:Bill Simms

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{distinguish|text=American blues musician Bill Sims}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Bill Simms

| image =Bill Simms.jpeg

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| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|12|23|mf=y}}
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|5|10|1908|12|23|mf=y}}
Perris, California, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Left

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1937

| debutteam = Cincinnati Tigers

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| finalyear = 1944

| finalteam = Atlanta Black Crackers

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Willie Simms (December 23, 1908 – May 10, 2002) was an American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1937 to 1944 with several teams.{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |

title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile |url-access=registration |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}

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