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Hub Collins
Hubert B. Collins

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 4, 1886
Final Game May 14, 1892
Born April 15, 1864 in Louisville, KY
Died May 21, 1892 in Brooklyn, NY

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1886 22 LOU AA  27  101   12   29   3  2   0   10   7      5      .287  .321  .356  108   36               0    
 1887 23 LOU AA 130  559  122  162  22  8   1   66  71     39      .290  .338  .363   93  203               2    
 1888 24 TOT AA 128  527  133  162  31 12   2   53  71     50      .307  .373  .423  156  223               5    
         LOU AA 116  485  117  149  26 11   2   50  62     41      .307  .366  .419  153  203               4    
         BRO AA  12   42   16   13   5  1   0    3   9      9      .310  .442  .476  193   20               1    
 1889 25 BRO AA 138  560  139  149  18  3   2   73  65     80  41  .266  .365  .320   99  179               7    
 1890 26 BRO NL 129  510  148  142  32  7   3   69  85     85  47  .278  .385  .386  124  197               3    
 1891 27 BRO NL 107  435   82  120  16  5   3   31  32     59  63  .276  .365  .356  111  155               2    
 1892 28 BRO NL  21   87   17   26   5  1   0   17   4     14  13  .299  .396  .379  139   33               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      680 2779  653  790 127 38  11  319 335  0 332 164  .284  .365  .369  116 1026   0   0   0  19   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        662  156  188  30  9   3   76  80  0  79  39  .284  .365  .369  116  244   0   0   0   5   0
 Career High    138  560  148  162  32 12   3   73  85  0  85  63  .307  .385  .423  156  223   0   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1886 22 LOU AA  106   72   12   4.4    78| .287  .252| .321  .316| .356  .336| .677  .652| 108  .602   0.5   0.1     
 1887 23 LOU AA  600  397   68   4.4    99| .290  .282| .338  .347| .363  .381| .701  .727|  93  .502  -6.0  -0.6     
 1888 24 TOT AA  582  365   82   6.0    70| .307  .243| .373  .300| .423  .320| .796  .620| 156  .754  34.4   3.9     
         LOU AA  530  336   73   5.8    69| .307  .242| .366  .300| .419  .320| .785  .620| 153  .742  29.0   3.3     
         BRO AA   52   29    9   8.2    72| .310  .246| .442  .303| .476  .324| .918  .628| 193  .847   5.4   0.6     
 1889 25 BRO AA  647  411   64   4.1    88| .266  .262| .365  .333| .320  .355| .685  .688|  99  .492   4.3   0.4     
 1890 26 BRO NL  598  368   75   5.4    89| .278  .260| .385  .337| .386  .352| .771  .690| 124  .638  19.6   2.1     
 1891 27 BRO NL  496  315   56   4.7    87| .276  .259| .365  .332| .356  .352| .721  .684| 111  .580   8.1   0.9     
 1892 28 BRO NL  101   61   13   5.6    78| .299  .247| .396  .320| .379  .331| .775  .651| 139  .687   4.9   0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3130 1989  370   4.9    86| .284  .261| .365  .329| .369  .351| .734  .681| 116  .600  65.8   7.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1886 22 LOU AA OF 24 44 2 6 0 .885 .876 1.92 1.75 22 2 0 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 3.15 2B 1 4 1 1 0 .833 .909 5.00 6.00 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 1887 23 LOU AA OF 109 192 19 27 1 .887 .898 1.94 2.01 109 0 0 2B 10 19 22 5 2 .891 .905 4.10 5.96 1B 8 87 2 5 3 .947 .971 11.12 9.60 SS 4 5 3 5 0 .615 .860 2.00 4.42 3B 1 2 1 1 0 .750 .857 3.00 3.30 1888 24 TOT AA 2B 31 82 82 15 8 .916 .916 5.29 5.54 LOU AA OF 82 175 20 24 6 .890 .907 2.38 1.79 57 26 0 2B 19 52 51 8 4 .928 .916 5.42 5.54 SS 15 41 32 17 4 .811 .863 4.87 4.54 BRO AA 2B 12 30 31 7 4 .897 .916 5.08 5.54 1889 25 BRO AA 2B 138 385 410 61 56 .929 .917 5.76 5.59 1890 26 BRO NL 2B 129 298 420 42 56 .945 .925 5.57 5.45 1891 27 BRO NL 2B 72 180 222 40 19 .910 .929 5.58 5.88 OF 35 46 1 8 0 .855 .913 1.34 1.88 32 3 0 1892 28 BRO NL OF 21 37 0 3 0 .925 .911 1.76 1.86 21 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1886 22 LOU AA 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10 1887 23 LOU AA 1B 8 87 2 5 3 .947 .971 11.12 9.60 1886 22 LOU AA 2B 1 4 1 1 0 .833 .909 5.00 6.00 1887 23 LOU AA 2B 10 19 22 5 2 .891 .905 4.10 5.96 1888 24 TOT AA 2B 31 82 82 15 8 .916 .916 5.29 5.54 LOU AA 2B 19 52 51 8 4 .928 .916 5.42 5.54 BRO AA 2B 12 30 31 7 4 .897 .916 5.08 5.54 1889 25 BRO AA 2B 138 385 410 61 56 .929 .917 5.76 5.59 1890 26 BRO NL 2B 129 298 420 42 56 .945 .925 5.57 5.45 1891 27 BRO NL 2B 72 180 222 40 19 .910 .929 5.58 5.88 1886 22 LOU AA 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 3.15 1887 23 LOU AA 3B 1 2 1 1 0 .750 .857 3.00 3.30 1886 22 LOU AA OF 24 44 2 6 0 .885 .876 1.92 1.75 22 2 0 1887 23 LOU AA OF 109 192 19 27 1 .887 .898 1.94 2.01 109 0 0 1888 24 LOU AA OF 82 175 20 24 6 .890 .907 2.38 1.79 57 26 0 1891 27 BRO NL OF 35 46 1 8 0 .855 .913 1.34 1.88 32 3 0 1892 28 BRO NL OF 21 37 0 3 0 .925 .911 1.76 1.86 21 0 0 1886 22 LOU AA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 1887 23 LOU AA SS 4 5 3 5 0 .615 .860 2.00 4.42 1888 24 LOU AA SS 15 41 32 17 4 .811 .863 4.87 4.54
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 381 968 1157 164 141 .928 .922 5.58 5.60 OF 271 494 42 68 7 .887 .901 1.98 1.89 241 31 0 SS 20 46 35 22 4 .786 .863 4.05 4.51 1B 9 87 2 5 3 .947 .971 9.89 9.66 3B 3 3 2 1 0 .833 .847 1.67 3.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 684 1598 1238 260 155 .916 .917 4.15 4.14
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1889   WS    BRO NYG     L   9  35  13  13  3  0  1   2   7   5  .371  .476  .543   6                
 1890   WS    BRO LOU     T   7  29   7   9  0  1  0   1   3   0  .310  .375  .379   2                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-1  16  64  20  22  3  1  1   3  10   5  .344  .432  .469   8                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1888 AA-.307-4

