Duke Sims
Duane B. Sims
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 5, 1941 in Salt Lake City, UT
High School: Pocadello (Pocadello, ID)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1964
Final Game: September 26, 1974
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1964 CLE AL 23 C 1 1 13.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 13.00 .992 7.06 6.10 0 1 0 0
1965 CLE AL 24 C 40 33 291.0 255 228 22 5 2 .980 3.0 12.4 3 7.73 6.25 .988 6.96 5.67 2 5 11 10 48%
1966 CLE AL 25 C 48 31 314.1 282 260 15 7 2 .975 -3.0 -11.5 -3 7.87 5.73 .988 6.86 5.86 3 14 13 5 28%
1967 CLE AL 26 C 85 77 697.2 624 561 56 7 7 .989 -5.0 -8.6 -5 7.96 7.26 .989 7.22 6.15 10 34 43 22 34%
1968 CLE AL 27 C 84 71 638.1 574 523 41 10 7 .983 -1.0 -1.9 -1 7.95 6.71 .990 6.97 6.01 13 17 37 21 36%
1968 CLE AL 27 1B 31 28 254.1 216 191 19 6 16 .972 -1.5 -7.1 -1.5 -2.2 0.7 0 7.43 6.77 .989 9.59 8.32
1968 CLE AL 27 OF 4 3 23.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.2 0.9 0.2 0.7 -1 3.13 2.00 .975 2.07 1.80
1968 CLE AL 27 LF 2 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 3.38 1.50 .967 1.80 1.45
1968 CLE AL 27 RF 2 2 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -48.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 -1 3.60 3.00 .983 1.86 1.55
1969 CLE AL 28 C 102 94 813.1 691 634 51 6 8 .991 5.0 7.4 5 7.58 6.72 .987 6.65 5.59 10 25 39 26 40%
1969 CLE AL 28 OF 3 2 20.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.0 0.1 0.7 -0.6 0 2.25 1.67 .980 2.12 1.83
1969 CLE AL 28 LF 2 1 11.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 65.5 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0 3.27 2.00 .975 1.96 1.60
1969 CLE AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1969 CLE AL 28 RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 1.90 1.60
1970 CLE AL 29 C 39 38 344.2 292 277 13 2 2 .993 0.0 0.0 0 7.57 7.44 .988 6.65 5.82 4 7 15 7 32%
1970 CLE AL 29 OF 36 34 268.2 54 48 3 3 1 .944 -5.6 -25.0 -4.6 -1.5 -3.0 -1 1.71 1.42 .981 2.14 1.85
1970 CLE AL 29 1B 29 25 197.0 201 180 18 3 15 .985 -0.5 -3.0 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 0 9.05 6.83 .991 9.59 8.14
1970 CLE AL 29 LF 26 26 201.0 38 34 2 2 0 .947 -4.0 -23.9 -3.0 -1.6 -1.3 -1 1.61 1.38 .979 1.81 1.48
1970 CLE AL 29 RF 10 8 67.2 14 12 1 1 1 .929 -1.6 -28.4 -1.6 0.1 -1.7 0 1.73 1.30 .979 1.98 1.59
1971 LAD NL 30 C 74 59 547.0 381 345 33 3 5 .992 2.0 4.4 2 6.22 5.11 .988 6.34 5.63 5 14 26 16 38%
1972 TOT MLB 31 C 73 66 589.0 420 389 27 4 5 .990 -3.0 -6.1 -3 6.36 5.70 .986 6.56 5.80 5 12 38 12 24%
1972 LAD NL 31 C 48 41 371.0 264 244 17 3 4 .989 0.0 0.0 0 6.33 5.44 .987 6.61 5.87 2 7 21 9 30%
1972 DET AL 31 C 25 25 218.0 156 145 10 1 1 .994 -3.0 -16.5 -3 6.40 6.20 .985 6.48 5.66 3 5 17 3 15%
1972 DET AL 31 OF 4 3 28.0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 -0.6 -25.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 -1 1.93 1.50 .988 2.22 1.90
1972 DET AL 31 RF 4 3 28.0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 -0.6 -25.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 -1 1.93 1.50 .988 2.12 1.75
1973 TOT AL 32 C 69 63 572.0 432 383 40 9 7 .979 -1.0 -2.1 -1 6.66 6.13 .985 6.05 5.29 5 25 46 28 38%
1973 DET AL 32 C 68 62 563.0 423 375 39 9 7 .979 -1.0 -2.1 -1 6.62 6.09 .985 6.05 5.29 5 24 46 27 37%
1973 DET AL 32 OF 6 6 52.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -41.5 -1.8 -1.1 -0.7 0 1.04 1.00 .983 2.28 2.02
1973 DET AL 32 LF 5 5 44.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -32.7 -1.2 -0.5 -0.7 0 0.82 0.80 .975 2.00 1.68
1973 DET AL 32 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.14 1.70
1973 NYY AL 32 DH 2
1973 NYY AL 32 C 1 1 9.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 9.00 .989 6.00 5.30 0 1 0 1 100%
