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Harry Simpson
Full name Harry Leon Simpson Born December 3, 1925, Atlanta, Georgia Died April 3, 1979, Akron, Ohio Buried at West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia First Game: April 21, 1951 ; Final Game: September 27, 1959 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 180 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1951 CLE A Daily Splits 122 332 51 76 7 0 7 24 45 3 48 2 2 0 3 7 6 4 .229 .325 .313 -1.5 1951 CLE A
1952 CLE A Daily Splits 146 545 66 145 21 10 10 65 56 11 82 2 4 0 3 10 5 3 .266 .337 .396 0.0 1952 CLE A
1953 CLE A Daily Splits 82 242 25 55 3 1 7 22 18 1 27 1 3 0 2 6 0 0 .227 .284 .335 -1.9 1953 CLE A
1955 CLE A Daily Splits 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 0.0 1955 CLE A
1955 KC A Daily Splits 112 396 42 119 16 7 5 52 34 4 61 2 1 3 0 8 10 3 5 .301 .356 .414 -0.5 1955 KC A
1955 TOT A 115 397 43 119 16 7 5 52 36 4 61 2 1 3 0 8 10 3 5 .300 .358 .413 -0.5 1955 TOT A
1956 KC A Daily Splits 141 543 76 159 22 11 21 105 47 8 82 1 1 5 0 7 19 2 3 .293 .347 .490 -1.1 1956 KC A
1957 KC A Daily Splits 50 179 24 53 9 6 6 24 12 2 28 0 1 1 0 2 8 0 1 .296 .339 .514 0.4 1957 KC A
1957 NY A Daily Splits 75 224 27 56 7 3 7 39 19 0 36 0 3 1 0 4 6 1 0 .250 .307 .402 -0.7 1957 NY A
1957 TOT A 125 403 51 109 16 9 13 63 31 2 64 0 4 2 0 6 14 1 1 .270 .321 .452 -0.3 1957 TOT A
1958 NY A Daily Splits 24 51 1 11 2 1 0 6 6 0 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .216 .310 .294 -0.3 1958 NY A
1958 KC A Daily Splits 78 212 21 56 7 1 7 27 26 3 33 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 .264 .345 .406 -0.5 1958 KC A
1958 TOT A 102 263 22 67 9 2 7 33 32 3 45 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 2 .255 .338 .384 -0.8 1958 TOT A
1959 KC A Daily Splits 8 14 1 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .389 .500 0.1 1959 KC A
1959 CHI A Daily Splits 38 75 5 14 5 1 2 13 4 0 14 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .187 .228 .360 -0.7 1959 CHI A
1959 PIT N Daily Splits 9 15 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .267 .267 .400 -0.1 1959 PIT N
1959 TOT A 46 89 6 18 5 1 3 15 6 0 18 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 .202 .258 .382 -0.6 1959 TOT A
1959 Total 55 104 9 22 7 1 3 17 6 0 20 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 .212 .259 .385 -0.7 1959 Total
Total NL ( 1 Year ) 9 15 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .267 .267 .400 -0.1 Total NL
Total AL ( 8 Years) 879 2814 340 748 99 41 73 379 271 32 427 10 16 11 0 36 69 17 18 .266 .331 .408 -6.7 Total AL
Total ( 8 Years) Splits 888 2829 343 752 101 41 73 381 271 32 429 10 16 11 0 37 69 17 18 .266 .331 .408 -6.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1957 NY A Daily Splits 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .083 .083 .083 1957 NY A
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1956 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1956 AL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1951 CLE A Daily Splits OF 67 56 41 506 132 3 4 1 0 .971 5 8 57
1951 CLE A RF 57 51 37 433 114 3 3 1 0 .975
1951 CLE A 1B 51 28 28 304 326 17 4 28 0 .988
1951 CLE A CF 8 5 4 57 17 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 CLE A LF 5 0 0 16 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CLE A Daily Splits OF 127 110 102 1006.2 226 11 3 4 0 .988 0 11 117
1952 CLE A RF 117 101 95 932 206 10 2 3 0 .991
1952 CLE A 1B 28 22 18 227.1 276 8 2 21 0 .993
1952 CLE A CF 11 9 7 74.2 22 1 1 1 0 .958
