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Nelson Simmons
Nelson Bernard Simmons

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

Debut September 4, 1984
  vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 8, 1987
Born June 27, 1963 in Washington, DC

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        I attended his major-league debut at Tiger Stadium when he was a September call-up in 1984. Man, he looked like a ballplayer. I guess every rookie looks like a future star to a kid.

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 21 DET AL   9   30    4   13   2  0   0    3   1  0   2   5  .433  .469  .500  169   15   0   0   1   0   2
 1985 22 DET AL  75  251   31   60  11  0  10   33   1  0  26  41  .239  .306  .402   93  101   0   4   5   0   4
 1987 24 BAL AL  16   49    3   13   1  1   1    4   0  1   3   8  .265  .296  .388   82   19   0   2   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      100  330   38   86  14  1  11   40   2  1  31  54  .261  .319  .409   98  135   0   6   6   0   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        535   62  139  23  2  18   65   3  2  50  87  .261  .319  .409   98  219   0  10  10   0  15
 Career High     75  251   31   60  11  1  10   33   1  1  26  41  .239  .306  .402   93  101   0   4   5   0   4
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 21 DET AL   32   19    6   8.5    97| .433  .264| .469  .326| .500  .398| .969  .724| 169  .759   2.9   0.3 100%
 1985 22 DET AL  281  199   32   4.3    99| .239  .261| .306  .327| .402  .406| .708  .733|  93  .470  -2.5  -0.2 100%
 1987 24 BAL AL   54   42    5   3.2   103| .265  .262| .296  .329| .388  .420| .684  .749|  82  .306  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       367  260   43   4.4    99| .261  .261| .319  .327| .409  .407| .728  .734|  98  .478  -0.8  -0.0  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 21 DET AL OF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.60 2.16 1.95 2.51 4 37.0 RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.88 1.80 2.22 3 30.0 DH 4 LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 2.57 2.31 1 7.0 1985 22 DET AL OF 38 67 2 4 1 .945 .982 1.82 2.10 2.04 2.44 37 305.0 DH 31 LF 25 41 2 3 0 .935 .977 1.72 1.77 1.99 2.25 25 194.3 RF 13 28 1 1 1 .967 .980 2.23 1.82 2.36 2.17 12 110.7 1987 24 BAL AL RF 13 24 2 0 1 1.000 .977 2.00 1.75 2.34 2.12 12 100.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 21 DET AL DH 4 1985 22 DET AL DH 31 1987 24 BAL AL DH 1 1984 21 DET AL LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 2.57 2.31 1 7.0 1985 22 DET AL LF 25 41 2 3 0 .935 .977 1.72 1.77 1.99 2.25 25 194.3 1984 21 DET AL OF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.60 2.16 1.95 2.51 4 37.0 1985 22 DET AL OF 38 67 2 4 1 .945 .982 1.82 2.10 2.04 2.44 37 305.0 1987 24 BAL AL OF 13 24 2 0 1 1.000 .981 2.00 2.00 2.34 2.31 12 100.0 1984 21 DET AL RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.88 1.80 2.22 3 30.0 1985 22 DET AL RF 13 28 1 1 1 .967 .980 2.23 1.82 2.36 2.17 12 110.7 1987 24 BAL AL RF 13 24 2 0 1 1.000 .977 2.00 1.75 2.34 2.12 12 100.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 56 99 4 4 2 .963 .982 1.84 2.08 2.10 2.42 53 442.0 27 0 30# DH 36 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 30 58 3 1 2 .984 .979 2.03 1.80 2.28 2.16 27 240.7 LF* 27 43 2 3 0 .938 .978 1.67 1.77 2.01 2.25 26 201.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 56 99 4 4 2 .963 .982 1.84 2.08 2.10 2.42 53 442
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1984 AL-21-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2069) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

April 29, 1986: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

May 4, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

August 11, 1987: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Mike Brown (August 26, 1987) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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