On-base %
1888 AA-.373-4
1890 NL-.385-10

Slugging %
1888 AA-.423-7

OPS
1888 AA-.796-5

Games
1889 AA-138-7

At Bats
1887 AA-559-8
1889 AA-560-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1889 AA-647-3

Runs
1888 AA-133-2
1889 AA-139-5
1890 NL-148-1

Hits
1887 AA-162-10
1888 AA-162-4

Total Bases
1888 AA-223-6

Doubles
1888 AA-31-1
1890 NL-32-2

Triples
1888 AA-12-6

Bases on Balls
1888 AA-50-10
1889 AA-80-7
1890 NL-85-4

Strikeouts
1891 NL-63-3

Stolen Bases
1888 AA-71-8
1889 AA-65-8
1890 NL-85-2

Singles
1887 AA-131-8

Adjusted OPS+
1888 AA-156-4

Runs Created
1888 AA-82-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1888 AA-34-4

Batting Wins
1888 AA-3.9-4

Extra-Base Hits
1888 AA-45-5
1890 NL-42-6

Times on Base
1888 AA-217-4
1890 NL-230-8

Offensive Win%
1888 AA-.754-5

Outs
1887 AA-397-8
1889 AA-411-5

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (367) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 42 (580) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1084) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 24.5 (671) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  5. Herman Long (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Glasscock (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September 30, 1888: Purchased by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms from the Louisville Colonels for $4,500.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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