Eddie Collins - the man of no love

[docpatlv]

I enjoy collecting Eddie Collins items and agree with others that he is greatly under-appreciated. It's a shame he doesn't get more "collecting love" considering his great talent, but it certainly helps keep prices down

[docpatlv]

Some more favorites...

[tbob]

Cocky Collins was a great player but it seems he was never "one of the boys."

[David W]

2 shades of 517 mini

[benderbroeth]

i love that letter!!!

[Robextend]

Originally Posted by benderbroeth

i love that letter!!!

+1...that is awesome!

[71buc]

That is a very cool letter. Here is the only Eddie Collins item in my collection.

[tedzan]

TED Z

[B O'Brien]

I really wish I could show all 10 of the Collins T206 backs here, but after suffered a crushing blow with the loss of the American Beauty on ebay last week, no such luck. The winner sure did have to dig deep that one, as my top bid was twice what I figured market price to be. I was more than a little shocked at the loss considering the card had a wrinkle and was a little over graded with that in consideration. Maybe next time!

I do love the Collins life time stats. What an amazing track record. The last couple season were a little off, but all in all, staggering. Even more so when consider the times and age at which he was putting up those numbers.

When I scan up my group again, I will be sure to track this down to repost,
Bob

[iggyman]

Heaven knows I'm not judgmental, but perhaps his tailor deserves some of the blame???

Lovely Day...

[Kenny Cole]

Great player. Sucked during the 1919 series. Hit .226. Bad time to hit poorly.

You can read all sorts of things, some of which absolve him and others which theorize that he was part of a different cabal which had agreed to throw the series. I don't have any idea what the truth is, nor do I think we will ever know, but I suspect that it is some different than the conventional wisdom. It was a different time and it doesn't take much in-depth research to figure out that betting on games was pretty prevalent back then.

[Bosox Blair]

Another nice one of Cocky:

[npa589]

This is a good question, I'm not sure why either. He is considered by Bill James to be the greatest second-baseman of all time. James used a "win-shares" formula to determine the greatest baseball players of all time - and if you look at his list, the formula is rather convincing. Overall, he has Collins as the 12th best player of all time.

Personally, I think Hornsby was - and I think Joe Morgan is the most overrated 2b of all time.....but that's just me. I also think Hank Aaron is one of the most underrated players of all time.

Regardless, Collins WAS definitively better than Nap Lajoie and yet the hobby does not reflect that.

Found a cool site:

http://baseballguru.com/egartman/ana...gartman01.html

[Robextend]

Originally Posted by npa589

Personally, I think Hornsby was - and I think Joe Morgan is the most overrated 2b of all time.....but that's just me. I also think Hank Aaron is one of the most underrated players of all time.

Regardless, Collins WAS definitively better than Nap Lajoie and yet the hobby does not reflect that.

Found a cool site:

http://baseballguru.com/egartman/ana...gartman01.html

I agree with Hornsby, but I do think there is still an argument regarding who was superior between Collins and Lajoie.