Steve
Collins
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 23, 1956 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award 1982    1984    1985    1989    1991   
Slick Fielder Award 1979    1980    1981    1982    1983    1984    1986    1990    1992    1993   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980    1981    1982    1983    1984    1985    1986    1987    1988    1989    1990    1991    1992    1993   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 21 JAX JL $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 5 5
1979 22 BAL JL $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5
1980 23 BAL JL $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 24 BAL JL $ 4,150,000   20 20 20 9 9 9 15 15 15 8 11 10 10 12 12
1982 25 BAL JL $ 4,642,857   20 20 20 10 10 10 15 15 15 8 12 11 9 11 11
1983 26 BAL JL $ 6,680,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 16 16 16 10 12 11 11 11 11
1984 27 BAL JL $ 6,680,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 16 16 16 10 12 11 11 11 11
1985 28 BAL JL $ 6,680,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 16 16 16 10 12 11 10 10 10
1986 29 BAL JL $ 6,680,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 16 16 16 10 12 11 10 10 10
1987 30 BAL JL $ 6,680,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 16 16 16 9 11 11 10 10 10
1988 31 BAL JL $ 6,680,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 17 17 17 9 11 10 10 10 10
1989 32 BAL JL $ 15,000,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 16 16 16 9 10 10 10 10 10
1990 33 BIR FL $ 15,000,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 15 15 15 9 10 10 10 10 10
1991 34 BIR FL $ 15,000,000   19 19 20 10 10 10 15 15 15 7 9 9 10 10 10
1992 35 BIR FL $ 15,000,000   17 17 17 10 10 10 13 13 13 6 8 7 8 8 8
1993 36 BIR FL $ 15,000,000   14 14 15 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 7 7 7 7 7
1994 37 BAL JL $ 300,000   8 8 9 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 9 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,000,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 17 17 17 10 12 11 11 12 12
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 21 JAX JL 75 241 23 66 10 3 1 21 20 10 12 45 .274 .313 .353 .665 26.4 2.8
    AAA   81 316 46 100 13 1 2 28 20 4 19 66 .316 .355 .383 .738 43.3  
1979 22 BAL JL 155 612 90 206 35 11 5 70 59 23 47 79 .337 .389 .454 .843 100.1 26.2
1980 23 BAL JL 159 612 111 213 32 13 9 96 54 25 57 74 .348 .408 .487 .895 109.6 22.9
1981 24 BAL JL 155 615 102 212 39 9 7 79 62 22 62 92 .345 .403 .472 .875 108.3 21.3
1982 25 BAL JL 157 589 118 227 34 10 11 93 88 26 74 102 .385 .455 .533 .988 131.9 31.8
1983 26 BAL JL 161 608 118 222 37 15 14 80 104 21 69 130 .365 .429 .544 .974 136.4 33.6
1984 27 BAL JL 157 600 121 243 36 14 4 89 89 37 73 95 .405 .471 .532 1.003 133.2 33.3
1985 28 BAL JL 157 604 127 232 46 11 17 107 84 33 58 118 .384 .436 .581 1.018 135.7 32.2
1986 29 BAL JL 160 594 111 229 39 10 22 108 78 25 70 124 .386 .450 .596 1.046 145.0 27.7
1987 30 BAL JL 158 599 127 217 37 12 20 108 76 27 66 120 .362 .431 .564 .995 137.6 28.9
1988 31 BAL JL 161 659 105 234 41 16 19 78 77 34 54 132 .355 .406 .552 .958 135.1 28.0
