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Nelson Simmons

Nelson Bernard Simmons

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 27, 1963 in Washington, DC
High School: Madison HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1984
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Orioles 1984-1987

Final Game: May 8, 1987
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Standard Batting

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
1981	18	DET-min	Rk	69	291	267	36	79	14	1	10	45	2	4	18	38	.296	.340	.468	.808		125		2	0	4	2		BRS · APPY
1982	19	DET-min	A,AA	141	572	521	70	150	24	8	9	65	2	3	50	87	.288	.350	.417	.766		217		0	0	1	13		LAK,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1983	20	DET-min	AA	118	460	404	57	110	17	1	11	64	2	4	52	83	.272	.354	.401	.755		162		1	0	3	6		BIR · SOUL
1984	21	DET-min	AAA	142	561	501	79	154	41	5	22	83	0	4	53	106	.307	.370	.541	.911		271		0	1	6	0		EVN · AA
1984	21	DET	AL	9	32	30	4	13	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	5	.433	.469	.500	.969	170	15	2	0	0	0	1	/D97
1985	22	DET-min	AAA	49	207	188	17	46	14	0	9	26	0	0	14	30	.245	.295	.463	.757		87		1	0	4	1		NVL · AA
1985	22	DET	AL	75	281	251	31	60	11	0	10	33	1	0	26	41	.239	.306	.402	.708	94	101	4	0	0	4	5	D79

1986	23	BAL-DET-min	AAA	103	397	349	38	92	15	5	8	41	4	1	38	65	.264	.332	.404	.736		141		0	5	5	2		ROC,NVL · IL,AA
1987	24	BAL-SEA-min	AAA	82	310	275	39	77	15	1	6	34	1	2	31	38	.280	.348	.407	.756		112		0	0	4	1		ROC,CGY · IL,PCL
1987	24	BAL	AL	16	54	49	3	13	1	1	1	4	0	1	3	8	.265	.296	.388	.684	82	19	3	0	0	2	0	9/D
1988	25	SEA-min	AAA	127	522	459	74	140	27	2	14	73	4	7	59	65	.305	.382	.464	.846		213		0	1	3	6		CGY · PCL
1989	26	STL-min	AAA	5	20	19	3	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.316	.350	.579	.929		11		0	0	0	0		LOU,TAB · AA,MEX
1990	27	OAK-min	AA	123	524	453	70	116	19	1	15	55	0	3	62	64	.256	.344	.402	.746		182		1	4	4	4		HVL · SOUL
1991	28	OAK-min	AAA	118	482	427	48	116	18	2	8	67	0	1	48	56	.272	.340	.379	.720		162	14	0	0	7	6		TAC · PCL
1992	29	MIL-min	AAA	4	12	10	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.200	.273	.500	.773		5	0	0	1	0	0		DEN,CDB,ASC · AA,MEX
1993	30	ANA-min	A+,AAA	20	87	76	13	25	8	0	5	23	0	1	10	7	.329	.402	.632	1.034		48	0	0	0	1	0		PSP,JAL · CALL,MEX
1994	31	SLT,JAL	AAA																										SLT,JAL · MEX
1995	32	PIT-min	AAA	107	333	299	44	84	17	0	9	58	1	1	30	45	.281	.342	.428	.770		128	5	0	0	4	3		CGY · PCL
2000	37	REY	AAA	10	45	37	2	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	7	7	.216	.333	.324	.658		12	1	0	0	1	0		REY · MEX
3 Yrs				100	367	330	38	86	14	1	11	40	2	1	31	54	.261	.319	.409	.728	99	135	9	0	0	6	6
162 Game Avg.				162	595	535	62	139	23	2	18	65	3	2	50	87	.261	.319	.409	.728	99	219	15	0	0	10	10

DET (2 yrs)				84	313	281	35	73	13	0	10	36	2	0	28	46	.260	.323	.413	.735	102	116	6	0	0	4	6
BAL (1 yr)				16	54	49	3	13	1	1	1	4	0	1	3	8	.265	.296	.388	.684	82	19	3	0	0	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1984	21	DET	AL	9	32	2	0	-0	-0	-1	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.516	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$	/D97
1985	22	DET	AL	75	281	-2	-1	-0	-4	-5	-13	-1.2	9	-4	-0.5	.482	.492	0.0	-0.9	0	$	D79

1987	24	BAL	AL	16	54	-0	-1	-1	1	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	9/D
3 Seasons				100	367	-0	-1	-1	-4	-6	-13	-1.2	11	-2	-0.3	.486	.497	0.2	-1.0	2	$

