Simmons was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1885.\n', '

Simmons began his professional baseball career playing in the minor leagues for the Montreal Royals in 1906, the Dayton Veterans in 1907, the New Haven Blues in 1908, and the Rochester Bronchos in 1909.\n', '

In April 1910, Simmons had his debut in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers. He appeared in 42 games with the Tigers, 22 of them as a first baseman, and compiled a .227 batting average and .303 on-base percentage. On May 4, 1910, Simmons initiated a triple play when he caught a line drive off the bat of Billy Purtell, touched first base to double up the runner leading off, and threw to Donie Bush who was covering second base.\n', '

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