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Nelson Simmons
Nelson Bernard Simmons

Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 27, 1963 in Washington, DC
High School: Madison (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1984
Final Game: May 8, 1987
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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
1984	21	DET	AL	9	32	30	4	13	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	5	.433	.469	.500	.969	169	15	2	0	0	0	1	/D97
1985	22	DET	AL	75	281	251	31	60	11	0	10	33	1	0	26	41	.239	.306	.402	.708	93	101	4	0	0	4	5	D79

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
3 Seasons				100	367	330	38	86	14	1	11	40	2	1	31	54	.261	.319	.409	.728	98	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	98	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	101	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

Advanced Batting

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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	97	.520	.433	.264	.469	.326	.500	.398	.969	.724	169	.759	2.9	0.3	.947	.167	.067	.0
1985	22	DET	AL	281	199	32	4.3	99	.245	.239	.261	.306	.327	.402	.406	.708	.733	93	.470	-2.5	-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 Seasons				367	260	43	4.4	99	.277	.261	.261	.319	.327	.409	.407	.728	.734	98	.478	-0.8	-0.1	.657	.245	.148	3.4
162 Game Avg.				595	421	70	4.4	99	.277	.261	.261	.319	.327	.409	.407	.728	.734	98	.478	-0.8	-0.1	.657	.245	.148	6

DET (2 yrs)				313	218	38	4.7	99	.275	.260	.261	.323	.327	.413	.405	.735	.732	101	.508	0.4	0.0	.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*

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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 Seasons				367	3.0%	14.7%	8.5%	7.1%	30%	1.74	6.1	30.0	8.3	0.84	74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons				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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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			0	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%	4	0	0%	0
1985	22	DET	AL	281	100%	60			7	1	0	0	2.00	10	0	5	7	3	7	3	0	1	0	0%	46	4	9%	18	6	33%	163	25	15%	15	8	53%	10	4	40%	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	1	33%	0
3 Seasons				367	100%	86			10	2	0	0	1.74	11	0	8	8	3	7	4	0	1	0	0%	65	9	14%	28	9	32%	221	31	14%	23	10	43%	17	5	29%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	169	15	2	0	1
1985	22	84	313	281	35	73	13	0	10	36	2	0	28	46	.260	.323	.413	.735	101	116	6	4	6
1986	23	84	313	281	35	73	13	0	10	36	2	0	28	46	.260	.323	.413	.735	101	116	6	4	6
1987	24	100	367	330	38	86	14	1	11	40	2	1	31	54	.261	.319	.409	.728	98	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	32	30	4	13	2	0	0	3	1	2	5	.433	.469	.500	.969	7	9
1985	22	75	284	253	32	62	11	0	10	34	1	27	41	.245	.313	.407	.720	33	75

1987	24	16	53	48	3	12	1	1	1	4	0	3	8	.250	.283	.375	.658	5	16
3 Seasons		100	369	331	39	87	14	1	11	41	2	32	54	.263	.322	.411	.733	45	100
162 Game Avg.		162	598	536	63	141	23	2	18	66	3	52	87	.263	.322	.411	.733	73	100

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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