{"id":3193,"date":"2013-01-31T07:41:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T13:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2013-01-31T07:47:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T13:47:07","slug":"329-brian-simmons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/329-brian-simmons\/","title":{"rendered":"#329 – Brian Simmons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"brian_simmons_autograph\"Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Brian Simmons<\/p>\n

Rank<\/strong>: 329<\/p>\n

Position<\/strong>: LF<\/p>\n

Years With White Sox<\/strong>: 1998-1999<\/p>\n

Brian Simmons joined the White Sox organization as their second round pick in the 1995 draft. \u00a0He worked his way through the system, making his major league debut on September 21, 1998 as a defensive replacement against the Twins. \u00a05 days later, against the Royals, Simmons set a major league record, needing the fewest career at bats to homer from both sides of the plate.<\/p>\n

Simmons won the 1999 starting center field job in spring training, but a cut hand, thanks to Alex Rodriguez’s spike, late in spring training forced him to start the year in Triple A Charlotte instead of Chicago. \u00a0In 2000, Simmons again had won a spot on the opening day roster, but he ruptured his Achilles’ tendon on the day the White Sox broke camp.<\/p>\n

Following the White Sox disappointing loss to the Mariners in the 2000 ALDS, Simmons was packaged with Mike Sirotka, Kevin Beirne, and minor leaguer Mike Williams to the Blue Jays in exchange for David Wells and Matt DeWitt.<\/p>\n

Simmons rejoined the White Sox following the 2001 season, but was released during spring training after still showing the effects of his 2000 injury.<\/p>\n

Simmons\u2019 numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall,\u00a0were:<\/p>\n

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Career Batting<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

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