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Curt
Simmons		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 187
 
Born: May 19, 1929 in Usa, PA, EGYPT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1948    1953   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 18 STL NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 7 6 7 7 6 6
1948 19 STL NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6
1949 20 STL NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1950 21 STL NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1951 22 STL NL $ 2,078,571 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1952 23 STL NL $ 2,078,571 9 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1953 24 STL NL $ 4,071,429 9 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1954 25 STL NL $ 4,150,000 9 5 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6
1955 26 STL NL $ 4,150,000 9 5 4 4 8 7 7 7 7 7
1956 27 NYG NL $ 4,150,000 9 5 4 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
1957 28 NYG NL $ 4,150,000 10 5 4 4 8 7 8 6 6 6
1958 29 DET AL $ 1,900,000 10 5 4 4 8 7 8 6 5 5
1959 30 DET AL $ 1,900,000 9 5 4 4 9 8 8 6 5 5
1960 31 BSN NL $ 1,900,000 9 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5
1961 32 BSN NL $ 1,900,000 9 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 5 5
1962 33 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 5 5
1963 34 SDP NL $ 800,000 8 4 3 4 7 7 7 6 5 6
1964 35 SDP NL $ 800,000 8 4 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
1965 36 SDP NL $ 800,000 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,150,000 10 5 4 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 18 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1948 19 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1949 20 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 21 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 22 STL NL $ 2,078,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1952 23 STL NL $ 2,078,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1953 24 STL NL $ 4,071,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1954 25 STL NL $ 4,150,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1955 26 STL NL $ 4,150,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1956 27 NYG NL $ 4,150,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1957 28 NYG NL $ 4,150,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1958 29 DET AL $ 1,900,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1959 30 DET AL $ 1,900,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1960 31 BSN NL $ 1,900,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1961 32 BSN NL $ 1,900,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1962 33 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1963 34 SDP NL $ 800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1964 35 SDP NL $ 800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1965 36 SDP NL $ 800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,150,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 18 STL NL 12 14 .462 29 29 8 2 0 212.3 203 105 14 90 67 4.45 .253 .328 .382 .710 9.4
    AAA   0 4 .000 6 6 0 0 0 34.3 54 29 4 13 17 7.60 .344 .394 .484 .878  
1948 19 STL NL 10 9 .526 41 12 3 0 13 124.0 120 54 14 52 39 3.92 .256 .330 .419 .748 12.8
1949 20 STL NL 13 18 .419 37 35 14 1 0 264.0 271 134 28 108 82 4.57 .266 .337 .419 .755 10.4
1950 21 STL NL 14 12 .538 33 33 12 0 0 237.0 279 139 28 98 98 5.28 .294 .359 .455 .815 8.1
1951 22 STL NL 15 20 .429 42 42 11 0 0 305.7 326 162 30 151 111 4.77 .274 .355 .410 .764 14.2
