Dave Collins
Dave Collins
Full name: David S. Collins
Born: October 20, 1952, Rapid City, South Dakota
First Game: June 7, 1975 ; Final Game: October 3, 1990
Bat: Both Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 175
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Dave Collins
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1975 CAL A Daily Splits 93 319 41 85 13 4 3 29 36 1 55 1 3 3 0 5 4 24 10 .266 .340 .361 0.3 1975 CAL A
1976 CAL A Daily Splits 99 365 45 96 12 1 4 28 40 2 55 0 7 1 0 9 2 32 19 .263 .335 .334 0.0 1976 CAL A
1977 SEA A Daily Splits 120 402 46 96 9 3 5 28 33 0 66 3 6 3 0 6 2 25 10 .239 .299 .313 -1.9 1977 SEA A
1978 CIN N Daily Splits 102 102 13 22 1 0 0 7 15 0 18 0 1 2 0 1 2 7 7 .216 .311 .225 -0.6 1978 CIN N
1979 CIN N Daily Splits 122 396 59 126 16 4 3 35 27 2 48 2 3 1 0 5 6 16 9 .318 .364 .402 -0.3 1979 CIN N
1980 CIN N Daily Splits 144 551 94 167 20 4 3 35 53 2 68 3 3 3 0 3 5 79 21 .303 .366 .370 1.9 1980 CIN N
1981 CIN N Daily Splits 95 360 63 98 18 6 3 23 41 1 41 6 3 2 0 7 6 26 10 .272 .355 .381 0.3 1981 CIN N
1982 NY A Daily Splits 111 348 41 88 12 3 3 25 28 3 49 5 9 3 0 8 6 13 8 .253 .315 .330 -1.5 1982 NY A
1983 TOR A Daily Splits 118 402 55 109 12 4 1 34 43 1 67 2 2 2 0 8 7 31 7 .271 .343 .328 0.0 1983 TOR A
1984 TOR A Daily Splits 128 441 59 136 24 15 2 44 33 0 41 9 6 3 0 6 0 60 14 .308 .366 .444 1.3 1984 TOR A
1985 OAK A Daily Splits 112 379 52 95 16 4 4 29 29 2 37 1 5 4 0 6 6 29 8 .251 .303 .346 -0.8 1985 OAK A
1986 DET A Daily Splits 124 419 44 113 18 2 1 27 44 0 49 2 9 2 0 7 9 27 12 .270 .340 .329 -0.9 1986 DET A
1987 CIN N Daily Splits 57 85 19 25 5 0 0 5 11 0 12 2 2 0 0 1 1 9 0 .294 .388 .353 0.3 1987 CIN N
1988 CIN N Daily Splits 99 174 12 41 6 2 0 14 11 0 27 2 0 2 0 2 0 7 2 .236 .286 .293 -1.0 1988 CIN N
1989 CIN N Daily Splits 78 106 12 25 4 0 0 7 10 0 17 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 .236 .302 .274 -0.2 1989 CIN N
1990 STL N Daily Splits 99 58 12 13 1 0 0 3 13 2 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 7 1 .224 .366 .241 -0.5 1990 STL N
Total NL 796 1832 284 517 71 16 9 129 181 7 241 15 17 10 0 20 23 154 51 .282 .350 .353 -0.1 Total NL
Total AL 905 3075 383 818 116 36 23 244 286 9 419 23 47 21 0 55 36 241 88 .266 .331 .350 -3.5 Total AL
Total Splits 1701 4907 667 1335 187 52 32 373 467 16 660 38 64 31 0 75 59 395 139 .272 .338 .351 -3.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1979 CIN N Daily Splits 3 14 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .357 .357 .429 1979 CIN N
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1975 CAL A Daily OF 75 71 57 629.1 159 3 2 2 0 .988 74 2 0
1975 CAL A LF 74 70 56 618.1 155 3 2 2 0 .988
1975 CAL A DH 12 10 10 -
1975 CAL A CF 2 1 1 11 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CAL A Daily OF 71 71 46 588 160 3 1 0 0 .994 52 19 0
1976 CAL A LF 52 52 33 434 102 1 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CAL A DH 22 19 19 -
1976 CAL A CF 19 19 13 154 56 2 1 0 0 .983
1977 SEA A Daily OF 73 61 60 569 124 6 2 2 0 .985 66 3 4
1977 SEA A LF 66 57 56 522 113 6 2 2 0 .983
1977 SEA A DH 41 33 33 -
1977 SEA A RF 4 1 1 21 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 SEA A CF 3 3 3 26 11 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 CIN N Daily OF 23 9 4 102.2 30 1 1 3 0 .969 3 16 5
1978 CIN N CF 16 8 4 84.2 27 1 1 1 0 .966
1978 CIN N RF 5 1 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 CIN N LF 3 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 CIN N Daily OF 91 79 41 685.1 159 2 4 2 0 .976 46 3 50
1979 CIN N RF 50 47 17 392 96 2 3 2 0 .970
1979 CIN N LF 46 32 24 290.2 61 1 1 0 0 .984
1979 CIN N 1B 10 5 3 55.1 64 1 0 6 0 1.000
1979 CIN N CF 3 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1980 CIN N Daily OF 141 141 48 1048.1 337 5 5 1 0 .986 19 119 6
1980 CIN N CF 119 119 38 868.2 279 2 3 1 0 .989
1980 CIN N LF 19 17 7 135.1 38 2 1 0 0 .976
1980 CIN N RF 6 5 3 44.1 11 0 1 0 0 .917
1981 CIN N Daily OF 93 93 45 729.2 167 4 4 2 0 .977 1 2 92
1981 CIN N RF 92 92 44 719.2 168 6 5 2 0 .972
1981 CIN N CF 2 1 1 9 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
1981 CIN N LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1982 NY A Daily OF 60 48 42 461 114 5 1 0 0 .992 20 20 25
1982 NY A 1B 52 37 34 387 384 23 6 30 0 .985
1982 NY A RF 25 18 17 180 43 1 0 0 0 1.000
