Thursday, April 17, 2008

EDDIE SIMMONS


First Baseman

St. Louis 1950-1951, Washington 1951-1961

Career Stats:

.297 ba, 313 HR, 284 SB

Year League Honor
1955ALAll Star Starter (1B)
1956ALAll Star Starter (1B)
1957ALAll Star Reserve (1B)

Eddie Simmons

1 comment:

A Wine Guy said...

From "How the Pilots were Built":

Eddie Simmons - my first "big deal" I got Simmons and pitcher Chris Vineyard for Jake Gittes and Nathan Jessep. Vineyard stabilized the pitching staff for a season or two but Eddie was our leadoff man for the next seven years.

An amazing power/speed combo Simmons was a three time 30/30 man and stood 16th in HRs, 3rd in steals and 9th in Runs All Time at the time of his retirement. Eddie was a 6 time All Star (3 1st teams) who was as valuable off the field as he was on.