When the American League formed in 1901, many players from the National League jumped to the upstart baseball organization.  This included Jimmy Collins, who was playing for the Boston Beaneaters and would leave to join the Boston Americans.  Collins would have a good start for the newer Boston team, batting at least .322 in his first two years, and in 1903, the Americans won the World Series defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates. 

Jimmy Collins did a lot of things beautifully on the baseball diamond that may not be considered sexy but it they went noticed and he generated a Hall of Fame career out of it, which included five seasons with the Boston Beaneaters.