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Al Simmons
Aloysius Harry Simmons (Bucketfoot Al)
born Aloys Szymanski
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 22, 1902 in Milwaukee, WI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1924
Final Game: July 1, 1944
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1953 (199/264 ballots).
Died: May 26, 1956 in Milwaukee, WI
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1924 22 PHA AL 152 644 594 69 183 31 9 8 102 16 15 30 60 .308 .343 .431 .774 98 256 2 18 *O MVP-11
1925 23 PHA AL 153 696 654 122 253 43 12 24 129 7 14 35 41 .387 .419 .599 1.018 149 392 1 6 *O MVP-2
1926 24 PHA AL 147 642 583 90 199 53 10 19 109 11 3 48 49 .341 .392 .564 .957 142 329 1 10 *O MVP-5
1927 25 PHA AL 106 458 406 86 159 36 11 15 108 10 2 31 30 .392 .436 .645 1.081 171 262 1 20 *O MVP-4
1928 26 PHA AL 119 509 464 78 163 33 9 15 107 1 4 31 30 .351 .396 .558 .954 145 259 3 11 *O
1929 27 PHA AL 143 629 581 114 212 41 9 34 157 4 2 31 38 .365 .398 .642 1.040 159 373 1 16 *O
1930 28 PHA AL 138 611 554 152 211 41 16 36 165 9 2 39 34 .381 .423 .708 1.130 176 392 1 17 *O
1931 29 PHA AL 128 563 513 105 200 37 13 22 128 3 3 47 45 .390 .444 .641 1.085 176 329 3 0 *O MVP-3
1932 30 PHA AL 154 718 670 144 216 28 9 35 151 4 2 47 76 .322 .368 .548 .915 130 367 1 0 *O MVP-9
1933 31 CHW AL 146 648 605 85 200 29 10 14 119 5 1 39 49 .331 .373 .481 .854 129 291 2 2 *O AS,MVP-8
1934 32 CHW AL 138 613 558 102 192 36 7 18 104 3 2 53 58 .344 .403 .530 .933 136 296 2 0 *O AS,MVP-11
1935 33 CHW AL 128 561 525 68 140 22 7 16 79 4 6 33 43 .267 .313 .427 .739 88 224 2 1 *O AS
1936 34 DET AL 143 620 568 96 186 38 6 13 112 6 4 49 35 .327 .383 .484 .867 113 275 2 1 *O/3
1937 35 WSH AL 103 453 419 60 117 21 10 8 84 3 2 27 35 .279 .329 .434 .763 94 182 4 3 O
1938 36 WSH AL 125 512 470 79 142 23 6 21 95 2 1 38 40 .302 .357 .511 .868 121 240 2 2 *O
1939 37 TOT NL 102 381 351 39 96 17 5 7 44 0 24 43 .274 .324 .410 .734 102 144 13 2 4 O
1939 37 BSN NL 93 358 330 39 93 17 5 7 43 0 22 40 .282 .331 .427 .758 108 141 13 2 4 O
1939 37 CIN NL 9 23 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .143 .217 .143 .360 -2 3 0 0 0 /O
1940 38 PHA AL 37 85 81 7 25 4 0 1 19 0 0 4 8 .309 .341 .395 .736 92 32 4 0 0 O
1941 39 PHA AL 9 25 24 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .125 .160 .167 .327 -13 4 2 0 0 /O
1943 41 BOS AL 40 141 133 9 27 5 0 1 12 0 1 8 21 .203 .248 .263 .511 48 35 3 0 0 O
1944 42 PHA AL 4 6 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 187 3 1 0 0 /O
20 Seasons 2215 9515 8759 1507 2927 539 149 307 1827 88 64 615 737 .334 .380 .535 .915 132 4685 23 30 111
162 Game Avg. 162 696 641 110 214 39 11 22 134 6 45 54 .334 .380 .535 .915 132 343 2 8
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHA (12 yrs) 1290 5586 5130 969 1827 348 98 209 1178 65 47 344 413 .356 .398 .584 .983 147 2998 7 14 98
CHW (3 yrs) 412 1822 1688 255 532 87 24 48 302 12 9 125 150 .315 .364 .480 .845 118 811 6 3
WSH (2 yrs) 228 965 889 139 259 44 16 29 179 5 3 65 75 .291 .344 .475 .818 108 422 6 5
BSN (1 yr) 93 358 330 39 93 17 5 7 43 0 22 40 .282 .331 .427 .758 108 141 13 2 4
BOS (1 yr) 40 141 133 9 27 5 0 1 12 0 1 8 21 .203 .248 .263 .511 48 35 3 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 9 23 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .143 .217 .143 .360 -2 3 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 143 620 568 96 186 38 6 13 112 6 4 49 35 .327 .383 .484 .867 113 275 2 1
AL (19 yrs) 2113 9134 8408 1468 2831 522 144 300 1783 88 64 591 694 .337 .382 .540 .922 133 4541 10 28 107
NL (1 yr) 102 381 351 39 96 17 5 7 44 0 24 43 .274 .324 .410 .734 102 144 13 2 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 27 PHA AL WS CHC W 5 22 20 6 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 4 .300 .318 .650 .968 13 0 0 0 1 0
1930 28 PHA AL WS STL W 6 24 22 4 8 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 .364 .417 .727 1.144 16 1 0 0 0 1
1931 29 PHA AL WS STL L 7 30 27 4 9 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 3 .333 .400 .630 1.030 17 1 0 0 0 0
1939 37 CIN NL WS NYY L 1 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 19 80 73 15 24 6 0 6 17 0 0 6 9 .329 .375 .658 1.033 48 2 0 0 1 1
4 WS 19 80 73 15 24 6 0 6 17 0 0 6 9 .329 .375 .658 1.033 48 2 0 0 1 1