1989 32 BAL JL 154 607 100 248 41 17 18 91 63 29 53 109 .409 .454 .621 1.075 145.5 29.4
1990 33 BIR FL 156 673 136 242 49 12 17 84 52 18 45 113 .360 .403 .544 .947 132.9 24.2
1991 34 BIR FL 157 672 133 253 56 17 16 76 45 15 35 107 .376 .411 .582 .993 139.2 30.1
1992 35 BIR FL 154 669 103 225 39 11 10 75 40 19 35 124 .336 .377 .472 .850 110.7 21.6
1993 36 BIR FL 157 625 98 212 44 8 6 66 55 13 29 114 .339 .373 .464 .837 101.7 19.5
1994 37 BIR FL 40 156 16 44 4 7 1 26 6 8 5 33 .282 .302 .417 .719 17.8 1.6
  BAL JL 13 29 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 .138 .138 .241 .379 0.3 0.0
  TOT   53 185 18 48 5 8 1 27 7 9 5 40 .259 .277 .389 .667 18.2 1.6
    AAA   7 5 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 .800 1.600 1.9  
    A   27 102 18 37 3 2 0 10 4 2 17 14 .363 .454 .431 .885 19.9  
17 Years Sim 2486 9764 1741 3529 620 197 197 1348 1053 386 844 1718 .361 .414 .526 .940 1947.5 415.1
2 Years AAA 88 321 49 104 13 1 2 32 20 4 19 66 .324 .371 .389 .760 45.2  
1 Years A 27 102 18 37 3 2 0 10 4 2 17 14 .363 .446 .431 .878 19.9  
3 Years Minors 115 423 67 141 16 3 2 42 24 6 36 80 .333 .390 .400 .790 65.1  
162 Game Average 636 113 229 40 12 12 87 68 25 54 111 .361 .414 .526 .940 126.9  
Career Highs 161 673 136 253 56 17 22 108 104 37 74 132 .409 .471 .621 1.075 145.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6499 1166 2356 403 131 137 942 721 261 611 1140 .363 .419 .528 .947 1322.5
vs LH   3265 575 1173 217 66 60 406 332 125 233 578 .359 .404 .521 .926 624.4
Home 1242 4738 835 1699 287 104 97 658 480 193 409 868 .359 .411 .524 .936 931.9
Away 1244 5026 906 1830 333 93 100 690 573 193 435 850 .364 .417 .527 .945 1014.9
RISP   2298 0 859 158 47 43 1077 0 0 320 433 .374 .447 .540 .987 500.7
Pinch Hitting   95 22 33 3 1 1 14 10 4 7 22 .347 .394 .432 .826 15.6
Close/Late   1083 202 408 63 20 27 175 0 3 173 215 .377 .464 .547 1.011 247.1
Mar/Apr 407 1636 301 598 102 28 32 216 197 53 142 272 .366 .419 .521 .939 333.8
May 421 1642 291 587 114 29 42 239 170 62 150 317 .357 .414 .539 .953 334.2
June 380 1505 280 540 97 39 30 205 175 70 139 242 .359 .415 .535 .950 304.3
July 420 1621 289 585 99 37 29 236 179 62 160 292 .361 .422 .521 .943 328.8
August 434 1720 300 608 110 33 29 223 174 64 115 308 .353 .395 .506 .902 316.5
Sep/Oct 424 1640 280 611 98 31 35 229 158 75 138 287 .373 .422 .534 .956 329.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 21 JAX JL RF 47 45 343.3 94 1 3 0 .969 2.49   1.8
    LF 28 27 210.0 54 1 1 1 .982 2.36    
    CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 22 BAL JL CF 149 147 1325.3 450 4 1 2 .998 3.08   4.3
    LF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1980 23 BAL JL CF 153 147 1331.0 448 14 0 5 1.000 3.12   7.2
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 24 BAL JL CF 146 144 1295.3 400 8 3 5 .993 2.83   5.9
    RF 5 5 44.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.43    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 25 BAL JL CF 149 146 1336.7 392 7 0 1 1.000 2.69   5.9
    LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 26 BAL JL CF 147 143 1282.0 378 5 1 2 .997 2.69   4.0
