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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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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

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
1947 BBWAA ( 3.7%)
1948 BBWAA (49.6%)
1949 BBWAA (58.2%)
1949 Run Off (40.6%)
1950 BBWAA (53.6%)
1951 BBWAA (51.3%)
1952 BBWAA (60.3%)
1953 BBWAA (75.4%)
Selected to HOF in 1953 by BBWAA

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 (62nd)

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 (120th)

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 (6th)
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  34.9 (93rd)

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  .824 (3rd)
1931 AL  .840 (2nd)
1932 AL  .696 (6th)
1933 AL  .680 (6th)
1934 AL  .726 (8th)
Career  .700 (73rd)

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  27.3 (5th)
1926 AL  30.7 (3rd)
1927 AL  27.1 (4th)
1928 AL  30.9 (5th)
1929 AL  17.1 (4th)
1930 AL  15.4 (4th)
1931 AL  23.3 (5th)
1932 AL  19.1 (4th)
1934 AL  31.0 (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

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Black InkBatting - 23 (85), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 215 (32), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 228 (30), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 63 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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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