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1924 PHA AL 22 OF 152 417 390 17 10 4 .976 2.68 .970 2.27 51-101-0 MVP-11
1925 PHA AL 23 OF 153 471 447 8 16 2 .966 2.97 .965 2.27 0-153-0 MVP-2
1926 PHA AL 24 OF 147 353 333 11 9 5 .975 2.34 .966 2.23 0-147-0 MVP-5
1927 PHA AL 25 OF 105 261 247 10 4 2 .985 2.45 .963 2.22 10-94-1 MVP-4
1928 PHA AL 26 OF 114 244 231 10 3 2 .988 2.11 .973 2.22 114-0-0
1929 PHA AL 27 OF 142 372 349 19 4 2 .989 2.59 .965 2.28 142-0-0
1930 PHA AL 28 OF 136 288 275 10 3 1 .990 2.10 .964 2.16 129-7-0
1931 PHA AL 29 OF 128 301 287 10 4 0 .987 2.32 .968 2.25 125-3-0 MVP-3
1932 PHA AL 30 OF 154 305 290 9 6 4 .980 1.94 .967 2.28 154-1-0 MVP-9
1933 CHW AL 31 OF 145 391 372 15 4 1 .990 2.67 .969 2.21 144-1-0 AS,MVP-8
1934 CHW AL 32 OF 138 304 286 14 4 3 .987 2.17 .967 2.16 136-2-0 AS,MVP-11
1935 CHW AL 33 OF 126 361 349 5 7 1 .981 2.81 .970 2.30 11-115-0 AS
1936 DET AL 34 OF 138 365 352 8 5 1 .986 2.61 .967 2.29 7-134-0
1936 DET AL 34 1B 1 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 .992 9.70
1937 WSH AL 35 OF 102 251 240 7 4 5 .984 2.42 .969 2.28 98-4-0
1938 WSH AL 36 OF 117 240 232 4 4 1 .983 2.02 .972 2.28 112-8-0
1939 TOT NL 37 OF 87 184 172 8 4 2 .978 2.07 .975 2.17 86-1-0
1939 BSN NL 37 OF 82 168 158 7 3 2 .982 2.01 .975 2.17 81-1-0
1939 CIN NL 37 OF 5 16 14 1 1 0 .938 3.00 .975 2.16 5-0-0
1940 PHA AL 38 OF 18 54 51 1 2 0 .963 2.89 .970 2.32 18-0-0
1941 PHA AL 39 OF 5 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.20 .975 2.32 5-0-0
1943 BOS AL 41 OF 33 70 66 3 1 1 .986 2.09 .977 2.39 33-0-0
1944 PHA AL 42 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.35 2-0-0
20 Seasons OF 2142 5251 4988 169 94 37 .982 2.41 .968 2.25 1377-771-1
1 Season 1B 1 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 .992 9.70
20 Seasons TOT 2143 5263 5000 169 94 38 .982 2.41 .950 2.25 1377-771-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933 (CF)
1934 (CF)
1935 (CF)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1924-AL-11-11%
1925-AL-2-64%
1926-AL-5-25%
1927-AL-4-28%
1931-AL-3-64%
1932-AL-9-16%
1933-AL-8-24%
1934-AL-11-11%
2.43 Career Shares (61st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1925 AL--.387--3rd
1926 AL--.341--9th
1927 AL--.392--2nd
1928 AL--.351--4th
1929 AL--.365--2nd
1930 AL--.381--1st
1931 AL--.390--1st
1932 AL--.322--8th
1933 AL--.331--4th
1934 AL--.344--4th
Career--.334--23rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1925 AL--.419--9th
1927 AL--.436--6th
1930 AL--.423--7th
1931 AL--.444--4th
1934 AL--.403--10th
Career--.380--167th

