Hub Collins | |||
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Second baseman/Left fielder | |||
Born: Louisville, Kentucky |
April 15, 1864|||
Died: May 21, 1892 Brooklyn, New York |
(aged 28)|||
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MLB debut | |||
September 4, 1886, for the Louisville Colonels | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
May 14, 1892, for the Brooklyn Grooms | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .284 | ||
Home runs | 11 | ||
Runs batted in | 319 | ||
Stolen bases | 335 | ||
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Hubert "Hub" Collins (April 15, 1864 – May 21, 1892) was a professional baseball player. He was a left fielder and second baseman over parts of seven seasons (1886–1892) with the Louisville Colonels and Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Grooms. He was the National League leader in runs scored in 1890 with Brooklyn. For his career, he compiled a .284 batting average, 319 runs batted in, 653 runs scored, and 335 stolen bases.
He was born in Louisville, Kentucky and later died in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 28 of typhoid fever.