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Ripper Collins	Bats: Both Throws: Left Height: 5' 9'' Weight: 170   Born: March 30, 1904 in Usa, PA, ALTOONA

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1935

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1931	27	MIN	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	6	6	5	5	8	6	7	5	4	5	8	7	8
1932	28	MIN	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	8	6	5	5	8	6	7	5	4	5	8	7	8
1933	29	MIN	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	8	6	5	5	8	7	7	5	4	5	8	8	8
1934	30	SDP	NL	$ 3,328,571				8	8	8	6	5	5	8	6	7	5	4	4	8	7	8
1935	31	SDP	NL	$ 3,328,571				7	7	8	6	5	5	8	6	7	5	4	4	8	7	7
1936	32	SDP	NL	$ 3,464,286				8	8	8	6	5	5	8	6	7	4	4	4	7	7	7
1937	33	NYA	AL	$ 6,250,000				7	7	8	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	3	3	7	7	7
1938	34	TAM	AL	$ 6,250,000				7	7	8	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	3	3	7	6	7
1939	35	TAM	AL	$ 6,250,000				7	7	8	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	3	3	7	7	7
1940	36	TAM	AL	$ 6,250,000				5	5	6	3	2	2	5	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5
1941	37	TAM	AL	$ 480,000				4	4	5	2	1	2	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
1942	38	TAM	AL					2	2	2	1	1	1	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	2	1	1	1	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 6,250,000				8	8	8	6	5	5	8	7	7	5	4	5	8	8	8

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1931	27	MIN	AL	109	313	36	77	21	1	10	39	0	0	15	19	.246	.284	.415	.699	33.7	3.0
1932	28	MIN	AL	146	525	71	149	23	4	10	91	0	2	48	56	.284	.342	.400	.742	69.9	8.6
1933	29	MIN	AL	151	563	91	184	37	11	16	104	0	0	48	47	.327	.377	.517	.894	99.5	18.9
1934	30	MIN	AL	100	392	62	125	16	2	14	62	0	0	31	33	.319	.369	.477	.846	63.5	12.6
		SDP	NL	52	198	32	69	10	2	2	25	0	0	12	21	.348	.387	.449	.836	30.5	6.2
		TOT		152	590	94	194	26	4	16	87	0	0	43	54	.329	.375	.468	.842	94.0	18.7
1935	31	SDP	NL	146	561	91	195	35	6	10	73	0	0	53	54	.348	.404	.485	.889	97.1	19.7
1936	32	SDP	NL	136	506	82	154	23	4	10	66	0	1	44	58	.304	.361	.425	.786	73.2	12.3
		AAA		15	55	6	17	4	0	3	8	0	0	8	6	.309	.397	.545	.942	11.3
1937	33	NYA	AL	148	522	71	161	25	3	9	87	0	0	25	64	.308	.342	.420	.761	66.3	11.6
1938	34	BSN	NL	91	283	44	89	13	1	12	49	0	0	16	33	.314	.354	.495	.849	44.5	9.0
		TAM	AL	53	216	27	63	10	0	11	55	0	0	8	38	.292	.319	.491	.809	31.1	5.4
		TOT		144	499	71	152	23	1	23	104	0	0	24	71	.305	.339	.493	.832	75.6	14.5
1939	35	TAM	AL	150	508	81	170	28	1	13	71	0	0	32	63	.335	.373	.470	.843	74.6	16.5
1940	36	TAM	AL	97	346	37	97	11	1	6	62	0	1	17	47	.280	.315	.370	.685	36.0	4.0
1941	37	TAM	AL	39	111	8	35	2	0	1	7	0	0	6	19	.315	.361	.360	.722	13.9	2.5
		AAA		73	220	24	61	5	1	3	26	1	3	16	52	.277	.326	.350	.676	24.4
1942	38	A		137	511	53	147	24	2	5	31	5	2	72	104	.288	.376	.372	.747	74.4
11 Years Sim				1418	5044	733	1568	254	36	124	791	0	4	355	552	.311	.357	.449	.806	733.8	130.3
2 Years AAA				88	275	30	78	9	1	6	34	1	3	24	58	.284	.339	.389	.728	35.6
1 Years A				137	511	53	147	24	2	5	31	5	2	72	104	.288	.380	.372	.752	74.4
3 Years Minors				225	786	83	225	33	3	11	65	6	5	96	162	.286	.366	.378	.744	110.0
162 Game Average					576	83	179	29	4	14	90	0	0	40	63	.311	.357	.449	.806	83.8
Career Highs				152	590	94	195	37	11	23	104	0	2	53	71	.348	.404	.517	.894	99.5

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		3485	493	1061	175	20	81	522	0	3	231	356	.304	.347	.436	.783	500.8
vs LH		1527	236	493	76	15	43	266	0	1	124	192	.323	.377	.477	.853	254.3
Home	695	2411	349	748	124	18	58	351	0	1	166	274	.310	.357	.449	.805	362.0
Away	716	2601	380	806	127	17	66	437	0	3	189	274	.310	.356	.448	.804	393.1
RISP		1389	0	440	71	11	34	638	0	0	119	155	.317	.366	.457	.823	222.9
Pinch Hitting		128	14	41	2	0	4	29	0	0	10	14	.320	.370	.430	.799	19.7
Close/Late		531	64	166	25	3	18	76	0	0	41	43	.313	.365	.473	.837	85.9
Mar/Apr	249	919	125	268	43	5	23	147	0	1	75	103	.292	.344	.424	.768	130.5
May	270	951	124	288	51	7	20	141	0	1	63	101	.303	.346	.434	.781	135.3
June	256	903	140	278	42	8	21	135	0	0	77	92	.308	.363	.442	.805	138.5
July	197	700	116	234	40	9	21	121	0	2	55	57	.334	.382	.507	.889	123.7
August	215	746	97	221	32	1	21	116	0	0	43	97	.296	.338	.426	.764	102.0
Sep/Oct	224	793	127	265	43	5	18	128	0	0	42	98	.334	.369	.469	.838	125.2

