South Side Sox · Dec 10, 2024
Today in White Sox History: December 10
Future Hall-of-Famer Al Simmons was sold to Detroit on this day, 89 years ago.1935
The White Sox sold left fielder Al Simmons to the Detroit Tigers for $75,000 (about $1.7 million in today’s dollars). Chicago had in fact purchased Simmons from Philadelphia along with Mule Haas and Jimmy Dykes three years earlier, in a $100,000 purchase, making this sale three years later a pretty solid one.
During his three All-Star seasons with the Sox, Simmons produced a very solid 10.6 WAR that included amazing 1933 (5.0 WAR) and 1934 (4.4) summers. The future Hall-of-Famer was 33 at the time of this transaction, and would produce just 6.9 WAR over the final eight seasons of his career.
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