3B Duane Simmons #24
Detroit Wolverines MLB
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
07/10/1972
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3B DUANE SIMMONS #24 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
85 319 81 13 0 12 49 54 75 .254 .366 .408 0 3.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 55 60
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 65 65 60 75
Eye 70 75 70 70
Avoid K's 40 40 40 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 50 45
Errors: - 50 40
Arm: 20 70 60
Turn DP: - 45 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 65 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: 55
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Aggressiveness: 30
Stealing Ability: 25
Baserunning Inst.: 25
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/09/1972 @ MON Win, 6-0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
07/08/1972 @ MON Loss, 1-3 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
07/07/1972 @ MON Loss, 2-3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
07/06/1972 @ NYE Win, 12-2 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
07/05/1972 @ NYE Win, 10-5 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
07/04/1972 @ NYE Win, 4-3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
07/04/1972 @ NYE Loss, 1-5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
07/01/1972 @ BOS Win, 2-1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
06/30/1972 @ BOS Win, 7-5 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
06/29/1972 MON Loss, 0-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
PERSONALITY
Clubhouse cancer. The kind who can get a manager fired.
Personality Class: Disruptive
High: Financial Ambition
Low: Leader, Loyalty, Work Ethic
Birthday:09/09/1943
Born in:Hinsdale, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$474,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:7 Years, None
Service This Yr:97 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1965, 8th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 85 319 81 13 0 12 49 43 54 75 .254 .366 .408 .774 .360 .154 139
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 83 377 3 1 0 14 0 1 130 25 0 0 0.0 47.7 5.09 3.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   128 30 6 0 5 16 15 21 31 0 0 0 .234 .342 .398 .741
Versus Right   191 51 7 0 7 33 27 33 44 1 0 3 .267 .382 .414 .795
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   26 3 1 0 1 4 2 6 7 0 0 2 .115 .324 .269 .593
April   87 22 5 0 3 15 12 13 18 0 0 0 .253 .350 .414 .764
May   95 28 4 0 4 17 16 16 22 1 0 1 .295 .398 .463 .861
June   108 27 3 0 4 13 13 17 28 0 0 0 .250 .352 .389 .741
July   29 4 1 0 1 4 2 8 7 0 0 2 .138 .359 .276 .635
Spring Training   61 19 1 0 6 10 10 9 14 0 0 0 .311 .400 .623 1.023
Last Year   435 123 24 4 17 62 70 100 96 4 0 3 .283 .417 .474 .891
2 Years Ago   552 143 28 0 26 90 93 108 118 6 0 6 .259 .382 .451 .834
Career   2791 734 120 8 110 387 410 471 624 22 1 22 .263 .371 .430 .801
Home   156 36 6 0 6 25 22 27 37 0 0 0 .231 .344 .385 .729
Road   163 45 7 0 6 24 21 27 38 1 0 3 .276 .387 .429 .816
Grass   319 81 13 0 12 49 43 54 75 1 0 3 .254 .366 .408 .774
Day   204 54 7 0 7 30 30 30 44 1 0 2 .265 .363 .402 .765
Night   115 27 6 0 5 19 13 24 31 0 0 1 .235 .371 .417 .789
As Starter   316 80 13 0 12 49 42 52 74 1 0 3 .253 .363 .408 .771
As Reliever / Substitution   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .600 .333 .933
Pinch Hitting   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Close/Late   78 20 4 0 0 11 6 12 20 0 0 2 .256 .370 .308 .677
Inning 1-3   114 32 6 0 5 18 20 25 25 0 0 1 .281 .414 .465 .879
Inning 4-6   98 24 2 0 6 14 13 14 23 1 0 0 .245 .336 .449 .785
Inning 7-9   94 22 4 0 1 15 7 13 25 0 0 2 .234 .339 .309 .648
Extra Innings   13 3 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 .231 .333 .308 .641
0 Outs   95 23 5 0 4 16 20 16 28 0 0 1 .242 .357 .421 .778
1 Outs   127 32 5 0 5 21 16 21 25 1 0 0 .252 .356 .409 .765
2 Outs   97 26 3 0 3 12 6 17 22 0 0 2 .268 .388 .392 .780
Scoring Position   85 25 3 0 2 33 12 16 17 1 0 1 .294 .408 .400 .808
Bases Empty   154 35 5 0 6 6 22 32 38 0 0 2 .227 .367 .377 .744
Runner on 1st   80 21 5 0 4 10 8 6 20 0 0 0 .263 .314 .475 .789
Runner on 2nd   33 9 0 0 0 5 3 6 6 0 0 0 .273 .385 .273 .657
Runner on 3rd   11 4 1 0 1 10 4 1 2 1 0 0 .364 .385 .727 1.112
Runner on 1st & 2nd   22 10 0 0 1 11 4 5 3 0 0 0 .455 .556 .591 1.146
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .400 .733
Bases Loaded   8 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 1 .125 .300 .250 .550
Two Strikes   171 34 4 0 5 21 22 26 75 1 0 2 .199 .310 .310 .620
First Pitch   43 11 2 0 3 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 .256 .273 .512 .784
Count 0-1   23 5 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .217 .348 .565
Count 0-2   24 7 0 0 1 3 5 0 8 0 0 0 .292 .292 .417 .708
Count 1-0   25 8 1 0 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 .320 .346 .600 .946
Count 1-1   25 11 2 0 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 .440 .440 .760 1.200
Count 1-2   64 5 0 0 2 7 2 0 35 1 0 1 .078 .091 .172 .263
Count 2-0   12 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 2-1   13 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .385 .692
Count 2-2   48 11 4 0 1 4 5 0 20 0 0 0 .229 .229 .375 .604
Count 3-0   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 3-1   6 4 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 .667 .905 .667 1.571
Full Count   35 11 0 0 1 7 10 26 12 0 0 1 .314 .613 .400 1.013
Behind in Count   111 17 3 0 3 13 8 0 43 1 0 1 .153 .159 .261 .421
Ahead in Count   57 20 2 0 2 11 9 27 0 0 0 1 .351 .565 .491 1.056
Batting 2nd   123 28 6 0 6 17 18 24 27 0 0 0 .228 .354 .423 .777
Batting 3rd   154 44 5 0 5 28 20 21 36 1 0 3 .286 .380 .416 .795
Batting 5th   39 8 2 0 1 4 4 7 11 0 0 0 .205 .326 .333 .659
Batting 6th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Batting 9th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Low Leverage   132 40 10 0 7 18 22 19 29 0 0 2 .303 .399 .538 .937
Medium Leverage   122 26 2 0 4 17 14 24 31 1 0 1 .213 .345 .328 .672
High Leverage   65 15 1 0 1 14 6 10 15 0 0 0 .231 .333 .292 .626
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Detroit - MLB 22 64 220 55 12 0 5 25 23 19 1 3 67 0 0 .250 .309 .373 .681 101 104 0.8
1967 Detroit - MLB 23 99 320 86 9 1 17 38 42 38 2 0 69 0 0 .269 .350 .463 .812 150 159 2.5
1968 Detroit - MLB 24 154 563 135 20 1 14 60 74 75 3 5 121 0 1 .240 .330 .353 .683 113 115 3.4
1969 Detroit - MLB 25 107 382 111 14 2 19 63 65 77 4 3 78 0 0 .291 .412 .487 .899 161 165 4.9
1970 Detroit - MLB 26 157 552 143 28 0 26 90 93 108 6 6 118 0 0 .259 .382 .451 .834 136 142 5.3
1971 Detroit - MLB 27 134 435 123 24 4 17 62 70 100 3 4 96 0 0 .283 .417 .474 .891 161 166 6.7
1972 Detroit - MLB 28 85 319 81 13 0 12 49 43 54 3 1 75 0 0 .254 .366 .408 .774 127 139 3.4
Total MLB 800 2791 734 120 8 110 387 410 471 22 22 624 0 1 .263 .371 .430 .801 137 142 27.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1965 Total - 21 41 174 64 8 0 12 53 57 27 4 1 22 12 6 .368 .461 .621 1.082 100 100 3.1
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Detroit - MLB 23 6 27 11 4 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 .407 .407 .852 1.259 282 306 -0.2
1968 Detroit - MLB 24 13 46 15 2 0 0 3 7 12 0 0 11 0 0 .326 .466 .370 .835 163 163 0.8
1969 Detroit - MLB 25 18 64 27 1 0 7 13 15 13 2 0 15 0 0 .422 .532 .766 1.297 274 274 1.5
1970 Detroit - MLB 26 6 19 5 1 1 0 2 3 7 0 0 5 0 0 .263 .462 .421 .883 152 165 0.4
1971 Detroit - MLB 27 12 42 10 2 0 1 4 6 8 1 0 7 0 0 .238 .373 .357 .730 115 124 1.5
Total MLB 55 198 68 10 2 10 25 37 40 3 0 45 0 0 .343 .461 .566 1.026 201 207
