Al Simmons

Philadelphia Athletics

Played 12 seasons as an OF for the Philadelphia Athletics (1924-32, 1940-41, 1944)

Career stats with the Athletics: .356 AVG, 1827 H, 969 R, 348 2B, 209 HR, 1178 RBI, .584 SL%

Career fielding stats with the Athletics: .980 F%, 3085 TC, 2919 PO, 105 A, 22 DP

Batted over .300 with over 100 RBI in each of his first 9 seasons

6 times finished in the AL Top 5 in Batting (1925, 1927-31)

2 time AL Batting Champion (1930, 1931)

7 times finished in the AL Top 5 in HR

7 times finished in the AL Top 5 in RBI with the Athletics

1 time led the AL in RBI (1929)

3 times finished in the AL Top 5 in Runs

1 time led the AL in Runs (1930)

6 times finished in the AL Top 5 in Hits

2 times led the AL in Hits (1925, 1932)

6 times finished in the AL Top 5 in Total Bases with the Athletics

2 times led the AL in Total Bases (1925, 1929)

5 times finished in the AL Top 5 in Extra Base Hits

2 times led the AL in Extra Base Hits (1925, 1929)

8 times finished in the AL Top 5 in Slugging %

2 times led the AL in Fielding % (1929, 1930)

1 time led the AL in Putouts (1925)

Holds Athletics single season record for most Hits with 253 (1925)

Holds Athletics single season record for most Runs with 152 (1930)

Holds Athletics single season record for most Singles with 174 (1925)

Holds Athletics single season record for most Doubles with 53 (1926)

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Finished 2nd in AL MVP voting (1925)

3 time AL Champion with the Athletics (1929-31)

2 time World Series Champion with the Athletics (1929, 1930)

Ranked 43rd on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players (1999)

Nominee for the MLB All-Century Team (1999)

Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (1953)