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Duke
Sims		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: June 5, 1941 in Usa, UT, SALT LAKE CIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967    1976    1977   
All-Star Selections 1972    1973   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 23 WAS NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 5 5 5
1965 24 WAS NL     5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6
1966 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 5
1967 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 9 8 5 5 5
1968 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 5 5 5
1969 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
1970 29 BOS AL $ 1,390,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 9 5 6 5
1971 30 DET AL $ 2,435,714   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 6 5
1972 31 DET AL $ 2,435,714   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 6 6 6
1973 32 DET AL $ 5,190,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 6 6 6
1974 33 DET AL $ 5,190,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 6 6 6
1975 34 DET AL $ 5,190,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 6 6 6
1976 35 KCR AL $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 5 6 6
1977 36 KCR AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1978 37 BAL AL     2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,190,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 9 6 6 6
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
1964 23 AA   137 478 82 139 23 1 37 86 3 4 122 85 .291 .435 .575 1.010 118.1  
1965 24 AAA   28 105 12 23 4 1 6 23 0 0 9 18 .219 .281 .448 .728 13.7  
    AA   109 382 61 108 18 0 28 60 0 0 75 71 .283 .400 .550 .950 83.5  
1966 25 WAS NL 60 172 17 33 2 1 5 22 1 0 18 47 .192 .267 .302 .569 14.3 0.9
    AAA   69 230 34 67 13 0 19 53 0 0 40 50 .291 .396 .596 .992 52.2  
1967 26 WAS NL 32 70 6 16 2 0 3 5 0 0 9 19 .229 .325 .386 .711 9.3 1.5
  NYG NL 16 44 7 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 5 12 .205 .286 .318 .604 4.0 0.4
  TOT   48 114 13 25 4 0 4 10 0 0 14 31 .219 .310 .360 .670 13.2 1.9
1968 27 NYG NL 70 212 31 44 3 0 10 33 0 1 23 62 .208 .293 .363 .656 23.2 2.8
1969 28 NYG NL 91 222 42 59 8 2 14 40 0 0 24 47 .266 .348 .509 .857 38.4 7.0
1970 29 BOS AL 140 482 84 119 15 1 27 73 0 0 60 117 .247 .336 .450 .787 72.9 15.0
1971 30 BOS AL 52 156 23 33 6 0 4 17 0 0 29 35 .212 .342 .327 .669 19.2 2.9
  DET AL 49 166 29 39 7 1 8 25 0 1 26 49 .235 .344 .434 .777 24.9 4.5
  TOT   101 322 52 72 13 1 12 42 0 1 55 84 .224 .343 .382 .725 44.1 7.4
1972 31 DET AL 145 510 93 149 28 2 28 109 1 3 78 98 .292 .390 .520 .910 96.4 20.5
1973 32 DET AL 143 428 67 126 28 2 21 89 0 0 69 77 .294 .394 .516 .910 84.9 16.9
1974 33 DET AL 145 522 82 124 17 3 24 100 0 1 67 83 .238 .333 .420 .752 75.4 11.3
1975 34 DET AL 154 582 77 150 26 2 30 95 0 0 53 91 .258 .325 .464 .789 85.3 12.8
1976 35 KCR AL 127 411 67 95 9 3 12 62 1 2 60 74 .231 .330 .355 .685 54.0 6.5
1977 36 KCR AL 105 368 55 92 11 3 10 51 1 0 48 73 .250 .337 .378 .715 47.0 6.7
1978 37 KCR AL 28 94 14 21 3 0 1 6 0 0 10 20 .223 .302 .287 .589 8.3 0.4
  BAL AL 29 83 4 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 21 .157 .213 .157 .370 1.0 0.0
  TOT   57 177 18 34 3 0 1 11 0 0 16 41 .192 .262 .226 .488 9.3 0.4
13 Years Sim 1386 4522 698 1122 167 20 198 737 4 8 585 925 .248 .339 .425 .764 658.4 110.2
2 Years AAA 97 335 46 90 17 1 25 76 0 0 49 68 .269 .358 .549 .907 65.9  
2 Years AA 246 860 143 247 41 1 65 146 3 4 197 156 .287 .425 .564 .989 201.6  
4 Years Minors 343 1195 189 337 58 2 90 222 3 4 246 224 .282 .407 .560 .967 267.5  
162 Game Average 528 81 131 19 2 23 86 0 0 68 108 .248 .339 .425 .764 77.0  
Career Highs 154 582 93 150 28 3 30 109 1 3 78 117 .294 .394 .520 .910 96.4  
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   3374 545 871 124 16 152 571 3 7 444 635 .258 .349 .440 .789 523.3
vs LH   1148 153 251 43 4 46 166 1 1 141 290 .219 .308 .383 .691 142.0
Home 652 2136 324 526 78 8 96 339 3 5 268 444 .246 .335 .425 .760 310.2
Away 734 2386 374 596 89 12 102 398 1 3 317 481 .250 .343 .425 .768 355.1
RISP   1163 0 325 50 5 72 552 0 0 170 234 .279 .369 .517 .886 221.2
Pinch Hitting   157 23 33 5 0 4 22 0 0 22 31 .210 .322 .318 .641 16.9
Close/Late   555 77 135 20 2 21 78 0 0 86 121 .243 .350 .400 .750 81.6
Mar/Apr 220 767 114 187 27 0 31 126 0 3 82 139 .244 .321 .400 .722 99.8
May 231 753 120 210 37 6 36 132 0 1 110 150 .279 .377 .487 .865 135.2
June 217 731 124 190 23 1 32 117 0 1 97 144 .260 .349 .425 .775 111.4
July 193 612 103 149 29 5 31 97 2 1 71 135 .243 .326 .459 .785 92.5
August 260 787 117 184 29 4 30 113 1 0 112 171 .234 .333 .395 .729 109.1
Sep/Oct 265 872 120 202 22 4 38 152 1 2 113 186 .232 .326 .397 .722 117.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1966 25 WAS NL C 56 51 450.7 268 24 1 0 .997 5.83 43 15 .349 0 2.4
    RF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 26 WAS NL C 25 19 161.6 95 4 1 0 .990 5.51 15 3 .200 0 0.8
    RF 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL C 12 10 99.0 58 3 1 0 .984 5.55 9 2 .222 0 0.3
    RF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 37 29 260.6 153 7 2 0 .988 5.53 24 5 .208 0 1.1
      RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1968 27 NYG NL C 62 54 492.3 279 22 3 1 .990 5.50 34 11 .324 3 2.2
1969 28 NYG NL C 45 42 364.7 216 17 2 0 .991 5.75 30 10 .333 0 2.4
    RF 21 6 77.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.44 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 29 BOS AL C 106 95 867.7 603 43 3 1 .995 6.70 81 23 .284 1 5.2
    RF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 30 BOS AL C 48 44 377.1 268 17 1 0 .997 6.80 38 12 .316 1 2.3
    RF 2 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL C 45 41 393.2 280 18 2 1 .993 6.82 40 12 .300 1 3.9
    RF 2 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.19 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 93 85 770.3 548 35 3 1 .995 6.81 78 24 .308 2 6.2
      RF 4 0 8.4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
1972 31 DET AL C 131 130 1181.7 710 56 8 0 .990 5.83 107 32 .299 1 4.1
    RF 11 2 41.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 32 DET AL C 130 103 969.0 559 39 3 2 .995 5.55 97 26 .268 2 3.7
    RF 7 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 33 DET AL RF 130 130 1129.7 251 3 9 2 .966 2.02 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    C 16 13 123.7 83 6 0 0 1.000 6.48 17 2 .118 0 0.9
1975 34 DET AL RF 148 147 1317.7 289 9 10 2 .968 2.04 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 35 KCR AL C 120 110 999.3 727 35 10 2 .987 6.86 100 19 .190 1 1.7
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 36 KCR AL C 102 100 873.7 511 39 3 1 .995 5.67 76 23 .303 0 3.4
    RF 4 0 11.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 37 KCR AL C 24 23 222.7 123 5 1 0 .992 5.17 16 3 .188 0 0.5
  BAL AL C 25 23 185.3 103 5 1 0 .991 5.25 14 3 .214 0 1.3
  C 949 858 7768.5 4886 333 40 8 .992 6.05 717 196 .273 10 35.2
  RF 333 285 2616.4 578 12 19 4 .969 2.03 0 0 .000 0 4.7
  LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1284 1144 10394.9 5467 345 59 12 .990 5.03 717 196 .273 10 39.9
Career Highs   151 148 1333.7 728 56 10 2 .997 6.85 107 32 .349 3  
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
1968 27 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 31 DET AL 10 48 4 9 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 9 .188 .235 .250 .485
1976 35 KCR AL 13 36 6 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 11 9 .222 .404 .361 .765
1977 36 KCR AL 4 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .333 .500 .333 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 28 91 10 19 2 0 2 11 0 1 16 19 .209 .327 .297 .624
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1972-7-.390
1973-10-.394
 Slugging Pct
1972-3-.520
1973-5-.516
 OPS
1972-3-.910
1973-2-.910
 XR
1972-8-96.4
 Runs
1972-7-93
 Total Bases
1972-9-265
1975-9-270
Homeruns
1970-7-27
1972-5-28
1975-3-30
 RBIs
1972-7-109
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Roy Campanella (957)
  2. Andy Seminick (932)
  3. Tim Hosley (928)
  4. Bill Sudakis (923)
  5. Billy Bryan (923)
  6. Johnny Romano (917)
  7. Brian Downing (907)
  8. Paul Gillespie (884)
  9. Earl Battey (881)
  10. Walker Cooper (879)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Washington in 1964
Injured on 4/11/1966 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 7/6/1966, off Al Jackson (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 7/19/1966, off Cecil Butler (BSN)
Injured on 4/22/1967 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Washington to New York (N) on 7/31/1967 (Going to NYG: C Duke Sims, P Dick Kelley. Going to WAS: 1B Ted Kazanski)
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (A), driving in 8 runs on 4/25/1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,390,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 4/2/1970 (Going to NYG: P Von Mcdaniel. Going to BOS: C Duke Sims)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 5/11/1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/6/1971 with a Fractured Hip, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from Boston (A) to Detroit on 7/1/1971 (Going to DET: C Duke Sims, P Joe Hoerner. Going to BOS: C Dick Brown, DH Dick Stuart, C Larry Howard, 3B Nelson Mathews, P Tommie Sisk)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Toronto on 5/31/1972
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1972, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1972, hitting .364 with 8 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
10/22/1972: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,190,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 4/15/1973
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Injured on 7/13/1974 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 9/23/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1975, hitting .452 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 9/2/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1975, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
10/13/1975: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 3/3/1976 (Going to DET: P Larry Hardy. Going to KCR: RF Duke Sims, P Dave Boswell)
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 5/27/1976
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
Traded from Kansas City to Baltimore on 7/31/1978 (Going to KCR: CF Norm Miller. Going to BAL: C Duke Sims, 2B Mike Ramsey)
Released by Baltimore on 10/29/1978
 
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