Eddie Collins
1906–1930 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics
2,827G
.333AVG
.424OBP
.429SLG
More career statistics
3,314H
47HR
1,300RBI
745SB
33Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 2,827 | 2,825 |
| Batting · At bats | 9,949 | 9,954 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 173 | 402 |
| Batting · Doubles | 438 | 439 |
| Batting · Hits | 3,314 | 3,313 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 286 | 469 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 12,037 | 12,083 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,821 | 1,820 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,300 | 1,314 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 745 | 749 |
| Batting · Triples | 187 | 188 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,499 | 1,534 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,827 | 12,037 | 9,949 | 1,821 | 3,314 | 438 | 187 | 47 | 1,300 | 1,499 | 286 | 745 | 173 | 77 | 0 | 4,267 | .333 | .424 | .429 | .853 |
Streaks
23longest hitting streak · 1920-08-20 to 1920-09-13
49longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Five-Steal Game | 1912-05-18 | 1 in 7,214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1912-07-19 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1910-06-29 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1417 | 5912 | 1630 | 16 | 670 | 731 | 232 | .333 | .399 | .429 |
| Away | 1408 | 6171 | 1683 | 31 | 644 | 803 | 237 | .332 | .403 | .428 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 245 | 1068 | 278 | 3 | 117 | 160 | 54 | .322 | .410 | .426 |
| May | 494 | 2168 | 562 | 4 | 229 | 270 | 87 | .314 | .384 | .401 |
| June | 509 | 2205 | 588 | 12 | 254 | 255 | 72 | .321 | .382 | .423 |
| July | 589 | 2523 | 684 | 14 | 261 | 337 | 89 | .332 | .405 | .426 |
| August | 508 | 2150 | 631 | 4 | 224 | 241 | 80 | .349 | .406 | .444 |
| September | 433 | 1781 | 510 | 8 | 202 | 249 | 80 | .354 | .426 | .447 |
| October | 47 | 188 | 60 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 7 | .380 | .436 | .519 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 407 | 1783 | 491 | 2 | 184 | 220 | 67 | .336 | .399 | .428 |
| boston-red-sox | 407 | 1730 | 494 | 6 | 176 | 192 | 73 | .339 | .397 | .433 |
| detroit-tigers | 405 | 1760 | 499 | 5 | 235 | 242 | 63 | .349 | .421 | .442 |
| new-york-yankees | 403 | 1699 | 489 | 12 | 187 | 196 | 69 | .342 | .403 | .453 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 396 | 1676 | 407 | 5 | 149 | 227 | 67 | .298 | .378 | .378 |
| st-louis-browns | 394 | 1706 | 479 | 12 | 197 | 220 | 63 | .342 | .410 | .454 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 234 | 1039 | 276 | 5 | 123 | 159 | 30 | .337 | .419 | .433 |
| chicago-white-sox | 179 | 690 | 178 | 0 | 63 | 78 | 37 | .302 | .371 | .380 |
