Michael Howard Simms (born January 12, 1967) is a former

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outfielder. He played all or parts of nine seasons in the majors between 1990 and 1999. Six of those seasons (1990–92 and 1994–96) were spent with the

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, and three (1997–99) with the Texas Rangers. Simms was drafted out of

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by the Astros in

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. Most of his career highs were set in for the Rangers, when he batted .296 with 16 home runs and 46 RBI in just 186

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s. Despite his performance, he played just four games with Texas in 1999 and none in the majors thereafter. Dan McDowell of KTCK-1310 the ticket radio station in Dallas called Simms, “ One of the most underrated Rangers players in Texas History.”

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