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Dick Simpson

Richard Charles Simpson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 176 lb.

Born: July 28, 1943 in Washington, DC
High School: Venice HS (Culver City, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1962
Teams (by GP): Reds/Astros/Angels/Pilots/Cardinals/... 1962-1969

Final Game: August 27, 1969
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 LAA AL 18 LF 4 1 0 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2 128 3.60 1.50 .977 2.04 2.00
1962 LAA AL 18 OF 4 1 0 19.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2 101 3.32 1.75 .980 2.18 2.17
1962 LAA AL 18 RF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 1.00 .980 2.02 2.00
1964 LAA AL 20 CF 16 14 13 127.2 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 1.90 1.69 .981 2.45 2.44
1964 LAA AL 20 OF 16 14 13 127.2 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 1.90 1.69 .980 2.04 2.03
1965 CAL AL 21 CF 8 8 7 74.0 16 14 0 2 0 .875 -1 -11 1.70 1.75 .979 2.40 2.40
1965 CAL AL 21 OF 8 8 7 74.0 16 14 0 2 0 .875 -1 -11 1.70 1.75 .978 2.04 2.02
1966 CIN NL 22 OF 64 16 12 235.0 38 35 0 3 0 .921 -8 -42 1.34 0.55 .974 2.03 2.03
1966 CIN NL 22 RF 47 9 6 157.0 23 20 0 3 0 .870 -6 -44 1.15 0.43 .978 1.96 1.95
1966 CIN NL 22 CF 11 6 5 60.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -36 1.95 1.18 .980 2.39 2.38
1966 CIN NL 22 LF 7 1 1 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -47 1.00 0.29 .965 1.75 1.74
1967 CIN NL 23 OF 26 12 10 137.2 37 34 2 1 0 .973 0 2 2.35 1.38 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 CIN NL 23 RF 21 9 7 104.2 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.41 1.33 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 CIN NL 23 CF 4 3 3 28.0 10 8 1 1 0 .900 0 17 2.89 2.25 .981 2.31 2.30
1967 CIN NL 23 LF 1 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1968 TOT NL 24 OF 71 65 54 566.2 94 89 3 2 1 .979 -13 -28 1.46 1.30 .975 2.02 2.03
1968 TOT NL 24 RF 44 39 30 322.2 49 47 2 0 0 1.000 -10 -37 1.37 1.11 .981 2.01 2.02
1968 STL NL 24 OF 22 18 11 145.2 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -27 1.67 1.23 .975 2.02 2.03
1968 STL NL 24 RF 22 18 11 145.2 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -27 1.54 1.14 .981 2.01 2.02
1968 HOU NL 24 OF 49 47 43 421.0 67 63 2 2 1 .970 -10 -29 1.39 1.33 .975 2.02 2.03
1968 HOU NL 24 RF 22 21 19 177.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -7 -45 1.22 1.09 .981 2.01 2.02
1968 HOU NL 24 CF 15 13 12 120.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -11 1.50 1.33 .978 2.39 2.40
1968 HOU NL 24 LF 15 13 12 124.0 21 18 1 2 1 .905 -2 -22 1.38 1.27 .963 1.64 1.65
1969 TOT AL 25 OF 22 15 10 129.2 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 -5 -48 1.87 1.23 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 TOT AL 25 CF 18 13 9 111.2 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -51 1.77 1.22 .982 2.50 2.50
1969 TOT AL 25 LF 4 2 1 18.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 2.00 1.00 .978 2.00 2.00
1969 NYY AL 25 OF 5 3 2 31.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -50 1.45 1.00 .978 2.12 2.12
1969 NYY AL 25 LF 3 2 1 17.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -35 2.12 1.33 .978 2.01 2.00
1969 NYY AL 25 CF 2 1 1 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -69 0.64 0.50 .980 2.51 2.50
1969 SEP AL 25 OF 17 12 8 98.2 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -47 2.01 1.29 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 SEP AL 25 CF 16 12 8 97.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -48 1.94 1.31 .982 2.50 2.50
1969 SEP AL 25 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
7 Seasons OF 211 131 106 1289.2 246 232 6 8 1 .967 -25 -24 1.66 1.13 .976 2.04 2.04
4 Seasons RF 113 57 43 588.1 101 95 3 3 0 .970 -16 -32 1.50 0.87 .979 2.00 1.99
6 Seasons CF 72 57 49 521.1 108 104 1 3 0 .972 -7 -17 1.81 1.46 .980 2.43 2.42
5 Seasons LF 31 17 14 180.0 33 29 2 2 1 .939 -2 -15 1.55 1.00 .967 1.72 1.76
