Lew Simmons
American baseball manager
Baseball player
Lew Simmons | |
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![]() Lew Simmons, a 19th century musician who played minstrel music was a baseball manager for the Athletic baseball team of Philadelphia.[1] | |
Manager | |
Born: August 27, 1838 New Castle, Pennsylvania | |
Died: (1911-09-02)September 2, 1911 Reading, Pennsylvania | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
August 26, | |
MLB statistics | |
Games | 98 |
Win–loss record | 41 – 55 |
Winning % | .427 |
Teams | |
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Lewis Simmons (1838–1911) was an American Major League Baseball manager for the 1886 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association. He was also a minstrel who performed in vaudeville, playing on the banjo.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "AUTO KILLS LEW SIMMONS. Old-Time Minstrel, Still on the Stage, Crushed by Heavy Truck". New York Times. 3 September 1811.
- ^ Gura, Philip F. (1999). America's instrument: the banjo in the nineteenth-century. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 138.
External links
- Baseball Reference – Career Managerial Statistics
- Lew Simmons at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
Preceded by Harry Stovey | Philadelphia Athletics (AA) Managers 1886 | Succeeded by Bill Sharsig |
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