23 Facts About Eddie Collins

Eddie Collins played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1930 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox.

Eddie Collins is the only non-Yankee to win five or more World Series titles with the same club as a player.

Eddie Collins coached and managed in the major leagues after retiring as a player.

Eddie Collins was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

Eddie Collins graduated from Columbia University at a time when few major league players had attended college.

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Eddie Collins played some of his initial minor league games under the last name of Sullivan so that he could protect his collegiate status.

Eddie Collins had lost his collegiate eligibility when it was discovered he played with Plattsburgh and Rutland in the 1906 Northern Independent League.

Eddie Collins would 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, Eddie Collins stole a career-high 81 bases, the first American League player to steal 80+ bases in a season, and played on the first of his six World Series championship teams.

Eddie Collins was renowned for his intelligence, confidence, batting prowess and speed.

In Chicago, Eddie Collins continued to post top-ten batting and stolen base numbers, and he helped the Sox capture pennants in 1917 and 1919.

Eddie Collins was part of the notorious "Black Sox" team that threw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.

However Eddie Collins was not accused of being part of the conspiracy and was considered to have played honestly, his low.

Eddie Collins returned to Philadelphia to rejoin the Athletics in 1927 as a player-coach.

Eddie Collins still holds the major league record of 512 career sacrifice bunts, over 100 more than any other player.

Eddie Collins 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.

Eddie Collins holds major league records for career games, assists and total chances at second base, and ranks second in putouts .

Eddie Collins is one of only 31 players in baseball history to have appeared in major league games in four decades.

Eddie Collins remained GM through the 1947 season, retiring at age 60 after a period of declining health, thus ending 41 years in baseball.

Eddie Collins was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

Eddie Collins struggled with major heart problems for several years at the end of his life.

Eddie Collins played on a total of six World Series-winning teams, though he did not participate in any of the final two series' games.

Eddie Collins briefly saw major league action and later worked in the Philadelphia Phillies' front office.