Orth Collins
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Orth Stein "Buck" Collins (April 27, 1880 - December 13, 1949) was a Major League Baseball
outfielder
and pitcher
. Collins played for the New York Highlanders
in and the Washington Senators
in . In 13 career games, he had six hits, all of the for the Highlanders, and a .250 batting average.
He batted left and threw right-handed. He also pitched in one game for Washington, in 1909, pitching one inning, and collecting a strikeout.
Collins was born in Lafayette, Indiana
, and died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
.
Major League Baseball
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outfielder
Outfielder
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and pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
. Collins played for the New York Highlanders
New York Yankees
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in and the Washington Senators
Minnesota Twins
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in . In 13 career games, he had six hits, all of the for the Highlanders, and a .250 batting average.
He batted left and threw right-handed. He also pitched in one game for Washington, in 1909, pitching one inning, and collecting a strikeout.
Collins was born in Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...
, and died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
.