Greg Sims

For the screenwriter and film producer, see Greg H. Sims.

Gregory Emmett Sims (born June 28, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. During his nine-season (1965–1973) playing career, he spent part of one season, 1966, as a member of the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. An outfielder, he was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).

Greg Sims
Left fielder
Born: (1946-06-28) June 28, 1946 (age 79) San Francisco, California
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 15, 1966, for the Houston Astros
Last MLB appearance
May 19, 1966, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
Batting average	.167
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Houston Astros (1966)

Career

Sims had originally signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was selected by Houston after his first professional season in the Rule 5 draft. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1965, as a defensive replacement for Astro left fielder Lee Maye, struck out in his only plate appearance, and recorded one putout in the field.^[1] Sims then made six other appearances as a pinch hitter before being sent to the Class A Durham Bulls of the Carolina League. In his penultimate MLB game, on May 14 at Connie Mack Stadium, Sims collected his only big-league hit, a single off Terry Fox in the 11th inning that helped to spark a three-run game-winning rally over the Philadelphia Phillies.^[2]