47). Defensively, Collins recorded a .991 regular season fielding percentage. Collins played in the Pacific Coast League and Eastern League, after his big league career was over. In 1944, he was named Minor League Player of the Year as the player-manager of the Albany Senators of the Eastern League. That season — at the age of 40 — Collins hit .396 with a league-leading 40 doubles. Collins returned to the major leagues as a member of the Cubs' College of Coaches from 1961–63, and was a scout for the Cardinals at the time of his death (in 1970, at age 66). See also List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders References External links Ripper Collins at SABR (Baseball BioProject) Ripper Collins at The Deadball Era 1904 births 1970 deaths Albany Senators players Baseball players from Pennsylvania Chicago Cubs coaches Chicago Cubs players Chicago Cubs scouts Danville Veterans players Jacksonville Tars players Johnstown Johnnies players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Major League Baseball first basemen National League All-Stars National League home run champions People from Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania Rochester Red Wings players St. Louis Cardinals players St. Louis Cardinals scouts San Antonio Missions managers San Diego Padres (minor league) players Savannah Indians players Sportspeople from Altoona, Pennsylvania Wilson Tobacconists players York White Roses players