Wayne Simpson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: December 2, 1948 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (8th) of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Centennial HS (Compton, CA).

High School: Centennial HS (Compton, CA)

Debut: April 9, 1970 (Age 21-128d, 12,962nd in major league history)
vs. LAD 9.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 1977 (Age 28-301d)
vs. KCR 4.2 IP, 11 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Wayne Kirby Simpson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.0

ERA

4.37

122

107

636.0

353

WHIP

1.448

Summary of 57 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 22 go ahead

4 Tms
CIN	41
CAL	14
KCR	1
PHI	1

Platoon
vs LHB	33
vs RHB	24

Home/Road
Home	29
Away	28

Outs
0	28
2	17
1	12

19 Opps
ATL	9
STL	6
SDP	5
HOU	5
CHC	4
NYY	3
KCR	3
NYM	3
PIT	3
MIL	3
SEA	2
PHI	2
LAD	2
MON	2
MIN	1
SFG	1
OAK	1
DET	1
CHW	1

51 Batters
Ken Boswell	2
Joe Torre	2
Henry Aaron	2
Joe Pepitone	2
John Mayberry	2
Darrell Evans	2
Norm Miller	1
Willie Stargell	1
Mitchell Page	1
Tom Hutton	1
Thurman Munson	1
Lamar Johnson	1
Dave Roberts	1
Ron Woods	1
Roberto Clemente	1
Billy Williams	1
José Cruz	1
Ron Santo	1
Pete LaCock	1
Bake McBride	1
Bob Coluccio	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Larry Hisle	1
Mike Lum	1
Leron Lee	1
Tony González	1
Dave Campbell	1
Larry Milbourne	1
Dan Meyer	1
Jamie Quirk	1
Mickey Rivers	1
Clint Hurdle	1
Manny Sanguillén	1
Nate Colbert	1
Ralph Garr	1
Graig Nettles	1
José Cardenal	1
Billy Grabarkewitz	1
Tim McCarver	1
Earl Williams	1
Ken Singleton	1
Dick Allen	1
Joe Morgan	1
Jim Wynn	1
Hal King	1
Tom Haller	1
Lou Brock	1
Ron LeFlore	1
Dave Roberts	1
Tommie Agee	1

18 Parks
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	16
Angel Stad (ANA)	8
Busch Stad (STL)	4
Crosley Fld (CIN)	4
Astrodome (HOU)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	33
7	14
8	6
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41
2·HR gms	8

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	9
12-	7
-2-	5
-23	3
1-3	3
123	2

103 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	28
1 on	14
2 on	13
3 on	2
Any on	29

Inning
1	7
2	6
3	10
4	7
5	10
6	6
7	4
8	4
9	3

1-3	23
4-6	23
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	4
+2	3
+1	6
Tied	15
-1	11
-2	2
-3	6
-4..	9

Ahead	14
Tied	15
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	10
1B	9
LF	9
3B	8
CF	7
2B	5
C	5
DH	2
P	1
SS	1

