Mel Simons

Melbern Ellis Simons (Butch)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 1, 1900 in Carlyle, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1931
Team: WhiteSox 1931-1932

Final Game: April 20, 1932
Died: November 10, 1974 in Paducah, KY
Buried: Greenlea Cemetery, Fulton, KY
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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1924	23	FLT	D	104	387	387		119									.307	.307								FLT · KITL
1925	24	MRD	D	127	481	481		143	20	21	4						.297	.297	.451	.748		217				MRD · CSTL
1926	25	MRD	D	124	468	468		161	27	11	2						.344	.344	.462	.806		216				MRD · CSTL
1927	26	MTG	B	156	549	549		198	37	13	6						.361	.361	.508	.869		279				MTG · SEAL
1928	27	BIR	A	150	612	612		189	28	8	5						.309	.309	.405	.714		248				BIR · SOUA
1929	28	LOU	AA	150	630	630		214	27	13	7						.340	.340	.457	.797		288				LOU · AA
1930	29	LOU	AA	154	668	668		248	49	15	11						.371	.371	.539	.910		360				LOU · AA
1931	30	TOL	AA	52	225	225		80	10	0	4						.356	.356	.453	.809		102				TOL · AA
1931	30	CHW	AL	68	208	189	24	52	9	0	0	12	1	1	12	17	.275	.318	.323	.641	73	61	0	7	O87
1932	31	LOU	AA	147	608	608		191	21	8	3						.314	.314	.390	.704		237				LOU · AA
1932	31	CHW	AL	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/O78
1933	32	LOU	AA	152	621	621		201	44	7	1						.324	.324	.422	.746		262				LOU · AA
1934	33	LOU	AA	150	612	612		201	38	3	3						.328	.328	.415	.743		254				LOU · AA
1935	34	LOU	AA	134	525	525		185	31	5	1						.352	.352	.436	.789		229				LOU · AA
1936	35	LOU	AA	149	624	624		220	34	10	1						.353	.353	.444	.796		277				LOU · AA
1937	36	LAD-min	AA	157	630	630		199	35	8	1						.316	.316	.402	.717		253				LOU · AA
1938	37	LOU	AA	144	511	511		139	17	4	0						.272	.272	.321	.593		164				LOU · AA
1939	38	LAD-min	AA,B	85	226	226		63	7	0	0						.279	.279	.310	.588		70				MTL,MRD · IL,SEAL
1940	39	SHY	B	70	251	251		70	12	2	1						.279	.279	.355	.633		89				SHY · QUPL
1941	40	PAD,BWG	D	106	389	389		150	31	2	1						.386	.386	.483	.869		188				PAD,BWG · KITL
1942	41	QUE	C	58	192	192		60	14	2	0						.313	.313	.406	.719		78				QUE · CAML
2 Yrs				75	213	194	24	52	9	0	0	12	1	1	12	18	.268	.311	.314	.625	69	61	0	7
162 Game Avg.				162	460	419	52	112	19	0	0	26	2	2	26	39	.268	.311	.314	.625	69	132	0	15

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1931	30	CHW	AL	68	208	-7	-5	-2	-13	-1.2	6	-7	-0.6	.482	.492	-0.1	-0.6	-2	$	O87
1932	31	CHW	AL	7	5	-1	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.467	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/O78
2 Seasons				75	213	-8	-6	-2	-16	-1.5	7	-9	-0.8	.480	.495	-0.2	-0.7	-3	$

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
1931	30	CHW	AL	208	145	19	3.5	103	.302	.275	.279	.318	.345	.323	.399	.641	.744	73	.350	-6.8	-0.6	.529	.111	.048	.0
1932	31	CHW	AL	5	5	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.276	.000	.346	.000	.406	.000	.752	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				213	150	19	3.4	103	.295	.268	.279	.311	.345	.314	.399	.625	.744	69	.336	-8.3	-0.8	.510	.108	.046	.0
162 Game Avg.				460	324	41	3.4	103	.295	.268	.279	.311	.345	.314	.399	.625	.744	69	.336	-8.3	-0.8	.510	.108	.046

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1931	30	CHW	AL	208	0.0%	8.2%	5.8%	4.3%	17%	1.42	11.1		15.8	83%
1932	31	CHW	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			80%
2 Yrs				213	0.0%	8.5%	5.6%	4.2%	17%	1.50	10.8		16.2	83%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.2%	7.9%	7.1%	28%	1.04	11.0	71.6	7.8	81%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1931	30	68	208	189	24	52	9	0	0	12	1	1	12	17	.275	.318	.323	.641	73	61		0	7
1932	31	75	213	194	24	52	9	0	0	12	1	1	12	18	.268	.311	.314	.625	69	61		0	7

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1931	30	71	214	195	23	52	9	12	1	12	18	.267	.309	.313	.622	19	68
1932	31	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
2 Yrs		78	219	200	23	52	9	12	1	12	19	.260	.302	.305	.607	19	75
162 Game Avg.		162	455	415	48	108	19	25	2	25	39	.260	.302	.305	.607	39	75

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