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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 LAA AL 18 LF 4 1 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 128.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 1 3.60 1.50 .983 2.04 1.60
1962 LAA AL 18 OF 4 1 19.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 101.1 0.6 0.6 0.0 1 3.32 1.75 .986 2.18 1.92
1962 LAA AL 18 RF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1964 LAA AL 20 CF 16 14 127.2 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 3.8 0.4 1.0 -0.6 0 1.90 1.69 .981 2.45 2.13
1964 LAA AL 20 OF 16 14 127.2 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 3.8 0.4 1.0 -0.6 0 1.90 1.69 .978 2.04 1.79
1965 CAL AL 21 CF 8 8 74.0 16 14 0 2 0 .875 -0.7 -11.4 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 1.70 1.75 .981 2.40 2.02
1965 CAL AL 21 OF 8 8 74.0 16 14 0 2 0 .875 -0.7 -11.4 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 1.70 1.75 .981 2.04 1.78
1966 CIN NL 22 OF 64 16 235.0 38 35 0 3 0 .921 -8.2 -41.9 -5.2 -3.4 -1.9 -3 1.34 0.55 .976 2.03 1.78
1966 CIN NL 22 RF 47 9 157.0 23 20 0 3 0 .870 -5.7 -43.6 -3.7 -2.8 -0.9 -2 1.15 0.43 .983 1.96 1.68
1966 CIN NL 22 CF 11 6 60.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -36.0 -0.8 -0.2 -0.7 -1 1.95 1.18 .977 2.39 2.11
1966 CIN NL 22 LF 7 1 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -46.7 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0 1.00 0.29 .950 1.75 1.36
1967 CIN NL 23 OF 26 12 137.2 37 34 2 1 0 .973 0.2 1.7 0.2 -1.0 1.2 0 2.35 1.38 .976 2.03 1.81
1967 CIN NL 23 RF 21 9 104.2 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.1 0.1 -0.7 0.8 0 2.41 1.33 .975 2.04 1.76
1967 CIN NL 23 CF 4 3 28.0 10 8 1 1 0 .900 0.4 17.1 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 2.89 2.25 .980 2.31 2.05
1967 CIN NL 23 LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1968 TOT NL 24 OF 71 65 566.2 94 89 3 2 1 .979 -13.4 -28.4 -9.4 -5.8 -3.6 -4 1.46 1.30 .974 2.02 1.82
1968 TOT NL 24 RF 44 39 322.2 51 48 3 0 0 1.000 -10.0 -37.2 -7.0 -4.0 -3.0 -3 1.42 1.16 .980 2.02 1.77
1968 STL NL 24 OF 22 18 145.2 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 -3.3 -27.2 -2.3 -1.2 -1.1 -1 1.67 1.23 .974 2.02 1.82
1968 STL NL 24 RF 22 18 145.2 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 -3.3 -27.2 -2.3 -1.2 -1.1 -1 1.67 1.23 .981 2.02 1.77
1968 HOU NL 24 OF 49 47 421.0 67 63 2 2 1 .970 -10.1 -28.8 -7.1 -4.6 -2.5 -3 1.39 1.33 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 HOU NL 24 RF 22 21 177.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -6.7 -45.4 -4.7 -2.8 -1.9 -2 1.22 1.09 .979 2.02 1.77
1968 HOU NL 24 CF 15 13 120.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -11.0 -1.1 -0.7 -0.4 0 1.58 1.40 .976 2.39 2.18
1968 HOU NL 24 LF 15 13 124.0 21 18 1 2 1 .905 -2.3 -22.3 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 -1 1.38 1.27 .967 1.64 1.38
1969 TOT AL 25 OF 22 15 129.2 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 -5.2 -48.1 -4.2 -1.7 -2.6 -1 1.87 1.23 .978 2.13 1.84
1969 TOT AL 25 CF 18 13 111.2 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -4.7 -50.5 -3.7 -1.7 -2.1 -1 1.77 1.22 .982 2.50 2.18
1969 TOT AL 25 LF 4 2 18.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -33.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 2.00 1.00 .975 2.00 1.60
1969 NYY AL 25 OF 5 3 31.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -50.3 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 0 1.45 1.00 .980 2.12 1.84
1969 NYY AL 25 LF 3 2 17.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -35.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 2.12 1.33 .975 2.01 1.60
1969 NYY AL 25 CF 2 1 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -68.6 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 0 0.64 0.50 1.000 2.51 2.20
1969 SEP AL 25 OF 17 12 98.2 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -3.9 -47.4 -2.9 -1.4 -1.6 -1 2.01 1.29 .977 2.13 1.84
