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Name Team Age
Rafael Collier Retired (1972, Age 37) Died (2015, Age 80)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17
(1958)		 1B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League 0 9 years (117 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  A- C-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ C  C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C- B+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 8/21/1935
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---)
C  (39.9 %) C  (37.1 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1958 PHI 63 147 14 22 6 0 1 8 21 22 0 0 2 .465 .254 .211 .150
1959 PHI 22 73 6 16 2 0 1 8 9 14 0 0 1 .589 .301 .288 .219
1961 PHI 91 151 16 35 2 0 3 11 10 20 0 0 3 .593 .288 .305 .232
1962 PHI 76 156 19 38 8 0 2 11 22 27 0 0 0 .674 .341 .333 .244
1963 PHI 79 216 26 60 8 0 3 21 24 34 0 0 1 .709 .353 .356 .278
1964 PHI 12 13 4 4 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 .785 .400 .385 .308
1965 PHI 90 88 15 23 4 0 3 16 20 7 0 0 0 .804 .394 .409 .261
1966 BOS 113 444 59 129 26 2 13 45 37 46 0 0 7 .792 .346 .446 .291
1967 BOS 127 504 68 137 23 3 11 45 71 64 0 0 0 .756 .362 .395 .272
1968 BOS 124 504 83 134 27 3 10 41 53 73 0 0 6 .724 .333 .391 .266
1969 BOS 109 451 57 118 21 0 6 52 58 54 0 0 3 .694 .346 .348 .262
1970 NYA 144 497 62 136 28 0 5 37 62 61 3 3 8 .717 .356 .360 .274
1971 NYA 104 192 22 48 9 1 4 20 32 34 1 1 6 .735 .366 .370 .250
Total 1154 3436 451 900 165 9 62 318 421 457 4 4 37 .713 .344 .369 .262
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Rafael Collier has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1972-04-27The New York Irish Brigade have waived Rafael Collier.
1972-04-01The New York Irish Brigade have promoted Quincy Turner to the major league team. The New York Irish Brigade have promoted Abner Hobbs to the major league team. The New York Irish Brigade have promoted Henry Macon to the major league team. The New York Irish Brigade have designated Rafael Collier for assignment.
1970-03-26New York Irish Brigade has drafted Rafael Collier #116 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1966-04-21The Boston Red Sox have promoted Rafael Collier to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Dave Edwards to the minors.
1966-04-21The Boston Red Sox have acquired Rafael Collier from the waiver wire.
1966-04-01The Philadelphia Newshounds have waived Rafael Collier.
1965-09-05The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Rusty Hickman to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have designated Rafael Collier for assignment.
1964-08-30The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Rafael Collier to the major league team.
1963-07-22The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent Rafael Collier down to the minors.
1963-03-25The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Rafael Collier to the major league team.
1962-07-15The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Freddy Negray to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent Rafael Collier to the minors.
1961-07-18Rafael Collier of the Philadelphia Newshounds is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1961-04-05The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Rafael Collier to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent George Polli to the minors.
1959-04-28The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Melvin Preibisch to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent Rafael Collier to the minors.
1959-04-01The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Rafael Collier to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have designated Josh Straton for assignment.
1958-07-16The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Doug Randall to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent Rafael Collier to the minors.
1958-05-24The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Rafael Collier to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent John Taylor to the minors.
1958-05-07The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent Rafael Collier down to the minors.
1958-04-01The Philadelphia Newshounds have promoted Rafael Collier to the major league team. The Philadelphia Newshounds have sent Elmer McGeary to the minors.