• Card series: Pioneer Portraits II: 1875-1899
• City: Boston
• Team: Beaneaters
• League: National League
• Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame

James Joseph Collins (1870-1943) was the best in the NL at 3B when he jumped to the new AL in 1901. Collins led the Boston Americans to the 1st World Series championship in ’03, downing Pittsburgh in best-of-nine. Thanks to John McGraw’s stubborn refusal to play the next year’s AL winner, Boston was denied another opportunity despite its 1st place finish.

• The dust-up between leagues resulted in rules beginning in 1905 making the Series the permanent premier event in Major League Baseball
• Upon his induction into the HOF Collins became the first regular third-baseman so honored
• Elected to Hall of Fame: 1945