1953 CLE A Daily Splits OF 69 62 52 550 118 4 4 0 0 .968 1 7 62
1953 CLE A RF 62 56 49 499 101 4 2 0 0 .981
1953 CLE A CF 7 6 3 49 17 0 2 0 0 .895
1953 CLE A 1B 2 1 1 10 12 0 0 1 0 1.000
1953 CLE A LF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1955 KC A Daily Splits OF 100 95 87 858.2 262 5 6 2 0 .978 4 91 10
1955 KC A CF 91 85 79 770.2 243 4 5 1 0 .980
1955 KC A RF 10 8 6 68 17 1 0 1 0 1.000
1955 KC A LF 4 2 2 20 2 0 1 0 0 .667
1955 KC A 1B 3 1 1 10 10 2 0 2 0 1.000
1956 KC A Daily Splits OF 111 109 98 965.1 188 3 7 2 0 .965 0 23 92
1956 KC A RF 92 87 81 785.1 138 3 5 2 0 .966
1956 KC A 1B 32 29 27 257 269 15 4 32 0 .986
1956 KC A CF 23 22 17 180 49 0 2 0 0 .961
1957 KC A Daily Splits 1B 27 27 26 233.2 243 23 1 21 0 .996
1957 KC A RF 21 21 15 171 29 1 1 0 0 .968
1957 KC A OF 21 21 15 171 29 1 1 0 0 .968 0 0 21
1957 NY A Daily Splits OF 42 36 24 319 55 5 3 1 0 .952 16 0 26
1957 NY A RF 26 22 11 192.2 32 4 1 0 0 .973
1957 NY A 1B 21 19 14 162 143 8 0 18 0 1.000
1957 NY A LF 16 14 13 126.1 26 2 2 1 0 .933
1957 TOT A 1B 48 46 40 395.2 386 31 1 39 0 .998
1957 TOT A RF 47 43 26 363.2 61 5 2 0 0 .971
1957 TOT A OF 63 57 39 490 84 6 4 1 0 .957 16 0 47
1958 NY A Daily Splits OF 15 10 4 96 21 0 0 0 0 1.000 8 0 9
1958 NY A RF 9 4 2 54 14 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 NY A LF 8 6 2 42 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 KC A Daily Splits 1B 43 42 36 366 384 18 4 44 0 .990
1958 KC A OF 11 10 4 76 24 1 1 0 0 .962 9 0 2
1958 KC A LF 9 9 3 67 18 1 0 0 0 1.000
1958 KC A RF 2 1 1 9 5 0 1 0 0 .833
1958 TOT A LF 17 15 5 109 26 1 0 0 0 1.000
1958 TOT A RF 11 5 3 63 19 0 1 0 0 .950
1958 TOT A OF 26 20 8 172 45 1 1 0 0 .979 17 0 11
1959 KC A Daily Splits 1B 4 4 1 31 30 2 0 2 0 1.000
1959 CHI A Daily Splits OF 12 11 10 105 18 0 1 0 0 .947 0 0 12
1959 CHI A RF 12 11 10 105 18 0 1 0 0 .947
1959 CHI A 1B 1 1 0 7 9 0 1 0 0 .900
1959 PIT N Daily Splits OF 3 2 2 18 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 2
1959 PIT N RF 2 1 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 PIT N LF 1 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 TOT A 1B 5 5 1 38 39 2 1 2 0 .976
1959 Total RF 14 12 11 115 20 0 1 0 0 .952
1959 Total OF 15 13 12 123 23 0 1 0 0 .958 1 0 14
Total ( 8 Years) Splits OF 578 522 439 4671.2 1078 33 30 10 0 .974 44 140 410
Total ( 8 Years) RF 410 363 308 3259 676 26 16 7 0 .978
Total ( 8 Years) 1B 212 174 152 1608 1702 93 16 169 0 .991
Total ( 5 Years) CF 140 127 110 1131.1 348 5 10 2 0 .972
Total ( 6 Years) LF 44 32 21 281.1 60 3 3 1 0 .955
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1957 NY A Daily Splits 1B 4 4 2 25 24 1 0 2 0 1.000
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1949).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Athletics (May 11, 1955 ).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Ryne Duren and Jim Pisoni to New York Yankees
in exchange for Billy Martin , Ralph Terry , Woodie Held and Bob Martyn (June 15,
1957 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with Bob Grim to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for
Duke Maas and Virgil Trucks (June 15, 1958 ).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ray Boone (May
3, 1959 ).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Robert Sagers to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for
Ted Kluszewski (August 25, 1959 ).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago White Sox (October 13, 1959 ).
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