1952 23 STL NL 18 12 .600 35 35 13 1 0 274.7 263 108 22 105 92 3.54 .257 .324 .367 .691 22.0
1953 24 STL NL 21 9 .700 35 35 18 1 0 289.0 269 110 24 88 100 3.43 .246 .301 .375 .676 24.4
1954 25 STL NL 18 17 .514 43 43 25 1 0 339.7 355 175 54 115 129 4.64 .271 .330 .443 .772 18.3
1955 26 STL NL 13 11 .542 92 8 2 0 11 156.7 153 70 17 70 63 4.02 .259 .336 .416 .752 11.3
1956 27 STL NL 3 6 .333 10 10 3 1 0 73.0 92 48 13 26 34 5.92 .304 .358 .485 .844 0.0
  NYG NL 9 5 .643 21 21 7 1 0 163.0 158 72 23 46 78 3.98 .252 .303 .411 .714 8.3
  TOT   12 11 .522 31 31 10 2 0 236.0 250 120 36 72 112 4.58 .269 .321 .435 .756 8.3
1957 28 NYG NL 12 13 .480 32 32 15 3 0 260.0 261 118 31 69 127 4.08 .260 .307 .403 .710 12.5
1958 29 NYG NL 10 7 .588 21 14 7 1 0 174.7 176 89 26 53 81 4.59 .265 .319 .436 .755 6.6
  DET AL 4 7 .364 23 15 7 2 2 79.0 87 35 13 18 38 3.99 .282 .322 .471 .793 5.4
  TOT   14 14 .500 44 29 14 3 2 253.7 263 124 39 71 119 4.40 .270 .320 .447 .767 12.0
1959 30 DET AL 5 16 .238 27 24 13 0 0 194.3 232 109 36 36 98 5.05 .295 .324 .482 .806 2.2
1960 31 BSN NL 3 1 .750 44 0 0 0 3 47.0 53 25 8 3 21 4.79 .280 .289 .460 .749 2.7
1962 33 BSN NL 15 21 .417 42 42 17 0 0 345.0 366 167 49 89 149 4.36 .272 .317 .438 .754 10.1
1963 34 SDP NL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 9.3 17 6 1 4 5 5.79 .386 .438 .477 .915 0.0
1964 35 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
    AAA   2 3 .400 67 0 0 0 4 81.0 75 30 7 28 56 3.33 .245 .308 .359 .668  
1965 36 SDP NL 2 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 5.7 8 4 0 1 2 6.36 .348 .370 .348 .718 0.3
    AAA   0 1 .000 15 0 0 0 1 24.0 20 9 4 10 14 3.38 .225 .303 .382 .685  
18 Years Sim 197 198 .499 621 430 175 14 29 3554.9 3689 1730 431 1222 1414 4.38 .268 .327 .421 .748 179.1
3 Years AAA 2 8 .200 88 6 0 0 5 139.3 149 68 15 51 87 4.39 .270 .332 .399 .730  
Season Average 10 11 .476 34 23 9 0 1 197.5 204 96 23 67 78 4.38 .268 .327 .421 .748  
Career Highs 21 21 1.000 92 43 25 3 13 345.0 366 175 54 151 149 6.36 .386 .438 .482 .915  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2669 1238 331 910 916   .280 .343 .445 .788
vs LH   1020 492 100 312 498   .242 .294 .367 .661
Home 98 104 .485 307 217 91 7 10 1836.6 1855 877 212 599 729 4.30 .263 .320 .414 .734
Away 99 94 .513 314 213 84 7 19 1718.3 1834 853 219 623 685 4.47 .275 .337 .429 .765
Mar/Apr 27 31 .466 96 63 26 2 9 528.3 525 254 72 188 213 4.33 .260 .324 .422 .745
May 30 39 .435 113 71 30 2 9 587.3 639 312 78 206 250 4.78 .278 .337 .440 .777
June 31 29 .517 97 67 29 2 5 562.0 566 255 82 175 241 4.08 .261 .316 .428 .744
July 44 28 .611 101 72 31 2 2 592.0 623 275 64 200 225 4.18 .271 .329 .415 .744
August 35 38 .479 117 86 35 6 2 701.6 741 342 69 252 272 4.39 .273 .335 .415 .750
Sep/Oct 30 33 .476 97 71 26 1 2 583.6 595 292 66 201 213 4.50 .265 .325 .409 .734
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 18 STL NL 29 68 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .074 .074 .074 .147 -2.9 0.0
1948 19 STL NL 42 35 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .171 .216 .171 .388 1.2 0.0
1949 20 STL NL 37 94 6 16 2 0 0 7 1 0 1 22 .170 .175 .191 .367 2.2 0.0
1950 21 STL NL 33 79 4 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 15 .089 .100 .127 .227 -2.0 0.0
1951 22 STL NL 42 102 5 15 1 1 1 10 0 0 1 22 .147 .163 .206 .369 1.8 0.0
1952 23 STL NL 35 98 4 14 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 24 .143 .143 .194 .337 0.8 0.0
1953 24 STL NL 35 95 8 21 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 22 .221 .229 .284 .513 6.3 0.0
1954 25 STL NL 43 113 8 22 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 19 .195 .212 .204 .415 5.1 0.0
