Duke Sims

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 197lb (188cm, 89kg)

Born: June 5, 1941 in Salt Lake City, UT us

High School: Pocatello HS (Pocatello, ID)

School: University of Idaho (Moscow, ID)

Debut: September 22, 1964 (Age 23-109d, 12,310th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1974 (Age 33-113d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Duane B. Sims

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

2422

580

100

.240

263

RBI

310

OBP

.340

SLG

.401

OPS

.741

OPS+

112

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

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	20 (18)	Apr 29	DET		KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	21	May 1	DET		CAL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
4	22	May 2	DET		CAL	L,3-5	CG	46	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	23	May 4	DET		TEX	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	24	May 5	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	25	May 6	DET		TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
8	26	May 8	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
9	27	May 9	DET	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
10	29 (1)	May 11	DET		MIL	W,6-5	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	32 (2)	May 14	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	33	May 16	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	34	May 17	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	35	May 18	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	36	May 19	DET	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	37	May 20 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	38	May 20 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	39	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	40	May 23	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	41	May 24	DET		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	42	May 25	DET		OAK	W,1-0	CG	49	13.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
22	44 (1)	May 28	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	45	May 30	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	48 (2)	Jun 2	DET	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	49	Jun 3	DET	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	50	Jun 5	DET	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	51	Jun 6	DET	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
28	52	Jun 7	DET	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	55 (2)	Jun 10	DET	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	57 (1)	Jun 13	DET		CHW	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
31	59 (1)	Jun 16	DET		MIN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
32	63 (3)	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	GF	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
33	64	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	65	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
35	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
36	67	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
37	70 (2)	Jun 26	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	71	Jun 27 (1)	DET		MIL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
39	72	Jun 27 (2)	DET		MIL	W,5-4	GF	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR C
40	73	Jun 28	DET		MIL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
41	74	Jun 29	DET		BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
42	75	Jun 30	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	76	Jul 1 (1)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
44	77	Jul 1 (2)	DET		BAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	78	Jul 2	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	79	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
47	80	Jul 4	DET		CLE	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	82 (1)	Jul 6	DET	@	KCR	L,1-12	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	85 (2)	Jul 9	DET		TEX	L,7-9	CG	56	12.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
50	87 (1)	Jul 11	DET		TEX	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	88	Jul 12	DET		CAL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	91 (2)	Jul 15	DET		CAL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	93 (1)	Jul 17	DET		KCR	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	94	Jul 18	DET		KCR	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
55	97 (2)	Jul 22	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	14	1	0	15	0	C
56	98	Jul 26	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	C
57	102 (3)	Jul 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
58	104 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	106 (1)	Aug 2	DET	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	109 (2)	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
61	110	Aug 6	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
62	115 (4)	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
63	119 (3)	Aug 14	DET	@	MIN	L,1-12	GF	16	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
64	126 (6)	Aug 22	DET	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
65	128 (1)	Aug 25	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	131 (2)	Aug 27	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
67	132	Aug 28	DET		MIN	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
68	133	Aug 29	DET		MIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	134	Aug 30	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	136 (1)	Sep 1	DET		CLE	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
71	139 (2)	Sep 4	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
72	146 (6)	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
73	147	Sep 14	DET		MIL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	148	Sep 15	DET		MIL	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	7	2	2	11	0	C
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees
75	162	Sep 30	NYY		DET	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
							75gm		624.0	388	40	9	437	7