1974 TOT AL 33 C 31 26 228.0 175 149 21 5 4 .971 -3.0 -15.8 -3 6.71 5.48 .983 5.89 5.01 2 17 29 13 31%
1974 TOT AL 33 DH 5
1974 NYY AL 33 DH 3
1974 NYY AL 33 C 1 0 7.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.71 6.00 .983 5.91 5.00 0 0 1 0 0%
1974 TEX AL 33 C 30 26 221.0 169 143 21 5 4 .970 -3.0 -16.3 -3 6.68 5.47 .983 5.89 5.01 2 17 28 13 32%
1974 TEX AL 33 DH 2
1974 TEX AL 33 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 2.10
1974 TEX AL 33 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 1.90
11 Seasons C 646 559 5048.1 4139 3762 319 58 49 .986 -6.0 -1.4 -6 7.28 6.32 .988 6.65 5.73 59 171 297 160 35%
3 Seasons 1B 61 53 452.1 418 372 37 9 31 .978 -2.0 -5.3 -2.0 -1.8 -0.2 0 8.14 6.70 .990 9.59 8.23
6 Seasons OF 54 48 392.2 81 72 4 5 1 .938 -8.0 -24.4 -5.0 -1.7 -3.2 -3 1.74 1.41 .981 2.16 1.87
4 Seasons LF 35 33 264.0 49 44 3 2 0 .959 -4.1 -18.6 -3.1 -1.2 -1.8 -1 1.60 1.34 .978 1.85 1.51
6 Seasons RF 19 15 128.2 30 26 1 3 1 .900 -3.9 -36.4 -1.9 -0.5 -1.4 -2 1.89 1.42 .983 2.00 1.64
2 Seasons DH 7
11 Seasons TOT 761 660 5893.1 4638 4206 360 72 81 .984 -16.0 -3.3 -7.0 -3.5 -3.4 -3 0 -6 6.97 6.00 .972 6.58 5.65 59 171 297 160 35%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1964 CLE AL 23 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 CLE AL 24 48 33 48 48 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1966 CLE AL 25 52 31 52 52 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1967 CLE AL 26 88 77 88 88 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1968 CLE AL 27 122 102 122 122 0 84 31 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 12 0
1969 CLE AL 28 114 96 114 114 0 102 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 17 0
1970 CLE AL 29 110 97 110 110 0 39 29 0 0 0 26 0 10 36 13 0
1971 LAD NL 30 90 59 90 90 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1972 LAD NL 31 51 41 51 51 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1972 DET AL 31 38 28 38 38 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 1
1973 DET AL 32 80 68 80 74 0 68 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 11 1
1973 NYY AL 32 4 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1974 TEX AL 33 39 28 39 31 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 0
1974 NYY AL 33 5 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
11 Seasons 843 667 843 822 0 646 61 0 0 0 35 0 19 54 7 131 2
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1964 CLE AL 23 49 0.69 0.69 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 24 1199 3.19 3.37 31 97% 0 0 229 27 0 5 197 17 1 1 0 4 5 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1966 CLE AL 25 1361 3.52 3.89 25 88% 0 0 255 20 0 3 232 15 2 0 0 1 7 0 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0%
1967 CLE AL 26 3027 3.33 3.92 43 91% 0 0 562 21 1 11 529 52 11 1 0 10 7 1 3 3 0 7 1 0 1 6 100%
1968 CLE AL 27 2713 2.79 3.24 34 94% 1 0 524 27 2 9 486 39 2 0 1 7 9 3 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 2 100%
1969 CLE AL 28 3604 3.99 4.51 57 98% 0 0 619 46 2 10 561 47 11 0 0 1 6 3 1 2 0 9 0 1 2 2 100%
1970 CLE AL 29 1466 3.60 3.86 22 91% 0 0 280 17 2 5 256 14 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 50%
1971 LAD NL 30 2341 3.39 3.82 35 91% 0 0 344 17 3 12 312 33 11 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 2 6 1 2 4 8 88%
1972 LAD NL 31 1557 2.33 2.91 20 100% 1 0 246 16 1 4 225 17 5 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 2 3 100%
1972 DET AL 31 932 2.64 2.89 11 100% 0 0 145 7 0 4 134 11 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1973 DET AL 32 2494 3.72 4.03 31 100% 0 0 377 26 1 4 346 38 5 0 0 6 9 1 2 6 0 7 0 0 1 4 100%
