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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  4. Sam Leslie (911)
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  6. Chili Davis (905)
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  8. Frank McCormick (901)
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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