Atkins Collins | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | June 14, 1909 |
Birth Place: | Piper, Alabama |
Death Place: | Mount Vernon, Alabama |
Bats: | Unknown |
Throws: | Unknown |
Debutleague: | EWL |
Debutyear: | 1932 |
Debutteam: | Baltimore Black Sox |
Finalleague: | EWL |
Finalyear: | 1932 |
Finalteam: | Baltimore Black Sox |
Statleague: | EWL |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat1value: | 0–1 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 54.00 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 0 |
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Burton Atkins Collins (June 14, 1909 – May 24, 1947) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Baltimore Black Sox in 1932. He attended Alabama State Teachers College[1] and played college baseball for the Alabama State Hornets.[2] By 1939, he was working as a schoolteacher. He was represented by Arthur Shores in a lawsuit in June 1939 in which he claimed to have been denied the right to vote in a local election because of his race.[3]
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