1969 SEP AL 25 CF 16 12 97.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -3.9 -47.9 -2.9 -1.4 -1.6 -1 1.94 1.31 .981 2.50 2.18
1969 SEP AL 25 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
7 Seasons OF 211 131 1289.2 246 232 6 8 1 .967 -25.3 -23.5 -18.3 -10.3 -8.2 -7 1.66 1.13 .976 2.04 1.81
4 Seasons RF 113 57 588.1 103 96 4 3 0 .971 -15.6 -31.8 -10.6 -7.5 -3.1 -5 1.53 0.88 .980 2.01 1.73
6 Seasons CF 72 57 521.1 109 105 1 3 0 .972 -7.5 -17.3 -5.5 -1.6 -4.1 -2 1.83 1.47 .980 2.43 2.13
5 Seasons LF 31 17 180.0 33 29 2 2 1 .939 -2.2 -14.7 -2.2 -1.2 -1.0 0 1.55 1.00 .970 1.72 1.44
7 Seasons TOT 211 131 1289.2 246 232 6 8 1 .967 -25.3 -23.5 -18.3 -10.3 -8.2 -7 1.66 1.13 .944 2.04 1.81
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 LAA AL 18 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 3 0
1964 LAA AL 20 21 14 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 0 6
1965 CAL AL 21 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0
1966 CIN NL 22 92 16 92 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 47 64 19 29
1967 CIN NL 23 44 12 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21 26 11 15
1968 HOU NL 24 59 47 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 22 49 1 8
1968 STL NL 24 26 18 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 3 5
1969 SEP AL 25 26 12 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 17 7 3
1969 NYY AL 25 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 1 0
7 Seasons 288 131 288 288 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 72 113 211 45 66
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 LAA AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 60% 73% 27% 2 50%
1966 CIN NL 22 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 21 5 23.8% 16 0 0.0% 0 706 63% 74% 26% 52 38%
1967 CIN NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 1 458 51% 79% 26% 54 52%
1968 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 2 645 67% 76% 25% 63 38%
1968 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 15 1 6.7% 14 0 0.0% 1 734 68% 72% 20% 51 45%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 24 6 0 15 2 0 7 4 0 8 1 0 10 7 0 64 20 31.3% 44 0 0.0% 4 2558 63% 75% 24% 222 43%
MLB Averages 41.3% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 LAA AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 565 52% 74% 26% 49 55%
1965 CAL AL 21 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 304 54% 77% 27% 20 70%
1966 CIN NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 264 64% 79% 26% 20 65%
1967 CIN NL 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 109 53% 83% 34% 12 67%
1968 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 431 60% 71% 23% 39 44%
1969 SEP AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12 4 33.3% 8 0 0.0% 0 450 59% 76% 22% 52 40%
1969 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 72% 76% 28% 2 50%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 8 0 13 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 42 17 40.5% 25 0 0.0% 1 2181 57% 75% 25% 194 52%
MLB Averages 39.9% 2.1% 61% 77% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 LAA AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 69 67% 65% 20% 13 46%
1966 CIN NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 86 70% 80% 24% 10 30%
1967 CIN NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 20 40% 75% 10% 1 0%
1968 HOU NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 496 62% 77% 27% 36 44%
1969 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 80 65% 68% 34% 7 57%
1969 SEP AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 100% 33% 0
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 10 6 1 8 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 25 12 48.0% 12 1 4.0% 1 754 63% 75% 26% 67 43%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.5% 61% 77% 26% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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