Nelson Simmons

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 27, 1963 in Washington, DC us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Madison HS (San Diego, CA).

High School: Madison HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: September 4, 1984 (Age 21-069d, 14,950th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 8, 1987 (Age 23-315d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Nelson Bernard Simmons

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

330

.261

RBI

OBP

.319

SLG

.409

OPS

.728

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	40-35 / in Starts: 38-29
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 281 PAs	33
Actual Runners on Base	163 (87-50-26)
Avg. MLBer w/ 281 PAs	30
Avg. Runners on Base	170 (84-56-29)

Most Driven In
Self	10
L Parrish	7
K Gibson	6
D Evans	5
C Lemon	2
A SÃ¡nchez	2
L Whitaker	1
A Trammell	0

Most Driven In By
Self	10
C Lemon	5
A Trammell	5
T Brookens	4
L Whitaker	2
D Evans	2
D Bergman	1
B Garbey	1

1985 Batting Game Log

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1985 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	10	18 (17)	Apr 30	DET		MIN	L,2-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.14	-0.015	.26	-0.02%	-0.61	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	11	19	May 1	DET		MIN	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.74	0.043	1.20	0.04%	0.75	DH
3	12	20	May 3	DET		CHW	L,1-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.182	.200	.382	7	1.70	-0.073	2.59	-0.07%	-0.43	DH
4	13	21	May 4	DET		CHW	W,7-1	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.250	.545	.795	7	.08	0.012	.10	0.01%	1.87	PH
5	14	22	May 5	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.267	.500	.767	7	.84	-0.013	1.19	-0.01%	-0.21	DH
6	15	23	May 7	DET	@	TEX	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.316	.300	.632	.932	7	.42	0.068	.64	0.06%	1.12	DH
7	16	25 (1)	May 10	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.250	.522	.772	7	.68	-0.070	1.25	-0.08%	-0.86	DH
8	17	26	May 11	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.250	.462	.712	5	.42	0.001	.77	0.00%	-0.20	LF
9	18	28 (1)	May 13	DET		TEX	W,7-4	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.250	.433	.683	7	.76	-0.069	1.20	-0.07%	-0.58	DH
10	19	30 (1)	May 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-10	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.297	.471	.768	6	.91	0.080	1.70	0.09%	0.42	LF
11	20	33 (2)	May 18	DET	@	OAK	W,9-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.286	.421	.707	3	.34	-0.008	.61	-0.01%	-0.90	RF
12	21	34	May 19	DET	@	OAK	L,7-9	GS-9	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.340	.463	.804	3	1.20	0.176	2.28	0.20%	2.18	LF
13	22	36 (1)	May 21	DET	@	CAL	L,1-2	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.333	.452	.786	9	2.33	-0.060	3.98	-0.06%	-0.24	PH
14	23	37	May 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.333	.444	.778	6	1.04	0.087	1.65	0.08%	0.66	LF
15	24	38	May 24	DET	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.321	.440	.761	6	.80	-0.017	1.33	-0.02%	-0.07	DH
16	25	40 (1)	May 26	DET	@	SEA	W,6-0	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.317	.444	.761	6	.89	0.071	1.54	0.07%	0.41	LF
17	26	41	May 27	DET	@	SEA	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.311	.436	.748	9	.14	-0.004	.26	0.00%	-0.11	PH
18	27	42	May 29	DET		OAK	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.292	.407	.699	6	.95	-0.097	1.58	-0.10%	-0.74	LF
19	28	44 (1)	May 31	DET		CAL	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.290	.397	.687	7	.98	-0.023	1.70	-0.02%	-0.43	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	29	47 (2)	Jun 3	DET		SEA	L,8-9	GS-9	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.311	.385	.695	8	1.41	0.071	1.99	0.06%	-1.16	RF
21	30	48	Jun 4	DET		SEA	L,6-7	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.307	.379	.685	9	1.82	-0.047	2.29	-0.04%	-0.11	PH
22	31	51 (2)	Jun 7	DET	@	TOR	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.303	.373	.676	1	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.17	PH
23	32	52	Jun 8	DET	@	TOR	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.296	.375	.671	6	.21	0.045	.31	0.04%	0.34	DH
24	33	53	Jun 9	DET	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.302	.416	.718	6	.64	0.189	1.10	0.20%	1.55	DH
25	34	54	Jun 10	DET		BAL	W,8-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.303	.413	.716	8	1.29	-0.045	1.93	-0.04%	0.01	LF
26	35	55	Jun 12	DET		BAL	W,6-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.293	.398	.691	7	.91	-0.066	1.48	-0.06%	-0.90	LF
27	36	59 (3)	Jun 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.292	.391	.682	8	1.05	0.010	2.29	0.01%	0.13	RF
28	37	60	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,9-8	GS-7	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.310	.418	.728	8	.76	0.086	1.60	0.11%	0.83	RF
29	38	61	Jun 19	DET		BOS	W,9-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.298	.400	.698	7	.48	-0.052	1.12	-0.07%	-1.08	LF
30	39	62	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,10-9	8-GF(10)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.302	.396	.698	7	3.16	-0.060	7.21	-0.08%	-0.12	PH RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	40	111 (48)	Aug 13	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	GS-13	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.304	.392	.696	5	1.47	-0.068	.41	-0.01%	0.12	DH
32	41	112	Aug 14	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.310	.419	.729	5	1.07	0.129	.31	0.02%	1.55	LF
33	42	113	Aug 15	DET		CLE	L,6-7	GS-9	4	4	2	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.333	.495	.829	5	1.44	0.363	.43	0.07%	3.79	RF
34	43	114	Aug 16	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.277	.331	.491	.822	5	1.72	0.129	.36	0.02%	0.32	DH
35	44	115	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,7-5	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.328	.491	.820	5	.58	0.023	.17	0.00%	0.78	LF
