Mike Simms
Michael Howard Simms
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 12, 1967 in Orange, CA
High School: Esperanza (Yorba Linda, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1990
Final Game: October 3, 1999
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 HOU NL 23 1B 6 1 21.0 21 20 1 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 3.50 .990 9.60 7.88
1991 HOU NL 24 OF 41 38 268.2 54 44 4 6 0 .889 -1.3 -5.8 -1.3 0.6 -1.9 0 1.61 1.17 .985 2.28 1.88
1991 HOU NL 24 RF 41 38 267.2 54 44 4 6 0 .889 -1.3 -5.8 -1.3 0.6 -1.9 0 1.61 1.17 .981 2.06 1.65
1991 HOU NL 24 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1992 HOU NL 25 OF 9 6 46.0 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -33.9 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 0 1.57 0.89 .988 2.35 1.96
1992 HOU NL 25 RF 9 6 46.0 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -33.9 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 0 1.57 0.89 .975 2.07 1.66
1992 HOU NL 25 1B 1 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.00 4.00 1.000 9.60 8.40
1994 HOU NL 27 OF 3 3 24.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 0.5 25.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .986 2.25 1.90
1994 HOU NL 27 RF 3 3 24.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 0.5 25.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .971 2.17 1.83
1995 HOU NL 28 1B 25 23 198.1 222 204 17 1 17 .995 2.7 16.3 2.7 1.8 0.9 0 10.03 8.84 .993 9.70 8.36
1995 HOU NL 28 OF 12 11 88.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 2.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 1.74 1.42 .976 2.15 1.82
1995 HOU NL 28 RF 12 11 88.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 2.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 1.43 1.17 .979 2.08 1.76
1996 HOU NL 29 OF 12 9 73.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 18.1 1.1 0.6 0.5 0 2.22 1.50 .978 2.13 1.80
1996 HOU NL 29 LF 9 8 56.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 25.7 1.2 0.6 0.6 0 2.25 1.56 .971 1.85 1.44
1996 HOU NL 29 1B 5 0 10.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 12.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 7.20 1.60 .988 9.63 8.36
1996 HOU NL 29 RF 3 1 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -7.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.59 1.00 .967 2.06 1.70
1997 TEX AL 30 DH 28
1997 TEX AL 30 OF 19 10 84.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -2.2 -31.4 -2.2 0.0 -2.2 0 2.46 1.21 .983 2.32 2.02
1997 TEX AL 30 RF 17 9 77.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -2.3 -35.8 -2.3 0.0 -2.3 0 2.57 1.29 .978 2.19 1.79
1997 TEX AL 30 1B 2 2 13.0 15 13 1 1 2 .933 0.2 18.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.69 7.00 .993 9.28 8.05
1997 TEX AL 30 LF 2 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.29 0.50 1.000 2.06 1.70
1998 TEX AL 31 OF 43 27 233.1 46 45 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 4.1 1.8 1.5 0.3 -1 1.77 1.07 .985 2.31 2.02
1998 TEX AL 31 RF 40 26 224.1 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 3.7 1.7 1.5 0.2 -1 1.77 1.10 .982 2.14 1.81
1998 TEX AL 31 DH 26
1998 TEX AL 31 1B 16 10 85.0 82 73 7 2 8 .976 -1.1 -15.5 -1.1 0.6 -1.7 0 8.47 5.00 .993 9.43 8.30
1998 TEX AL 31 LF 3 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 0.67 1.000 2.10 1.73
1999 TEX AL 32 DH 2
1999 TEX AL 32 1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1999 TEX AL 32 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1999 TEX AL 32 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
8 Seasons OF 140 104 818.0 174 159 7 8 0 .954 -2.2 -3.2 -1.2 2.2 -3.4 -1 1.83 1.19 .983 2.27 1.94
8 Seasons RF 126 94 745.0 153 138 7 8 0 .948 -3.6 -5.8 -2.6 1.6 -4.2 -1 1.75 1.15 .980 2.10 1.74
7 Seasons 1B 56 36 331.1 353 321 28 4 29 .989 2.0 7.2 2.0 2.8 -0.8 0 9.48 6.23 .993 9.60 8.28
3 Seasons DH 56
4 Seasons LF 15 10 73.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 23.0 1.4 0.6 0.8 0 2.10 1.13 .976 1.90 1.55
9 Seasons TOT 196 140 1149.1 523 476 35 12 29 .977 -0.2 -0.2 0.8 5.0 -4.2 -1 0 4.00 2.61 .966 4.32 3.66
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
1990 HOU NL 23 12 1 12 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1991 HOU NL 24 49 38 49 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 41 41 0 10 0
1992 HOU NL 25 15 6 15 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 8 0
1994 HOU NL 27 6 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1
1995 HOU NL 28 50 34 50 37 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 14 0
1996 HOU NL 29 49 9 49 17 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 0 3 12 0 35 0
1997 TEX AL 30 59 30 59 20 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 17 19 18 23 1
1998 TEX AL 31 86 54 86 57 0 0 16 0 0 0 3 0 40 43 17 20 0
1999 TEX AL 32 4 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
9 Seasons 330 175 330 192 0 0 56 0 0 0 15 0 126 140 35 120 3
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 -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 HOU NL 24 6 0 3 3 1 4 0 2 2 0 6 3 1 6 2 0 6 4 0 3 0 0 5 1 1 26 10 38.5% 14 2 7.7% 2 1226 40% 72% 39% 91 52%
1992 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 2 194 46% 71% 35% 13 46%
1994 HOU NL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 114 54% 75% 39% 15 40%
1995 HOU NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 394 58% 76% 35% 28 50%
1996 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 81 62% 78% 31% 6 50%
1997 TEX AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 0 358 64% 75% 41% 48 46%
1998 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 17 5 29.4% 12 0 0.0% 1 1001 53% 77% 43% 75 57%
1999 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 33% 0
8 Seasons 8 0 5 3 2 7 0 3 2 2 18 6 1 16 6 0 17 14 0 14 0 0 9 4 1 74 30 40.5% 42 2 2.7% 5 3371 50% 74% 39% 276 51%
MLB Averages 44.9% 2.5% 56% 75% 39% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 HOU NL 23 79 63% 84% 33% 5 100% 0 20 1 19 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1992 HOU NL 25 16 56% 69% 31% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 HOU NL 28 908 58% 75% 36% 42 98% 1 204 6 195 3 21 17 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 14 0 3 1 2 5 80%
1996 HOU NL 29 47 66% 79% 36% 1 100% 0 7 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TEX AL 30 66 48% 76% 20% 4 75% 1 13 1 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 TEX AL 31 397 48% 75% 26% 24 79% 0 74 8 67 0 7 7 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 1 100%
1999 TEX AL 32 8 38% 88% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1521 56% 75% 33% 77 91% 2 322 16 303 3 32 28 19 1 0 2 4 1 1 2 2 29 0 0 0 25 0 4 2 2 8 88%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 25% 25% 0
1996 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 238 54% 71% 33% 30 50%
1997 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 33 30% 82% 48% 2 50%
1998 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 47 62% 74% 43% 4 50%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 322 53% 72% 36% 36 50%
MLB Averages 60.1% 2.5% 56% 75% 39% 50%

* 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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