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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 22	CHW		CLE	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 26	CHW		DET	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 28	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 29	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13 (1)	May 1	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	14	May 2	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
14	15	May 3	CHW		SLB	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	16	May 4	CHW	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	17	May 5	CHW	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	18	May 6	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	19	May 7	CHW	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	20	May 9	CHW		NYY	L,9-13	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	22 (1)	May 13	CHW		PHA	L,5-7	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	24 (1)	May 15	CHW		BOS	L,8-12	CG	47	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
22	25	May 16	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	26	May 17	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	29 (2)	May 21	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	31 (1)	May 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	32	May 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	33	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-7	GF	11	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	34	May 26	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	37 (2)	May 28	CHW		DET	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	40 (2)	Jun 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	41	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	42	Jun 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-5	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	46 (3)	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	48 (1)	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-11	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	49	Jun 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	50	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	54 (3)	Jun 22	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	55	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	GS	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	57 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	59 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	62 (2)	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	63	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	65 (1)	Jun 30	CHW		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	66	Jul 1	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
45	67	Jul 2	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	70	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	72 (1)	Jul 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	73	Jul 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	54	12.0	7	0	0	7	0
51	74	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,6-10	CG	51	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
52	75	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	76	Jul 11	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	52	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
54	77	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	78	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	79	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	80	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
58	82 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	GF	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
59	90 (7)	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							60gm			99	3	6	108	0