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 Detroit - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 Detroit - MLB 3B 58 57 22 101 8 129 6 .953 505.2 2.19 -0.2 .994
1966 Detroit - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 Detroit - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1967 Detroit - MLB 1B 34 31 264 18 21 283 1 .996 267.0 9.51 +0.4 1.026
1967 Detroit - MLB 3B 56 51 18 115 8 144 11 .924 474.1 2.52 -6.5 .927
1967 Detroit - MLB SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1968 Detroit - MLB 1B 42 42 356 20 31 377 1 .997 367.2 9.20 +2.5 1.060
1968 Detroit - MLB 3B 113 105 39 215 22 265 11 .958 958.0 2.39 +0.1 .996
1969 Detroit - MLB 1B 37 37 338 27 25 368 3 .992 316.2 10.37 +2.9 1.060
1969 Detroit - MLB 3B 75 67 44 126 6 187 17 .909 612.1 2.50 -4.2 .954
1970 Detroit - MLB 1B 36 36 309 23 23 334 2 .994 314.0 9.52 +1.6 1.043
1970 Detroit - MLB 3B 117 115 89 228 22 339 22 .935 1019.1 2.80 +0.5 1.006
1971 Detroit - MLB 1B 19 16 165 15 17 181 1 .994 150.0 10.80 +2.6 1.131
1971 Detroit - MLB 3B 107 104 75 235 18 320 10 .969 930.1 3.00 +9.1 1.068
1972 Detroit - MLB 3B 85 83 54 186 15 255 15 .941 766.0 2.82 +2.3 1.008
TOTAL 1B 169 162 1432 103 117 1543 8 .995 1416.1 9.75 +10.0 1.057
TOTAL 3B 611 582 341 1206 99 1639 92 .944 5266.0 2.64 +1.1 1.002
TOTAL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
12/13/1965 Drafted in the 1965 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 8, 8th overall pick) by the Detroit Wolverines, out of college Wisconsin-La Crosse
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 40 (60); Eye: 50 (65).
04/12/1966 Named the #2 prospect in the MLB
07/07/1966 Named the #1 prospect in the MLB
11/08/1966 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $19,800.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 50 (60); Eye: 60 (65).
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (65); Power: 50 (60); Eye: 65 (65).
11/17/1968 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $98,345.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 65 (75); Eye: 70 (70).
03/23/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Detroit Wolverines development complex.
05/13/1969 Injured (strained shoulder),out for 6 weeks.
08/26/1969 Injured (bruised hand),out for one week.
08/30/1969 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
10/07/1969 Wins the 1969 MLB ABL Divisional Round MVP Award.
10/17/1969 Wins the 1969 MLB ABL League Championship Series MVP Award.
10/28/1969 Wins the 1969 World Series with the Detroit Wolverines.
11/15/1969 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $195,330.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 65 (75); Eye: 70 (70).
07/16/1970 Hits three home runs against the Toronto Hurons, going 3-4 with 5 RBI and 4 runs scored!
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $325,920.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (65); Power: 65 (75); Eye: 70 (70).
01/15/1971 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,896,000 with the Detroit Wolverines organization.
04/20/1971 Injured (strained rib cage muscles),out for 3 weeks.
07/17/1971 Injured (swollen ear),day-to-day for 3 days.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (65); Power: 65 (75); Eye: 70 (70).
05/15/1972 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
07/09/1972 Was selected to the 1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1970 151 6
Year PA Rank
1968 646 9
Year K Rank
1968 121 5
1970 118 7
Year HR Rank
1970 26 10
Year R Rank
1968 74 8
Year BB Rank
1968 75 3
1970 108 6
1971 100 4
Year HP Rank
1970 6 10
Year SF Rank
1970 6 10
Year OBP Rank
1971 .417 2
Year SLG Rank
1971 .474 9
Year RC/27 Rank
1971 7.27 8
Year ISO Rank
1971 .191 10
Year wOBA Rank
1971 .405 6
Year OPS Rank
1971 .891 9
Year WAR Rank
1971 6.7 8
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