21 Facts About Al Simmons

Al Simmons played for the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox.

Al Simmons was born in Milwaukee and grew up as a fan of the Philadelphia Athletics.

Al Simmons was known by his birth last name until he was playing for a local minor league team and he was tired of hearing people mispronounce it.

Al Simmons saw an advertisement for a company named Simmons Hardware and decided to take on the last name of Simmons.

Al Simmons earned the second-most votes for the league's Most Valuable Player Award.

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Al Simmons finished third in AL MVP voting behind his MVP teammate Lefty Grove and the Yankees' Lou Gehrig.

Al Simmons drove in 100+ runs in all nine seasons and scored 100 or more runs in five seasons.

Al Simmons was purchased from the Senators by the Boston Bees in 1939.

The purchase price was not immediately revealed, though Al Simmons was reported as not getting along with Senators owner Clark Griffith.

Al Simmons accumulated 1,500 hits in 1,040 games and 2,000 hits in 1,393 games, numbers that remain the fewest games needed to attain both marks in major league history.

Al Simmons compiled 200 hits or better in a season six times, with five of those being consecutive, and had 199 and 192 hits in 1926 and 1934.

Al Simmons compiled more hits than any right-handed batter in AL history until surpassed by Al Kaline.

Al Simmons recorded 8 five-hit games and 52 four-hit games in the majors.

Al Simmons hit 307 career home runs, finishing in the top six in AL in home runs for seven consecutive seasons.

Al Simmons was a fine outfielder in his era, recording a career.

Al Simmons was nicknamed "Bucketfoot Al" because he strode toward third base when hitting.

In early April 1951, Al Simmons announced he was dealing with an undisclosed illness and would be stepping down as a coach of the Indians.

Al Simmons had collapsed on a sidewalk near the Milwaukee Athletic Club, where he lived, and was thought to have suffered a heart attack.

Al Simmons was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.

Al Simmons was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1951, the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953, and the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.

In 1999, Al Simmons ranked number 43 on Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.