Gene Collins vs. Randy Niemann — Career Comparison

Gene Collins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Randy Niemann
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Collins built a career as a starting pitcher and Randy Niemann as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Randy Niemann posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.64 and WHIP 1.565 compared to 5.21 and 1.829 for Gene Collins. By the career numbers, Randy Niemann had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Collins and Randy Niemann

Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.78
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
5.49
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.32
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.21
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
4.64
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.189
0.189
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
9
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.39
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
9.86
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
10.07
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.69
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
10.07
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
4.59
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.07
10.07
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.237
2.237
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.5
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.83
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
45.47
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885
39.82
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.62
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
7.7
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
5.04
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.7
7.7
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.71
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.63
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.86
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.829
1.829
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.505
1.505
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
33.87
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
34.78
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.47
45.47
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Gene Collins and Randy Niemann

Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.78
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
5.49
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
9
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.72
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.25
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.67
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.84
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
2.39
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.37
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.39
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.434
0.434
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Collins and Randy Niemann

Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
20
342.86
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
2218.18
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
531.43
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
545.45
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.606
0.606
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
8
137.14
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
5
85.71
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
70.92
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
32.79
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
8
145.45
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
205.71
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
10
181.82
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.698
0.698
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.579
0.579
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
73.77
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2.54
46.1
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
7
127.27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
4.71
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA