Simon Nicholls (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1882
Place of Birth: Germantown, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 12-Mar-1911
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Simon Nicholls (baseball)
- Simon Burdette Nicholls (July 18, 1882 – March 12, 1911) was an American professional baseball shortstop.
- He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Naps.
- A native of Boyds, Maryland, he attended the Maryland Agricultural College.
- He was signed as an emergency replacement by the Tigers during a road trip to Washington in 1903 and played both games of a doubleheader for the Tigers.
- He was a member of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1906 to 1909, and was the team's primary shortstop in 1907 and 1908.
- He appeared for the Cleveland Naps in only three games at the beginning of the 1910 season.
- He spent most of that season with the minor-league Baltimore Orioles and was named the team's captain.
- He died of complications from typhoid fever in Baltimore before the beginning of the 1911 season.
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