36	45	116	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.341	.521	.862	5	.36	0.108	.14	0.03%	1.05	RF
37	46	117	Aug 19	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.331	.504	.835	5	1.35	-0.141	.57	-0.04%	-0.91	LF
38	47	118	Aug 20	DET	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.321	.488	.810	5	.56	-0.057	.19	-0.01%	-1.03	DH
39	48	119	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.313	.473	.786	6	1.28	-0.129	.42	-0.03%	-1.56	LF
40	49	120	Aug 22	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG(13)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.257	.313	.463	.777	7	1.85	0.035	.51	0.01%	0.29	DH
41	50	121	Aug 23	DET	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.259	.312	.468	.779	6	.43	-0.003	.17	0.00%	-0.21	RF
42	51	122	Aug 24	DET	@	CAL	W,13-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.308	.455	.763	6	.32	-0.037	.05	0.00%	-0.43	DH
43	52	123	Aug 25	DET	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.307	.449	.756	5	1.21	-0.180	.19	-0.02%	-1.86	DH
44	53	124	Aug 26	DET	@	SEA	W,6-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.307	.447	.754	6	1.31	-0.037	.16	0.00%	-0.35	LF
45	54	125	Aug 27	DET	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.302	.438	.740	5	.79	-0.060	.11	-0.01%	-0.51	DH
46	55	126	Aug 29	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.299	.437	.736	6	2.07	-0.185	.20	-0.01%	-0.72	RF
47	56	127	Aug 30	DET		OAK	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.241	.292	.426	.718	6	.42	-0.002	.05	0.00%	-0.12	RF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	57	129 (1)	Sep 1	DET		OAK	W,14-3	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.295	.418	.713	6	.36	0.003	.02	0.00%	0.02	LF
49	58	130	Sep 2	DET		CAL	L,1-11	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.305	.423	.727	6	.13	-0.009	.01	0.00%	1.28	LF
50	59	131	Sep 3	DET		CAL	W,14-8	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.246	.307	.421	.728	5	.44	-0.042	.02	0.00%	-0.26	LF
51	60	132	Sep 4	DET		CAL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.247	.311	.420	.731	7	1.08	-0.060	.05	0.00%	-0.38	DH
52	61	133	Sep 6	DET		SEA	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.247	.310	.416	.726	5	.54	-0.065	.01	0.00%	-0.99	LF
53	62	134	Sep 7	DET		SEA	L,5-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.309	.412	.721	7	.43	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.45	DH
54	63	135	Sep 8	DET		SEA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.308	.409	.716	7	.98	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.78	DH
55	64	137 (1)	Sep 10	DET	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.307	.402	.709	7	.82	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.40	DH
56	65	139 (1)	Sep 13	DET		BAL	L,4-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.310	.405	.715	9	3.21	0.164	.00	0.00%	0.72	PH
57	66	140	Sep 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,10-3	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.310	.404	.714	5	1.15	-0.042	.00	0.00%	0.32	LF
58	67	141	Sep 14 (2)	DET		BAL	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.309	.402	.711	3	3.51	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
59	68	142	Sep 15	DET		BAL	W,4-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.306	.398	.704	8	.81	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.40	LF
60	69	143	Sep 16	DET		BAL	L,7-14	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.314	.435	.749	8	.71	0.332	.00	0.00%	3.35	LF
61	70	144	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.317	.448	.765	8	.27	0.162	.00	0.00%	2.06	DH
62	71	145	Sep 18	DET		NYY	W,5-2	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.317	.447	.764	7	1.79	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.13	LF
63	72	146	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,10-3	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.322	.447	.769	7	.62	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.91	LF
64	73	147	Sep 20	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.259	.321	.443	.764	6	.88	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-0.79	DH
65	74	148	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.259	.322	.444	.767	7	2.04	0.140	.00	0.00%	1.24	RF
66	75	149	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.321	.441	.762	7	.89	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.03	DH
67	76	151 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.320	.438	.758	8	.17	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.40	DH
68	77	152	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.315	.430	.745	7	.80	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-1.16	DH
69	78	153	Sep 27	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.314	.427	.741	7	.42	0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.59	DH
70	79	154	Sep 28	DET		BOS	L,0-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.309	.419	.729	7	.98	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.31	RF
71	80	155	Sep 29	DET		BOS	L,4-8	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.308	.414	.722	6	1.15	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.65	LF
72	81	156	Oct 1	DET		TOR	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.307	.409	.716	6	.54	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.78	DH
73	82	157	Oct 2	DET		TOR	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.304	.404	.708	6	.40	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.37	DH
74	83	158	Oct 3	DET		TOR	W,2-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.304	.401	.705	6	.85	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.30	DH
75	84	161 (2)	Oct 6	DET	@	BAL	W,11-3	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.306	.402	.708	6	.65	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.50	DH
							40-35		281	251	31	60	11	0	10	33	26	5	41	0	0	4	5	4	1	0	.239	.306	.402	.708		.90	0.272	.62	0.25%	2.85

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