Dick Simpson
Richard Charles Simpson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 176 lb.

Born: July 28, 1943 in Washington, DC
High School: Venice (Culver City, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1962
Final Game: August 27, 1969
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1962 18 LAA AL 6 10 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .250 .400 .375 .775 114 3 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1964 20 LAA AL 21 58 50 11 7 1 0 2 4 2 2 8 15 .140 .259 .280 .539 57 14 1 0 0 0 0 8
1965 21 CAL AL 8 30 27 2 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 8 .222 .267 .259 .526 53 7 1 0 0 1 0 /8
1966 22 CIN NL 92 99 84 26 20 2 0 4 14 0 1 10 32 .238 .333 .405 .738 97 34 0 2 3 0 0 98/7
1967 23 CIN NL 44 62 54 8 14 3 0 1 6 0 1 7 11 .259 .339 .370 .709 94 20 1 0 0 1 1 9/87
1968 24 TOT NL 85 267 233 36 46 7 2 6 19 4 5 28 82 .197 .292 .322 .614 87 75 3 4 0 2 4 987
1968 24 STL NL 26 65 56 11 13 0 0 3 8 0 1 8 21 .232 .323 .393 .716 116 22 1 0 0 1 2 9
1968 24 HOU NL 59 202 177 25 33 7 2 3 11 4 4 20 61 .186 .282 .299 .582 78 53 2 4 0 1 2 987
1969 25 TOT AL 32 69 62 10 12 4 0 2 9 3 1 7 23 .194 .275 .355 .630 78 22 2 0 0 0 0 8/7
1969 25 NYY AL 6 14 11 2 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 6 .273 .429 .455 .883 152 5 0 0 0 0 0 /78
1969 25 SEP AL 26 55 51 8 9 2 0 2 5 3 1 4 17 .176 .236 .333 .570 60 17 2 0 0 0 0 8/7
7 Seasons 288 595 518 94 107 19 2 15 56 10 10 64 174 .207 .299 .338 .637 84 175 8 6 3 4 5
162 Game Avg. 162 335 291 53 60 11 1 8 32 6 6 36 98 .207 .299 .338 .637 84 98 5 3 2 2 3
CAL (3 yrs) 35 98 85 14 15 3 0 2 8 3 2 12 26 .176 .276 .282 .558 62 24 2 0 0 1 0
CIN (2 yrs) 136 161 138 34 34 5 0 5 20 0 2 17 43 .246 .335 .391 .727 96 54 1 2 3 1 1
STL (1 yr) 26 65 56 11 13 0 0 3 8 0 1 8 21 .232 .323 .393 .716 116 22 1 0 0 1 2
NYY (1 yr) 6 14 11 2 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 6 .273 .429 .455 .883 152 5 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 59 202 177 25 33 7 2 3 11 4 4 20 61 .186 .282 .299 .582 78 53 2 4 0 1 2
SEP (1 yr) 26 55 51 8 9 2 0 2 5 3 1 4 17 .176 .236 .333 .570 60 17 2 0 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 67 167 147 24 27 7 0 4 17 6 3 19 49 .184 .275 .313 .588 69 46 4 0 0 1 0
NL (3 yrs) 221 428 371 70 80 12 2 11 39 4 7 45 125 .216 .308 .348 .656 90 129 4 6 3 3 5