DET (2 yrs)				84	313	-0	-1	-1	-5	-6	-11	-1.1	10	-2	-0.3	.486	.496	0.3	-1.0	3	$
BAL (1 yr)				16	54	-0	-1	-1	1	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1984	21	DET	AL	32	19	6	8.5	96	.520	.433	.262	.469	.325	.500	.396	.969	.721	170	.759	3.0	0.3	.947	.167	.067	.0
1985	22	DET	AL	281	199	32	4.3	98	.245	.239	.260	.306	.326	.402	.404	.708	.730	94	.470	-2.1	-0.2	.656	.271	.163	1.8

1987	24	BAL	AL	54	42	5	3.2	103	.286	.265	.262	.296	.329	.388	.420	.684	.749	82	.306	-1.2	-0.1	.525	.163	.122	.0
3 Yrs				367	260	43	4.4	99	.277	.261	.261	.319	.326	.409	.405	.728	.732	99	.478	-0.4	-0.0	.657	.245	.148	3.4
162 Game Avg.				595	421	70	4.4	99	.277	.261	.261	.319	.326	.409	.405	.728	.732	99	.478	-0.4	-0.0	.657	.245	.148	6

DET (2 yrs)				313	218	38	4.7	98	.275	.260	.260	.323	.326	.413	.403	.735	.729	102	.508	0.8	0.1	.682	.260	.153	3.3
BAL (1 yr)				54	42	5	3.2	103	.286	.265	.262	.296	.329	.388	.420	.684	.749	82	.306	-1.2	-0.1	.525	.163	.122	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1984	21	DET	AL	32	0.0%	15.6%	6.3%	6.3%	15%	2.50	6.0		10.0	1.33	78%
1985	22	DET	AL	281	3.6%	14.6%	9.3%	7.5%	35%	1.58	6.1	25.1	7.6	0.82	73%

1987	24	BAL	AL	54	1.9%	14.8%	5.6%	5.6%	23%	2.67	6.1	49.0	12.3	0.78	78%
3 Yrs				367	3.0%	14.7%	8.5%	7.1%	30%	1.74	6.1	30.0	8.3	0.84	74%
MLB Averages					2.4%	14.7%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	1.70	6.1	37.9	8.2	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1984	21	DET	AL	2.9	0.3	34	0.5	0.8	-0.3	.87	0.3	0.3	2.1	0.2	0.96	2.3		1
1985	22	DET	AL	-2.5	-0.2	282	0.2	4.5	-4.3	.90	0.0	0.2	2.6	0.3	0.91	-0.0	1.94	8

1987	24	BAL	AL	-1.2	-0.1	55	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	1.05	-0.3	-0.2	-6.1	-0.6	0.97	-3.6	1.15	3
3 Yrs				-0.8	-0.1	371	0.3	6.2	-5.9	.92	0.0	0.3	-1.4	-0.1	0.93	-1.3	1.58	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1984	21	DET	AL	0	0	27%	21	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60%	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1985	22	DET	AL	5	0	28%	95	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	21%	8	7	1	4	3	1	7	4	2

1987	24	BAL	AL	2	0	13%	15	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				7	0	26%	131	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	29%	14	10	4	5	4	1	9	5	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1984	21	DET	AL	32	100%	13			1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	1	0	0%	21	3	14%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1985	22	DET	AL	281	100%	60			8	2	1	1	1.94	10	0	5	7	3	7	3	0	1	0	0%	46	4	9%	18	6	33%	163	25	15%	15	8	53%	9	5	56%	0

1987	24	BAL	AL	54	100%	13			3	1	0	0	1.15	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		13	3	23%	9	3	33%	37	3	8%	6	2	33%	3	2	67%	0
3 Yrs				367	100%	86			12	3	1	1	1.58	11	0	8	8	3	7	4	0	1	0	0%	65	9	14%	28	9	32%	221	31	14%	23	10	43%	12	7	58%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			79%			11%			34%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1984	21	9	32	30	4	13	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	5	.433	.469	.500	.969	170	15	2	0	1
1985	22	84	313	281	35	73	13	0	10	36	2	0	28	46	.260	.323	.413	.735	102	116	6	4	6
1986	23	84	313	281	35	73	13	0	10	36	2	0	28	46	.260	.323	.413	.735	102	116	6	4	6
1987	24	100	367	330	38	86	14	1	11	40	2	1	31	54	.261	.319	.409	.728	99	135	9	6	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1984	21	9	33	31	5	14	2	0	0	3	1	2	5	.452	.485	.516	1.001	8	9
1985	22	75	284	253	33	62	11	0	10	35	1	27	41	.245	.313	.407	.720	33	75

1987	24	16	54	49	3	13	1	1	1	4	0	3	8	.265	.296	.388	.684	6	16
3 Yrs		100	371	333	41	89	14	1	11	42	2	32	54	.267	.326	.414	.741	47	100
162 Game Avg.		162	601	539	66	144	23	2	18	68	3	52	87	.267	.326	.414	.741	76	100

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Youngest s c a p y 1984 AL born 1963-06-27 (5th)

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1984 AL born 1963-06-27 (5th)

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