Al Simmons stats
Last played for the Athletics, 1944
Bio
- Debut
- 1924
Bio
- Debut
- 1924
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,215
- AB
- 8,759
- R
- 1,507
- H
- 2,927
- HR
- 307
- RBI
- 1,827
- SB
- 88
- AVG
- .334
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | ATH | 152 | 594 | 69 | 183 | 8 | 102 | 16 | .308 |
| 1925 | ATH | 153 | 654 | 122 | 253 | 24 | 129 | 7 | .387 |
| 1926 | ATH | 147 | 583 | 90 | 199 | 19 | 109 | 11 | .341 |
| 1927 | ATH | 106 | 406 | 86 | 159 | 15 | 108 | 10 | .392 |
| 1928 | ATH | 119 | 464 | 78 | 163 | 15 | 107 | 1 | .351 |
| 1929 | ATH | 143 | 581 | 114 | 212 | 34 | 157 | 4 | .365 |
| 1930 | ATH | 138 | 554 | 152 | 211 | 36 | 165 | 9 | .381 |
| 1931 | ATH | 128 | 513 | 105 | 200 | 22 | 128 | 3 | .390 |
| 1932 | ATH | 154 | 670 | 144 | 216 | 35 | 151 | 4 | .322 |
| 1933 | CHW | 146 | 605 | 85 | 200 | 14 | 119 | 5 | .331 |
| 1934 | CHW | 138 | 558 | 102 | 192 | 18 | 104 | 3 | .344 |
| 1935 | CHW | 128 | 525 | 68 | 140 | 16 | 79 | 4 | .267 |
| 1936 | DET | 143 | 568 | 96 | 186 | 13 | 112 | 6 | .327 |
| 1937 | MIN | 103 | 419 | 60 | 117 | 8 | 84 | 3 | .279 |
| 1938 | MIN | 125 | 470 | 79 | 142 | 21 | 95 | 2 | .302 |
| 1939 |  ATL/CIN | 102 | 351 | 39 | 96 | 7 | 44 | 0 | .274 |
| 1940 | ATH | 37 | 81 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 0 | .309 |
| 1941 | ATH | 9 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 |
| 1943 | BOS | 40 | 133 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .203 |
| 1944 | ATH | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 19
- AB
- 73
- R
- 15
- H
- 24
- HR
- 6
- RBI
- 17
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .329
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 9,515
- TB
- 4,685
- XBH
- 995
- HBP
- 30
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | ATH | 644 | 256 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | ATH | 696 | 392 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | ATH | 642 | 329 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | ATH | 458 | 262 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | ATH | 509 | 259 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | ATH | 629 | 373 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | ATH | 611 | 392 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | ATH | 563 | 329 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | ATH | 718 | 367 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHW | 648 | 291 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHW | 613 | 296 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHW | 561 | 224 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | DET | 620 | 275 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | MIN | 453 | 182 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | MIN | 512 | 240 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | ATL/CIN | 381 | 144 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | ATH | 85 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | ATH | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | BOS | 141 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | ATH | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 17.2
- RC
- 1739.3
- RC/27
- 7.80
- ISOP
- .201
- SECA
- .274
- BB/K
- 0.83
- AB/HR
- 28.5
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | ATH | 0.0 | 87.3 | 5.3 | .123 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 74.3 | 0 |
| 1925 | ATH | 0.0 | 148.7 | 9.5 | .213 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 27.3 | 0 |
| 1926 | ATH | 0.0 | 126.4 | 8.6 | .223 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 30.7 | 0 |
| 1927 | ATH | 0.0 | 106.7 | 10.7 | .254 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 27.1 | 0 |
| 1928 | ATH | 0.0 | 97.9 | 8.4 | .207 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 30.9 | 0 |
| 1929 | ATH | 0.0 | 138.8 | 9.7 | .277 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 17.1 | 0 |
| 1930 | ATH | 0.0 | 151.7 | 11.3 | .327 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 15.4 | 0 |
| 1931 | ATH | 0.0 | 134.1 | 11.5 | .251 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 23.3 | 0 |
| 1932 | ATH | 0.0 | 132.2 | 7.8 | .225 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 19.1 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHW | 4.9 | 108.9 | 7.2 | .150 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 43.2 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHW | 4.2 | 116.9 | 8.6 | .186 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 31 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHW | 0.9 | 70.7 | 4.9 | .160 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 32.8 | 0 |
| 1936 | DET | 2.8 | 105.6 | 7.4 | .157 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 43.7 | 0 |
| 1937 | MIN | 1.1 | 61.6 | 5.4 | .155 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 52.4 | 0 |
| 1938 | MIN | 2.5 | 86.1 | 7 | .209 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 22.4 | 0 |
| 1939 | ATL/CIN | 0.8 | 48.4 | 5 | .137 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 50.1 | 0 |
| 1940 | ATH | 0.0 | 11.2 | 5.4 | .086 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 81 | 0 |
| 1941 | ATH | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | .042 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | BOS | 0.0 | 7.9 | 2 | .060 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 133 | 0 |
| 1944 | ATH | 0.0 | 1.4 | 12.3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Al Simmons's career stats?
Al Simmons played 20 seasons for the Athletics, the White Sox, the Tigers, the Twins and the Red Sox. He was a career .334 hitter with 2,927 hits, 307 home runs and 1,827 RBI. His best season was 1944: a .500 batting average, 0 home runs and 2 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
20 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1924 to 1944
Championships ×2
All-time career rank
- 156th in home runs (307)
- 40th in hits (2,927)
- 19th in rbi (1,827)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.