Al Simmons

Outfielder · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1924-1944)

Al Simmons was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1924 to 1944 for 7 teams, including the Philadelphia Athletics, a span of 21 seasons. In 2,215 career games, he hit .334 with 2,927 hits, 307 home runs, and 1,827 RBI. Al Simmons was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953 and was a 3-time All-Star. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 40,529.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated

⭐ Hall of Fame 1953
AVG .334
HR 307
RBI 1,827
H 2,927
OPS .915
PIV 40,529
Position
Outfielder
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'11" / 190 lb
Born
5/22/1902 in Milwaukee, WI, USA
Died
5/26/1956 in Milwaukee, WI, USA
MLB Debut
1924-04-15
Last Game
1944-07-01
Hall of Fame
Inducted 1953 (BBWAA)
Awards
3× All-Star

Full name: Aloysius Harry Simmons

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Career Batting Statistics

Al Simmons — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
2,215 8,759 1,507 2,927 539 149 307 1,827 88 615 737 .334 .380 .535 .915 40,529

Career AVG .334 vs. league average .277 across their career seasons — +20.6% above league average.

Career OBP .380 vs. league average .341 across their career seasons — +11.3% above league average.

Career SLG .535 vs. league average .392 across their career seasons — +36.6% above league average.

Career OPS .915 vs. league average .733 across their career seasons — +24.8% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Al Simmons Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1924 PHA AL 152 594 69 183 31 9 8 102 16 30 60 .308 .283 (+9%) .345 (-1%) .389 (+11%) .734 (+5%) 499.8
1925 PHA AL 153 654 122 253 43 12 24 129 7 35 41 .387 .288 (+34%) .349 (+20%) .407 (+47%) .756 (+35%) 4618.7
1926 PHA AL 147 583 90 199 53 10 19 109 11 48 49 .341 .279 (+22%) .345 (+14%) .390 (+45%) .735 (+30%) 3406.0
1927 PHA AL 106 406 86 159 36 11 15 108 10 31 30 .392 .282 (+39%) .344 (+27%) .392 (+64%) .736 (+47%) 3535.5
1928 PHA AL 119 464 78 163 33 9 15 107 1 31 30 .351 .280 (+25%) .342 (+16%) .395 (+41%) .737 (+29%) 2567.9
1929 PHA AL 143 581 114 212 41 9 34 157 4 31 38 .365 .289 (+26%) .353 (+13%) .415 (+54%) .769 (+35%) 4090.3
1930 PHA AL 138 554 152 211 41 16 36 165 9 39 34 .381 .293 (+30%) .354 (+19%) .429 (+65%) .784 (+44%) 5020.8
1931 PHA AL 128 513 105 200 37 13 22 128 3 47 45 .390 .276 (+41%) .338 (+31%) .388 (+65%) .726 (+49%) 4960.7
1932 PHA AL 154 670 144 216 28 9 35 151 4 47 76 .322 .275 (+17%) .335 (+10%) .391 (+40%) .726 (+26%) 3410.3
1933 CHA AL 146 605 85 200 29 10 14 119 5 39 49 .331 .270 (+22%) .329 (+13%) .377 (+27%) .707 (+21%) 2398.2
1934 CHA AL 138 558 102 192 36 7 18 104 3 53 58 .344 .278 (+24%) .340 (+18%) .392 (+35%) .733 (+27%) 3092.5
1935 CHA AL 128 525 68 140 22 7 16 79 4 33 43 .267 .279 (-5%) .342 (-9%) .399 (+7%) .742 (avg) -156.0
1936 DET AL 143 568 96 186 38 6 13 112 6 49 35 .327 .283 (+15%) .349 (+9%) .404 (+20%) .753 (+15%) 1751.3
1937 WS1 AL 103 419 60 117 21 10 8 84 3 27 35 .279 .276 (+1%) .342 (-4%) .398 (+9%) .740 (+3%) 123.8
1938 WS1 AL 125 470 79 142 23 6 21 95 2 38 40 .302 .272 (+11%) .341 (+4%) .392 (+30%) .734 (+18%) 1573.9
1939 BSN NL 93 330 39 93 17 5 7 43 0 22 40 .282 .274 (+3%) .342 (-3%) .393 (+9%) .735 (+3%) 109.4
1939 CIN NL 9 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .143 — — — — 109.4
1940 PHA AL 37 81 7 25 4 0 1 19 0 4 8 .309 .267 (+16%) .335 (+2%) .387 (+2%) .722 (+2%) 18.3
1941 PHA AL 9 24 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .125 — — — — 0.0
1943 BOS AL 40 133 9 27 5 0 1 12 0 8 21 .203 .255 (-21%) .324 (-24%) .346 (-24%) .671 (-24%) -491.8
1944 PHA AL 4 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
Career · 21 seasons 2,215 8,759 1,507 2,927 539 149 307 1,827 88 615 737 .334 — — — — 40,639

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Al Simmons — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
19 73 15 24 6 0 6 17 6 9 .329

Playoff Batting by Year

Al Simmons — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1939 WS CIN 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
1931 WS PHA 7 27 4 9 2 0 2 8 3 3 .333
1930 WS PHA 6 22 4 8 2 0 2 4 2 2 .364
1929 WS PHA 5 20 6 6 1 0 2 5 1 4 .300

