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- World Series Champion: 1910, 1911, 1913
- American League pennant: 1914, 1921, 1922
- American League home run champion: 1911-1914
- American League RBI champion: 1912, 1913
- 6 seasons with a .300+ batting average
- 3 seasons with 100+ RBI
- 2 seasons with 100+ runs scored
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About the Set:
From PSA's website:
"The T201 Mecca Double Folders series were beautifully lithographed tobacco insert card released in 1911. The artistically rendered creations total 50 cards, each measuring approximately 2-1/4" by 4-11/16". When viewed in an open position, the T201 card reveals one player. When the card is folded, a different player is revealed (although the players share the same pair of legs). The set's 100 players (by virtue of the innovative design) appear in color lithography and include the most important of the period's superstars. The set was one of the first to list statistics of players portrayed on the cards, with those statistics identified in red ink on the cardback.
The set is anchored by Chief Bender/Rube Oldring (#4), Mordecai Brown/Solly Hofman (#5), Eddie Cicotte/Johny Thoney (#7), Eddie Collins/Frank Baker (#9), Sam Crawford/Ty Cobb (#10), Johnny Evers/Frank Chance (#14), Walter Johnson/Gabby Street (#22), Nap Lajoie/Cy Falkenberg (#25), Christy Mathewson/Al Bridwell (#35) and Tris Speaker#{Larry Gardner (#42). The Mathewson card has the Hall of Famer’s last name misspelled, while the card featuring Harry Lord/Patsy Doughert (#32) is considered the scarcest piece in the set – although all cards are considered rare. As the cards were designed to be folded, any crease along the fold line is not considered a detriment to the overall condition. Examples in pristine condition with sharp corners are all but impossible to find."
Eddie Collins
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Eddie Collins
Second baseman
Born: May 2, 1887
Millerton, New York
Died: March 25, 1951 (aged 63)
Boston, Massachusetts
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 17, 1906 for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
August 2, 1930 for the Philadelphia Athletics
Career statistics
Batting average .333
Hits 3,315
Runs batted in 1,300
Stolen bases 744
Teams
As player
Philadelphia Athletics (1906–1914)
Chicago White Sox (1915–1926)
Philadelphia Athletics (1927–1930)
As manager
Chicago White Sox (1924–1926)
Career highlights and awards
4x World Series champion (1910, 1911, 1913, 1917)
1914 AL MVP
10th on the all-time hit list
6th all-time in career stolen bases
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction 1939
Vote 77.74% (fourth ballot)
Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr. (May 2, 1887 – March 25, 1951), nicknamed "Cocky", was an American Major League Baseball second baseman, manager and executive. He played from 1906 to 1930 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox.
At the end of his career, he ranked second in major league history in career games (2,826), walks (1,499) and stolen bases (744), third in runs scored (1,821), fourth in hits (3,315) and at bats (9,949), sixth in on base percentage (.424), and eighth in total bases (4,268); he was also fourth in AL history in triples (187). He still holds the major league record of 512 career sacrifice bunts, over 100 more than any other player. He was the first major leaguer in modern history to steal 80 bases in a season, and still shares the major league record of six steals in a game, which he accomplished twice in September 1912. He regularly batted over .320, retiring with a career average of .333. He also holds major league records for career games (2,650), assists (7,630) and total chances (14,591) at second base, and ranks second in putouts (6,526). Collins is one of only 29 players in baseball history to have appeared in Major League games in four decades.
Under the win shares statistical rating system created by baseball historian and analyst Bill James, Collins was the greatest second baseman of all time.
Biography
A native of Millerton, New York, Collins was a graduate of Columbia University (where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity), at a time when few Major League players had attended college.
As a player, Collins was renowned for his solid batting skills and speed on the basepaths.
He broke into the majors on September 17, 1906 with the Philadelphia Athletics.[1] After spending all but 14 games in 1907 in the minor leagues,[2] he played in 102 games in 1908 and by 1909 was a full-time player. That season, he registered a .347 batting average and 67 steals. He would also be named the A's starting second baseman in 1909, a position he would play for the rest of his career, after seeing time at second, third, short, and the outfield the previous two seasons. In 1910, Collins stole a career-high 81 bases and played on the first of his four World Series championship teams.
Collins was part of the Athletics' so-called "$100,000 infield" (and the highest-paid of the quartet) which propelled the team to four American League (AL) pennants and three World Series titles between 1910 and 1914. He earned the league's Chalmers Award (early Most Valuable Player recognition) in 1914.