Slugging % s c a p y
1925 AL--.599--2nd
1926 AL--.564--2nd
1927 AL--.645--3rd
1928 AL--.558--5th
1929 AL--.642--2nd
1930 AL--.708--3rd
1931 AL--.641--3rd
1932 AL--.548--5th
1933 AL--.481--9th
1934 AL--.530--9th
Career--.535--41st

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1925 AL--1.018--4th
1926 AL--.957--6th
1927 AL--1.081--4th
1928 AL--.954--6th
1929 AL--1.040--3rd
1930 AL--1.130--3rd
1931 AL--1.085--3rd
1932 AL--.915--7th
1933 AL--.854--10th
1934 AL--.933--9th
Career--.915--53rd

Games Played s c a p y
1925 AL--153--6th
1932 AL--154--2nd
Career--2215--119th

At Bats s c a p y
1924 AL--594--7th
1925 AL--654--1st
1926 AL--583--10th
1929 AL--581--10th
1932 AL--670--1st
1933 AL--605--5th
Career--8759--78th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1925 AL--696--5th
1932 AL--718--1st
Career--9515--105th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1925 AL--122--2nd
1929 AL--114--9th
1930 AL--152--1st
1932 AL--144--2nd
Career--1507--64th

Hits s c a p y
1925 AL--253--1st
1926 AL--199--4th
1929 AL--212--3rd
1930 AL--211--3rd
1931 AL--200--3rd
1932 AL--216--1st
1933 AL--200--4th
1934 AL--192--8th
Career--2927--35th

Total Bases s c a p y
1925 AL--392--1st
1926 AL--329--2nd
1927 AL--262--10th
1928 AL--259--9th
1929 AL--373--1st
1930 AL--392--2nd
1931 AL--329--4th
1932 AL--367--3rd
1933 AL--291--5th
1934 AL--296--8th
Career--4685--34th

Doubles s c a p y
1925 AL--43--2nd
1926 AL--53--2nd
1929 AL--41--7th
1930 AL--41--9th
1931 AL--37--9th
Career--539--29th

Triples s c a p y
1924 AL--9--10th
1925 AL--12--7th
1927 AL--11--7th
1930 AL--16--4th
1931 AL--13--6th
Career--149--52nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1925 AL--24--4th
1926 AL--19--2nd
1927 AL--15--5th
1928 AL--15--5th
1929 AL--34--3rd
1930 AL--36--5th
1931 AL--22--6th
1932 AL--35--3rd
1933 AL--14--9th
1934 AL--18--9th
Career--307--113th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1924 AL--102--9th
1925 AL--129--3rd
1926 AL--109--5th
1927 AL--108--6th
1928 AL--107--5th
1929 AL--157--1st
1930 AL--165--2nd
1931 AL--128--4th
1932 AL--151--2nd
1933 AL--119--3rd
1934 AL--104--9th
Career--1827--17th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1924 AL--60--2nd
1926 AL--49--8th
1932 AL--76--3rd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1924 AL--16--9th

