Rip Collins
1920–1931 · bats B / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
316G
.165AVG
.214OBP
.215SLG
More career statistics
96H
1HR
36RBI
0SB
108–82W–L
1,712.1IP
569K
3.96ERA
219GS
5SV
8Rare 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 · Doubles | 18 | 19 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 199 | 200 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 653 | 654 |
| Batting · Walks | 33 | 34 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,471 | 7,514 |
| Pitching · p cg | 84 | 83 |
| Pitching · p er | 754 | 762 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,795 | 1,787 |
| Pitching · p hr | 73 | 74 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,137 | 5,138 |
| Pitching · p k | 569 | 563 |
| Pitching · p r | 931 | 929 |
| Pitching · p w | 674 | 690 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 316 | 653 | 582 | 43 | 96 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 33 | 199 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 125 | .165 | .214 | .215 | .429 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,712.3 | 311 | 219 | 84 | 108 | 82 | 5 | 1,795 | 931 | 754 | 73 | 674 | 569 | 0 | 0 | 3.96 | 1.442 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1929-05-12 to 1929-05-22
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1927-05-03 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1930-06-13 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1922-06-14 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 162 | 336 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 101 | .159 | .193 | .209 |
| Away | 154 | 318 | 48 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 99 | .171 | .204 | .225 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .083 | .120 | .125 |
| May | 65 | 118 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | .194 | .212 | .243 |
| June | 64 | 137 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 36 | .154 | .190 | .211 |
| July | 65 | 153 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 43 | .167 | .190 | .203 |
| August | 64 | 123 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 42 | .183 | .236 | .250 |
| September | 41 | 97 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43 | .146 | .186 | .202 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 50 | 112 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 24 | .189 | .250 | .244 |
| cleveland-guardians | 48 | 78 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | .173 | .192 | .200 |
| chicago-white-sox | 47 | 114 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 33 | .157 | .202 | .255 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 42 | 81 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 25 | .194 | .210 | .250 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 40 | 93 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 34 | .172 | .194 | .207 |
| st-louis-browns | 34 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .123 | .159 | .140 |
| new-york-yankees | 30 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .113 | .136 | .170 |
| detroit-tigers | 25 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 | .174 | .204 | .217 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  New York Yankees | 36 | 62 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .129 | 187 | 66 |
| 1921 | New York Yankees | 28 | 55 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .200 | 136 | 64 |
| 1922 |  Boston Red Sox | 33 | 76 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .158 | 210 | 66 |
| 1923 |  Detroit Tigers | 17 | 29 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .103 | 92 | 25 |
| 1924 | Detroit Tigers | 37 | 76 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .145 | 216 | 75 |
| 1925 | Detroit Tigers | 26 | 42 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .119 | 139 | 33 |
| 1926 | Detroit Tigers | 31 | 39 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .154 | 122 | 44 |
| 1927 | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 54 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .204 | 172 | 37 |
| 1929 |  St. Louis Browns | 26 | 62 | 17 | 1 | 5 | – | .274 | 155 | 47 |
| 1930 | St. Louis Browns | 35 | 53 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .132 | 172 | 75 |
| 1931 | St. Louis Browns | 17 | 34 | 5 | – | – | – | .147 | 107 | 31 |