finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam width birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1929 20 may 1960 1919 .254 33 168 boston braves 230 13 september 1896 kansas city , kansas may 23 pat collins 1922.jpg batting average home runs runs batted in st. louis browns pat collins right collins with the st. louis browns , 1922 sweet springs , missouri september 5 right catcher pat collins

pat collins

tharon leslie `` pat '' collins -lrb- september 13 , 1896 -- may 20 , 1960 -rrb- was an american baseball catcher who played ten seasons in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .
he played for the st. louis browns , new york yankees and boston braves from 1919 to 1929 .
he batted and threw right-handed and also played five games at first base .
collins played minor league baseball for the joplin miners until 1919 , when he signed with the st. louis browns .
after spending six seasons with the organization , collins spent a one-year sojourn in the minor leagues before he was traded to the new york yankees , where he spent the next three years and played in the famous 1927 murderers ' row lineup .
at the conclusion of the 1928 season , he was traded to the boston braves , with whom he played his last game on may 23 , 1929 .
a two-time world series champion , he is famous for being the only major league player to pinch hit and pinch run in the same game .