7 Seasons TOT 211 131 106 1289.2 246 232 6 8 1 .967 -25 -24 1.66 1.13 .976 2.04 2.04
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1962 LAA AL 18 LF 2 128 1 0 1 1
1962 LAA AL 18 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAA AL 20 CF 0 4 0 -1 1 0
1965 CAL AL 21 CF -1 -11 -1 -1 0 0
1966 CIN NL 22 RF -6 -44 -4 -1 -3 -2
1966 CIN NL 22 CF -2 -36 -1 -1 -0 -1
1966 CIN NL 22 LF -1 -47 -1 -0 -0 0
1967 CIN NL 23 RF 0 1 0 1 -1 0
1967 CIN NL 23 CF 0 17 0 0 0 0
1967 CIN NL 23 LF -0 -72 -0 0 -0 0
1968 STL NL 24 RF -3 -27 -2 -1 -1 -1
1968 HOU NL 24 RF -7 -45 -5 -2 -3 -2
1968 HOU NL 24 CF -1 -11 -1 -0 -1 0
1968 HOU NL 24 LF -2 -22 -1 -0 -1 -1
1969 NYY AL 25 LF -0 -35 -0 -0 0 0
1969 NYY AL 25 CF -1 -69 -1 -0 -0 0
1969 SEP AL 25 CF -4 -48 -3 -2 -1 -1
1969 SEP AL 25 LF 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons RF -16 -32 -11 -3 -7 -5
6 Seasons CF -8 -17 -6 -4 -2 -2
5 Seasons LF -2 -15 -2 -1 -1 0
7 Seasons TOT -25 -24 -18 -8 -10 -7
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 3 0
1964 LAA AL 20 21 14 21 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 0 0 6
1965 CAL AL 21 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0
1966 CIN NL 22 92 16 92 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 47 64 0 19 29
1967 CIN NL 23 44 12 44 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21 26 0 11 15
1968 HOU NL 24 59 47 59 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 22 49 0 1 11
1968 STL NL 24 26 18 26 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 0 3 5
1969 SEP AL 25 26 12 26 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 17 0 7 3
1969 NYY AL 25 6 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 0 1 0
7 Seasons 288 131 288 211 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 72 113 211 0 45 69
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 13 4 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 24 6 25.0% 18 0 0.0% 0 682 66% 77% 27% 52 38%
1967 CIN NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 15 8 53.3% 7 0 0.0% 1 439 53% 82% 27% 54 52%
1968 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 19 8 42.1% 11 0 0.0% 1 625 69% 79% 25% 63 38%
1968 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 17 1 5.9% 16 0 0.0% 1 712 70% 74% 20% 51 45%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 31 7 0 15 2 0 7 4 0 8 1 0 14 9 0 75 23 30.7% 52 0 0.0% 3 2473 65% 77% 25% 222 43%
MLB Averages 40.0% 3.2% 63% 79% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 4 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 545 54% 77% 27% 49 55%
1965 CAL AL 21 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 299 55% 78% 27% 20 70%
1966 CIN NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 255 66% 82% 27% 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% 1 105 55% 86% 35% 12 67%
1968 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 451 62% 75% 25% 42 43%
1969 SEP AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 433 61% 79% 23% 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 56 75% 79% 29% 2 50%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 26 10 0 13 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 49 19 38.8% 30 0 0.0% 1 2144 59% 78% 26% 197 52%
MLB Averages 40.8% 2.3% 63% 79% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 3 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 65 71% 69% 22% 13 46%
1966 CIN NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 2 1 25.0% -1 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 19 42% 79% 11% 1 0%
1968 HOU NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 15 8 53.3% 7 0 0.0% 1 482 63% 79% 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 77 68% 70% 35% 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 14 8 2 8 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 30 15 50.0% 13 2 6.7% 0 732 65% 77% 27% 67 43%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.7% 63% 79% 27% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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