What years did Rip Collins play?

Rip Collins played in Major League Baseball from 1920 to 1931.

Was Rip Collins a pitcher?

Yes. Rip Collins pitched in the major leagues, recording 108 wins and 569 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Rip Collins hit?

Rip Collins hit 1 career home runs with 96 hits.

What was Rip Collins's career batting average?

Rip Collins batted .165 over his career, with 96 hits in 582 at bats.

How many RBI did Rip Collins have?

Rip Collins drove in 36 runs in his career.

What was Rip Collins's career ERA?

Rip Collins finished with a 3.99 career ERA, going 108-82 with 569 strikeouts.

Rip Collins

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1920-1931)

Rip Collins was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1920 to 1931 for 4 teams, including the New York Yankees, a span of 12 seasons. Across 311 career appearances, he went 108-82 with a 3.99 ERA and 569 strikeouts. He also batted .165 with 1 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 108–82

ERA 3.99

WHIP 1.44

SO 569

Pitcher PIV -9637.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 205 lb
Born: 2/26/1896 in Weatherford, TX, USA
Died: 5/27/1968 in Bryan, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1920-04-19
Last Game: 1931-08-26

Full name: Harry Warren Collins

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Career Pitching Statistics

Rip Collins — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
108	82	311	219	84	15	5	1712.1	1,795	760	73	674	569	3.99	-9637.3

Career ERA 3.99 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Rip Collins Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1920	NYA	AL	14	8	36	18	10	2	1	187.1	171	67	79	66	3.22	3.45 (+7%)	-2197.2
1921	NYA	AL	11	5	28	16	7	2	0	137.1	158	83	78	64	5.44	4.02 (-35%)	-2416.7
1922	BOS	AL	14	11	32	29	15	3	0	210.2	219	88	103	69	3.76	4.18 (+10%)	-1140.6
1923	DET	AL	3	7	17	14	3	1	0	92.1	104	50	22	25	4.87	4.03 (-21%)	184.4
1924	DET	AL	14	7	34	30	11	1	0	216.0	199	77	63	75	3.21	4.13 (+22%)	1830.2
1925	DET	AL	6	11	26	20	5	0	0	140.0	149	71	52	33	4.56	4.55 (avg)	-1651.0
1926	DET	AL	8	8	30	13	5	3	1	122.0	128	37	44	44	2.73	4.11 (+34%)	246.2
1927	DET	AL	13	7	30	25	10	1	0	172.2	207	90	59	37	4.69	4.08 (-15%)	-516.3
1929	SLA	AL	11	6	26	20	10	1	1	155.1	162	69	73	47	4.00	4.60 (+13%)	-3897.1
1930	SLA	AL	9	7	35	20	6	1	2	171.2	168	83	63	75	4.35	4.80 (+9%)	200.7
1931	SLA	AL	5	5	17	14	2	0	0	107.0	130	45	38	34	3.79	4.10 (+8%)	-279.7
Career · 11 seasons			108	82	311	219	84	15	5	1,712.1	1,795	760	674	569	3.99	—	-9,637

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Rip Collins — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
316	582	43	96	18	4	1	36	0	33	199	.165	.214	.215	.428	-2,839

Career AVG .165 vs. league average .284 across their career seasons — 41.9% below league average.

Career OBP .214 vs. league average .346 across their career seasons — 38.2% below league average.

Career SLG .215 vs. league average .397 across their career seasons — 45.8% below league average.

Career OPS .428 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — 42.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Rip Collins Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1920	NYA	AL	36	62	8	8	2	0	0	2	3	31	.129	.271 (-53%)	.331 (-49%)	.363 (-56%)	.694 (-52%)	-506.0
1921	NYA	AL	28	56	4	11	0	1	0	6	3	18	.196	.286 (-31%)	.344 (-31%)	.395 (-41%)	.739 (-37%)	-335.6
1922	BOS	AL	33	76	2	12	3	0	0	4	1	35	.158	.285 (-45%)	.345 (-48%)	.397 (-50%)	.743 (-49%)	-619.8
1923	DET	AL	17	27	1	3	1	0	0	2	2	9	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1924	DET	AL	37	76	5	11	1	0	0	2	1	23	.145	.283 (-49%)	.345 (-49%)	.389 (-59%)	.734 (-54%)	-668.3
1925	DET	AL	26	42	0	5	0	0	0	3	1	15	.119	—	—	—	—	0.0
1926	DET	AL	31	39	2	6	1	0	0	5	2	16	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1927	DET	AL	30	54	5	11	1	1	0	6	6	12	.204	.282 (-28%)	.344 (-18%)	.392 (-34%)	.736 (-26%)	-228.7
1929	SLA	AL	26	62	9	17	6	0	1	5	3	17	.274	.289 (-5%)	.353 (-13%)	.415 (+1%)	.769 (-5%)	-74.6
1930	SLA	AL	35	54	4	7	2	2	0	1	6	15	.130	.293 (-56%)	.354 (-39%)	.429 (-44%)	.784 (-42%)	-406.3
1931	SLA	AL	17	34	3	5	1	0	0	0	5	8	.147	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			316	582	43	96	18	4	1	36	33	199	.165	—	—	—	—	-2,839

