Wilson Collins

{{Short description|American baseball player (1889–1941)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Wilson Collins

| image = Wilson Collins.jpg

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| number =

| position = Outfielder

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|05|07}}

| birth_place= Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|02|28|1889|05|07}}

| death_place= Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = May 12

| debutyear = 1913

| debutteam = Boston Braves

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = July 8

| finalyear = 1914

| finalteam = Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .263

| stat2label = Runs batted in

| stat2value = 1

| stat3label = Fielding percentage

| stat3value = .926

| stat4label = Putouts

| stat4value = 25

| awards =

| teams =

• Boston Braves ({{baseball year|1913}}–{{baseball year|1914}})

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Cyril Wilson Collins (May 7, 1889 – February 28, 1941) was an American backup outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at left field for the Boston Braves in the {{Baseball year|1913}} and {{Baseball year|1914}} seasons. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=9.5}}, 165 lb., Collins batted and threw right-handed.

A native of Pulaski, Tennessee, he attended Vanderbilt University. He was a member of both the football and baseball teams there. Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches reads "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage, Wilson Collins, Ammie Sikes, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9-8 loss to Michigan." The Atlanta Constitution voted it the best backfield in the South.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NPQ8AwAAQBAJ&q=%22ammie+sikes%22+vanderbilt&pg=PA13|title=Wilson Collins|author=Charles Weatherby|page=13|journal=The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series|date=2 April 2014|isbn=9781933599700}}

During the First World War, Collins was the fullback for the 1917 Camp Gordon football team.

In a two-season career, Collins was a .263 hitter (10-for-38) with five runs and one RBI in 43 games. He did not hit have any extra-base hits. In 28 outfield appearances, he committed two errors in 27 chances for a collective .926 fielding percentage.

Collins died in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the age of 51.