: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
| finaldate =
| finalyear = 1944
| finalteam = Atlanta Black Crackers
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| teams =
- Cincinnati Tigers (1937)
- Chicago American Giants (1937–1940)
- Kansas City Monarchs (1937, 1941–1943)
- Atlanta Black Crackers (1944)
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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 }}
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|mlb=817254|br=s/simmswi01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=simms-000bil Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=simms01bil Seamheads]
- [http://www.coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/simms.html NLB Museum]
{{1942 Kansas City Monarchs}}
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Category:Kansas City Monarchs players
Category:Atlanta Black Crackers players
Category:Chicago American Giants players
Category:Baseball players from Shreveport, Louisiana
Category:People from Perris, California
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