1955 26 STL NL 92 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .087 .087 .087 .174 -0.9 0.0
1956 27 STL NL 10 28 5 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .214 .214 .286 .500 1.6 0.0
  NYG NL 21 53 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 15 .132 .164 .170 .333 0.4 0.0
  TOT   31 81 8 13 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 24 .160 .181 .210 .391 1.9 0.0
1957 28 NYG NL 32 91 5 17 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 23 .187 .204 .242 .446 3.9 0.0
1958 29 NYG NL 21 64 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 22 .141 .152 .141 .292 -0.3 0.0
  DET AL 23 21 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .238 .273 .238 .511 1.5 0.1
  TOT   44 85 2 14 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 27 .165 .182 .165 .347 1.2 0.1
1959 30 DET AL 27 69 3 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .188 .186 .188 .374 1.8 0.0
1962 33 BSN NL 42 120 2 21 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 35 .175 .174 .183 .357 2.0 0.0
1963 34 SDP NL 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3
1964 35 AAA   2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
15 Years Sim 571 1155 60 187 17 2 4 72 1 1 15 288 .162 .172 .190 .363 22.9 0.4
1 Years AAA 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
162 Game Average 327 17 53 4 0 1 20 0 0 4 81 .162 .172 .190 .363 6.5  
Career Highs 92 120 8 22 4 1 1 11 1 1 3 35 .500 .500 .500 1.000 6.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   750 41 128 13 1 2 50 1 1 8 172 .171 .179 .199 .378 12.1
vs LH   405 19 59 4 1 2 22 0 0 7 116 .146 .159 .175 .335 2.0
Home 285 558 27 92 10 0 2 41 1 1 10 142 .165 .180 .194 .373 8.6
Away 284 597 33 95 7 2 2 31 0 0 5 146 .159 .165 .188 .353 5.5
RISP   295 0 46 3 0 0 63 0 0 3 74 .156 .161 .166 .327 0.8
Close/Late   92 9 20 2 1 2 8 0 0 4 18 .217 .250 .326 .576 7.3
Mar/Apr 63 170 10 26 1 0 1 12 1 0 3 49 .153 .170 .176 .347 1.5
May 79 185 9 34 5 0 0 16 0 0 1 33 .184 .187 .211 .398 3.9
June 83 191 9 21 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 41 .110 .119 .120 .240 -4.7
July 72 200 13 41 4 1 2 11 0 0 0 47 .205 .203 .265 .468 8.5
August 106 226 10 32 3 0 1 13 0 1 5 62 .142 .159 .168 .328 0.4
Sep/Oct 76 183 9 33 2 1 0 12 0 0 4 56 .180 .197 .202 .399 4.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 18 STL NL P 29 29 212.3 8 46 1 4 .982 2.29    
1948 19 STL NL P 41 12 124.0 7 22 1 4 .967 2.10    
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1949 20 STL NL P 37 35 264.0 12 52 2 3 .970 2.18    
1950 21 STL NL P 33 33 237.0 17 45 0 4 1.000 2.35    
1951 22 STL NL P 42 42 305.7 24 56 2 8 .976 2.36    
1952 23 STL NL P 35 35 274.7 16 49 5 1 .929 2.13    
1953 24 STL NL P 35 35 289.0 22 39 3 1 .953 1.90    
1954 25 STL NL P 43 43 339.7 19 60 4 6 .952 2.09    
1955 26 STL NL P 92 8 156.7 10 30 1 4 .976 2.30    
1956 27 STL NL P 10 10 73.0 4 13 1 1 .944 2.10    
  NYG NL P 21 21 163.0 9 29 3 2 .927 2.10    
  TOT   P 31 31 236.0 13 42 4 3 .932 2.10    
1957 28 NYG NL P 32 32 260.0 13 42 4 4 .932 1.90    
1958 29 NYG NL P 21 14 174.7 12 24 0 4 1.000 1.86    
  DET AL P 23 15 79.0 6 11 0 2 1.000 1.94    
  TOT   P 44 29 253.7 18 35 0 6 1.000 1.88    
1959 30 DET AL P 27 24 194.3 10 41 1 4 .981 2.36    
1960 31 BSN NL P 44 0 47.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1962 33 BSN NL P 42 42 345.0 20 59 1 3 .988 2.06    
1963 34 SDP NL P 7 0 9.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1964 35 SDP NL P 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1965 36 SDP NL P 6 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  P 621 430 3554.9 213 627 29 55 .967 2.13    
  RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   622 430 3558.9 214 627 29 55 .967 2.13    
Career Highs   92 43 345.0 24 60 5 8 1.000 9.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1953 24 STL NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 24 10 2 7 8 6.28 .369 .431 .508 .938
1954 25 STL NL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 23.7 23 13 2 9 12 4.95 .258 .327 .416 .742
1955 26 STL NL 2 1 .667 4 4 2 1 0 34.0 32 13 2 11 9 3.44 .260 .321 .407 .727
1956 27 NYG NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 3 2 2 1 16.27 .444 .545 1.111 1.657
1957 28 NYG NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 4 0.00 .125 .125 .125 .250
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 3 .500 14 9 2 1 0 76.3 84 39 8 29 34 4.60 .286 .350 .446 .795
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 24 STL NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1954 25 STL NL 3 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857
1955 26 STL NL 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1952-10-3.54
1953-5-3.43
 Wins
1953-4-21
1954-8-18
 Losses
1949-8-18
1951-3-20
1954-5-17
1959-9-16
1962-2-21
CAR-31-198
 Winning Pct
1953-6-.700
1958-9-.588
 Saves
1948-2-13
1955-4-11
 Games Pitched
1955-1-92
Games Started
1951-7-42
1954-6-43
1962-9-42
 Complete Games
1949-5-14
1950-8-12
1952-8-13
1953-2-18
1954-1-25
1956-10-10
1957-7-15
1959-6-13
1962-8-17
CAR-29-175
 Shutouts
1947-6-2
1956-6-2
1957-4-3
1958-4-2
 Innings Pitched
1954-3-339.7
1962-3-345.0
 Hits Allowed
1951-7-326
1954-3-355
1962-2-366
CAR-43-3689
 Homeruns Allowed
1950-6-28
1954-1-54
1956-6-36
1959-7-36
1962-1-49
CAR-15-431
Walks Allowed
1951-5-151
1954-10-115
 Walks per 9IP
1950-10-3.7
1953-8-2.7
1954-7-3.0
1957-8-2.4
1959-3-1.7
 Hits per 9IP
1947-8-8.6
1952-9-8.6
 WHiP
1952-10-1.34
1953-3-1.24
 OAVG
1947-9-.253
 OOBP
1953-3-.301
OSLG
1952-9-.367
 OOPS
1952-10-.691
1953-9-.676
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 74    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Ray Herbert (888)
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  8. Bert Blyleven (885)
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  1. Ray Herbert (991)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1947
Had first career hit on 5/3/1947, off Larry Jansen (BOS)
Earned first career win on 5/3/1947
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1947, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Injured on 6/8/1950 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 7/10/1951, off Bill Werle (DET)
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
7/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $4,150,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Injured on 10/4/1954 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
Traded from St. Louis to New York (N) on 6/1/1956 (Going to NYG: LF Bob Addis, P Curt Simmons. Going to STL: 2B Frank Bolling, P Fred Hutchinson)
Injured on 6/17/1956 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 9/2/1956 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
3/3/1957: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 7/31/1958 (Going to NYG: P Bob Grim, P Buddy Lively, P Hal Brown. Going to DET: P Ted Abernathy, P Curt Simmons)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to BSN: 3B Willie Jones, P Curt Simmons. Going to DET: P Warren Spahn, P Joe Presko)
Injured on 3/15/1961 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
7/31/1961: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/3/1963 to a 3-year deal worth $800,000 per year
 
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