Phil Collins (baseball)
Philip Eugene Collins was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eight seasons with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals. For his career, he compiled an 80–85 record in 292 appearances, most as a relief pitcher, with a 4.66 earned run average and 423 strikeouts.
As a hitter, Collins posted a.193 batting average with 45 runs, 4 home runs and 44 RBI. He was used as a pinch hitter 13 times in his major league career.
Collins was born and later died in Chicago of cancer at the age of 46. He was in baseball known as "Fidgety Phil", which was also inscribed on his gravestone at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleums in Calumet City, Cook County, Illinois.
