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Eddie Collins Berühmte Gedenkstätte Veteran

Ursprünglicher Name
Edward Trowbridge Collins
Geburt
Millerton, Dutchess County, New York, USA
Tod
25 Mrz 1951 (im Alter von 63)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Bestattung
Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Breitengrad: 42.3625811, Längengrad: -71.3063101
Gedenkstätten-ID
2748 Quelle ansehen

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Born in Millerton, New York, at age 19, he joined the Philadelphia Athletics as a second baseman in 1906. From 1910 to 1914, with the A's he won four of five AL pennants and three World Titles, After the 1914 season, he was sold to the Chicago White Sox where he played for the next twelve seasons including the 1919 Word Series Black Sox Scandal. In 1924, he was named player manager of the Sox and guided them to winning records. He was released by Chicago following the 1926 season and rejoined on the A's as a coach and player, mostly as a pinch-hitter. He ended his career with a .333 batting average, 3,315 hits, 47 home runs, 1,300 runs batted in and holds the American League record for service, at 25 seasons. In 1939, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005. He died from heart disease at a Boston hospital on March 25, 1951 at the age of 63.

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Born in Millerton, New York, at age 19, he joined the Philadelphia Athletics as a second baseman in 1906. From 1910 to 1914, with the A's he won four of five AL pennants and three World Titles, After the 1914 season, he was sold to the Chicago White Sox where he played for the next twelve seasons including the 1919 Word Series Black Sox Scandal. In 1924, he was named player manager of the Sox and guided them to winning records. He was released by Chicago following the 1926 season and rejoined on the A's as a coach and player, mostly as a pinch-hitter. He ended his career with a .333 batting average, 3,315 hits, 47 home runs, 1,300 runs batted in and holds the American League record for service, at 25 seasons. In 1939, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005. He died from heart disease at a Boston hospital on March 25, 1951 at the age of 63.

Biografie von: John "J-Cat" Griffith


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  • Gepflegt von: Find a Grave
  • Hinzugefügt: 25 Apr 1998
  • ID der Find-a-Grave-Gedenkstätte: 2748
  • Find a Grave, Datenbank und Bilder (https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/2748/eddie-collins: aufgerufen ), Gedenkstättenseite für Eddie Collins (2 Mai 1887–25 Mrz 1951), Gedenkstätten-ID bei Find a Grave 2748, zitierend Linwood Cemetery, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Gepflegt von Find a Grave.