Singles s c a p y
1924 AL--135--9th
1925 AL--174--3rd
1929 AL--128--10th
1931 AL--128--10th
1932 AL--144--2nd
1933 AL--147--3rd
1934 AL--131--7th
Career--1932--58th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1925 AL--149--7th
1926 AL--142--6th
1927 AL--171--4th
1928 AL--145--7th
1929 AL--159--5th
1930 AL--176--3rd
1931 AL--176--3rd
1932 AL--130--9th
1933 AL--129--8th
1934 AL--136--10th
Career--132--138th

Runs Created s c a p y
1925 AL--157--1st
1926 AL--130--3rd
1927 AL--115--6th
1928 AL--100--9th
1929 AL--148--1st
1930 AL--166--3rd
1931 AL--144--3rd
1932 AL--134--5th
1933 AL--109--6th
1934 AL--118--7th
Career--1789--36th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1925 AL--45--4th
1926 AL--34--6th
1927 AL--41--4th
1928 AL--29--6th
1929 AL--47--5th
1930 AL--61--3rd
1931 AL--56--3rd
1932 AL--26--10th
1934 AL--29--10th
Career--377--79th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1925 AL--4.2--4th
1926 AL--3.2--6th
1927 AL--3.9--4th
1928 AL--2.8--5th
1929 AL--4.4--5th
1930 AL--5.5--3rd
1931 AL--5.2--3rd
1932 AL--2.4--10th
1934 AL--2.7--10th
Career--35.0--90th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1925 AL--79--1st
1926 AL--82--2nd
1927 AL--62--7th
1928 AL--57--8th
1929 AL--84--1st
1930 AL--93--2nd
1931 AL--72--6th
1932 AL--72--5th
Career--995--34th

Times On Base s c a p y
1925 AL--289--2nd
1930 AL--251--10th
1932 AL--264--7th
Career--3572--85th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1925 AL--.772--4th
1926 AL--.757--4th
1927 AL--.827--4th
1928 AL--.742--5th
1929 AL--.789--3rd
1930 AL--.823--3rd
1931 AL--.840--2nd
1932 AL--.696--6th
1933 AL--.680--6th
1934 AL--.726--8th
Career--.700--72nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1924 AL--15--3rd
1925 AL--14--5th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1924 AL--10.7--10th
1925 AL--10.8--8th
1926 AL--13.9--3rd
1927 AL--12.0--6th
1930 AL--14.4--7th
Career--136.8--212th

AB per HR s c a p y
1925 AL--27.250--5th
1926 AL--30.684--3rd
1927 AL--27.067--4th
1928 AL--30.933--5th
1929 AL--17.088--4th
1930 AL--15.389--4th
1931 AL--23.318--5th
1932 AL--19.143--4th
1934 AL--31.000--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1924 AL--444--6th
1932 AL--456--3rd
Career--6030--129th

Oldest s c a p y
1939 NL--born 1902-05-22--10th
1940 AL--born 1902-05-22--6th
1941 AL--born 1902-05-22--4th
1943 AL--born 1902-05-22--3rd
1944 AL--born 1902-05-22--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (117), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 145 (44), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 216 (31), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 63 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 15, 1923: Traded by Milwaukee (American Association) to the Philadelphia Athletics for Wid Matthews, Beauty McGowan, Heinie Scheer and $40,000.

September 28, 1932: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.

December 10, 1935: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Chicago White Sox for $75,000.

April 4, 1937: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Detroit Tigers for $15,000.

December 29, 1938: Purchased by the Boston Bees from the Washington Senators for $3,000.

August 31, 1939: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Bees.

October 19, 1939: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

December 8, 1939: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

February 2, 1943: Sent from ??? to the Boston Red Sox in an unknown transaction.

October 15, 1943: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

April 15, 1944: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

June 15, 1945: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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