Pat Collins (baseball)

Pat Collins
Collins with the St. Louis Browns, 1922
Catcher
Born: (1896-09-13)September 13, 1896 Sweet Springs, Missouri, U.S.
Died: May 20, 1960(1960-05-20) (aged 63) Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 5, 1919, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
May 23, 1929, for the Boston Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average	.254
Home runs	33
Runs batted in	168
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
St. Louis Browns (1919–1926) New York Yankees (1926–1928) Boston Braves (1929)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1927, 1928)

Tharon Leslie "Pat" Collins (September 13, 1896 – May 20, 1960) was an American baseball catcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees and Boston Braves from 1919 to 1929. Collins batted and threw right-handed and also played five games at first base.

Collins played minor league baseball for the Joplin Miners until 1919, when he signed with the Browns. After spending six seasons with the organization, Collins spent a one-year sojourn in the minor leagues before he was traded to the Yankees, where he spent the next three years and played in the famous 1927 Murderers' Row lineup. At the conclusion of the 1928 season, he was traded to the Braves, with whom he played his last major league game on May 23, 1929. A two-time World Series champion, he is famous for being the only major league player to pinch hit and pinch run in the same game.