Curt Simmons
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[edit] Biography
Born on May 19, 1929 in Egypt, Pennsylvania, Curt Simmons (Curtis Thomas Simmons) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and California Angels over the course of his 20 year career. Simmons broke into the bigs on September 28, 1947 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 4.87 ERA in 170 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Curt Simmons's best season was 1963, when he posted a 2.48 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 127 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | PHI | N | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | PHI | N | 31 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 4.87 | 86 | 110 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 169 | 8 | 108 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1949 | PHI | N | 38 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 4.59 | 83 | 72 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 131.1 | 133 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1950 | PHI | N | 31 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 3.40 | 146 | 93 | 81 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 214.2 | 178 | 19 | 88 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1952 | PHI | N | 28 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2.82 | 141 | 72 | 63 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 201.1 | 170 | 11 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1953 | PHI | N | 32 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 3.21 | 138 | 102 | 85 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 238 | 211 | 17 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1954 | PHI | N | 34 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 2.81 | 125 | 101 | 79 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 253 | 226 | 14 | 98 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 1955 | PHI | N | 25 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4.92 | 58 | 76 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 148 | 15 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1956 | PHI | N | 33 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3.36 | 88 | 95 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 186 | 17 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 1957 | PHI | N | 32 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 3.44 | 92 | 92 | 81 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 212 | 214 | 11 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 1958 | PHI | N | 29 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 4.38 | 78 | 92 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 168.1 | 196 | 11 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 1959 | PHI | N | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1960 | STL | N | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2.66 | 63 | 50 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 152 | 149 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | PHI | N | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | TOT | N | 27 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3.06 | 67 | 58 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 162 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1961 | STL | N | 30 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 3.13 | 99 | 91 | 68 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 195.2 | 203 | 14 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 1962 | STL | N | 31 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3.51 | 74 | 78 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 154 | 167 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1963 | STL | N | 32 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 2.48 | 127 | 82 | 64 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 232.2 | 209 | 13 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1964 | STL | N | 34 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 3.43 | 104 | 106 | 93 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 244 | 233 | 24 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1965 | STL | N | 34 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 4.08 | 96 | 104 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 229 | 19 | 54 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 1966 | STL | N | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4.59 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.1 | 35 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CHI | N | 19 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4.07 | 24 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 77.1 | 79 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1966 | TOT | N | 29 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 4.23 | 38 | 56 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 110.2 | 114 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1967 | CHI | N | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4.94 | 31 | 54 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 100 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 1967 | CAL | A | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2.60 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34.2 | 44 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1967 | Total | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 4.24 | 44 | 65 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 116.2 | 144 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Total | NL | 555 | 458 | 191 | 182 | 3.55 | 1684 | 1540 | 1308 | 162 | 35 | 4 | 3313.2 | 3269 | 254 | 1054 | 66 | 39 | 51 | |
| Total | AL | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2.60 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34.2 | 44 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 569 | 462 | 193 | 183 | 3.54 | 1697 | 1551 | 1318 | 163 | 36 | 5 | 3348.1 | 3313 | 255 | 1063 | 69 | 39 | 53 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | PHI | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1948 | PHI | N | P | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1949 | PHI | N | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .931 |
| 1950 | PHI | N | P | 31 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1952 | PHI | N | P | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1953 | PHI | N | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .943 |
| 1954 | PHI | N | P | 34 | 33 | 253 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .929 |
| 1955 | PHI | N | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .962 |
| 1956 | PHI | N | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1957 | PHI | N | P | 32 | 29 | 212 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.000 |
| 1958 | PHI | N | P | 29 | 27 | 168.1 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .946 |
| 1959 | PHI | N | P | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1960 | STL | N | P | 23 | 17 | 152 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .971 |
| 1960 | PHI | N | P | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1960 | TOT | N | P | 27 | 19 | 156 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .974 |
| 1961 | STL | N | P | 30 | 29 | 195.2 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .977 |
| 1962 | STL | N | P | 31 | 22 | 154 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .970 |
| 1963 | STL | N | P | 32 | 32 | 232.2 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1964 | STL | N | P | 34 | 34 | 244 | 12 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .966 |
| 1965 | STL | N | P | 34 | 32 | 203 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .976 |
| 1966 | STL | N | P | 10 | 5 | 33.1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .714 |
| 1966 | CHI | N | P | 19 | 10 | 77.1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1966 | TOT | N | P | 29 | 15 | 110.2 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .939 |
| 1967 | CHI | N | P | 17 | 14 | 82 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .900 |
| 1967 | CAL | A | P | 14 | 4 | 34.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1967 | Total | P | 31 | 18 | 116.2 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .920 | |
| Total | P | 569 | 290 | 2056 | 127 | 514 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 77 | 56 | 6 | .965 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | PHI | N | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | PHI | N | 31 | 51 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | .137 | .200 | .137 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | PHI | N | 39 | 41 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .171 | .190 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | PHI | N | 34 | 77 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .156 | .217 | .156 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | PHI | N | 28 | 67 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 8 | .164 | .233 | .224 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PHI | N | 32 | 93 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | .140 | .167 | .172 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PHI | N | 38 | 91 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 8 | .176 | .202 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1955 | PHI | N | 27 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .174 | .191 | .239 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | PHI | N | 39 | 72 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 9 | .236 | .273 | .278 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PHI | N | 38 | 71 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 7 | .239 | .299 | .254 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1958 | PHI | N | 38 | 59 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | .203 | .217 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1959 | PHI | N | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | STL | N | 29 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .213 | .275 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1960 | PHI | N | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | TOT | N | 33 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .213 | .275 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1961 | STL | N | 32 | 66 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 6 | .303 | .378 | .348 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1962 | STL | N | 31 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .160 | .232 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | STL | N | 32 | 81 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .160 | .179 | .210 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1964 | STL | N | 34 | 94 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 6 | .106 | .143 | .106 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1965 | STL | N | 34 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .047 | .047 | .063 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | STL | N | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1966 | CHI | N | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | TOT | N | 29 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .207 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1967 | CHI | N | 17 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CAL | A | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | Total | 31 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .162 | .162 | .189 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | NL | 595 | 1126 | 92 | 192 | 1 | 75 | .171 | .213 | .194 | 18 | 3 | 59 | 280 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Total | AL | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 609 | 1135 | 93 | 194 | 1 | 76 | .171 | .213 | .196 | 19 | 3 | 59 | 283 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1947).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (May 17, 1960).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (May 20, 1960).
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs (June 22, 1966).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to California Angels (August 7, 1967).
- Released by California Angels (October 9, 1967).
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