Curt Simmons
Curtis Thomas Simmons
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: May 19, 1929 in Egypt, PA
High School: Whitehall (Whitehall, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1947
Final Game: October 1, 1967
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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 Awards
1947 PHI NL 18 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90
1948 PHI NL 19 P 31 40 4 34 2 4 .950 1.23 .962 0.91
1949 PHI NL 20 P 38 29 5 22 2 0 .931 0.71 .955 0.91
1950 PHI NL 21 P 31 44 12 32 0 2 1.000 1.42 .959 0.97 MVP-16
1952 PHI NL 23 P 28 28 3 25 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 0.98 AS
1953 PHI NL 24 P 32 35 3 30 2 2 .943 1.03 .957 0.87 AS
1954 PHI NL 25 P 34 33 253.0 42 6 33 3 1 .929 1.39 1.15 .962 2.07 0.87
1955 PHI NL 26 P 25 22 130.0 26 8 17 1 1 .962 1.73 1.00 .950 2.04 0.83
1956 PHI NL 27 P 33 27 198.0 40 4 35 1 3 .975 1.77 1.18 .965 2.05 0.83
1957 PHI NL 28 P 32 29 212.0 34 8 26 0 0 1.000 1.44 1.06 .962 2.06 0.82 AS
1958 PHI NL 29 P 29 27 168.1 37 14 21 2 1 .946 1.87 1.21 .957 1.97 0.77
1959 PHI NL 30 P 7 0 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.29 .950 1.98 0.81
1960 TOT NL 31 P 27 19 156.0 38 7 30 1 5 .974 2.13 1.37 .963 2.09 0.87
1960 PHI NL 31 P 4 2 4.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75 0.75 .967 2.02 0.88
1960 STL NL 31 P 23 17 152.0 35 6 28 1 4 .971 2.01 1.48 .963 2.09 0.87
1961 STL NL 32 P 30 29 195.2 43 6 36 1 4 .977 1.93 1.40 .958 2.18 0.88
1962 STL NL 33 P 31 22 154.0 33 6 26 1 2 .970 1.87 1.03 .945 2.07 0.82
1963 STL NL 34 P 32 32 232.2 35 12 23 0 0 1.000 1.35 1.09 .949 2.06 0.84
1964 STL NL 35 P 34 34 244.0 59 12 45 2 0 .966 2.10 1.68 .953 2.14 0.84
1965 STL NL 36 P 34 32 203.0 41 8 32 1 0 .976 1.77 1.18 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 TOT NL 37 P 29 15 110.2 33 5 26 2 0 .939 2.52 1.07 .945 1.96 0.74
1966 STL NL 37 P 10 5 33.1 7 1 4 2 0 .714 1.35 0.50 .957 1.97 0.74
1966 CHC NL 37 P 19 10 77.1 26 4 22 0 0 1.000 3.03 1.37 .942 1.96 0.74
1967 TOT MLB 38 P 31 18 116.2 25 4 19 2 1 .920 1.77 0.74 .960 1.99 0.76
1967 CHC NL 38 P 17 14 82.0 20 3 15 2 1 .900 1.98 1.06 .960 2.00 0.78
1967 CAL AL 38 P 14 4 34.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.30 0.36 .960 1.97 0.74
20 Seasons P 569 339 2384.0 664 127 514 23 26 .965 2.42 1.13 .956 2.07 0.85
20 Seasons TOT 569 339 2384.0 664 127 514 23 26 .965 2.42 1.13 .922 2.07 0.85
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 PHI NL 18 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 PHI NL 19 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHI NL 20 39 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHI NL 21 34 34 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 23 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHI NL 24 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 25 38 33 38 38 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1955 PHI NL 26 27 22 27 27 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1956 PHI NL 27 39 27 39 39 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1957 PHI NL 28 38 29 38 38 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
1958 PHI NL 29 38 27 38 38 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1959 PHI NL 30 8 0 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 STL NL 31 29 17 29 29 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1960 PHI NL 31 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 STL NL 32 32 29 32 32 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1962 STL NL 33 31 22 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 34 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 35 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 36 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 37 19 10 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 37 10 5 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 38 17 14 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 38 14 4 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Seasons 609 339 609 609 569 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 34
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 PHI NL 25 961 79% 25% 40 90% 1 5 1 2 34 23 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1955 PHI NL 26 525 81% 25% 24 88% 1 7 2 5 19 15 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1956 PHI NL 27 850 82% 25% 35 94% 0 5 0 4 33 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 7 86%
1957 PHI NL 28 900 84% 29% 36 75% 0 8 1 7 29 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63%
1958 PHI NL 29 740 84% 27% 30 87% 1 13 3 7 21 16 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1959 PHI NL 30 43 88% 26% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1960 STL NL 31 632 85% 29% 30 93% 0 6 2 4 28 21 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 2 2 3 67%
1960 PHI NL 31 31 68% 19% 3 67% 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1961 STL NL 32 862 81% 30% 38 92% 1 6 1 4 37 24 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 3 100%
1962 STL NL 33 658 83% 29% 33 85% 3 5 1 3 27 18 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 5 80%
1963 STL NL 34 960 81% 26% 24 96% 0 12 0 9 23 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 STL NL 35 1013 84% 32% 56 91% 0 13 2 8 48 41 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 79%
1965 STL NL 36 908 83% 26% 37 86% 1 9 0 7 31 26 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1966 CHC NL 37 335 86% 36% 26 92% 0 4 2 2 22 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1966 STL NL 37 147 81% 25% 7 57% 1 1 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1967 CHC NL 38 378 85% 30% 21 76% 0 3 0 3 16 14 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 60%
1967 CAL AL 38 153 84% 27% 6 67% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Seasons 10096 83% 28% 447 87% 9 99 15 68 380 296 37 15 1 9 5 7 19 12 16 3 75 80%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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