Gene Collins
Appearance
Gene Collins | |
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Pitcher/Outfielder | |
Born: Kansas City, Kansas | January 7, 1925|
Died: February 9, 1998 Detroit, Michigan | (aged 73)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1947, for the Kansas City Monarchs | |
Last Mexican League appearance | |
1961, for the Sultanes de Monterrey | |
Teams | |
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Eugene Marvin Collins (January 7, 1925 – February 9, 1998) was an American professional baseball pitcher and outfielder in the Negro leagues, minor leagues and in the Mexican League. He played from 1947 to 1961 with several teams, including the Omaha Rockets.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ Heaphy, Leslie A. The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960. Jefferson: McFarland, 2003.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads