcher, witnessed the game from the press box. As Robertson captured Ruth’s fly, he remarked: ‘You can’t make me believe that the National League ball is as lively as the American League sphere. If Ruth had cracked one like that in our league, the ball would have gone to kingdom come.’ As a fielder, Ruth was a joke yesterday. Luckily for the Yanks, he didn’t have many chances, but he surely looked slow and bad on those he had.” One of those chances is Charlie Grimm’s 2nd-inning triple which bounces over Ruth’s head, scoring the Bucs’ first run and setting up the second, which ties the contest at two all. One inning later, Robertson unties it with a tape-measure, two-run blast and the Bucs never look back.