Where Did Zack Collins Come From?

The Chicago White Sox selected Collins tenth overall in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft.



He made his professional debut with the Arizona League White Sox after signing, and after three games, he was promoted to the Winston-Salem Dash.

With the Dash, he was chosen to the Carolina League All-Star team. Collins had a combined.244 batting average, six home runs, and 18 RBIs in 39 games for both teams in 2016.



 Zack Collins
Zack Collins

Collins was assigned to the Arizona Fall League’s Glendale Desert Dogs after the season (AFL).

In 113 games with both Winston-Salem and the Birmingham Barons in 2017, he had a combined .224 batting average, 19 home runs, and 53 RBIs.

Collins returned to Birmingham for the 2018 season, winning the Southern League Home Run Derby and being named to the Southern League All-Star Game.

He had a batting average of .234 batters in 122 games with 15 homers and 68 RBIs.

 

With the Charlotte Knights, he began the new year.

 

On June 18, his contract was purchased, and he received his first call-up to the major leagues.

 

Collins made his major league debut as a pinch hitter against the Cubs, drawing a walk in his one at-bat. On June 21, 2019, he hit his first major league home run, a three-run blast off the Texas Rangers.

Collins batted .063 with no home runs and 0 RBIs in 9 games with the Chicago White Sox in 2020.

Where Did Zack Collins Come From?

Zack Collins is from Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States.