Pat Collins

Collins with the St. Louis Browns, 1922

Catcher

Born: September 13, 1896
Sweet Springs, Missouri

Died: May 20, 1960 (aged 63)
Kansas City, Kansas

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 5, 1919, for the St. Louis Browns

Last MLB appearance

May 23, 1929, for the Boston Braves

MLB statistics

Batting average

.254

Home runs

Runs batted in

168

Teams

Career highlights and awards

2× World Series champion (1927, 1928)

Tharon Leslie "Pat" Collins (September 13, 1896 – May 20, 1960) was an American baseball catcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees and Boston Braves from 1919 to 1929. He batted and threw right-handed and also played five games at first base.

Collins played minor league baseball for the Joplin Miners until 1919, when he signed with the St. Louis Browns. After spending six seasons with the organization, Collins spent a one-year sojourn in the minor leagues before he was traded to the New York Yankees, where he spent the next three years and played in the famous 1927 Murderers' Row lineup. At the conclusion of the 1928 season, he was traded to the Boston Braves, with whom he played his last game on May 23, 1929. A two-time World Series champion, he is famous for being the only major league player to pinch hit and pinch run in the same game.

Collins was born on September 13, 1896 in Sweet Springs, Missouri. His mother, Sarah, ran a boarding house, and he had three siblings: Ola, Mildred, and Rathal. He attended school in Sweet Springs before moving to Kansas City, Kansas to play sandlot ball. He was married to Daisy C. Collins. During his time with the Yankees, his teammate Babe Ruth—who usually called everyone "Kid" due to his inability to remember people's names—mockingly gave Collins the nickname "Horse Nose". After his major league career ended, he went on to run a restaurant in Kansas City, then operate a tavern in Lawrence, Kansas until 1952.

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