20 Facts About Jimmy Collins

James Joseph Collins was an American professional baseball player.

Jimmy Collins was best known for his ability to field a bunt—prior to his debut, it was the shortstop who fielded bunts down the third base line—and is regarded as a pioneer of the modern defensive play of a third baseman.

Jimmy Collins was the first manager of the Boston Red Sox franchise, then known as the Boston Americans.

Jimmy Collins began his professional baseball career with the minor league Buffalo Bisons of the Eastern League, the forerunner of the current International League, in 1893.

Jimmy Collins began his major league career as a right fielder, playing ten games at the position with the Beaneaters in 1895.

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Jimmy Collins was returned to the Beaneaters after the 1895 season.

Jimmy Collins led the league in both putouts and assists as well, a feat he would duplicate in 1900.

Jimmy Collins followed with an equally impressive 1898 season, in which he hit.

Jimmy Collins accepted the job, which came with a salary of $5,500, a $3,500 signing bonus, and a cut of the team's profits, despite efforts by Beaneaters owner Arthur Soden to keep him.

In 1902, Jimmy Collins was limited to 108 games by injury, and the Americans finished third.

Jimmy Collins did hit the team's first ever inside-the-park grand slam however.

The next season, Jimmy Collins led the Americans to their first American League pennant, winning the league by.

In 1905, the Americans slipped to fourth place, and Collins clashed with team president John I Taylor, reportedly quitting on the team during the season.

In 1906, Jimmy Collins found himself in hot water, as not only were the Americans in last, but he himself was suspended twice, and was eventually was replaced as manager by Chick Stahl.

Jimmy Collins began the 1907 season with Boston, but it was only a matter of time before he departed.

Jimmy Collins spent 1909 with the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association, then spent two seasons with the Providence Grays in the Eastern League before retiring.

When Jimmy Collins was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1945, he was the first to be chosen primarily as a third baseman.

Jimmy Collins became a charter member of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.

Jimmy Collins married Sarah Murphy in 1907, and the couple had two daughters.

Boston-based Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys recorded the song "Jimmy Collins' Wake" on their 2013 album Signed and Sealed in Blood.