Al Simmons
1924–1944 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, PIR
2,215G
.334AVG
.380OBP
.535SLG
More career statistics
2,927H
307HR
1,827RBI
88SB
11Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 64 | 66 |
| Batting · Doubles | 539 | 538 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,927 | 2,929 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 737 | 745 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 9,515 | 9,519 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,827 | 1,843 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 88 | 91 |
| Batting · Walks | 615 | 619 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,215 | 9,515 | 8,759 | 1,507 | 2,927 | 539 | 149 | 307 | 1,827 | 615 | 737 | 88 | 64 | 30 | 0 | 4,685 | .334 | .380 | .535 | .915 |
Streaks
26longest hitting streak · 1931-04-24 to 1931-05-28
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1929-06-21 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1932-07-15 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1932-07-15 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1118 | 4712 | 1488 | 162 | 995 | 351 | 335 | .346 | .390 | .560 |
| Away | 1097 | 4807 | 1441 | 145 | 848 | 268 | 410 | .323 | .356 | .511 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 178 | 772 | 212 | 29 | 151 | 59 | 66 | .305 | .351 | .508 |
| May | 403 | 1738 | 538 | 58 | 353 | 116 | 152 | .338 | .376 | .557 |
| June | 415 | 1753 | 534 | 66 | 332 | 126 | 145 | .332 | .376 | .538 |
| July | 463 | 2026 | 636 | 65 | 403 | 130 | 151 | .341 | .378 | .546 |
| August | 409 | 1771 | 546 | 52 | 342 | 107 | 123 | .334 | .369 | .524 |
| September | 335 | 1411 | 445 | 35 | 254 | 79 | 106 | .336 | .371 | .515 |
| October | 12 | 48 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .391 | .417 | .587 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 304 | 1311 | 374 | 45 | 231 | 81 | 145 | .311 | .347 | .503 |
| cleveland-guardians | 300 | 1272 | 403 | 35 | 231 | 84 | 96 | .345 | .383 | .523 |
| st-louis-browns | 300 | 1312 | 449 | 46 | 275 | 81 | 84 | .370 | .404 | .585 |
| boston-red-sox | 294 | 1264 | 383 | 40 | 255 | 88 | 86 | .331 | .373 | .543 |
| detroit-tigers | 284 | 1257 | 368 | 45 | 246 | 80 | 112 | .319 | .356 | .523 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 264 | 1126 | 357 | 43 | 227 | 85 | 86 | .347 | .393 | .584 |
| chicago-white-sox | 253 | 1101 | 346 | 37 | 246 | 60 | 58 | .337 | .369 | .537 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 114 | 495 | 153 | 9 | 88 | 36 | 35 | .336 | .382 | .508 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 152 | 594 | 184 | 8 | 115 | 16 | .310 | – | – |
| 1925 | Philadelphia Athletics | 153 | 654 | 253 | 24 | 130 | 9 | .387 | – | – |
| 1926 | Philadelphia Athletics | 147 | 583 | 199 | 19 | 112 | 11 | .341 | – | – |
| 1927 | Philadelphia Athletics | 106 | 406 | 159 | 15 | 109 | 10 | .392 | – | – |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Athletics | 119 | 464 | 163 | 15 | 110 | 1 | .351 | – | – |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | 143 | 581 | 212 | 34 | 157 | 4 | .365 | – | – |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | 138 | 554 | 211 | 36 | 164 | 9 | .381 | – | – |
| 1931 | Philadelphia Athletics | 128 | 513 | 200 | 22 | 128 | 3 | .390 | – | – |
| 1932 | Philadelphia Athletics | 154 | 670 | 216 | 35 | 151 | 4 | .322 | – | – |
| 1933 |  Chicago White Sox | 146 | 605 | 200 | 14 | 118 | 6 | .331 | – | – |
| 1934 | Chicago White Sox | 138 | 558 | 193 | 18 | 104 | 3 | .346 | – | – |
| 1935 | Chicago White Sox | 128 | 525 | 140 | 16 | 80 | 4 | .267 | – | – |
| 1936 |  Detroit Tigers | 143 | 568 | 186 | 13 | 110 | 6 | .327 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 103 | 419 | 117 | 8 | 84 | 3 | .279 | – | – |
| 1938 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 125 | 470 | 142 | 21 | 93 | 2 | .302 | – | – |
| 1939 | Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds | 102 | 351 | 96 | 7 | 44 | – | .274 | – | – |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 81 | 25 | 1 | 19 | – | .309 | – | – |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Athletics | 9 | 24 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Boston Red Sox | 40 | 133 | 27 | 1 | 12 | – | .203 | – | – |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | 6 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .500 | – | – |