Curt Simmons stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1947
Bio
- Debut
- 1947
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 569
- W
- 193
- L
- 183
- ERA
- 3.54
- IP
- 3348.1
- K
- 1,697
- BB
- 1,063
- WHIP
- 1.31
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | PHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 1.22 |
| 1948 | PHI | 31 | 7 | 13 | 4.87 | 170.0 | 86 | 108 | 1.63 |
| 1949 | PHI | 38 | 4 | 10 | 4.59 | 131.1 | 83 | 55 | 1.43 |
| 1950 | PHI | 31 | 17 | 8 | 3.40 | 214.2 | 146 | 88 | 1.24 |
| 1952 | PHI | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2.82 | 201.1 | 141 | 70 | 1.19 |
| 1953 | PHI | 32 | 16 | 13 | 3.21 | 238.0 | 138 | 82 | 1.23 |
| 1954 | PHI | 34 | 14 | 15 | 2.81 | 253.0 | 125 | 98 | 1.28 |
| 1955 | PHI | 25 | 8 | 8 | 4.92 | 130.0 | 58 | 50 | 1.52 |
| 1956 | PHI | 33 | 15 | 10 | 3.36 | 198.0 | 88 | 65 | 1.27 |
| 1957 | PHI | 32 | 12 | 11 | 3.44 | 212.0 | 92 | 50 | 1.25 |
| 1958 | PHI | 29 | 7 | 14 | 4.38 | 168.1 | 78 | 40 | 1.40 |
| 1959 | PHI | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 10.0 | 4 | 0 | 1.60 |
| 1960 |  PHI/STL | 27 | 7 | 4 | 3.06 | 156.0 | 67 | 37 | 1.28 |
| 1961 | STL | 30 | 9 | 10 | 3.13 | 195.2 | 99 | 64 | 1.36 |
| 1962 | STL | 31 | 10 | 10 | 3.51 | 154.0 | 74 | 32 | 1.29 |
| 1963 | STL | 32 | 15 | 9 | 2.48 | 232.2 | 127 | 48 | 1.10 |
| 1964 | STL | 34 | 18 | 9 | 3.43 | 244.0 | 104 | 49 | 1.16 |
| 1965 | STL | 34 | 9 | 15 | 4.08 | 203.0 | 96 | 54 | 1.39 |
| 1966 |  STL/CHC | 29 | 5 | 8 | 4.23 | 110.2 | 38 | 35 | 1.35 |
| 1967 |  CHC/LAA | 31 | 5 | 8 | 4.24 | 116.2 | 44 | 32 | 1.51 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 2.57
- IP
- 14.0
- K
- 8
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 163
- SHO
- 36
- K/9
- 4.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | PHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | PHI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | PHI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | PHI | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PHI | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PHI | 0 | 19 | 4 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PHI | 0 | 21 | 3 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PHI | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PHI | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PHI | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PHI | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PHI/STL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | STL | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | STL | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | STL | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | STL | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | STL | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | STL/CHC | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CHC/LAA | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Curt Simmons's career stats?
Curt Simmons played 20 seasons for the Phillies and the Cardinals. He had 193 wins and 1,697 strikeouts with a 3.54 ERA over 3,348.1 innings. His best season was 1964: 18 wins, a 3.43 ERA and 104 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
20 seasons, 1 postseason, 1947 to 1967
Championships
- 1964 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
All-time career rank
- 161st in strikeouts (pitching) (1,697)
- 136th in wins (pitching) (193)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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