Greg Sims
Greg Sims | |
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Left fielder | |
Born: San Francisco, California | June 28, 1946|
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 15, 1966, for the Houston Astros | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 19, 1966, for the Houston Astros | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .167 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Teams | |
Gregory Emmett Sims (born June 28, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. During his nine-season (1965–1973) playing career, he spent part of one season, 1966, as a member of the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. An outfielder, he was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
Career
[edit]Sims had originally signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was selected by Houston after his first professional season in the Rule 5 draft. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1965, as a defensive replacement for Astro left fielder Lee Maye, struck out in his only plate appearance, and recorded one putout in the field.[1] Sims then made six other appearances as a pinch hitter before being sent to the Class A Durham Bulls of the Carolina League. In his penultimate MLB game, on May 14 at Connie Mack Stadium, Sims collected his only big-league hit, a single off Terry Fox in the 11th inning that helped to spark a three-run game-winning rally over the Philadelphia Phillies.[2]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
- 1946 births
- Living people
- African-American baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Asheville Tourists players
- Baseball players from San Francisco
- Batavia Pirates players
- Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs players
- Denver Bears players
- Durham Bulls players
- Florida Instructional League Astros/Reds players
- Florida Instructional League Astros/Senators players
- Houston Astros players
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Navegantes del Magallanes players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Oklahoma City 89ers players
- Sacramento City College alumni
- Sacramento City Panthers baseball players
- Salem Rebels (baseball) players
- Savannah Senators players
- Sultanes de Monterrey players
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- American baseball outfielder, 1940s birth stubs