Simmons, Al
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Birthname | Aloysius Harry Simmons | ||||
born on | 22 May 1902 at 16:00 (= 4:00 PM ) | ||||
Place | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 43n02, 87w54 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American baseball outfielder, nicknamed "Bucketfoot Al", who played for two decades in Major League Baseball (MLB). He had his best years with Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics during the late 1920s and early 1930s, winning two World Series with Philadelphia.
Simmons played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1924–1932, 1940-1941, 1944), Chicago White Sox (1933–1935), Detroit Tigers (1936), Washington Senators (1937–1938), Boston Braves (1939), Cincinnati Reds (1939) and Boston Red Sox (1943).
After his playing days ended, Simmons served as a coach for Mack's Athletics (1945–1949) and the Cleveland Indians (1950). Simmons died on 26 May 1956 at age age 54 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was thought to have suffered a heart attack.
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.
Relationships
- associate relationship with DeShong, Jimmie (born 30 November 1909). Notes: Washington Senators teammates, 1937-1938
- associate relationship with Gelbert, Charlie (born 26 January 1906). Notes: Washington Senators teammates, 1937-1938
- associate relationship with Hauser, Joe (born 12 January 1899). Notes: Philadelphia Athletics teammates, 1924, 1926, 1928
- associate relationship with Jacobs, Bucky (born 21 March 1913). Notes: Washington Senators teammates, 1937-1938
- associate relationship with Wasdell, Jimmy (born 15 May 1914). Notes: Washington Senators teammates, 1937-1938
Events
- Work : Prize 1953 (National Baseball Hall of Fame)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate (no. 3162, "Alois Szymanski").
Categories
- Traits : Body : Constitution hardy (Baseball player)
- Traits : Body : Handedness (Right)
- Traits : Body : Size (1.80 m/ 5 ft 11 in)
- Traits : Body : Weight (190 lb/ 86 kg)
- Vocation : Sports : Baseball (Outfielder)
- Vocation : Sports Business : Coach/ Manager/ Owner (Baseball team coach)
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (National Baseball, etc)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession (MLB player, 1924-1944)
- 1902 births
- Birthday 22 May
- Birthplace Milwaukee, WI (US)
- Sun 0 Gemini
- Moon 5 Sagittarius
- Asc 24 Libra
- 1956 deaths
- Traits : Body : Constitution hardy
- Traits : Body : Handedness
- Traits : Body : Size
- Traits : Body : Weight
- Vocation : Sports : Baseball
- Vocation : Sports Business : Coach/ Manager/ Owner
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession