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Al
Simmons		  
Nickname: Bucketfoot
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 22, 1902 in Usa, WI, MILWAUKEE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1934   
All-Star Selections 1930    1931    1934   
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
1930 28 TAM AL $ 5,462,800   67 67 73 44 41 42 86 78 80 24 21 22 87 83 84
1931 29 TAM AL $ 5,462,800   7 7 8 5 4 4 9 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1932 30 NYG NL $ 5,462,800   7 7 8 5 4 4 9 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1933 31 MON NL $ 4,750,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 9 8 9 3 3 3 9 9 9
1934 32 MON NL $ 4,750,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 9 8 9 3 3 3 10 9 9
1935 33 MON NL $ 4,750,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 9 8 9 3 3 3 9 9 9
1936 34 NYG NL $ 5,005,005   7 7 8 5 4 4 9 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1937 35 NYG NL $ 5,005,005   7 7 8 5 4 4 9 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1938 36 DET AL $ 5,005,005   7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 8 3 3 3 9 8 8
1939 37 PIT NL $ 5,005,005   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1940 38 BSN NL $ 970,000   4 4 4 2 1 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 970,000   4 4 4 2 1 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,462,800   67 67 73 44 41 42 86 78 80 24 21 22 87 83 84
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
1930 28 TAM AL 138 551 98 191 45 7 10 101 0 0 39 23 .347 .388 .508 .896 91.7 18.2
1931 29 TAM AL 134 541 77 180 38 5 15 129 0 0 33 18 .333 .370 .505 .875 88.4 18.7
1932 30 TAM AL 83 343 56 92 23 5 2 46 1 0 15 14 .268 .297 .382 .679 35.3 3.2
  NYG NL 47 182 26 58 14 2 3 24 0 0 7 3 .319 .340 .467 .807 25.4 4.5
  TOT   130 525 82 150 37 7 5 70 1 0 22 17 .286 .312 .411 .723 60.7 7.7
1933 31 MON NL 125 299 46 112 27 2 3 58 1 0 14 17 .375 .399 .508 .907 50.4 11.0
1934 32 MON NL 139 425 76 148 22 6 10 83 0 0 29 24 .348 .388 .499 .887 71.3 14.7
1935 33 MON NL 130 302 37 88 17 5 3 43 0 0 16 17 .291 .326 .411 .737 36.1 5.5
1936 34 NYG NL 105 272 52 90 25 6 3 48 0 0 15 16 .331 .361 .500 .861 43.9 8.2
1937 35 NYG NL 108 257 44 82 13 3 7 42 1 1 17 18 .319 .361 .475 .836 38.4 7.7
1938 36 NYG NL 75 141 21 42 11 3 1 25 1 0 9 5 .298 .340 .440 .780 18.9 2.6
  DET AL 49 112 9 25 5 0 1 14 0 0 8 10 .223 .279 .295 .573 8.4 0.0
  TOT   124 253 30 67 16 3 2 39 1 0 17 15 .265 .313 .375 .688 27.3 2.6
1939 37 DET AL 73 239 27 75 19 1 3 40 6 3 12 20 .314 .343 .439 .782 33.7 5.8
    AAA   55 207 32 69 20 1 4 32 6 6 11 16 .333 .367 .498 .865 32.9  
1940 38 BSN NL 62 158 23 49 9 0 2 22 4 1 7 16 .310 .339 .405 .744 19.8 3.2
    AAA   26 58 6 18 2 0 2 8 1 1 3 9 .310 .344 .448 .793 8.4  
11 Years Sim 1268 3822 592 1232 268 45 63 675 14 5 221 201 .322 .357 .465 .823 561.6 103.3
2 Years AAA 81 265 38 87 22 1 6 40 7 7 14 25 .328 .360 .487 .847 41.2  
162 Game Average 488 75 157 34 5 8 86 1 0 28 25 .322 .357 .465 .823 71.8  
Career Highs 139 551 98 191 45 7 15 129 6 3 39 24 .375 .399 .508 .907 91.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1995 328 626 134 17 34 371 9 3 116 101 .314 .349 .449 .799 292.3
vs LH   1827 264 606 134 28 29 304 5 2 105 100 .332 .366 .483 .850 293.6
Home 621 1844 301 615 147 19 36 347 8 2 105 96 .334 .368 .492 .860 302.5
Away 647 1978 291 617 121 26 27 328 6 3 116 105 .312 .348 .440 .788 283.4
RISP   1132 0 387 90 11 23 567 0 0 84 73 .342 .378 .502 .879 197.9
Pinch Hitting   371 61 123 27 4 2 80 1 1 25 30 .332 .371 .442 .813 56.0
Close/Late   511 75 173 39 2 10 109 0 0 44 23 .339 .388 .481 .870 88.1
Mar/Apr 227 721 119 247 60 7 10 129 5 2 39 37 .343 .374 .487 .861 117.9
May 250 747 124 248 45 8 14 145 4 3 46 41 .332 .369 .470 .839 118.9
June 223 657 109 209 48 8 16 118 1 0 40 39 .318 .354 .489 .843 105.2
July 183 536 66 166 35 6 6 76 2 0 28 31 .310 .344 .431 .775 73.9
August 190 552 86 177 39 8 8 102 0 0 34 27 .321 .356 .464 .820 84.5
Sep/Oct 195 609 88 185 41 8 9 105 2 0 34 26 .304 .341 .442 .783 85.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 28 TAM AL CF 85 84 747.3 196 8 2 1 .990 2.46   1.2
    RF 37 37 324.3 91 2 9 0 .912 2.58    
    LF 14 12 111.0 25 3 1 0 .966 2.27    
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1931 29 TAM AL LF 131 128 1156.3 277 8 6 1 .979 2.22   1.0
    CF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1932 30 TAM AL CF 53 51 461.1 123 10 1 1 .993 2.60   1.9
    LF 28 27 241.6 32 5 1 1 .974 1.38   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYG NL CF 30 29 241.2 65 5 1 1 .986 2.61   1.2
    LF 16 16 126.4 16 3 1 0 .950 1.35   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 83 80 702.3 188 15 2 2 .990 2.60   3.1
      LF 44 43 368.0 48 8 2 1 .966 1.37   0.0
      SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1933 31 MON NL LF 58 58 513.0 111 2 2 0 .983 1.98   2.0
