Mel Simons

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: July 1, 1900 in Carlyle, IL us

Died: November 10, 1974 in Paducah, KY

Buried: Greenlea Cemetery, Fulton, KY

Debut: April 14, 1931 (Age 30-287d, 7,180th in major league history)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 20, 1932 (Age 31-294d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Melbern Ellis Simons

Nicknames: Butch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

194

.268

RBI

OBP

.311

SLG

.314

OPS

.625

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-43 / in Starts: 18-25
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	56 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 208 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	151 (81-47-23) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 208 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	140 (70-44-25)

Most Driven In
L Blue	6
C Reynolds	1
I Eichrodt	1
I Jeffries	1
B Fothergill	1
T Thomas	1
L Appling	1
B Sullivan	0

Most Driven In By
B Cissell	6
J Watwood	3
I Jeffries	2
C Reynolds	2
B Tate	2
I Eichrodt	1
W Kamm	1
B Fothergill	1

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 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	1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	1.19	-0.028	3.04	-0.04%	-0.21	CF
2	2	2	Apr 15	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG(10)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	2	1.27	0.030	2.79	0.04%	0.11	CF
3	3	3	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	2	.67	-0.024	1.74	-0.04%	-0.56	CF
4	4	4	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.294	.353	.647	2	1.02	-0.088	2.49	-0.13%	-0.94	CF
5	5	5	Apr 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.286	.286	.333	.619	2	1.17	-0.036	2.61	-0.05%	-0.39	CF
6	6	6	Apr 22	CHW		CLE	W,10-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.292	.320	.333	.653	2	.69	-0.031	1.63	-0.04%	-0.07	CF
7	7	7	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.345	.357	.702	2	.63	-0.012	1.68	-0.02%	-0.03	CF
8	8	8	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.364	.406	.770	2	.25	0.033	.66	0.05%	0.13	CF
9	9	9	Apr 26	CHW		DET	L,4-8	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.421	.457	.878	2	.97	0.180	2.03	0.23%	1.46	CF
10	10	10	Apr 28	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.359	.405	.462	.866	2	1.40	-0.052	2.66	-0.06%	-0.57	CF
11	11	11	Apr 29	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.333	.378	.429	.806	2	.66	-0.029	1.32	-0.04%	-0.71	CF
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
12	12	13 (1)	May 1	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.380	.413	.793	2	.66	0.046	1.50	0.06%	0.49	CF
13	13	14	May 2	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.306	.358	.388	.746	2	1.46	-0.087	3.53	-0.13%	-0.82	CF
14	14	15	May 3	CHW		SLB	L,5-9	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.379	.407	.787	2	.49	0.029	1.28	0.05%	0.66	CF
15	15	16	May 4	CHW	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.381	.407	.788	2	.65	-0.043	1.60	-0.06%	-0.26	CF
16	16	17	May 5	CHW	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.382	.422	.804	5	.93	0.002	2.28	0.00%	0.12	CF
17	17	18	May 6	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.384	.426	.810	5	1.14	0.020	3.01	0.03%	0.03	CF
18	18	19	May 7	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	5	.74	0.034	1.82	0.05%	-0.23	CF
19	19	20	May 9	CHW		NYY	L,9-13	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.373	.403	.776	5	.68	-0.086	1.58	-0.12%	-0.79	CF
20	20	22 (1)	May 13	CHW		PHA	L,5-7	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		1	0	.317	.364	.390	.754	2	.90	-0.092	1.59	-0.10%	-0.43	CF
21	21	24 (1)	May 15	CHW		BOS	L,8-12	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.333	.376	.402	.779	2	1.10	0.147	1.29	0.10%	2.42	CF
22	22	25	May 16	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.333	.375	.400	.775	2	.80	-0.056	.85	-0.04%	-0.84	LF
23	23	26	May 17	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.319	.360	.383	.743	2	.86	-0.049	.93	-0.03%	-0.34	LF
24	24	27	May 18	CHW		BOS	W,9-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.366	.400	.766	6	6.76	0.822	8.19	0.60%	1.88	PH
25	25	28	May 20	CHW		WSH	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.363	.396	.759	8	3.65	-0.096	4.64	-0.07%	-0.46	PH
26	26	29	May 21	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.359	.392	.751	5	1.13	-0.030	1.23	-0.02%	-0.25	PH LF
27	27	31 (1)	May 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.359	.392	.751	5						LF
28	28	32	May 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.359	.392	.751	5						LF
29	29	33	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.356	.388	.744	5	6.82	-0.213	5.94	-0.11%	-0.67	PR LF
30	30	34	May 26	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.352	.382	.734	5	2.02	-0.002	1.43	0.00%	-0.80	CF
31	31	37 (2)	May 28	CHW		DET	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.352	.382	.734	4						LF
32	32	38	May 31	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.349	.379	.727	9	.66	-0.017	.53	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
