Duke Sims
1964–1974 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers
843G
.239AVG
.340OBP
.401SLG
More career statistics
580H
100HR
310RBI
6SB
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 843 | 2,810 | 2,422 | 263 | 580 | 80 | 6 | 100 | 310 | 338 | 483 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 972 | .239 | .340 | .401 | .741 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1967-08-28 to 1968-04-11
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1966-05-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1969-05-30 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1967-08-04 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 428 | 1383 | 286 | 55 | 150 | 181 | 240 | .242 | .338 | .415 |
| Away | 415 | 1427 | 294 | 45 | 160 | 157 | 243 | .237 | .316 | .389 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 80 | 267 | 46 | 13 | 29 | 39 | 45 | .204 | .318 | .427 |
| May | 150 | 509 | 105 | 16 | 60 | 46 | 105 | .235 | .297 | .387 |
| June | 150 | 511 | 110 | 15 | 54 | 65 | 67 | .251 | .342 | .396 |
| July | 149 | 538 | 116 | 19 | 52 | 72 | 98 | .254 | .349 | .407 |
| August | 167 | 510 | 87 | 15 | 51 | 69 | 94 | .202 | .306 | .336 |
| September | 139 | 447 | 113 | 21 | 63 | 44 | 69 | .282 | .351 | .480 |
| October | 8 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .130 | .214 | .261 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 80 | 267 | 69 | 10 | 36 | 25 | 50 | .290 | .352 | .492 |
| baltimore-orioles | 72 | 265 | 44 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 45 | .194 | .287 | .335 |
| california-angels | 71 | 235 | 38 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 44 | .191 | .285 | .317 |
| boston-red-sox | 70 | 248 | 56 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 34 | .276 | .379 | .468 |
| detroit-tigers | 68 | 228 | 47 | 13 | 35 | 36 | 48 | .249 | .364 | .481 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 59 | 215 | 48 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 34 | .261 | .353 | .467 |
| minnesota-twins | 56 | 177 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 12 | 41 | .216 | .266 | .340 |
| chicago-white-sox | 53 | 161 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 29 | .257 | .329 | .386 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 |  Cleveland Guardians | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 118 | 21 | 6 | 15 | – | .178 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cleveland Guardians | 52 | 133 | 35 | 6 | 19 | – | .263 | – | – |
| 1967 | Cleveland Guardians | 88 | 272 | 55 | 12 | 37 | 3 | .202 | – | – |
| 1968 | Cleveland Guardians | 122 | 361 | 90 | 11 | 44 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1969 | Cleveland Guardians | 114 | 326 | 77 | 18 | 45 | 1 | .236 | – | – |
| 1970 | Cleveland Guardians | 110 | 345 | 91 | 23 | 56 | – | .264 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 90 | 230 | 63 | 6 | 25 | – | .274 | – | – |
| 1972 | Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers | 89 | 249 | 60 | 6 | 30 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1973 | Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees | 84 | 261 | 64 | 9 | 31 | 1 | .245 | – | – |
| 1974 | New York Yankees, Texas Rangers | 44 | 121 | 24 | 3 | 8 | – | .198 | – | – |