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Al Simmons

Birthdate:

5/22/1902

Died:

5/26/1956

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Al Simmons was a hitting machine; blasting hits all over the baseball diamond. Simmons was also a great fielder with a powerful throwing arm. Played on the 1929 and 1930 World Champion Philadelphia A's. In 1925, Simmons' second year in the majors he hit .387 with 24 homers and led the league in slugging pct. with .599. In 1927 he batted .392. In 1930, Hall of Famer Al Simmons won the batting title again, hitting .381, scored 152 runs and knocked in 165. In 1931 he hit .390. He knocked in over 100 runs in 12 different seasons. Al Simmons had a .334 lifetime batting average with 2927 hits, crashed 539 doubles, 149 triples, 307 home runs along with 1507 runs scored and had an amazing 1827 RBI's. What a great hitter and excellent fielder; probably one of the best all-around players that ever played the game.

Al Simmons was one of the best all-around right fielders in Baseball History - 1920s-1930s

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
21 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1924	PHA (AL)	152	594	69	183	31	9	8	102	30	60	16	15	0	2	18	0	.308	.343	SLG
1925	PHA (AL)	153	654	122	253	43	12	24	129	35	41	7	14	0	1	6	0	.387	.419	SLG
1926	PHA (AL)	147	583	90	199	53	10	19	109	48	49	11	3	0	1	10	0	.341	.392	SLG
1927	PHA (AL)	106	406	86	159	36	11	15	108	31	30	10	2	0	1	20	0	.392	.436	SLG
1928	PHA (AL)	119	464	78	163	33	9	15	107	31	30	1	4	0	3	11	0	.351	.396	SLG
1929	PHA (AL)	143	581	114	212	41	9	34	157	31	38	4	2	0	1	16	0	.365	.398	SLG
1930	PHA (AL)	138	554	152	211	41	16	36	165	39	34	9	2	0	1	17	0	.381	.423	SLG
1931	PHA (AL)	128	513	105	200	37	13	22	128	47	45	3	3	0	3	0	0	.390	.444	SLG
1932	PHA (AL)	154	670	144	216	28	9	35	151	47	76	4	2	0	1	0	0	.322	.368	SLG
1933	CHW (AL)	146	605	85	200	29	10	14	119	39	49	5	1	0	2	2	0	.331	.373	SLG
1934	CHW (AL)	138	558	102	192	36	7	18	104	53	58	3	2	0	2	0	0	.344	.403	SLG
1935	CHW (AL)	128	525	68	140	22	7	16	79	33	43	4	6	0	2	1	0	.267	.313	SLG
1936	DET (AL)	143	568	96	186	38	6	13	112	49	35	6	4	0	2	1	0	.327	.383	SLG
1937	WSH (AL)	103	419	60	117	21	10	8	84	27	35	3	2	0	4	3	0	.279	.329	SLG
1938	WSH (AL)	125	470	79	142	23	6	21	95	38	40	2	1	0	2	2	0	.302	.357	SLG
1939	BSN (NL)	93	330	39	93	17	5	7	43	22	40	0	0	0	2	4	0	.282	.331	SLG
1939	CIN (NL)	9	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.217	SLG
1940	PHA (AL)	37	81	7	25	4	0	1	19	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.341	SLG
1941	PHA (AL)	9	24	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.160	SLG
1943	BOS (AL)	40	133	9	27	5	0	1	12	8	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.203	.248	SLG
1944	PHA (AL)	4	6	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	SLG
21 years		2215	8759	1507	2927	539	149	307	1827	615	737	88	64	0	30	111	0	.334	.380	.SLG

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