    CF 22 0 49.7 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.90    
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1934 32 MON NL LF 59 59 512.7 117 5 5 2 .961 2.14   2.7
    CF 66 36 388.0 93 2 0 1 1.000 2.20    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1935 33 MON NL LF 49 48 416.3 96 5 2 3 .981 2.18   1.8
    CF 61 0 120.7 28 2 0 0 1.000 2.24    
1936 34 NYG NL LF 53 52 469.0 100 4 5 2 .954 2.00   1.4
    CF 6 2 25.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1937 35 NYG NL LF 59 54 470.7 105 6 4 2 .965 2.12   1.4
    CF 5 0 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1938 36 NYG NL 1B 16 15 119.9 154 11 4 17 .976 12.39   0.0
    LF 19 13 113.9 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.5
    CF 11 0 19.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.37   0.0
  DET AL 1B 10 10 95.1 123 9 3 14 .978 12.49   0.3
    LF 13 9 90.4 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.69   0.2
    CF 7 0 15.6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.0
  TOT   1B 26 25 215.0 277 20 7 31 .977 12.43   0.3
      LF 32 22 204.3 58 2 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.7
      CF 18 0 35.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.0
1939 37 DET AL LF 30 30 256.3 48 2 1 2 .980 1.76   0.8
    RF 10 10 80.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.24    
    1B 9 9 79.0 110 6 3 17 .975 13.22   0.1
    CF 20 4 72.0 25 1 2 0 .929 3.25    
1940 38 BSN NL LF 31 29 247.0 49 0 1 0 .980 1.79   0.9
    CF 11 8 69.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.35    
  LF 560 535 4724.6 1034 45 29 13 .974 2.06   12.8
  CF 379 214 2231.3 585 29 6 4 .990 2.48   4.4
  RF 48 47 405.3 102 2 9 0 .920 2.31    
  1B 35 34 294.0 387 26 10 48 .976 12.64   0.4
  SS 4 0 5.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.1
  3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1027 830 7665.2 2109 105 54 66 .976 2.60   17.6
Career Highs   137 133 1187.7 341 23 12 31 .985 7.19    
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
1931 29 TAM AL 10 44 6 20 4 0 1 8 0 0 1 2 .455 .467 .614 1.080
1933 31 MON NL 15 40 10 19 4 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 .475 .488 .650 1.138
1934 32 MON NL 11 28 3 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 .321 .321 .464 .786
1935 33 MON NL 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
1936 34 NYG NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1937 35 NYG NL 9 22 3 5 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 .227 .227 .500 .727
Career Post-Season Batting 52 140 23 54 13 1 3 29 0 0 1 5 .386 .394 .557 .952
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.
Batting Average
1930-6-.347
1931-10-.333
1934-10-.318*
CAR-19-.322
 Doubles
1930-6-45
 RBIs
1931-3-129
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Heinie Manush (951)
  2. Goose Goslin (940)
  3. Earl Averill (934)
  4. Gee Walker (927)
  5. Doug Taitt (921)
  6. Pete Fox (913)
  7. Jimmy Welsh (912)
  8. Buzz Boyle (910)
  9. Red Worthington (906)
  10. Goody Rosen (898)
History
Traded from Atlanta to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1930 (Going to TAM: 1B George Grantham, LF Al Simmons, P George Earnshaw, P George Dumont. Going to ATL: SS Lyn Lary)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off Tommy Bridges (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1930, off Hub Pruett (CAL)
Injured on 5/3/1930 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/15/1930 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/3/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 5/11/1931, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland on 6/5/1931
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Injured on 8/3/1931 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/13/1932 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (G) on 7/15/1932 (Going to TAM: P Pat Malone, P George Grant. Going to NYG: CF Al Simmons, P Ray Phelps, P Roy Sherid, 3B Debs Garms)
7/15/1932: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $4,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from New York (G) to Montreal on 4/6/1933 (Going to MON: LF Al Simmons. Going to NYG: RF Mike Kreevich)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1934, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1934
Signed as a free agent by New York (G) on 2/10/1936 to a 4-year deal worth $5,005,005 per year
Traded from New York (G) to Detroit on 7/31/1938 (Going to NYG: P George Turbeville. Going to DET: LF Al Simmons)
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1939 (Going to PIT: LF Al Simmons, C Ben Huffman, 3B Bob Kennedy. Going to DET: P Dutch Leonard, P Stu Flythe)
Injured on 7/9/1939 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7-8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/9/1940 to a 1-year deal worth $970,000 per year
 
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