This article celebrates Dave Collins' 72nd birthday by revisiting his time with the Toronto Blue Jays. It recounts his journey through various MLB teams, highlighting his unique path to the Blue Jays via the Yankees.
Dave Collins turns 72 today. Unfortunately, we don’t have a picture of him in a Jays jersey. Dave was with the Blue Jays for two seasons of a 16-yeah MLB career. How we ended up with him was an interesting story. Collins came up with the Angels and played his first couple of seasons there. Then, the Mariners took him in the expansion draft. After a season, they traded him to the Reds, where he played for four seasons. He became a good player there.
530 with 125 home runs, and then was part of the trade that brought us Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter. Morgan had a disappointing 1983 season and was lost to the Mariners in the Rule 5 draft. However, he’d go on to have a pretty good MLB career, with 4.23 ERA in 597 games, 411 starts. And Collins played two seasons with the Jays. In 1983, he hit .271/.343/.328, making 31 steals in 118 games. He had a better year in 1984, hitting .308/.366/.444 with 60 steals and 15 triples.
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