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Al Simmons — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home111843017571488162995.346
Away109744587501441145848.323

Last 10 Games — Batting

Al Simmons — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1944-07-01 PHADETL 412000000
1944-06-30 PHACLEL 101000200
1944-06-23 PHANYYL 000000000
1944-06-13 PHABOSL 100000000
1943-09-12 BOSNYYL 100000001
1943-09-10 BOSNYYL 401100001
1943-09-05 BOSPHAL 301000000
1943-09-04 BOSPHAW 300000001
1943-08-29 BOSNYYL 301000001
1943-08-29 BOSNYYL 511001101

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Al Simmons — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 1 0 12 0 0 1
OF 2142 0 4988 169 94 37

Season-by-Season Fielding

Al Simmons — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1924 PHA OF 152 0 390 17 10 4
1925 PHA OF 153 0 447 8 16 2
1926 PHA OF 147 0 333 11 9 5
1927 PHA OF 105 0 247 10 4 2
1928 PHA OF 114 0 231 10 3 2
1929 PHA OF 142 0 349 19 4 2
1930 PHA OF 136 0 275 10 3 1
1931 PHA OF 128 0 287 10 4 0
1932 PHA OF 154 0 290 9 6 4
1933 CHA OF 145 0 372 15 4 1
1934 CHA OF 138 0 286 14 4 3
1935 CHA OF 126 0 349 5 7 1
1936 DET 1B 1 0 12 0 0 1
1936 DET OF 138 0 352 8 5 1
1937 WS1 OF 102 0 240 7 4 5
1938 WS1 OF 117 0 232 4 4 1
1939 BSN OF 82 0 158 7 3 2
1939 CIN OF 5 0 14 1 1 0
1940 PHA OF 18 0 51 1 2 0
1941 PHA OF 5 0 16 0 0 0
1943 BOS OF 33 0 66 3 1 1
1944 PHA OF 2 0 3 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Al Simmons Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
First Base 1
Left Field 1372
Center Field 775
Right Field 3

Awards & Honors

Al Simmons — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
1934 Baseball Magazine All-Star LF
1934 TSN All-Star OF
1933 Baseball Magazine All-Star OF
1933 Baseball Magazine All-Star LF
1933 TSN All-Star OF
1932 Baseball Magazine All-Star LF
1931 Baseball Magazine All-Star LF
1931 TSN All-Star OF
1930 Baseball Magazine All-Star LF
1930 TSN All-Star OF
1929 Baseball Magazine All-Star LF
1929 TSN All-Star OF
1929 TSN Guide MVP
1928 Baseball Magazine All-Star OF
1927 Baseball Magazine All-Star CF
1927 TSN All-Star OF
1925 Baseball Magazine All-Star CF

Award Voting History

Al Simmons — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1934 Most Valuable Player AL 11th 9.0 80 0
1933 Most Valuable Player AL 8th 19.0 80 0
1932 Most Valuable Player AL 9th 13.0 80 0
1931 Most Valuable Player AL 3rd 51.0 80 0
1927 Most Valuable Player AL 4th 18.0 64 0
1926 Most Valuable Player AL 5th 16.0 64 0
1925 Most Valuable Player AL 2nd 41.0 64 0
1924 Most Valuable Player AL 11th 7.0 64 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Al Simmons (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Goose Goslin HOF
    .316 avg, 248 HR
  2. 93
    Harry Heilmann HOF
    .342 avg, 183 HR
  3. 89
    Joe Medwick HOF
    .324 avg, 205 HR
  4. 84
    Joe DiMaggio HOF
    .325 avg, 361 HR
  5. 80
    Vladimir Guerrero HOF
    .318 avg, 449 HR
  6. 80
    Chuck Klein HOF
    .320 avg, 300 HR

Compare Al Simmons

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Al Simmons: the record in brief

According to the bio, Al Simmons debuted on April 15, 1924 and played a final game on July 1, 1944. The season rows list, in order, the Philadelphia Athletics (1924 to 1944), the Chicago White Sox (1933 to 1935), the Detroit Tigers (1936), the Washington Senators (1937 to 1938), the Boston Bees (1939), the Cincinnati Reds (1939), and the Boston Red Sox (1943). Born on May 22, 1902, in Milwaukee, WI, USA, Simmons is listed as an outfielder and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio gives 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds. Simmons died on May 26, 1956, in Milwaukee, WI, USA. Simmons's full given name, per the bio, is Aloysius Harry Simmons.

Simmons finished with 2,927 hits from 8,759 at bats in 2,215 games, which works out to .334, adding 307 homers, 1,827 RBI, and 88 stolen bases. On-base and slugging figures of .380 and .535 give Simmons a career OPS of .915. Set against a .277 league average for the same years, Simmons's .334 average sits 20.6% above it.

Frequently Asked Questions about Al Simmons

What years did Al Simmons play?
Al Simmons played in Major League Baseball from 1924 to 1944.
Was Al Simmons a pitcher?
No. Al Simmons was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Al Simmons hit?
Al Simmons hit 307 career home runs with 2927 hits.
Is Al Simmons in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Al Simmons was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.
What was Al Simmons's career batting average?
Al Simmons batted .334 over his career, with 2,927 hits in 8,759 at bats.
How many RBI did Al Simmons have?
Al Simmons drove in 1,827 runs in his career.