Terry lee collins biography
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Terry Collins
American baseball manager
Baseball player
Terry Lee Collins (born May 27, ) is an American former professional baseballmanager. He managed the Houston Astros, the Anaheim Angels and New York Mets in Major League Baseball and the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He currently serves as a baseball analyst for Mets programming on SNY.
A former Minor League Baseballshortstop, Collins managed the Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League and the Buffalo Bisons of the International League at the minor league level, and the Duluth Huskies of the Northwoods League at the summer collegiate league level. In , he made his MLB managerial debut with the Houston Astros. He also managed the Anaheim Angels for three years. Known as a "feisty and intense manager",[1] Collins had his longest tenure as manager of the New York Mets (his first major league job in a decade), where he led them to their first playoff appearance in nine years in , which res
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Terry Collins
Terry Lee Collins (born May 27, ) is the twentieth Mets' manager. Collins began managing in with the Houston Astros. He was fired in due to the team's failiure to make the playoffs. In , he was hired bygd the Anaheim Angels. In and , the Angels came in second place with winning records. In , they had many injuries, and Collins resigned with 29 games left in the season. From , he managed Japan's Orix Buffaloes. In , after an eleven year absence in the Major Leagues, he became the manager of the Mets. In , the grupp was in fourth place and under In , after losing Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, and Francisco Rodriguez, the Mets finished the first half in third place with a winning percentage.
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Terry Collins
Terry Collins never made it to the majors as a player – but he eventually found success as a manager. Starting in , Collins spent many years bouncing around the minors as a light-hitting infielder turned coach and field leader. He managed two big-league clubs in the s plus one in Japan a decade later before a seven-year run with the New York Mets, whom he led to their first World Series in 15 years in – the feat for which he will likely be best remembered.
Terry Lee Collins was born on May 27, in Midland. Michigan. His father. Loren “Bud” Collins. worked in labor relations for the Dow Chemical Company, which is headquartered in Midland. Loren and Choyce (née Hendrix) also had a daughter, Connie (Altimore), who still lives in Midland.
Collins said his family loved baseball when he was growing up. “When I was 12 years old [he would actually have been 11], I was such a baseball fan that I was begging my mom to stay home to watch the World Series between the Yankees a