In 1914, the newly formed Federal League disrupted Major League contract stability by luring away established stars from the AL and NL with inflated salaries. To retain Collins, Athletics manager Connie Mack offered his second baseman the longest guaranteed contract (five years) that had ever been offered to a player. Collins declined, and after the 1914 season Mack sold Collins to the White Sox for $50,000, the highest price ever paid for a player up to that point. The Sox paid Collins $15,000 for 1915, making him the third highest paid player in the league, behind Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker.
Collins finished his career with 1,300 runs batted in. To date, Collins is the In Chicago, Collins continued to post top-ten batting and stolen base numbers, and he helped the Sox capture pennants in 1917 and 1919. He was part of the notorious "Black Sox" team that threw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. However Collins was not accused of being part of the conspiracy and was considered to have played honestly (his low .226 batting average notwithstanding).
In August 1924, he was named player-manager of the White Sox and would hold the position through the 1926 season, posting a record of 174-160 (.521). He then returned to the Athletics in 1927, but his playing career was basically over as he would go on to become a full-time pinch hitter for the A's and get only 143 plate appearances his last four years. Following the 1930 season, Collins retired and immediately stepped into the position as coach for the A's. After two seasons as a coach, Collins was hired as the general manager of the Boston Red Sox. Remaining the GM through the 1947 season, he continued the team's policy of not signing black players (an unofficial league-wide policy that stayed in place until Jackie Robinson's signing by Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey and Robinson's debut with the AAA Montreal Royals in 1946). Author Howard Bryant writes that Collins' prejudice also extended to Jews and Catholics.[3]
only MLB player to play for two teams for at least 12 seasons each. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. In 1999, he ranked number 24 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
His son, Eddie Jr., was an outfielder who briefly saw major league action (in 1939 and 1941–42, all with the A's) and later worked in the Philadelphia Phillies' front office.
Home Run Baker
| Home Run Baker | |
|---|---|
| Third Baseman | |
| Born: March 13, 1886 Trappe, Maryland | |
| Died: June 28, 1963 (aged 77) Trappe, Maryland | |
| Batted: Left | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 21, 1908 for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 29, 1922 for the New York Yankees | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .307 |
| Home runs | 96 |
| Runs batted in | 987 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| |
| Induction | 1955 |
| Election Method | Veteran's Committee |
John Franklin "Home Run" Baker (March 13, 1886 – June 28, 1963) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. As a member of the famed $100,000 infield, Baker helped the Philadelphia Athletics win the 1910, 1911 and 1913 World Series. His legacy has grown over the years, and he is regarded by many as the best third baseman of the pre-war era. During his 13 years as a Major League player, Baker never played a single inning at any position other than third base.
Philadelphia Athletics
Baker was born in Trappe, Maryland,[1] was a butcher by trade, and broke into the major leagues in 1908 with the Athletics.
Baker, who led the American League in home runs in 1911, earned the nickname "Home Run" during the 1911 World Series in which he hit a go-ahead home run off Rube Marquard in Game 2, and a ninth-inning game-tying home run off Christy Mathewson in Game 3. His home run crown would be the first of four consecutive seasons leading the American League in home runs. He hit 11 home runs in 1911, 10 in 1912, 12 in 1913 and nine in 1914. In two of those seasons he also led the American League in runs batted in.
In seven seasons with the A's he hit .321 with 48 home runs, 612 RBIs and 88 triples in 866 games played.
Baker played third base for the Athletics until 1915, when he sat out the entire season in a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He remained in baseball, playing for Upland, Pennsylvania in the semiprofessional Delaware County League.[2]
New York Yankees
Mack sold Baker's contract in 1916 to the New York Yankees, with whom he finished his career. He led the league with 141 games played in 1919.
Baker retired for one season in 1920, but came back to play two more years with the Yankees (and in their first two World Series as well), finishing as a Yankee with a .288 batting average, 48 home runs and 375 RBIs in 676 games.
Managerial career
Following his retirement, Baker managed for two seasons (1924–1925) in the Eastern Shore Baseball League, and was credited with discovering Jimmie Foxx and recommending him to Athletics manager Connie Mack.
Legacy
In addition to his 1955 election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1981 Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.
Home Run Baker was laid to rest in Easton, Maryland.
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