Date of birth: 16 January 1870
Primary position: Third Baseman
Elected to Red Sox Hall of Fame: 2004
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame: 1945
Career Batting Statistics through 2018 Season
| Season | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 564 | 108 | 187 | 6 | 94 | 34 | 19 | .332 |
| 1902 | 429 | 71 | 138 | 6 | 61 | 24 | 18 | .322 |
| 1903 | 540 | 88 | 160 | 5 | 72 | 24 | 23 | .296 |
| 1904 | 631 | 85 | 171 | 3 | 67 | 27 | 19 | .271 |
| 1905 | 508 | 66 | 140 | 4 | 65 | 37 | 18 | .276 |
| 1906 | 142 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .275 |
| 1907 | 158 | 13 | 46 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .291 |
| TOTAL | 2972 | 448 | 881 | 25 | 385 | 160 | 102 | .296 |
Memorable Moments for Jimmy Collins
- 2 March 1901 - Jimmy Collins agrees to leave the cross-town Braves to serve as a player-manager for the new American League ball club and owner Charles Somers.
- 11 July 1903 - Playing at Huntington Avenue Grounds, Jimmy Collins collects five hits, including a triple and a home run, in Boston's 8-5 win over Chicago.
- 11 November 1903 - Jimmy Collins signs an extension that promises to keep him at the helm of the Boston nine for another three years.
- 7 June 1907 - Boston sends former player-manager Jimmy Collins to Philadelphia for infielder John Knight. Collins won two pennants as Boston's first-ever manager but had been suspended by the team the previous August after leaving the team without permission.
- 25 April 1945 - Despite having failed to get elected on six previous writers ballots, a committee created to select some old-time ballplayers select, among others, former Sox player-manager Jimmy Collins.