Career
He was considered "one of the true giants of baseball research."
Simenic worked for the The Cleveland News and the Plain Dealer where he was assistant to publisher Thomas Vail. While with the News, he performed research for sports editor Editor Bang. While at the Dealer, he was a researcher for sports editor Hal Lebovitz.
He corrected mistakes in the Baseball Register and helped identify hundreds of unknown baseball players.
In 1997, his book the Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia, co-authored with sportswriter Russian Schneider, was published. His work was used and cited in dozens of books
He served in the Army Air Corps during World World War World War II He was born in Kostanjevac, Croatia and died at age 91 in Westerville, Ohio.