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
33	33	39	Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.349	.379	.727	5						PR
34	34	40	Jun 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.349	.379	.727	2						CF
35	35	41	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.354	.377	.731	5	.90	0.008	.49	0.00%	0.01	CF
36	36	42	Jun 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-5	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.362	.380	.742	5	1.18	0.031	.48	0.01%	0.13	CF
37	37	44 (1)	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.362	.380	.742	2						PR
38	38	46 (1)	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.359	.376	.735	3	.08	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.27	LF
39	39	48 (1)	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-11	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.353	.369	.722	8	1.02	-0.062	.09	0.00%	-1.20	PH CF
40	40	49	Jun 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.353	.369	.722	4						LF
41	41	50	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.358	.375	.733	4	1.38	0.032	.10	0.00%	0.13	LF
42	42	53 (2)	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.355	.372	.727	7	5.97	-0.155	.12	0.00%	-0.80	PH
43	43	54	Jun 22	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.352	.368	.720	1	.64	-0.042	.01	0.00%	-0.62	CF
44	44	55	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.362	.372	.733	1	1.77	-0.084	.02	0.00%	0.31	LF CF
45	45	57 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.348	.357	.705	1	.61	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-1.56	CF
46	46	59 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.348	.357	.705	4						LF
47	47	61 (1)	Jun 27	CHW		WSH	L,2-8	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.348	.357	.705	8						PH
48	48	62	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.348	.357	.705	5						CF
49	49	63	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.299	.346	.354	.700	8						LF
50	50	65 (1)	Jun 30	CHW		BOS	L,1-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.343	.351	.694	5	1.05	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.57	CF
Jul		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
51	51	66	Jul 1	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.340	.348	.688	5	.97	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.19	CF
52	52	67	Jul 2	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.338	.341	.678	5	1.05	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.63	CF
53	53	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.303	.349	.359	.708	5	1.65	0.225	.00	0.00%	1.12	CF
54	54	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.346	.356	.702	5	.84	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.06	CF
55	55	70	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.346	.362	.708	5	1.63	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.32	CF
56	56	72 (1)	Jul 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.337	.353	.690	5	.83	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-1.15	CF
57	57	73	Jul 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG(12)	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.343	.358	.702	2	1.13	0.207	.00	0.00%	1.65	CF
58	58	74	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,6-10	CG(11)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.331	.345	.677	2	1.49	-0.203	.00	0.00%	-2.00	CF
59	59	75	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.290	.330	.343	.673	2	.55	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.74	CF
60	60	76	Jul 11	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG(11)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.332	.345	.676	2	1.75	0.119	.00	0.00%	0.43	CF
61	61	77	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-10	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.323	.335	.658	2	.33	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-1.83	CF
62	62	78	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.323	.335	.658	2	.99	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.13	CF
63	63	79	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.323	.335	.658	5						LF
64	64	80	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.284	.321	.333	.655	5	2.00	0.104	.00	0.00%	1.00	LF
65	65	82 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	9-GF(11)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.325	.333	.658	4	2.44	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.41	LF
66	66	85 (2)	Jul 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.323	.332	.655	9	1.74	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.40	PH
67	67	90 (4)	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.277	.320	.324	.644	4	.82	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.62	LF
68	68	96 (5)	Jul 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.318	.323	.641	9	.63	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
							25-43		208	189	24	52	9	0	0	12	12	0	17	0	7		5		1	1	.275	.318	.323	.641		1.10	0.210	1.13	0.12%	-7.67

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