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Duke Sims

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 197lb (188cm, 89kg)

Born: June 5, 1941 in Salt Lake City, UT us

High School: Pocatello HS (Pocatello, ID)

School: University of Idaho (Moscow, ID)

Debut: September 22, 1964 (Age 23-109d, 12,310th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1974 (Age 33-113d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Duane B. Sims

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

2422

580

100

.240

263

RBI

310

OBP

.340

SLG

.401

OPS

.741

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	10	Apr 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	11	Apr 21	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-11	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	12	Apr 22	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	13	Apr 24	CLE		NYY	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	14	Apr 25	CLE		WSA	L,3-10	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	15	Apr 26	CLE		WSA	L,1-8	GS	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	C LF
8	16	Apr 27	CLE		WSA	L,5-6	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	17	Apr 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	18	May 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
11	19	May 2	CLE	@	WSA	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
12	20	May 3	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	21	May 4	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	22	May 6	CLE		MIN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
15	23	May 7	CLE		MIN	L,3-10	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	24	May 10	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	37 (12)	May 27	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
18	38	May 28	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	39	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	40	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
21	41	May 31	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	42	Jun 1	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-11	GS	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C 1B
23	43	Jun 2	CLE	@	SEP	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
24	44	Jun 3	CLE	@	SEP	W,3-1	GS	18	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	60 (15)	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	61	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
27	62	Jun 21	CLE		BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
28	63	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	64	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	65	Jun 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
31	67 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	68	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
33	69	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	70	Jun 27	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
35	71	Jun 28	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
36	72	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	74 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
38	76 (1)	Jul 2	CLE		WSA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
39	77	Jul 3	CLE		WSA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	78	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
41	79	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
42	80	Jul 5	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	81	Jul 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
44	82	Jul 7	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-7	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
45	83	Jul 8	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	84	Jul 9	CLE	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	85	Jul 10	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	41	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	86	Jul 11	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	87	Jul 12	CLE	@	DET	L,3-15	GS	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	88	Jul 13 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	89	Jul 13 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	93 (3)	Jul 17	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	94	Jul 18	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	95	Jul 19	CLE		DET	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
55	97 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	CLE		DET	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	98	Jul 24	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	99	Jul 25	CLE		MIN	L,2-4	CG	63	16.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
58	101 (1)	Jul 27	CLE		MIN	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
59	102	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
60	103	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	104	Jul 30	CLE		CHW	L,6-11	GS	34	7.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
62	105	Jul 31	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	106	Aug 1	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
64	107	Aug 2	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	108	Aug 3	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	109	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	110	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		OAK	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	111	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		OAK	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
69	112	Aug 6	CLE		OAK	L,4-6	CG	46	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
70	113	Aug 7	CLE		OAK	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	114	Aug 8	CLE		KCR	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	115	Aug 9	CLE		KCR	L,0-10	GS	29	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	116	Aug 10	CLE		KCR	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
74	117	Aug 11	CLE		SEP	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
75	118	Aug 12	CLE		SEP	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
76	120 (1)	Aug 15	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
77	121	Aug 16	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
78	122	Aug 17	CLE	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
79	123	Aug 18	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	124	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
81	125	Aug 20	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	126	Aug 22	CLE	@	SEP	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
83	127	Aug 23	CLE	@	SEP	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
84	129 (1)	Aug 26	CLE		CAL	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
85	131 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
86	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	134 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	L,5-7	GS	28	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	136 (1)	Sep 3	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
89	137	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
90	139 (1)	Sep 6	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	142 (2)	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
92	144 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	145	Sep 12	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
94	146	Sep 13	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	148 (1)	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
96	149	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
97	151 (1)	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
98	152	Sep 20	CLE		WSA	L,3-5	GS	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
99	153	Sep 21	CLE		WSA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
100	154	Sep 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	155	Sep 24	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
102	157 (1)	Sep 26	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	158	Sep 27	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-3	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
104	159	Sep 28	CLE	@	WSA	L,6-7	GS	27	6.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
							106gm		834.1	639	52	6	697	8