Gene Collins

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Gene Collins
Gene Collins Baseball.jpg
Pitcher/Outfielder
Born: (1925-01-07)January 7, 1925
Kansas City, Missouri
Died: February 9, 1998(1998-02-09) (aged 73)
Detroit, Michigan
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
1947, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Last Mexican League appearance
1961, for the Sultanes de Monterrey
Teams

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.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  2. ^ Heaphy, Leslie A. The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960. Jefferson: McFarland, 2003.

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