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Attached is a 1924 Detroit Tigers image of Rip Collins featuring the 1924 cap.
Right handed pitcher Rip Collins made his debut in 1920 with the New York Yankees. He is not to be confused with first-baseman Ripper Collins whose career overlapped for just the final year of the pitcher's Major League career in 1931.
In his initial season Collins posted a career high 14 wins which was to be equalled subsequently in 2 different years. That year he was somewhat wild leading the League in hit batsmen. Effective in 1921, also, when he posted a 11-5 record. In 1922 he started 29 games for the Boston Red Sox, again posting 14 victories. Joining the Detroit Tigers in 1923 he had his most unproductive season but he rebounded in 1924 to notch 14 wins for the third time. 1924 would probably be identified as his best year, posting career highs in winning percentage, innings pitched and starts. 1925 was certainly a down year finishing 6-11. In 1926 he was limited to 13 starts but posted his lowest seasonal ERA. He went 13-7 with 25 starts in 1927.
1928 Collins was absent from the Majors but returned with the St.Louis Browns in 1929. In 1930 Collins made 20 starts as he did the previous year posting a combined 20-13 record over those 2 seasons. In his final season Collins went 5-5 from 14 starts.
His career record was 108-82. He won more games with the Tigers than any other team, 44. He won a total of 25 games with both the Yankees and Browns. His career ERA was exactly 4.00, completing 83 of his 219 starts.