Michael Collins (baseball)

Michael Collins in Canberra Cavalry colours, supervising play at a home game, 19 January 2013

Michael John Collins (born 18 July 1984, in Canberra, Australia) is an Australian baseball manager with the Lake Elsinore Storm in the San Diego Padres organisation. He plays first base as well as catcher. As coach of the Canberra Cavalry, in 2012–13 he took the team to win the Claxton Shield as Champions of the Australian Baseball League, and Champions of the 2013 Asia Series.

Collins debuted in the minor leagues in 2001 at the age of 16 with the AZL Angels. In the 2002 Claxton Shield, the Canberra native played for the Australian Provincial team. In 2002, the teenager hit .275 in his return trip, alternating between catcher, first base and DH. In 2003 in the USA, Collins batted .333 for the Provo Angels and .368 for the AZL Angels.

In his 2004 campaign, Collins struggled, hitting .218 in only 13 games for the Cedar Rapids Kernels. In 2005, Michael hit .444, third-best in the Claxton Shield and was named as the All-Star catcher. Collins fared better in his second year at Cedar Rapids, producing at a .320/.412/.482 clip with 16 steals and 32 doubles while splitting time between catcher (59 games) and first base (40). He finished third in the Midwest League in batting average and made the league All-Star team at catcher.

In the 2006 Shield, Collins hit .438/.538/.700 in five games. Due to his Claxton Shield performance, he was added to the Australia national baseball team for the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Collins was 0 for 4 in the event.

Collins hit .291 for the 2006 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and was promoted to Arkansas Travelers in 2007. He last played for the Portland Beavers of the AAA Pacific Coast League.

In Claxton Shield 2009, Australia Provincial was cut from the competition and Collins was "adopted" into the Queensland Rams where in 6 games he hit 5 home-runs and, if qualified, would have led the team in slugging with .957.^[1]

Canberra Cavalry

In 2010–11 and 2011–12, Collins played for the Canberra Cavalry, in the newly established Australian Baseball League.

In 2012–13, he was the coach, and the team won the Claxton Shield as national Champions. He returned as coach in 2013–14, in November 2013 taking the new team to the 2013 Asia Series in Taiwan where the team won the Championship.

References

↑ Claxton Shield Stats

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Australia 2006 World Baseball Classic roster

4 Gavin Fingleson 6 Rodney van Buizen 7 Trent Durrington 8 Trent Oeltjen 11 Adam Bright 13 Matthew Gahan 14 Dave Nilsson 15 Paul Mildren 16 Luke Hughes 17 Brett Roneberg 18 Glenn Williams 19 Rich Thompson 21 Phil Brassington 22 Brendan Kingman 23 Paul Rutgers 24 John Stephens 25 Tom Brice 26 Justin Huber 27 Damian Moss 29 Brad Harman 30 Tristan Crawford 31 Craig Anderson 35 Matthew Kent 39 Phil Stockman 42 Peter Moylan 44 Wayne Lundgren 47 Andrew Graham 48 Michael Collins 57 Adrian Burnside Josh Hill Ryan Rowland-Smith

Manager Jon Deeble

Australia 2009 World Baseball Classic roster

5 Michael Collins 6 James Beresford 7 Craig Anderson 8 Trent Oeltjen 9 Andrew Graham 11 Adam Bright 12 Brad Harman 13 Stefan Welch 14 Chris Snelling 15 Paul Mildren 16 Justin Huber 17 Brett Roneberg 18 Mitch Dening 19 Rich Thompson 20 Luke Hughes 21 Brendan Wise 23 Travis Blackley 25 Daniel Berg 26 Brad Thomas 28 Damian Moss 29 Joel Naughton 30 Liam Hendriks 31 Tristan Crawford 35 Chris Oxspring 36 Ben Risinger 37 Ryan Searle 38 Joshua Hill 40 Drew Naylor 45 David Welch -- Scott Mitchinson

Manager 24 Jon Deeble Coach 33 Paul Elliot Coach 10 Pat Kelly Coach 27 Graeme Lloyd Coach 2 Tony Harris Coach 43 Philip Dale

Australia 2013 World Baseball Classic roster

3 Mike Walker 4 Josh Davies 5 Corey Adamson 6 Andrew Russell 7 Matt Kennelly 9 James Beresford 10 Adam Bright 11 Allan de San Miguel 12 Brad Harman 14 Chris Snelling 17 Mitch Dening 18 Ryan Rowland-Smith 19 Matthew Williams 19 Joshua Roberts 20 Luke Hughes 22 Stefan Welch 23 Tim Kennelly 25 Steven Kent 26 Justin Huber 28 Brendan Wise 30 Warwick Saupold 32 Shane Lindsay 33 Ryan Searle 34 David Kandilas 35 Chris Oxspring 36 Brad Thomas 38 Dushan Ruzic 44 Clayton Tanner

Manager Jon Deeble Coach Michael Collins Coach Philip Dale Coach Tony Harris Coach Greg Jelks Coach Graeme Lloyd Coach Glenn Williams

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