Gene Collins
{{Short description|American baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Gene Collins
| image = Gene Collins Baseball.jpg
| position = Pitcher/Outfielder
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|1|7|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|2|9|1925|1|7|mf=y}}
| death_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| bats = Left
| throws = Left
| debutleague = Negro league baseball
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| debutyear = 1947
| debutteam = Kansas City Monarchs
| finalleague = Mexican League
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| finalyear = 1961
| finalteam = Sultanes de Monterrey
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- Kansas City Monarchs (1947–1948)
- Omaha Rockets (19??–19??)
- Rojos del Águila de Veracruz (1955–1957)
- Poza Rica Petroleros (1958–1961)
- Diablos Rojos del México (1961)
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Eugene Marvin Collins (January 7, 1925 – February 9, 1998) was an American professional baseball pitcher and outfielder in the Negro leagues, minor leagues and in the Mexican League. He played from 1947 to 1961 with several teams, including the Omaha Rockets.{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |
title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 |postscript= }}Heaphy, Leslie A. The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960. Jefferson: McFarland, 2003.
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External links
{{Baseballstats|mlb=820019|br=c/collige02|brm=collin001eug}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=colli01gen Seamheads]
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Category:Baseball players from Missouri
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