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Rip Collins — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Rip Collins — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1921	WS	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Rip Collins — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	0.2	4	4	1	0	54.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Rip Collins — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1921	WS	NYA	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	4	4	1	0	54.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Rip Collins — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	162	302	22	48	0	19	.159
Away	154	280	21	48	1	17	.171

Pitching — Home / Away

Rip Collins — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	160	922.0	922	382	351	305	3.73
Away	151	790.2	865	384	339	258	4.37

Last 10 Games — Batting

Rip Collins — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	BB	SO
1931-08-26	SLA	PHA	W	1	0	0	0	0
1931-08-22	SLA	NYY	L	5	0	1	0	1
1931-08-11	SLA	BOS	L	2	1	0	0	1
1931-08-06	SLA	CHW	L	3	0	0	0	2
1931-07-17	SLA	BOS	W	2	1	1	1	0
1931-07-14	SLA	BOS	W	3	0	1	1	2
1931-07-04	SLA	CHW	W	3	0	0	0	0
1931-06-29	SLA	BOS	L	0	0	0	0	0
1931-06-26	SLA	BOS	W	3	0	0	0	2
1931-06-23	SLA	PHA	L	2	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Rip Collins — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1931-08-26	SLA	PHA	—	3.2	7	4	4	1	0	0
1931-08-22	SLA	NYY	L	11.0	11	3	3	6	8	0
1931-08-11	SLA	BOS	L	8.0	10	4	2	1	1	0
1931-08-06	SLA	CHW	—	6.0	6	5	2	3	1	0
1931-07-17	SLA	BOS	W	5.2	7	2	2	0	2	0
1931-07-14	SLA	BOS	W	8.1	11	3	2	3	0	0
1931-07-04	SLA	CHW	W	9.0	11	3	3	1	3	1
1931-06-29	SLA	BOS	—	3.0	3	2	2	3	0	0
1931-06-26	SLA	BOS	W	8.0	9	2	2	4	2	1
1931-06-23	SLA	PHA	L	8.0	9	1	1	2	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Rip Collins — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
P	311	0	90	437	18	20

Season-by-Season Fielding

Rip Collins — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1920	NYA	P	36	7	44	2	3
1921	NYA	P	28	3	29	2	1
1922	BOS	P	32	16	45	1	2
1923	DET	P	17	8	24	2	0
1924	DET	2B	2	0	0	0	0
1924	DET	P	34	11	50	3	2
1925	DET	P	26	7	53	1	0
1926	DET	P	30	5	37	5	2
1927	DET	P	30	11	64	1	6
1929	SLA	P	26	7	34	0	1
1930	SLA	P	35	11	29	0	1
1931	SLA	P	17	4	28	1	2

Career Games by Position

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Rip Collins Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	311
Second Base	1

College History

Rip Collins — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
St. Edward's University	Austin	TX	1916, 1917

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Rip Collins: the record in brief

Rip Collins played a first major league game on April 19, 1920 and a last one on August 26, 1931. The team column moves through the New York Yankees (1920 through 1921), the Boston Red Sox (1922), the Detroit Tigers (1923 to 1927), and the St. Louis Browns (1929 to 1931). At 6'1" and 205 pounds, Collins is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Collins both batted and threw right-handed. Collins was born on February 26, 1896, in Weatherford, TX, USA. Collins died on May 27, 1968, in Bryan, TX, USA. Rip Collins was the playing name; the full given name is Harry Warren.

The pitching table credits Collins with a 108-82 record and a 3.99 ERA in 311 games. The same table counts 569 strikeouts, 84 complete games, and 15 shutouts. Collins's 3.99 ERA was close to the 4.19 league figure for those seasons. 1920 brought Collins a season-high 14 wins. Collins struck out 75 batters in 1924, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Rip Collins

What years did Rip Collins play?: Rip Collins played in Major League Baseball from 1920 to 1931.
Was Rip Collins a pitcher?: Yes. Rip Collins pitched in the major leagues, recording 108 wins and 569 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Rip Collins hit?: Rip Collins hit 1 career home runs with 96 hits.
What was Rip Collins's career batting average?: Rip Collins batted .165 over his career, with 96 hits in 582 at bats.
How many RBI did Rip Collins have?: Rip Collins drove in 36 runs in his career.
What was Rip Collins's career ERA?: Rip Collins finished with a 3.99 career ERA, going 108-82 with 569 strikeouts.