Jimmy Collins
1897–1908 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics
1,726G
.294AVG
.343OBP
.409SLG
More career statistics
1,999H
65HR
983RBI
194SB
4Rare 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 | 1,726 | 1,535 |
| Batting · At bats | 6,795 | 6,093 |
| Batting · Doubles | 352 | 326 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,999 | 1,798 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 84 | 67 |
| Batting · Home runs | 65 | 57 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 32 | 181 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,452 | 6,648 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,055 | 933 |
| Batting · RBI | 983 | 876 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 194 | 172 |
| Batting · Triples | 116 | 102 |
| Batting · Walks | 426 | 356 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,726 | 7,452 | 6,795 | 1,055 | 1,999 | 352 | 116 | 65 | 983 | 426 | 32 | 194 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 2,778 | .294 | .343 | .409 | .752 |
Streaks
23longest hitting streak · 1897-08-17 to 1897-09-10
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1897-07-22 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1904-06-12 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1899-05-18 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 792 | 3381 | 960 | 44 | 486 | 199 | 109 | .312 | .343 | .448 |
| Away | 743 | 3267 | 838 | 13 | 390 | 157 | 72 | .278 | .305 | .372 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 132 | 589 | 154 | 4 | 63 | 33 | 13 | .285 | .317 | .375 |
| May | 266 | 1165 | 321 | 10 | 157 | 60 | 30 | .299 | .327 | .442 |
| June | 265 | 1156 | 297 | 6 | 139 | 75 | 33 | .286 | .322 | .393 |
| July | 291 | 1282 | 361 | 12 | 156 | 61 | 44 | .307 | .329 | .408 |
| August | 299 | 1268 | 326 | 6 | 167 | 68 | 32 | .280 | .311 | .381 |
| September | 237 | 1003 | 288 | 18 | 164 | 48 | 24 | .310 | .335 | .462 |
| October | 45 | 185 | 51 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 5 | .297 | .335 | .360 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 141 | 608 | 146 | 2 | 53 | 26 | 14 | .260 | .283 | .342 |
| chicago-white-sox | 138 | 581 | 138 | 2 | 57 | 32 | 27 | .258 | .293 | .368 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 133 | 563 | 149 | 7 | 63 | 19 | 17 | .283 | .298 | .440 |
| detroit-tigers | 131 | 570 | 146 | 2 | 67 | 31 | 14 | .282 | .311 | .373 |
| st-louis-browns | 123 | 514 | 129 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 10 | .273 | .300 | .386 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 118 | 531 | 145 | 4 | 69 | 27 | 18 | .295 | .324 | .413 |
| new-york-yankees | 98 | 411 | 113 | 1 | 47 | 22 | 22 | .301 | .328 | .400 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 60 | 263 | 75 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 7 | .315 | .350 | .412 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Boston Braves | 134 | 530 | 183 | 6 | 132 | 13 | .345 | – | – |
| 1898 | Boston Braves | 152 | 597 | 196 | 15 | 111 | 12 | .328 | – | – |
| 1899 | Boston Braves | 151 | 600 | 166 | 5 | 92 | 13 | .277 | – | – |
| 1900 | Boston Braves | 142 | 588 | 178 | 6 | 95 | 23 | .303 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Boston Red Sox | 138 | 565 | 187 | 6 | 94 | 19 | .331 | – | – |
| 1902 | Boston Red Sox | 108 | 429 | 138 | 6 | 61 | 18 | .322 | – | – |
| 1903 | Boston Red Sox | 130 | 543 | 160 | 5 | 71 | 23 | .295 | – | – |
| 1904 | Boston Red Sox | 156 | 632 | 171 | 3 | 67 | 19 | .271 | – | – |
| 1905 | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 508 | 140 | 4 | 54 | 18 | .276 | – | – |
| 1906 | Boston Red Sox | 38 | 143 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .280 | – | – |
| 1907 | Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 140 | 524 | 144 | – | 47 | 8 | .275 | – | – |
| 1908 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 115 | 434 | 95 | – | 38 | 5 | .219 | – | – |