1973 NYY AL 32 44 8.00 8.00 1 100% 0 0 8 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 33 1026 4.93 5.62 10 80% 2 0 142 3 0 7 132 21 3 0 1 1 5 0 4 1 1 4 0 0 3 3 33%
1974 NYY AL 33 28 1.29 5.14 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 21841 3.41 3.85 320 94% 4 0 3750 228 12 74 3436 305 54 5 2 43 57 9 23 25 6 52 2 4 14 32 81%
MLB Averages 3.51 3.99 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1964 CLE AL 23 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 CLE AL 24 2 5 362 11 10 10 48% 10 7 1 2 0 1 1 1 30 11 0.89 1.25
1966 CLE AL 25 3 14 465 13 5 5 28% 12 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 42 12 0.88 1.42
1967 CLE AL 26 10 34 1073 43 22 22 34% 40 19 3 2 0 1 2 0 111 32 1.69 1.32
1968 CLE AL 27 13 17 914 37 21 20 36% 34 17 3 2 0 2 5 1 86 33 1.53 1.43
1969 CLE AL 28 9 25 1347 39 26 23 40% 33 24 6 2 0 0 5 1 90 36 1.42 1.03
1970 CLE AL 29 4 7 516 15 7 7 32% 15 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 37 10 1.19 1.73
1971 LAD NL 30 5 14 851 26 16 13 38% 24 15 2 1 0 0 1 0 58 19 1.29 1.11
1972 LAD NL 31 2 7 544 21 9 8 30% 20 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 45 9 1.13 1.78
1972 DET AL 31 3 5 350 17 3 2 15% 17 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 3 1.14 1.43
1973 DET AL 32 5 24 929 46 27 23 37% 39 24 6 3 1 0 3 0 90 32 1.38 0.99
1973 NYY AL 32 0 1 18 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.99
1974 TEX AL 33 2 17 377 28 13 13 32% 26 10 1 1 1 2 2 1 57 15 1.19 1.58
1974 NYY AL 33 0 0 10 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.31
11 Seasons 58 171 7770 297 160 147 35% 271 136 23 17 3 7 21 5 677 213 1.34 1.27
MLB Averages 37% 1.27 1.23

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%
1968 CLE AL 27 1078 59% 70% 22% 57 86% 2 189 11 180 1 19 20 13 4 0 1 7 3 4 0 4 16 1 0 0 13 1 3 0 3 2 100%
1969 CLE AL 28 4 100% 50% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CLE AL 29 852 69% 71% 23% 40 90% 0 175 14 160 1 10 17 7 4 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 3 100%
3 Seasons 1934 64% 70% 22% 97 88% 2 365 25 341 2 29 37 20 8 0 3 10 3 7 0 6 29 1 0 0 26 1 3 0 3 5 100%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 88%

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%
1968 CLE AL 27 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 29 55% 83% 45% 3 100%
1969 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 46 63% 67% 15% 5 80%
1970 CLE AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 10 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 10 47.6% 11 0 0.0% 2 911 68% 73% 22% 103 35%
1973 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 187 73% 78% 25% 13 31%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 6 5 0 10 3 0 5 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 25 12 48.0% 13 0 0.0% 3 1173 68% 74% 22% 124 38%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.6% 62% 77% 26% 47%

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%
1968 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 60 45% 73% 23% 9 67%
1969 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 49 82% 78% 20% 3 33%
1970 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 0 324 77% 71% 21% 29 41%
1972 DET AL 31 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 113 71% 72% 24% 13 46%
1973 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 38 71% 71% 24% 4 25%
1974 TEX AL 33 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 33% 67% 0% 0
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 17 6 35.3% 10 1 5.9% 0 587 72% 72% 22% 58 45%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.2% 62% 77% 26% 53%

* 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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