    LF 9 5 55.3 16 0 1 0 .941 2.60    
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1984 27 BAL JL CF 139 138 1232.0 427 5 2 4 .995 3.16   5.7
    LF 12 7 73.7 12 0 2 0 .857 1.47    
    RF 4 3 32.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 3.94    
1985 28 BAL JL CF 147 145 1300.0 387 3 0 2 1.000 2.70   4.9
    LF 7 0 12.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73    
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 2 0 2 1.000 13.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 29 BAL JL CF 144 140 1260.0 362 10 0 2 1.000 2.66   6.0
    LF 9 4 45.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    1B 1 1 9.0 14 1 0 3 1.000 15.00   0.0
    RF 3 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
1987 30 BAL JL CF 150 148 1322.3 338 2 0 2 1.000 2.31   4.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1988 31 BAL JL CF 157 156 1413.0 303 5 1 0 .997 1.96   4.8
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1989 32 BAL JL CF 127 122 1092.7 277 6 1 2 .996 2.33   4.6
    LF 26 24 218.3 43 1 1 0 .978 1.81    
1990 33 BIR FL CF 150 144 1308.3 418 6 2 2 .995 2.92   4.0
    LF 4 4 38.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
1991 34 BIR FL CF 151 148 1324.7 356 9 0 3 1.000 2.48   3.7
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1992 35 BIR FL CF 151 150 1313.7 404 10 2 2 .995 2.84   3.8
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1993 36 BIR FL CF 136 131 1203.3 363 7 2 3 .995 2.77   4.3
    RF 10 9 79.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.81    
    LF 12 7 73.0 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.08    
1994 37 BIR FL CF 36 35 331.9 100 2 0 1 1.000 2.77   1.5
    RF 2 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BAL JL CF 12 11 59.4 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.3
    RF 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 2247 2195 19735.6 5821 103 15 38 .997 2.70   75.1
  LF 120 78 752.0 172 3 5 1 .972 2.09    
  RF 78 62 523.0 137 2 3 1 .979 2.39   1.8
  1B 3 2 20.0 27 3 0 6 1.000 13.50   0.1
Career Totals   2448 2337 21030.6 6157 111 23 46 .996 2.68   77.0
Career Highs   159 156 1416.0 452 14 4 5 1.000 3.11    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 25 BAL JL 11 43 7 15 1 3 0 4 7 0 4 4 .349 .388 .512 .899
1983 26 BAL JL 10 44 8 14 3 1 1 4 4 2 1 8 .318 .333 .500 .833
1984 27 BAL JL 19 73 13 21 3 0 2 11 8 6 11 20 .288 .381 .411 .792
1985 28 BAL JL 17 71 17 27 4 4 2 13 19 1 6 20 .380 .436 .634 1.070
1986 29 BAL JL 17 77 12 31 5 1 0 11 7 5 5 14 .403 .434 .494 .927
1987 30 BAL JL 13 55 11 24 6 0 0 6 6 6 3 13 .436 .483 .545 1.029
1988 31 BAL JL 5 21 2 8 3 1 0 3 1 1 0 6 .381 .381 .619 1.000
1990 33 BIR FL 18 82 12 23 4 1 3 8 4 1 1 27 .280 .286 .463 .749
1992 35 BIR FL 12 55 11 16 4 1 0 3 4 1 0 8 .291 .304 .400 .704
Career Post-Season Batting 122 521 93 179 33 12 8 63 60 23 31 120 .344 .382 .499 .881
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1979-3-.337
1980-2-.348
1981-2-.345
1982-1-.385
1983-1-.365
1984-1-.405
1985-1-.384
1986-1-.386
1987-1-.362
1988-3-.355
1989-1-.409
1990-1-.360
1991-1-.376
1992-5-.336
1993-2-.339
CAR-1-.361
On-Base Pct
1979-3-.389
1980-3-.408
