3B Duane Simmons #24
Detroit Wolverines MLB
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
05/08/1972
BNN Index | MLB | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
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
29 107 26 5 0 4 18 17 26 .243 .347 .402 0 0.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 55 65
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 65 65 60 75
Eye 70 70 65 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
05/07/1972 BAL Win, 3-2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0
05/06/1972 BAL Win, 8-2 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
05/05/1972 BAL Win, 3-2 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
05/04/1972 LAP Win, 5-1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
05/03/1972 LAP Loss, 0-7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
05/02/1972 LAP Loss, 0-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/30/1972 SFS Loss, 0-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/28/1972 SFS Win, 5-1 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0
04/27/1972 @ BAL Win, 7-2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/26/1972 @ BAL Loss, 3-7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Not known for modesty.
Personality Class: Selfish
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:6 Years, 34 Days
Service This Yr:34 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 29 107 26 5 0 4 18 15 17 26 .243 .347 .402 .749 .349 .159 134
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 28 124 0 0 0 5 0 0 43 9 0 0 0.0 14.5 4.56 .8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   35 11 2 0 1 6 5 2 9 0 0 0 .314 .351 .457 .808
Versus Right   72 15 3 0 3 12 9 15 17 0 0 0 .208 .345 .375 .720
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   20 4 0 0 1 3 3 4 8 0 0 0 .200 .333 .350 .683
April   87 22 5 0 3 15 12 13 18 0 0 0 .253 .350 .414 .764
May   20 4 0 0 1 3 3 4 8 0 0 0 .200 .333 .350 .683
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   2579 679 112 8 102 356 382 434 575 21 1 19 .263 .371 .432 .802
Home   61 11 3 0 2 11 9 13 16 0 0 0 .180 .324 .328 .652
Road   46 15 2 0 2 7 6 4 10 0 0 0 .326 .380 .500 .880
Grass   107 26 5 0 4 18 15 17 26 0 0 0 .243 .347 .402 .749
Day   77 20 3 0 4 13 12 11 19 0 0 0 .260 .352 .455 .807
Night   30 6 2 0 0 5 3 6 7 0 0 0 .200 .333 .267 .600
As Starter   105 26 5 0 4 18 14 16 25 0 0 0 .248 .347 .410 .757
As Reliever / Substitution   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Close/Late   26 7 1 0 0 5 2 2 8 0 0 0 .269 .321 .308 .629
Inning 1-3   32 9 3 0 2 7 8 9 7 0 0 0 .281 .439 .562 1.002
Inning 4-6   39 8 0 0 1 3 3 4 10 0 0 0 .205 .279 .282 .561
Inning 7-9   32 9 2 0 1 8 2 2 8 0 0 0 .281 .324 .438 .761
Extra Innings   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
0 Outs   42 9 2 0 2 8 7 5 11 0 0 0 .214 .298 .405 .703
1 Outs   39 9 2 0 2 7 7 7 8 0 0 0 .231 .348 .436 .784
2 Outs   26 8 1 0 0 3 0 5 7 0 0 0 .308 .419 .346 .766
Scoring Position   33 8 3 0 0 12 1 3 9 0 0 0 .242 .306 .333 .639
Bases Empty   49 11 1 0 2 2 9 12 12 0 0 0 .224 .377 .367 .744
Runner on 1st   25 7 1 0 2 4 4 2 5 0 0 0 .280 .333 .560 .893
Runner on 2nd   10 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .473
Runner on 3rd   4 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 .900
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667
Bases Loaded   5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Two Strikes   57 10 0 0 1 4 6 11 26 0 0 0 .175 .309 .228 .537
First Pitch   15 7 2 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .467 .467 .800 1.267
Count 0-1   10 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Count 0-2   9 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778
Count 1-0   8 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875
Count 1-1   7 3 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 1.286 1.714
Count 1-2   22 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Count 2-0   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 2-1   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   14 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .750 .000 .750
Full Count   12 3 0 0 0 1 4 11 2 0 0 0 .250 .609 .250 .859
Behind in Count   41 6 2 0 1 5 2 0 17 0 0 0 .146 .146 .268 .415
Ahead in Count   18 4 1 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 .222 .417 .278 .694
Batting 2nd   24 7 2 0 2 6 6 2 5 0 0 0 .292 .346 .625 .971
Batting 3rd   42 11 1 0 1 8 4 7 9 0 0 0 .262 .367 .357 .724
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
Low Leverage   36 13 4 0 3 8 9 6 5 0 0 0 .361 .452 .722 1.175
Medium Leverage   50 9 0 0 1 5 4 8 15 0 0 0 .180 .293 .240 .533
High Leverage   21 4 1 0 0 5 1 2 6 0 0 0 .190 .261 .238 .499
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 29 107 26 5 0 4 18 15 17 0 0 26 0 0 .243 .347 .402 .749 121 134 0.8
Total MLB 744 2579 679 112 8 102 356 382 434 19 21 575 0 1 .263 .371 .432 .802 138 142 24.5
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 29 28 14 58 5 81 9 .889 264.1 2.45 -1.4 .938
TOTAL 1B 169 162 1432 103 117 1543 8 .995 1416.1 9.75 +10.0 1.057
TOTAL 3B 555 527 301 1078 89 1465 86 .941 4764.1 2.60 -2.6 .997
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).
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
Thursday, May 8th , 2025 - OOTP Baseball 25.11 Build 104