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1931	27	MIN	AL	1B	95	81	705.0	966	67	5	101	.995	13.19					2.2
				RF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1932	28	MIN	AL	1B	146	141	1208.0	1596	121	9	137	.995	12.79					3.5
1933	29	MIN	AL	1B	148	143	1253.7	1574	115	14	157	.992	12.13					3.0
				RF	1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1934	30	MIN	AL	1B	99	94	852.8	1053	73	9	96	.992	11.88					2.4
		SDP	NL	1B	52	49	425.4	525	36	5	48	.991	11.87					1.3
		TOT		1B	151	143	1278.2	1578	109	14	144	.992	11.88					3.7
1935	31	SDP	NL	1B	143	137	1184.3	1499	107	12	144	.993	12.20					2.9
1936	32	SDP	NL	1B	118	118	1028.3	1423	128	8	145	.995	13.57					3.4
				RF	8	5	47.7	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.76					0.0
1937	33	NYA	AL	1B	134	119	1059.3	1276	91	13	119	.991	11.61					2.3
				RF	5	4	38.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.84					0.1
1938	34	BSN	NL	1B	69	62	486.7	590	50	4	44	.994	11.83					0.9
				RF	15	12	95.7	15	1	1	0	.941	1.50					0.1
		TAM	AL	1B	40	36	364.3	441	37	3	33	.994	11.81					1.1
				RF	8	7	71.6	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.38					0.2
		TOT		1B	109	98	851.0	1031	87	7	77	.994	11.82					2.0
				RF	23	19	167.3	26	1	1	0	.964	1.45					0.3
1939	35	TAM	AL	1B	138	132	1125.3	1294	107	6	117	.996	11.20					2.9
1940	36	TAM	AL	1B	87	87	736.0	890	70	5	69	.995	11.74					2.4
				RF	3	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.86					0.0
1941	37	TAM	AL	1B	33	29	246.7	311	25	4	42	.988	12.26					0.5
				1B	1302	1228	10675.8	13438	1027	97	1252	.993	12.19					28.8
				RF	41	28	266.0	46	1	1	0	.979	1.59					0.5
Career Totals					1343	1256	10941.8	13484	1028	98	1252	.993	11.94					29.3
Career Highs					151	143	1278.2	1596	128	14	157	.996	13.16

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1932	28	MIN	AL	20	87	16	29	2	1	3	13	0	0	3	12	.333	.352	.483	.834
1934	30	SDP	NL	7	32	4	14	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	.438	.438	.594	1.031
1937	33	NYA	AL	7	32	2	9	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	3	.281	.281	.438	.719
1938	34	TAM	AL	5	21	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.190	.227	.333	.561
Career Post-Season Batting				39	172	24	56	7	2	5	24	0	0	4	21	.326	.339	.477	.816

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1935-4-.348 1939-5-.335 CAR-40-.311 On-Base Pct 1935-6-.404 Slugging Pct 1933-6-.517 OPS 1933-8-.894 XR 1933-8-99.5 1935-10-97.1 Games 1933-2-151 Hits 1933-6-184 1935-4-195 Total Bases 1933-6-291 Singles 1935-5-144 1939-7-128 Triples 1933-6-11 Homeruns 1938-10-12 RBIs 1932-10-91 1933-8-104

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1931

Had first career hit on 4/5/1931, off Ed Brandt (DET)

Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1931, off Roy Mahaffey (SDP)

Injured on 7/5/1931 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks

2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration

Traded from Minnesota to San Diego on 7/31/1934 (Going to SDP: 2B Tony Lazzeri, 1B Ripper Collins. Going to MIN: P Vic Frasier, P Tex Carleton)

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1934, hitting .371 with 7 HR, 20 RBI

Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 9/13/1934

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (G) on 10/6/1934

2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration

Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1935, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 21 RBI

Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game

2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration

Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1936, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 12 RBI

10/13/1936: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $6,250,000 per year, for 4 years

Traded from San Diego to New York (A) on 2/13/1937 (Going to NYA: P Carl Hubbell, 1B Ripper Collins, SS Bill Cissell. Going to SDP: 1B Elbie Fletcher)

Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 2/1/1938 (Going to DET: 1B Ripper Collins, P Whitey Wilshere. Going to NYA: 3B Woody English)

Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 2/7/1938 (Going to DET: 1B Don Hurst. Going to BSN: 1B Ripper Collins)

Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1938 (Going to BSN: SS Otto Bluege. Going to TAM: 1B Ripper Collins)

Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1938, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 10 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1939, hitting .526 with 2 HR, 3 RBI

7/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $480,000 per year, for 1 years

4/2/1941: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay

Injured on 5/9/1942 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days

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