Al Simmons

Aloysius Harry Simmons, born Alois Szymanski, better known as Al Simmons. was an American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Bucketfoot Al", he played for two decades in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and had his best years with Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics during the late 1920s and early 1930s, winning two World Series with Philadelphia. Simmons also played for the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox. After his playing career ended, Simmons served as a coach for the Athletics and Cleveland Indians. A career .334 hitter, Simmons was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.

22 May 1902

Born on the same birth date (22 May 1902): Jack Lambert (footballer, born 1902)

Born on the same birth day (22 May): Amalia Lindegren • Athena Manoukian • Barbara Parkins • Didier Ya Konan • François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis • Friedrich Pollock • Giulia Grisi • Hideaki Anno • Hōshōryū Tomokatsu • Kenneth Bianchi • Magnus Stenbock • Shuji Nakamura • Thomas Gold • Tomás Sánchez

Born in the same month (May 1902): Alfred Kastler • Anatole Litvak • André Michel Lwoff • Brian Aherne • David O. Selznick • Earl Averill • Harry Kadwell • Jack Lambert (footballer, born 1902) • Lionel Conacher • Lubka Kolessa • Marcel Breuer • Max Ophüls • Meredith Willson • Richard J. Daley • Ronnie Aird • Sigizmund Levanevsky • Stepin Fetchit • Sylvia Daoust