Harry Simpson

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 3, 1925 in Atlanta, GA us

Died: April 3, 1979 in Akron, OH

Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, GA

Debut: 1946 (10,008th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: April 21, 1951 (Age 25-139d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1959 (Age 33-298d)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1951 season)

Full Name: Harry Leon Simpson

Nicknames: Suitcase or Goody

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

3239

870

.269

414

RBI

434

OBP

.334

SLG

.404

OPS

.738

OPS+

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	23 (22)	May 18 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	24	May 18 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	29 (4)	May 24	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
4	30	May 25 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	31	May 25 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	34 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,8-13	GF	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
7	35	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,2-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	38 (2)	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	39	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,13-0	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
10	41 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
11	42	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
12	43	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	45 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-14	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	48 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
15	50 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
				Player went from New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics
16	57	Jun 17	KCA		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
17	58	Jun 18	KCA		BAL	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
18	59	Jun 19	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
19	61 (1)	Jun 21	KCA		BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	1
20	62	Jun 22	KCA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
21	63	Jun 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
22	64	Jun 24	KCA		WSH	T,2-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	1	5	2	1B
23	65	Jun 25	KCA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
24	66	Jun 26	KCA		WSH	W,8-6	CG	49	12.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
25	67	Jun 27	KCA		NYY	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
26	68	Jun 28	KCA		NYY	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
27	69	Jun 29	KCA		NYY	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
28	70	Jun 30	KCA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	6	1	1	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	71	Jul 1	KCA	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
30	72	Jul 2	KCA	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
31	73	Jul 3	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
32	74	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	75	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	76	Jul 5	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
35	78 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	2	1B
36	80 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
37	82 (1)	Jul 14	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
38	83	Jul 15	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
39	85 (1)	Jul 17	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
40	86	Jul 18	KCA	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
41	87	Jul 19	KCA	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
42	88	Jul 20 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
43	89	Jul 20 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
44	90	Jul 22	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
45	91	Jul 23	KCA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
46	92	Jul 25	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
47	93	Jul 26	KCA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	101 (7)	Aug 3 (1)	KCA		WSH	W,12-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
49	107 (5)	Aug 10 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
50	109 (1)	Aug 11	KCA	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
51	111 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	47	11.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
52	112	Aug 13 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	13	0	0	13	3	1B
53	113	Aug 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
54	114	Aug 15	KCA		DET	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
55	115	Aug 16	KCA		DET	W,8-7	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	116	Aug 17	KCA		DET	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	117	Aug 18	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	118	Aug 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	119	Aug 19 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	120	Aug 20	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
61	121	Aug 21	KCA	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS	22	6.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
62	122	Aug 22	KCA	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
63	123	Aug 23	KCA	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
64	124	Aug 24 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-14	CG	47	8.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
65	127 (2)	Aug 27	KCA	@	NYY	W,11-7	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
66	128	Aug 29	KCA		CLE	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	129	Aug 30	KCA		CLE	L,6-8	CG	60	14.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	134 (4)	Sep 3	KCA	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
69	156 (21)	Sep 28	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	RF
							71gm		538.0	429	19	5	453	44