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1962 18 LAA AL 10 6 1 4.5 100 .400 .250 .260 .400 .331 .375 .404 .775 .735 114 .492 0.3 0.0 .833 .375 .125
1964 20 LAA AL 58 46 4 2.3 87 .152 .140 .244 .259 .310 .280 .379 .539 .690 57 .252 -2.7 -0.3 .478 .300 .140 2.0
1965 21 CAL AL 30 23 2 2.3 89 .300 .222 .247 .267 .317 .259 .379 .526 .696 53 .270 -1.6 -0.2 .455 .148 .037 .0
1966 22 CIN NL 99 68 12 4.8 104 .333 .238 .276 .333 .336 .405 .416 .738 .751 97 .554 -0.4 -0.0 .692 .274 .167 .0
1967 23 CIN NL 62 43 7 4.4 100 .302 .259 .271 .339 .335 .370 .398 .709 .733 94 .547 -0.1 -0.0 .619 .222 .111 .0
1968 24 TOT NL 267 197 22 3.0 79 .272 .197 .249 .292 .307 .322 .351 .614 .658 87 .423 -3.2 -0.4 .544 .240 .124 4.8
1968 24 STL NL 65 46 7 4.1 81 .303 .232 .251 .323 .309 .393 .354 .716 .663 116 .564 1.2 0.1 .644 .286 .161 .0
1968 24 HOU NL 202 151 15 2.7 79 .263 .186 .249 .282 .306 .299 .350 .582 .657 78 .372 -4.4 -0.5 .513 .226 .113 3.4
1969 25 TOT AL 69 53 6 3.0 92 .270 .194 .251 .275 .327 .355 .378 .630 .705 78 .356 -1.9 -0.2 .585 .306 .161 2.4
1969 25 NYY AL 14 8 2 6.7 91 .600 .273 .250 .429 .326 .455 .377 .883 .702 152 .702 1.1 0.1 1.000 .455 .182
1969 25 SEP AL 55 45 4 2.4 92 .219 .176 .251 .236 .327 .333 .379 .570 .706 60 .262 -3.0 -0.3 .511 .275 .157 2.4
7 Seasons 595 436 54 3.4 89 .276 .207 .256 .299 .318 .338 .375 .637 .693 84 .430 -9.5 -1.0 .571 .255 .131 12.0
162 Game Avg. 335 245 30 3.4 89 .276 .207 .256 .299 .318 .338 .375 .637 .693 84 .430 -9.5 -1.0 .571 .255 .131 7
CAL (3 yrs) 98 75 7 2.5 89 .224 .176 .246 .276 .315 .282 .381 .558 .696 62 .280 -3.9 -0.4 .500 .259 .106 2.4
CIN (2 yrs) 161 111 19 4.6 102 .319 .246 .274 .335 .336 .391 .409 .727 .744 96 .551 -0.5 -0.1 .664 .254 .145 .0
STL (1 yr) 65 46 7 4.1 81 .303 .232 .251 .323 .309 .393 .354 .716 .663 116 .564 1.2 0.1 .644 .286 .161 .0
NYY (1 yr) 14 8 2 6.7 91 .600 .273 .250 .429 .326 .455 .377 .883 .702 152 .702 1.1 0.1 1.000 .455 .182
HOU (1 yr) 202 151 15 2.7 79 .263 .186 .249 .282 .306 .299 .350 .582 .657 78 .372 -4.4 -0.5 .513 .226 .113 3.4
SEP (1 yr) 55 45 4 2.4 92 .219 .176 .251 .236 .327 .333 .379 .570 .706 60 .262 -3.0 -0.3 .511 .275 .157 2.4
AL (4 yrs) 167 128 13 2.7 90 .242 .184 .248 .275 .320 .313 .380 .588 .700 69 .312 -5.8 -0.6 .535 .279 .129 4.8
NL (3 yrs) 428 308 41 3.6 88 .290 .216 .258 .308 .318 .348 .373 .656 .690 90 .477 -3.7 -0.4 .586 .245 .132 5.9