1982 NY A CF 20 16 13 142 37 2 0 0 0 1.000
1982 NY A LF 20 14 12 139 33 2 1 0 0 .972
1982 NY A DH 1 0 0 -
1983 TOR A Daily OF 112 93 73 835.2 251 8 3 1 0 .989 111 1 1
1983 TOR A LF 111 92 73 827.2 239 8 3 1 0 .988
1983 TOR A 1B 5 2 0 22 19 1 0 2 0 1.000
1983 TOR A DH 1 0 0 -
1983 TOR A CF 1 1 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 TOR A RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1984 TOR A Daily OF 108 102 94 898.2 203 8 2 3 0 .991 106 2 0
1984 TOR A LF 106 100 93 882.2 196 8 2 3 0 .990
1984 TOR A 1B 6 5 2 42 34 3 0 4 0 1.000
1984 TOR A DH 4 0 0 -
1984 TOR A CF 2 2 1 16 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 OAK A Daily OF 91 86 84 778 221 1 5 0 0 .978 91 0 0
1985 OAK A LF 91 86 84 778 222 1 4 0 0 .982
1986 DET A Daily OF 94 89 72 776.1 211 2 1 1 0 .995 76 10 11
1986 DET A LF 76 73 62 626.1 166 2 1 1 0 .994
1986 DET A DH 24 23 21 -
1986 DET A RF 11 9 6 85 18 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 DET A CF 10 7 4 65 25 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 CIN N Daily OF 21 9 8 119.1 36 0 0 0 0 1.000 18 2 1
1987 CIN N LF 18 8 7 105.1 29 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 CIN N CF 2 1 1 10 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 CIN N RF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1988 CIN N Daily OF 35 24 18 236 53 2 2 0 0 .965 13 5 18
1988 CIN N RF 18 13 8 117 22 1 1 0 0 .958
1988 CIN N LF 13 7 6 84 20 0 1 0 0 .952
1988 CIN N CF 5 4 4 35 10 1 0 0 0 1.000
1988 CIN N 1B 3 1 1 16 13 0 2 2 0 .867
1989 CIN N Daily OF 16 13 7 108 41 0 0 0 0 1.000 16 0 0
1989 CIN N LF 16 13 7 108 38 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 STL N Daily 1B 49 1 1 87 80 0 0 5 0 1.000
1990 STL N OF 12 3 3 43.1 9 0 1 0 0 .900 4 1 8
1990 STL N RF 8 0 0 14.1 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 STL N LF 4 3 3 27.2 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 STL N CF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Total OF 1116 992 702 8608.2 2275 50 34 17 0 .986 716 205 221
Total LF 716 624 523 5586 1418 34 18 9 0 .988
Total RF 221 186 96 1590.1 368 10 10 4 0 .974
Total CF 205 182 83 1432.1 472 9 6 2 0 .988
Total 1B 125 51 41 609.1 594 28 8 49 0 .987
Total DH 105 85 83 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1979 CIN N Daily OF 3 3 3 29 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 3
1979 CIN N RF 3 3 3 29 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 23rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign
(June 8, 1971 ).
Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th pick overall) of the secondary
phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 12, 1972 ).
Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick overall) of the secondary
phase of free-agent draft (June 6, 1972 ).
Selected by Seattle Mariners from California Angels (14th pick overall) in the
expansion draft (November 5, 1976 ).
Traded by Seattle Mariners to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Shane Rawley (December
9, 1977 ).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1981 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 23, 1981 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with Fred McGriff , Mike Morgan and cash to Toronto Blue
Jays in exchange for Dale Murray and Tom Dodd (December 9, 1982 ).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with Alfredo Griffin and cash to Oakland Athletics in
exchange for Bill Caudill (December 8, 1984 ).
Traded by Oakland Athletics to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Barbaro Garbey
(November 13, 1985 ).
Released by Detroit Tigers (October 16, 1986 ).
Signed by Montreal Expos (November 13, 1986 ).
Released by Montreal Expos (March 31, 1987 ).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (June 19, 1987 ).
Granted free agency (November 9, 1987 ).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 8, 1987 ).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1988 ).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 7, 1988 ).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (June 23, 1989 ).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (July 30, 1989 ).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989 ).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (February 16, 1990 ).
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