OrderPos
3rd	13
4th	9
2nd	9
6th	9
1st	7
5th	5
7th	3
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-04-24	Lou Brock	STL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1970-05-01	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	CIN	behind 0-6	t 7	2	123	4	4	7	10%	13%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Pagán Scores; M. Alou Scores; R. Clemente Scores
3	3	3	1	1970-05-05	Dick Allen	STL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	5	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1970-05-10	Ron Santo	CHC		CIN	behind 2-3	b 3	2	1--	2	4	5	22%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Williams Scores
5	5	5	2	1970-05-10	Billy Williams	CHC		CIN	tied 4-4	b 5	1	---	1	3	7	14%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1970-05-17 (2)	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1--	2	3	9	17%	78%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. Millán Scores
7	7	7	1	1970-06-07	Ken Boswell	NYM	@	CIN	behind 1-10	t 9	2	---	1	6	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1970-06-17	Tommie Agee	NYM		CIN	behind 0-1	b 5	2	-2-	2	1	8	28%	67%		Home Run; W. Garrett Scores
9	9	9	1	1970-06-26	Joe Pepitone	HOU		CIN	behind 0-2	b 8	1	1--	2	4	7	39%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Morgan Scores
10	10	10	1	1970-07-01	Hal King	ATL	@	CIN	behind 0-9	t 9	1	1--	2	6	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Cepeda Scores
11	11	11	1	1970-07-09	Dave Roberts	SDP	@	CIN	tied 1-1	t 2	0	1-3	3	9	1	15%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Barton Scores/unER; J. Arcia Scores
12	12	12	2	1970-07-09	Dave Campbell	SDP	@	CIN	ahead 4-1	t 2	0	---	1	1	4	6%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	13	1	1970-07-12	Tony González	ATL		CIN	behind 3-4	b 5	0	-2-	2	2	8	20%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Jackson Scores
14	14	14	1	1970-07-17	Manny Sanguillén	PIT		CIN	behind 0-3	b 4	2	1--	2	6	2	19%	37%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Oliver Scores
15	15	15	2	1970-07-17	Roberto Clemente	PIT		CIN	tied 3-3	b 8	1	---	1	3	9	30%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1971-04-24	Tom Haller	LAD	@	CIN	behind 1-2	t 6	1	1-3	3	6	2	36%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Davis Scores; W. Parker Scores
17	17	2	1	1971-06-20 (1)	Earl Williams	ATL	@	CIN	behind 0-3	t 6	1	123	4	6	3	43%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Millán Scores; D. Evans Scores; M. Lum Scores
18	18	3	1	1971-06-25 (1)	Darrell Evans	ATL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1-3	3	4	5	21%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Garr Scores; M. Lum Scores
19	19	4	1	1971-06-30	Tim McCarver	PHI		CIN	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	1	3	2	20%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	5	1	1971-08-10	Joe Morgan	HOU	@	CIN	behind 0-2	t 3	0	1--	2	2	4	20%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Alou Scores
21	21	6	1	1971-08-16	Joe Torre	STL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 4	2	-2-	2	4	5	25%	73%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Cruz Scores
22	22	7	1	1971-08-27	José Cruz	STL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	7	8	21%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Hague Scores
23	23	8	2	1971-08-27	Joe Torre	STL		CIN	behind 2-3	b 5	0	-2-	2	4	5	22%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Alou Scores
24	24	9	1	1971-09-12	John Mayberry	HOU	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	3	5	3	29%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Morgan Scores; C. Cedeño Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1972-05-18	Bobby Bonds	SFG		CIN	behind 0-3	b 6	0	12-	3	3	9	31%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Speier Scores; T. Fuentes Scores
26	26	2	1	1972-05-24	Darrell Evans	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	---	1	6	5	9%	94%		Home Run
27	27	3	1	1972-05-29	Norm Miller	HOU		CIN	behind 0-3	b 3	2	1--	2	2	9	19%	37%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Metzger Scores
28	28	4	1	1972-06-03	Tom Hutton	PHI		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	3	26%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Doyle Scores; G. Luzinski Scores
29	29	5	1	1972-06-17	Ken Boswell	NYM	@	CIN	behind 1-6	t 6	0	---	1	2	4	3%	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	6	1	1972-07-07	Joe Pepitone	CHC	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	5	3	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	7	1	1972-07-17	José Cardenal	CHC		CIN	behind 0-7	b 6	1	---	1	5	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	8	1	1972-07-28	Dave Roberts	SDP	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	2	5	9%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	9	1	1972-08-01	Jim Wynn	HOU		CIN	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	3	9	15%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	10	1	1972-08-06	Ralph Garr	ATL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	7	18%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Office Scores
35	35	11	2	1972-08-06	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	12	1	1972-08-23	Ken Singleton	MON		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	13	2	1972-08-23	Ron Woods	MON		CIN	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	12-	3	6	9	5%	98%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Fairly Scores; M. Jorgensen Scores
38	38	14	1	1972-09-06	Billy Grabarkewitz	LAD		CIN	behind 0-4	b 5	2	-23	3	1	4	23%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Russell Scores; A. Downing Scores
39	39	15	1	1972-09-12	Mike Lum	ATL		CIN	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	1	2	9	7%	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	16	1	1972-09-17	Nate Colbert	SDP	@	CIN	behind 0-4	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	6%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	17	2	1972-09-17	Leron Lee	SDP	@	CIN	behind 3-4	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	13%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1973-04-25	Bob Coluccio	MIL	@	KCR	behind 0-3	t 8	0	---	1	2	7	7%	14%		Home Run
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1975-09-16	Bake McBride	STL		PHI	behind 0-3	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	9%	34%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1977-04-13	Mitchell Page	OAK		CAL	behind 0-1	b 3	2	12-	3	3	7	32%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Mallory Scores; L. Lintz Scores
45	45	2	1	1977-04-17	Dan Meyer	SEA	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-23	3	6	3	21%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jones Scores; S. Braun Scores
46	46	3	1	1977-04-22	Jamie Quirk	MIL	@	CAL	behind 3-7	t 7	0	---	1	7	DH	5%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	4	1	1977-05-13	Thurman Munson	NYY	@	CAL	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1	3	2	8%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	5	1	1977-06-23	Lamar Johnson	CHW		CAL	behind 1-2	b 5	0	---	1	4	3	15%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	6	1	1977-06-27	Pete LaCock	KCR	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	12-	3	7	DH	25%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mayberry Scores; D. Porter Scores
50	50	7	1	1977-07-13	Larry Hisle	MIN	@	CAL	tied 3-3	t 8	2	12-	3	6	8	44%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wynegar Scores; L. Bostock Scores
51	51	8	1	1977-07-24 (2)	Larry Milbourne	SEA		CAL	behind 1-2	b 4	2	---	1	8	6	14%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	9	1	1977-08-14	Mickey Rivers	NYY		CAL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	10	2	1977-08-14	Graig Nettles	NYY		CAL	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	-23	3	3	5	11%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Zeber Scores; M. Rivers Scores
54	54	11	1	1977-08-23	Ron LeFlore	DET	@	CAL	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	1	8	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep CF)
55	55	12	1	1977-09-05	Sixto Lezcano	MIL	@	CAL	ahead 5-4	t 7	0	---	1	2	9	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep CF)
56	56	13	1	1977-09-23	John Mayberry	KCR	@	CAL	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	-2-	2	5	3	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Cowens Scores
57	57	14	1	1977-09-29	Clint Hurdle	KCR		CAL	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	---	1	3	9	5%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)