Joe Simpson

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: December 31, 1951 in Purcell, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 14th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Norman HS (Norman, OK) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

High School: Norman HS (Norman, OK)

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: September 2, 1975 (Age 23-245d, 13,679th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1983 (Age 31-274d)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Joe Allen Simpson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.0

1397

338

.242

166

RBI

124

OBP

.289

SLG

.317

OPS

.607

OPS+

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

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	SEA		CAL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	2	Apr 6	SEA		CAL	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
3	5 (2)	Apr 9	SEA		OAK	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
4	6	Apr 10	SEA		OAK	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	8 (1)	Apr 12	SEA		OAK	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
6	11 (2)	Apr 15	SEA		MIN	L,6-18	GF	22	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	14 (2)	Apr 18	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
8	15	Apr 21	SEA	@	MIN	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
9	16	Apr 22	SEA	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	17	Apr 24	SEA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	47	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
11	18	Apr 25	SEA		BOS	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	20 (1)	Apr 27	SEA		NYY	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	21	Apr 28	SEA		NYY	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	23 (1)	Apr 30	SEA		BAL	L,7-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	28 (4)	May 6	SEA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	29	May 7	SEA	@	NYY	W,12-4	GS	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	35 (5)	May 14	SEA		KCR	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	37 (1)	May 15 (2)	SEA		KCR	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	38	May 16	SEA		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	39	May 18	SEA		TEX	W,13-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
21	40	May 19	SEA		TEX	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	41	May 20	SEA		TEX	L,4-6	GF	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	42	May 21	SEA	@	KCR	W,12-7	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	43	May 22	SEA	@	KCR	W,12-11		14	3.0	0	1	1	2	0	PR RF
25	44	May 24	SEA	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
26	46 (1)	May 25 (2)	SEA	@	TEX	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	51 (4)	May 31	SEA		CAL	W,12-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	54 (2)	Jun 3	SEA		TOR	W,10-5	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
29	55	Jun 4	SEA		DET	W,11-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	62 (6)	Jun 12	SEA	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	63	Jun 13	SEA	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	64	Jun 14	SEA	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
33	67 (2)	Jun 17	SEA	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	68	Jun 18	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-1	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	69	Jun 19	SEA	@	CHW	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	70	Jun 20	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	71	Jun 21	SEA	@	CHW	L,5-9	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	72	Jun 22	SEA		MIL	L,8-15	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	73	Jun 23	SEA		MIL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
40	74	Jun 24	SEA		MIL	L,4-7	CG	58	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
41	75	Jun 26	SEA		CHW	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	RF
42	77 (1)	Jun 28	SEA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
43	78	Jun 29	SEA	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
44	79	Jun 30	SEA	@	MIL	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	80	Jul 1	SEA	@	MIL	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
46	82 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	SEA	@	MIN	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
47	83	Jul 3 (2)	SEA	@	MIN	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	85 (1)	Jul 5	SEA	@	MIN	W,4-0	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
49	86	Jul 6	SEA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	87	Jul 7	SEA		BOS	L,8-10	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	88	Jul 8	SEA		BOS	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
52	89	Jul 10	SEA		NYY	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	90	Jul 11	SEA		NYY	W,16-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	92 (1)	Jul 13	SEA		BAL	W,4-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	94 (1)	Jul 15	SEA		BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	96 (1)	Jul 20	SEA	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
57	97	Jul 21	SEA	@	BOS	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	99 (1)	Jul 23	SEA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
59	100	Jul 24 (1)	SEA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	102 (1)	Jul 25	SEA	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	103	Jul 26	SEA	@	BAL	L,1-12	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
62	104	Jul 27	SEA	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	107 (2)	Jul 30	SEA	@	CAL	W,8-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	109 (1)	Aug 1	SEA	@	CAL	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	110	Aug 3	SEA		OAK	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	113 (2)	Aug 6	SEA		MIN	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	116 (2)	Aug 10	SEA	@	CAL	W,8-6	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	117	Aug 11	SEA	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
69	118	Aug 12	SEA	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	119	Aug 13	SEA		CLE	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	121 (1)	Aug 15	SEA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	RF
72	122	Aug 17	SEA		DET	L,2-9	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
73	123	Aug 18	SEA		DET	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	124	Aug 19	SEA		DET	W,8-4	GF	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
75	125	Aug 20	SEA		TOR	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
76	126	Aug 21	SEA		TOR	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
77	127	Aug 22	SEA		TOR	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
78	128	Aug 24	SEA	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
79	129	Aug 25	SEA	@	DET	W,8-4	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	131 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	SEA	@	DET	L,8-9	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
81	132	Aug 27	SEA	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	133	Aug 29 (1)	SEA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	135 (1)	Aug 30	SEA	@	TOR	W,8-2	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	136	Aug 31	SEA	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	41	10.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	137	Sep 1	SEA	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	138	Sep 2	SEA	@	TOR	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
87	139	Sep 3	SEA		TEX	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
88	140	Sep 4	SEA		TEX	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	141	Sep 5	SEA		TEX	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
90	142	Sep 7	SEA		KCR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	143	Sep 8	SEA		KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
92	145 (1)	Sep 10	SEA	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	147 (1)	Sep 12	SEA	@	TEX	L,3-13	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	148	Sep 14	SEA	@	KCR	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR LF
95	149	Sep 15	SEA	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	47	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
96	150	Sep 16	SEA	@	KCR	W,6-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	151	Sep 17	SEA		MIL	L,6-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
98	152	Sep 18	SEA		MIL	L,6-7	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	153	Sep 19	SEA		MIL	L,1-12	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	155 (1)	Sep 22	SEA		CHW	W,6-4	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	156	Sep 23	SEA		CHW	W,8-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
102	157	Sep 25	SEA	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
103	158	Sep 26	SEA	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	159	Sep 27	SEA	@	MIL	L,6-7	GS	31	5.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
105	161 (1)	Sep 29	SEA	@	CHW	W,9-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							106gm		634.1	162	11	6	179	3