# Mel Simons

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1900–1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Mel Simons
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|image=Mel Simons.jpg
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1900|7|1}}
|birth_place=[Carlyle, Illinois](/source/Carlyle%2C_Illinois), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1974|11|10|1900|7|1}}
|death_place=[Paducah, Kentucky](/source/Paducah%2C_Kentucky), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 14
|debutyear=1931
|debutteam= [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 20
|finalyear=1932
|finalteam= [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.268
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=12
|teams=
* [Chicago White Sox](/source/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](/source/baseball_player). He was an [outfielder](/source/outfielder) over parts of two seasons (1931–32) with the [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox). For his career, he compiled a .268 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) in 194 [at-bat](/source/at-bat)s, with twelve [runs batted in](/source/run_batted_in).

He was born in [Carlyle, Illinois](/source/Carlyle%2C_Illinois) and died in [Paducah, Kentucky](/source/Paducah%2C_Kentucky) at the age of 74.

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=s/simonme01}}

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Category:1900 births
Category:1974 deaths
Category:Chicago White Sox players
Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
Category:Minor league baseball managers
Category:Baseball players from Clinton County, Illinois
Category:Montgomery Lions players
Category:Birmingham Barons players
Category:Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
Category:Toledo Mud Hens players
Category:Meridian Scrappers players
Category:Montreal Royals players
Category:Quebec Athletics players
Category:People from Carlyle, Illinois
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Paducah Indians players

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