Al
Simmons
 
Nickname: Bucketfoot Al
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 22, 1902 in Milwaukee, WI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1926   
Gold Glove Award 1925   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1924 22 PHI NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1925 23 PHI NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1926 24 PHI NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1927 25 PHI NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1928 26 PHI NL $ 3,814,286   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1929 27 PHI NL $ 9,000,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1924 22 PHI NL 115 427 59 146 20 6 11 67 4 2 42 27 .342 .401 .494 .895 73.4 16.1
1925 23 PHI NL 149 598 100 178 35 10 16 100 6 5 51 45 .298 .352 .470 .822 90.7 12.8
1926 24 PHI NL 146 573 100 174 48 14 16 97 4 3 49 34 .304 .353 .520 .873 92.2 21.2
1927 25 PHI NL 145 481 69 125 26 5 19 77 4 2 41 44 .260 .315 .453 .768 65.2 9.5
1928 26 PHI NL 149 572 82 151 46 2 11 63 0 0 40 22 .264 .311 .409 .720 60.7 7.3
1929 27 PHI NL 132 417 67 119 23 8 15 66 1 1 36 25 .285 .341 .487 .827 62.9 11.0
6 Years Sim 836 3068 477 893 198 45 88 470 19 13 259 197 .291 .344 .471 .815 445.2 77.9
162 Game Average 594 92 173 38 8 17 91 3 2 50 38 .291 .344 .471 .815 86.3  
Career Highs 149 598 100 178 48 14 19 100 6 5 51 45 .342 .401 .520 .895 92.2  
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   2366 369 683 159 29 73 354 16 9 192 152 .289 .340 .473 .813 364.5
vs LH   702 108 210 39 16 15 116 3 4 67 45 .299 .359 .464 .823 111.1
Home 414 1473 252 443 102 18 51 238 9 10 126 105 .301 .353 .498 .851 244.0
Away 422 1595 225 450 96 27 37 232 10 3 133 92 .282 .336 .446 .782 231.6
RISP   795 0 229 52 7 35 364 0 0 107 61 .288 .362 .503 .865 144.7
Pinch Hitting   94 12 30 8 0 4 12 0 1 5 7 .319 .356 .532 .888 15.8
Close/Late   323 49 96 19 3 10 39 0 0 43 21 .297 .379 .467 .846 56.0
Mar/Apr 98 399 68 127 24 6 11 63 2 2 20 26 .318 .348 .491 .840 62.8
May 167 614 99 193 45 7 18 99 3 1 55 37 .314 .369 .498 .868 105.6
June 156 589 106 181 41 6 21 91 6 4 52 32 .307 .360 .504 .864 100.8
July 135 482 70 132 37 10 11 76 5 1 47 34 .274 .335 .461 .796 72.8
August 140 502 78 148 31 12 14 74 0 3 33 35 .295 .337 .488 .825 76.7
Sep/Oct 140 482 56 112 20 4 13 67 3 2 52 33 .232 .306 .371 .677 56.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1924 22 PHI NL LF 109 107 930.3 195 14 1 4 .995 2.02   1.0
    CF 3 0 6.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.11    
1925 23 PHI NL LF 145 143 1300.0 315 10 12 3 .964 2.25   4.7
    CF 4 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1926 24 PHI NL CF 141 140 1240.7 367 9 9 5 .977 2.73   8.3
    LF 5 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1927 25 PHI NL CF 109 105 940.0 276 9 9 1 .969 2.73   3.4
    LF 33 0 71.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 3.14    
1928 26 PHI NL CF 143 141 1229.7 373 10 11 1 .972 2.80   5.4
    LF 2 0 4.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79    
1929 27 PHI NL LF 84 64 597.7 144 4 8 2 .949 2.23   3.0
    CF 37 28 268.3 91 4 1 1 .990 3.19    
    SS 1 0 5.7 3 3 0 1 1.000 9.54   0.1
  CF 437 414 3690.0 1117 32 30 8 .975 2.80   17.0
  LF 378 314 2910.3 684 28 21 9 .971 2.20   8.7
  SS 1 0 5.7 3 3 0 1 1.000 9.54   0.1
Career Totals   816 728 6606.0 1804 63 51 18 .973 2.54   25.8
Career Highs   149 143 1305.0 376 14 12 5 .995 2.81    
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
1926 24 PHI NL 8 32 7 14 7 1 1 9 0 0 3 2 .438 .486 .813 1.298
Career Post-Season Batting 8 32 7 14 7 1 1 9 0 0 3 2 .438 .486 .813 1.298
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
1926-10-.304
Slugging Pct
1926-2-.520
CAR-11-.471
OPS
1926-6-.873
CAR-28-.815
XR
1926-7-92.2
Games
1925-3-149
1928-8-149
At-Bats
1925-2-598
1926-4-573
1928-4-572
Runs
1925-9-100
1926-5-100
Hits
1925-6-178
1926-5-174
Total Bases
1925-6-281
1926-1-298
Doubles
1925-6-35
1926-1-48
1928-1-46
Triples
1926-6-14
Homeruns
1926-6-16
1927-8-19
1929-8-15
CAR-34-88
RBIs
1925-9-100
1926-4-97
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  4. Freddy Leach (910)
  5. Joe Connolly (910)
  6. Jigger Statz (909)
  7. Bill Terry (906)
  8. Bob Fothergill (903)
  9. Ed Delahanty (900)
  10. Bobby Veach (899)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 53rd overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1917
Injured on 3/21/1920 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1924
Had first career hit (double) on 4/15/1924, off Syl Johnson (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1924, off Syl Johnson (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1924, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1924, hitting .567 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 7/6/1924 with a Fractured Knee, out for 6 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 7/18/1925
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1925
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/1926, hitting .577 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/9/1926, hitting .483 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1926, hitting .345 with 3 HR, 26 RBI
Injured on 10/9/1926 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1926