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1962 18 LAA AL 10 0.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 50% 1.50 2.7 8.0 0.00 50%
1964 20 LAA AL 58 3.5% 25.9% 13.8% 5.2% 43% 1.88 3.3 25.0 12.5 1.33 57%
1965 21 CAL AL 30 0.0% 26.7% 6.7% 3.3% 17% 4.00 3.4 9.0 1.00 67%
1966 22 CIN NL 99 4.0% 32.3% 10.1% 6.1% 30% 3.20 2.6 21.0 6.0 0.88 48%
1967 23 CIN NL 62 1.6% 17.7% 11.3% 6.5% 29% 1.57 4.9 54.0 9.0 0.94 69%
1968 24 TOT NL 267 2.3% 30.7% 10.5% 5.6% 33% 2.93 2.8 38.8 12.3 0.87 55%
1968 24 STL NL 65 4.6% 32.3% 12.3% 4.6% 23% 2.63 2.7 18.7 7.0 0.69 51%
1968 24 HOU NL 202 1.5% 30.2% 9.9% 5.9% 36% 3.05 2.9 59.0 16.1 0.93 56%
1969 25 TOT AL 69 2.9% 33.3% 10.1% 8.7% 50% 3.29 2.7 31.0 6.9 0.87 54%
1969 25 NYY AL 14 0.0% 42.9% 21.4% 14.3% 67% 2.00 1.8 2.8 0.00 36%
1969 25 SEP AL 55 3.6% 30.9% 7.3% 7.3% 44% 4.25 3.0 25.5 10.2 0.93 58%
7 Seasons 595 2.5% 29.2% 10.8% 6.1% 34% 2.72 3.0 34.5 9.3 0.92 56%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1962 18 LAA AL 0 0 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1964 20 LAA AL 0 0 69% 28 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1965 21 CAL AL 1 0 25% 11 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 CIN NL 4 0 79% 70 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 48% 16 9 7 4 3 1 3 0 3
1967 23 CIN NL 0 0 35% 44 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 33% 4 4 0 1 1 0 4 1 3
1968 24 TOT NL 4 0 42% 110 4 5 44% 4 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 5 48% 17 11 6 0 0 0 10 3 7
1968 24 STL NL 1 0 44% 22 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 40% 7 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
1968 24 HOU NL 3 0 41% 88 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 5 53% 10 5 5 0 0 0 7 3 4
1969 25 TOT AL 2 0 47% 28 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 80% 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1969 25 NYY AL 1 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 25 SEP AL 1 0 55% 18 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
7 Seasons 11 0 49% 300 10 10 50% 9 9 1 0 0 1 3 1 10 19 49% 47 29 18 5 4 1 21 4 17
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1962 18 LAA AL 11 0% 2 2 1 0 1 1.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1964 20 LAA AL 58 43% 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 9% 4 0 0% 33 2 6% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1965 21 CAL AL 30 37% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 25 4 16% 2 1 50% 5 3 60% 0
1966 22 CIN NL 99 74% 20 17 2 0 1 1.03 4 0 2 1 3 1 3 0 5 3 60% 15 0 0% 12 2 17% 59 11 19% 5 0 0% 7 5 71% 0
1967 23 CIN NL 62 90% 14 8 4 1 1 0.96 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 5 1 20% 39 5 13% 4 2 50% 2 0 0% 0
1968 24 TOT NL 251 48% 46 3 0 0 0 2.64 6 0 1 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 0% 31 3 10% 19 5 26% 125 13 10% 13 3 23% 21 4 19% 16
1968 24 STL NL 65 83% 13 2 0 0 0 1.61 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 11 1 9% 6 2 33% 45 6 13% 6 2 33% 8 2 25% 0
1968 24 HOU NL 186 36% 33 1 0 0 0 4.71 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0% 20 2 10% 13 3 23% 80 7 9% 7 1 14% 13 2 15% 16
1969 25 TOT AL 70 64% 12 8 0 0 0 1.74 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 2 15% 10 2 20% 53 7 13% 4 1 25% 7 0 0% 0
1969 25 NYY AL 14 64% 3 1 0 0 0 0.65 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 10 4 40% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1969 25 SEP AL 56 64% 9 7 0 0 0 1.89 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 2 18% 9 2 22% 43 3 7% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 581 57% 107 38 7 1 3 1.30 15 0 9 3 11 5 9 0 6 3 50% 87 8 9% 55 11 20% 341 43 13% 33 8 24% 44 13 30% 16
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 18 6 10 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .250 .400 .375 .775 114 3 0 0 0 0 0
1963 19 6 10 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .250 .400 .375 .775 114 3 0 0 0 0 0
1964 20 27 68 58 12 9 2 0 2 5 2 2 10 18 .155 .279 .293 .573 66 17 1 0 0 0 0
1965 21 35 98 85 14 15 3 0 2 8 3 2 12 26 .176 .276 .282 .558 62 24 2 0 0 1 0
1966 22 127 197 169 40 35 5 0 6 22 3 3 22 58 .207 .304 .343 .647 80 58 2 2 3 1 0
1967 23 171 259 223 48 49 8 0 7 28 3 4 29 69 .220 .313 .350 .662 83 78 3 2 3 2 1
1968 24 256 526 456 84 95 15 2 13 47 7 9 57 151 .208 .302 .336 .638 85 153 6 6 3 4 5
1969 25 288 595 518 94 107 19 2 15 56 10 10 64 174 .207 .299 .338 .637 84 175 8 6 3 4 5

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1962 18 6 10 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 .250 .400 .375 .775 1 6
1964 20 21 58 50 12 7 1 0 2 4 2 8 15 .140 .259 .280 .539 4 21
1965 21 8 30 27 2 6 1 0 0 3 1 2 8 .222 .267 .259 .526 2 8
1966 22 92 97 85 26 21 2 0 4 14 0 10 32 .247 .340 .412 .752 12 92
1967 23 44 62 54 8 14 3 0 1 6 0 7 11 .259 .339 .370 .709 7 44
1968 24 84 283 242 48 56 9 2 7 25 5 34 81 .231 .336 .372 .708 30 85
1969 25 32 71 63 12 13 4 0 2 10 3 8 23 .206 .296 .365 .661 7 32
7 Seasons 287 611 529 109 119 21 2 16 63 11 71 173 .225 .322 .363 .685 63 288
162 Game Avg. 162 345 299 62 67 12 1 9 36 6 40 98 .225 .322 .363 .685 36 288

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1962 AL  born 1943-07-28 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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