Rip Collins (catcher)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1909–1969)}}

{{other uses|Rip Collins (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rip Collins

|image=

|position=Catcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1909|9|18}}

|birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{Death date and age|1969|4|19|1909|9|18}}

|death_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 28

|debutyear=1940

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 30

|finalyear=1944

|finalteam=New York Yankees

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1940}})
• New York Yankees ({{mlby|1944}})

}}

Robert Joseph "Rip" Collins (September 18, 1909 – April 19, 1969) was an American backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1940) and New York Yankees (1944). Collins batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In a two-season career, Collins was a .211 hitter with one home run and 14 RBI in 50 games played.

Collins died in his hometown of Pittsburgh at the age of 59.