Zip Collins
1914–1921 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates
281G
.253AVG
.301OBP
.309SLG
More career statistics
232H
2HR
63RBI
15SB
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 | 281 | 280 |
| Batting · At bats | 916 | 917 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 9 | 24 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 100 | 103 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,008 | 1,013 |
| Batting · RBI | 63 | 62 |
| Batting · Walks | 58 | 60 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281 | 1,008 | 916 | 124 | 232 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 63 | 58 | 100 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 283 | .253 | .301 | .309 | .610 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1914-08-27 to 1914-09-05
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1921-09-09 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1921-09-13 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | 1915-09-01 | 1 in 65 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 141 | 474 | 111 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 55 | .261 | .291 | .338 |
| Away | 139 | 539 | 121 | 1 | 36 | 33 | 48 | .246 | .286 | .283 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 11 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .205 | .205 | .205 |
| May | 32 | 124 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 18 | .239 | .274 | .316 |
| June | 33 | 123 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | .260 | .293 | .327 |
| July | 51 | 188 | 47 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 22 | .275 | .314 | .333 |
| August | 74 | 281 | 64 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 22 | .248 | .278 | .291 |
| September | 70 | 239 | 54 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 27 | .255 | .293 | .307 |
| October | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .368 | .438 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 45 | 157 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 19 | .191 | .236 | .227 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 44 | 160 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | .278 | .294 | .358 |
| new-york-giants | 41 | 157 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 15 | .248 | .299 | .303 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 30 | 104 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 14 | .280 | .308 | .333 |
| boston-braves | 27 | 95 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .239 | .274 | .284 |
| cincinnati-reds | 27 | 102 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 8 | .281 | .314 | .326 |
| chicago-cubs | 27 | 108 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 10 | .278 | .315 | .278 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 15 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .204 | .220 | .327 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 49 | 182 | 44 | – | 15 | 3 | .242 | – | – |
| 1915 | Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates | 106 | 369 | 108 | 1 | 19 | 7 | .293 | – | – |
| 1916 |  Boston Braves | 93 | 268 | 56 | 1 | 19 | 4 | .209 | – | – |
| 1917 | Boston Braves | 8 | 27 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .148 | – | – |
| 1921 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 24 | 71 | 20 | – | 7 | 1 | .282 | – | – |