Lou Whitaker was the Tigers' second baseman. Jack Whitaker was a sportscaster for many years (and wasn't on the ballot.)
I would have preferred Whitaker and Dwight Evans over Simmons. I was never a big Marvin Miller supporter, but MLB owners certainly deserved the opposition.
I know . . . I have no clue why I posted Jack instead of Lou. I am not a native Detroitian, so maybe that is why . . . just spent my last five years there before moving.