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Curt Simmons
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Birthdate: 5/19/1929    
Height / Weight: 6' 0" / 187 lbs. Place of Birth: Egypt, PA, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

One of the National League's best pitchers during the 1950s- 1960s, Curt Simmons collected 193 wins and posted a career ERA of 3.54 in 569 games despite losing parts of two seasons in the Army Reserves. One of the baseball's first bonus babies, the left-handed Simmons created sensational headline news when at age 21 in 1950 for the Philadelphia Phillies he helped lead them to their first pennant in 35 years by going 17-8, 3.40 ERA. However, with only a few weeks left in the season he was called into the Army Reserves and missed the World Series.

 

Returning to the Phillies after serving in the reserves - In '52, the hard-throwing curve ball specialist went 14-8, 2.82 ERA... in '53 he was 16-13, 3.21 ERA... in '54, he was 14-15, 281 ERA... suffered arm problems in '55 but bounced back with 15-10, 3.36 ERA in '56. In May of 1960, plagued by a sore arm, the three-time All-Star, was unconditionally released by the Phillies. He then signed with the St. Louis Cardinals and by 1963 was one of the team's mainstays. In '63, Simmons posted a 15-9, 2.48 ERA and helped the Cardinals win the NL pennant in '64 with a 18-9, 3.43 ERA. In a career spanning 21 years, Curt Simmons was 193-183, ERA of 3.54, Started 461 Games, 163 GC, only 3313 hits in 3348.3 innings, 1697 strikeouts, 1063 walks, an .259 op/bat/average. baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1947 PHI (NL) 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 9.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 9 0 0 0 1.00
1948 PHI (NL) 31 23 7 13 0 7 0 170.0 169 110 92 8 108 0 86 6 2 0 4.87
1949 PHI (NL) 38 14 4 10 1 2 0 131.1 133 72 67 7 55 0 83 1 1 0 4.59
1950 PHI (NL) 31 27 17 8 1 11 2 214.2 178 93 81 19 88 0 146 3 2 1 3.40
1952 PHI (NL) 28 28 14 8 0 15 6 201.1 170 72 63 11 70 0 141 2 1 1 2.82
1953 PHI (NL) 32 30 16 13 0 19 4 238.0 211 102 85 17 82 0 138 0 3 0 3.21
1954 PHI (NL) 34 33 14 15 1 21 3 253.0 226 101 79 14 98 0 125 2 5 0 2.81
1955 PHI (NL) 25 22 8 8 0 3 0 130.0 148 76 71 15 50 2 58 1 3 0 4.92
1956 PHI (NL) 33 27 15 10 0 14 0 198.0 186 95 74 17 65 7 88 1 3 0 3.36
1957 PHI (NL) 32 29 12 11 0 9 2 212.0 214 92 81 11 50 11 92 2 2 0 3.44
1958 PHI (NL) 29 27 7 14 1 7 1 168.1 196 92 82 11 40 4 78 4 3 1 4.38
1959 PHI (NL) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 16 5 5 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 4.50
1960 STL (NL) 23 17 7 4 0 3 1 152.0 149 50 45 11 31 6 63 3 0 1 2.66
1960 PHI (NL) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 13 8 8 3 6 0 4 0 0 0 18.00
1961 STL (NL) 30 29 9 10 0 6 2 195.2 203 91 68 14 64 6 99 2 4 0 3.13
1962 STL (NL) 31 22 10 10 0 9 4 154.0 167 78 60 18 32 2 74 1 3 0 3.51
1963 STL (NL) 32 32 15 9 0 11 6 232.2 209 82 64 13 48 3 127 3 6 0 2.48
1964 STL (NL) 34 34 18 9 0 12 3 244.0 233 106 93 24 49 1 104 1 5 0 3.43
1965 STL (NL) 34 32 9 15 0 5 0 203.0 229 104 92 19 54 8 96 5 4 0 4.08
1966 CHC (NL) 19 10 4 7 0 3 1 77.1 79 39 35 7 21 3 24 1 1 0 4.07
1966 STL (NL) 10 5 1 1 0 1 0 33.1 35 17 17 3 14 2 14 0 0 0 4.59
1967 CAL (AL) 14 4 2 1 1 1 1 34.2 44 11 10 1 9 3 13 0 2 0 2.60
1967 CHC (NL) 17 14 3 7 0 3 0 82.0 100 54 45 10 23 4 31 1 2 0 4.94
23 years   569 462 193 183 5 163 36 3348.1 3313 1551 1318 255 1063 62 1697 39 53 4 3.54
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1947 PHI (NL) 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 SLG
1948 PHI (NL) 31 51 3 7 0 0 0 4 3 13 0 0 0 1 3 0 .137 .200 SLG
1949 PHI (NL) 39 41 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 .190 SLG
1950 PHI (NL) 34 77 11 12 0 0 0 3 6 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 .156 .217 SLG
1952 PHI (NL) 28 67 4 11 1 0 1 8 6 17 0 0 0 0 5 0 .164 .233 SLG
1953 PHI (NL) 32 93 6 13 1 1 0 3 2 15 1 0 0 1 4 0 .140 .167 SLG
1954 PHI (NL) 38 91 11 16 0 0 0 8 3 20 0 0 0 0 6 0 .176 .202 SLG
1955 PHI (NL) 27 46 5 8 1 1 0 2 1 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 .174 .191 SLG
1956 PHI (NL) 39 72 6 17 3 0 0 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 2 1 .236 .273 SLG
1957 PHI (NL) 38 71 7 17 1 0 0 7 6 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 .239 .299 SLG
1958 PHI (NL) 38 59 4 12 1 0 0 4 1 14 0 0 0 0 3 0 .203 .217 SLG
1959 PHI (NL) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1960 PHI (NL) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1960 STL (NL) 29 47 8 10 1 0 0 1 4 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 .213 .275 SLG
1961 STL (NL) 32 66 9 20 3 0 0 6 8 22 0 0 0 0 3 0 .303 .378 SLG
1962 STL (NL) 31 50 4 8 1 0 0 4 5 11 0 0 0 0 2 1 .160 .232 SLG
1963 STL (NL) 32 81 4 13 2 1 0 5 2 32 1 0 0 0 3 1 .160 .179 SLG
1964 STL (NL) 34 94 6 10 0 0 0 6 4 32 0 0 0 0 8 0 .106 .143 SLG
1965 STL (NL) 34 64 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 30 0 0 0 0 3 0 .47 .47 SLG
1966 STL (NL) 10 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 SLG
1966 CHC (NL) 19 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 1 0 0 3 0 .111 .200 SLG
1967 CHC (NL) 17 28 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .143 SLG
1967 CAL (AL) 14 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 .222 SLG
23 years   609 1135 93 194 19 3 1 76 59 283 2 1 0 2 57 3 .171 .213 .SLG



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