1981-6-.403
1982-1-.455
1983-1-.429
1984-1-.471
1985-1-.436
1986-2-.450
1987-2-.431
1988-4-.406
1989-1-.454
1990-3-.403
1991-2-.411
1992-8-.377
CAR-2-.414
Slugging Pct
1980-10-.487
1982-5-.533
1983-5-.544
1984-6-.532
1985-2-.581
1986-6-.596
1988-4-.552
1989-1-.621
1990-8-.544
1991-4-.582
CAR-16-.526
OPS
1979-6-.843
1980-3-.895
1982-1-.988
1983-2-.974
1984-2-1.003
1985-1-1.018
1986-3-1.046
1987-7-.995
1988-3-.958
1989-1-1.075
1990-3-.947
1991-2-.993
CAR-3-.940
XR
1979-4-100.1
1980-2-109.6
1981-6-108.3
1982-1-131.9
1983-1-136.4
1984-1-133.2
1985-1-135.7
1986-2-145.0
1987-3-137.6
1988-1-135.1
1989-1-145.5
1990-1-132.9
1991-1-139.2
1992-6-110.7
CAR-1-1947.5
Games
1980-1-159
1982-2-157
1983-1-161
1984-3-157
1985-4-157
1986-1-160
1987-3-158
1988-2-161
1991-5-157
1993-6-157
CAR-3-2486
At-Bats
1979-7-612
1980-6-612
1981-2-615
1983-5-608
1984-5-600
1985-4-604
1988-1-659
1989-5-607
1990-1-673
1991-1-672
1992-1-669
1993-1-625
CAR-2-9764
Runs
1980-2-111
1981-6-102
1982-2-118
1983-1-118
1984-1-121
1985-2-127
1987-3-127
1988-6-105
1990-1-136
1991-1-133
1992-9-103
CAR-1-1741
Hits
1979-2-206
1980-1-213
1981-3-212
1982-1-227
1983-1-222
1984-1-243
1985-1-232
1986-1-229
1987-1-217
1988-1-234
1989-1-248
1990-1-242
1991-1-253
1992-1-225
1993-1-212
CAR-1-3529
Total Bases
1979-7-278
1980-5-298
1982-3-314
1983-3-331
1984-4-319
1985-2-351
1986-3-354
1987-8-338
1988-1-364
1989-1-377
1990-1-366
1991-2-391
1992-6-316
CAR-2-5134
Singles
1979-2-155
1980-2-159
1981-2-157
1982-1-172
1983-1-156
1984-1-189
1985-2-158
1986-1-158
1987-3-148
1988-2-158
1989-1-172
1990-1-164
1991-1-164
1992-1-165
1993-1-154
CAR-1-2515
Doubles
1981-8-39
1985-3-46
1987-8-37
1988-4-41
1989-10-41
1990-6-49
1991-7-56
1993-10-44
CAR-3-620
Triples
1979-7-11
1980-3-13
1982-9-10
1983-3-15
1984-4-14
1985-5-11
1986-5-10
1987-4-12
1988-2-16
1989-2-17
1991-2-17
1992-10-11
CAR-3-197
RBIs
1980-10-96
1985-6-107
CAR-14-1348
Stolen Bases
1979-3-59
1980-4-54
1981-3-62
1982-1-88
1983-1-104
1984-1-89
1985-3-84
1986-3-78
1987-2-76
1988-2-77
1989-5-63
1990-3-52
1991-10-45
1993-8-55
CAR-1-1053
Caught Stealing
1979-2-23
1980-1-25
1981-4-22
1982-3-26
1983-8-21
1984-1-37
1985-2-33
1986-5-25
1987-2-27
1988-2-34
1989-2-29
1990-7-18
1992-8-19
CAR-1-386
Walks
1984-8-73
CAR-22-844
Strikeouts
1983-10-130
1992-9-124
CAR-12-1718
 
   Black Ink Test: 104    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 256    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 85    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Emile Santos (637)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Jacksonville in 1978
Had first career hit on 7/6/1978, off Todd Terry (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/2/1978, off Glenn Bowerman (MRQ)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/9/1979, hitting .484 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/4/1979, hitting .520 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield in 1979
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/17/1980, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield in 1980
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 9/26/1981
Won Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield in 1981