:Mel Simons

{{Short description|American baseball player (1900–1974)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mel Simons

|position=Outfielder

|image=Mel Simons.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1900|7|1}}

|birth_place=Carlyle, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1974|11|10|1900|7|1}}

|death_place=Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1931

|debutteam= Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 20

|finalyear=1932

|finalteam= Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.268

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=12

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox ({{baseball year|1931}}–{{baseball year|1932}})

}}

Melburn Ellis Simons (July 1, 1900 – November 10, 1974), nicknamed "Butch", was an American professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of two seasons (1931–32) with the Chicago White Sox. For his career, he compiled a .268 batting average in 194 at-bats, with twelve runs batted in.

He was born in Carlyle, Illinois and died in Paducah, Kentucky at the age of 74.