Ripper Collins
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James Anthony "Ripper" Collins (March 30, 1904 - April 15, 1970) was a Major League Baseball player from 1931 to 1941 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates. A member of the Gashouse Gang Cardinals teams, Collins had a breakout season in 1934 with 35 home runs, 128 Runs Batted In and hitting for a torrid .333 batting average.
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- According to Ripley's Believe It or Not:Encyclopedia of the Bizarre, Collins used broken bats to build a fence at his house in Albany, New York
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| Preceded by Chuck Klein |
National League Home Run Champion 1934 (with Mel Ott) |
Succeeded by Wally Berger |
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