How Dave Collins's Plate Appearances per Strikeout Compares to Similar Players

Dave Collins posted a career Plate Appearances per Strikeout of 8.34, above the league average of 7.35 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Plate Appearances per Strikeout season came in 1984, posting 12.0, well above the league average of 6.97 that year. The lowest point came in 1975 at 6.58, below the league average of 7.95 that year. The Plate Appearances per Strikeout trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 7.0 in 1988 to 6.94 in 1989 and 7.4 in 1990. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 16 seasons.

Dave Collins Lifetime Plate Appearances per Strikeout

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Season Avg.8.34
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Dave Collins Plate Appearances per Strikeout Per Season

Dave Collins's Plate Appearances per Strikeout for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Collins Plate Appearances per Strikeout per season line chart

Dave Collins Plate Appearances per Strikeout by Team

Dave Collins's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave Collins career Plate Appearances per Strikeout by team bar chart

Dave Collins Plate Appearances per Strikeout Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Collins's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Dave Collins Plate Appearances per Strikeout year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Collins Plate Appearances per Strikeout Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Collins's seasonal Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Dave Collins Plate Appearances per Strikeout distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Collins Plate Appearances per Strikeout — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Collins's MLB career with Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Dave Collins Plate Appearances per Strikeout season-by-season breakdown table