Harry Simpson
Harry Leon Simpson (Suitcase and Goody)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 3, 1925 in Atlanta, GA
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Final Game: September 27, 1959
Died: April 3, 1979 in Akron, OH
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1951 CLE AL 25 OF 68 139 132 3 4 1 .971 1.99 .977 2.23 5-8-58
1951 CLE AL 25 1B 50 347 326 17 4 28 .988 6.86 .990 8.49
1952 CLE AL 26 OF 127 240 226 11 3 4 .988 1.87 .980 2.18 0-11-117
1952 CLE AL 26 1B 28 286 276 8 2 21 .993 10.14 .988 8.88
1953 CLE AL 27 OF 69 126 118 4 4 0 .968 1.77 .981 2.18 1-7-62
1953 CLE AL 27 1B 2 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 .992 8.85
1955 KCA AL 29 OF 100 95 858.2 273 262 5 6 2 .978 -9.0 -12.6 -4.0 3.3 -7.2 -5 2.80 2.67 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 KCA AL 29 CF 91 85 770.2 251 242 4 5 1 .980 -7.9 -12.3 -3.9 3.4 -7.2 -4 2.87 2.70 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 KCA AL 29 RF 10 8 68.0 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -14.1 0.2 -0.1 0.3 -1 2.38 1.80 .983 2.05 1.73
1955 KCA AL 29 LF 4 2 20.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.3 -18.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.90 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.78
1955 KCA AL 29 1B 3 1 10.0 12 10 2 0 2 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 10.80 4.00 .992 9.63 8.17
1956 KCA AL 30 OF 111 109 965.1 198 188 3 7 2 .965 -12.4 -15.4 -8.4 -5.5 -2.9 -4 1.78 1.72 .979 2.34 2.04 AS,MVP-11
1956 KCA AL 30 RF 92 87 785.1 146 138 3 5 2 .966 -9.9 -15.1 -6.9 -6.0 -0.9 -3 1.62 1.53 .973 2.09 1.80 AS,MVP-11
1956 KCA AL 30 1B 32 29 257.0 288 269 15 4 32 .986 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 1.5 -1.6 0 9.95 8.88 .990 9.43 7.99 AS,MVP-11
1956 KCA AL 30 CF 23 22 180.0 51 49 0 2 0 .961 -2.5 -16.7 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 -1 2.45 2.13 .984 2.79 2.50 AS,MVP-11
1957 TOT AL 31 OF 63 57 490.0 94 84 6 4 1 .957 -2.2 -5.4 -1.2 -1.1 -0.2 -1 1.65 1.43 .981 2.24 1.97
1957 TOT AL 31 1B 48 46 395.2 418 386 31 1 39 .998 3.5 10.6 3.5 0.9 2.5 0 9.49 8.69 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 TOT AL 31 RF 47 43 363.2 68 61 5 2 0 .971 -1.5 -4.9 -1.5 -1.6 0.1 0 1.63 1.40 .976 1.93 1.68
1957 KCA AL 31 1B 27 27 233.2 267 243 23 1 21 .996 2.7 13.9 2.7 0.4 2.2 0 10.25 9.85 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 KCA AL 31 OF 21 21 171.0 31 29 1 1 0 .968 -0.7 -4.9 -0.7 -1.2 0.5 0 1.58 1.43 .981 2.24 1.97
1957 KCA AL 31 RF 21 21 171.0 31 29 1 1 0 .968 -0.7 -4.9 -0.7 -1.2 0.5 0 1.58 1.43 .977 1.93 1.68
1957 NYY AL 31 OF 42 36 319.0 63 55 5 3 1 .952 -1.5 -5.6 -0.5 0.1 -0.7 -1 1.69 1.43 .981 2.24 1.97
1957 NYY AL 31 RF 26 22 192.2 37 32 4 1 0 .973 -0.8 -5.0 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4 0 1.68 1.38 .976 1.93 1.68
1957 NYY AL 31 1B 21 19 162.0 151 143 8 0 18 1.000 0.8 5.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 0 8.39 7.19 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 NYY AL 31 LF 16 14 126.1 30 26 2 2 1 .933 -0.7 -6.6 0.3 0.5 -0.3 -1 1.99 1.75 .980 2.10 1.70
1958 TOT AL 32 OF 26 20 172.0 47 45 1 1 0 .979 2.2 15.3 3.2 3.0 0.1 -1 2.41 1.77 .981 2.27 1.94
1958 TOT AL 32 LF 17 15 109.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.1 23.1 1.1 1.6 -0.6 1 2.23 1.59 .978 2.10 1.62
1958 TOT AL 32 RF 11 5 63.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 0.1 1.9 2.1 1.4 0.7 -2 2.71 1.73 .980 1.99 1.69
1958 NYY AL 32 OF 15 10 96.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 12.5 2.0 1.6 0.3 -1 1.97 1.40 .981 2.27 1.94
1958 NYY AL 32 RF 9 4 54.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 11.1 1.5 0.8 0.7 -1 2.33 1.56 .979 1.98 1.69
1958 NYY AL 32 LF 8 6 42.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 14.3 0.5 0.8 -0.4 0 1.71 1.00 .975 2.10 1.62
1958 KCA AL 32 1B 43 42 366.0 406 384 18 4 44 .990 0.2 0.7 0.2 -1.2 1.4 0 9.89 9.35 .991 9.60 8.47
1958 KCA AL 32 OF 11 10 76.0 26 24 1 1 0 .962 1.2 18.9 1.2 1.4 -0.2 0 2.96 2.27 .981 2.27 1.94
1958 KCA AL 32 LF 9 9 67.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.6 28.7 0.6 0.8 -0.2 1 2.55 2.11 .979 2.10 1.62
1958 KCA AL 32 RF 2 1 9.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.4 -53.3 0.6 0.6 0.0 -1 5.00 2.50 .983 2.00 1.70
1959 TOT MLB 33 OF 15 13 123.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 -0.8 0.7 0 1.68 1.53 .979 2.22 1.95
1959 TOT MLB 33 RF 14 12 115.0 21 20 0 1 0 .952 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 -0.7 0.7 0 1.57 1.43 .981 1.89 1.64
1959 TOT AL 33 1B 5 5 38.0 42 39 2 1 2 .976 0.4 12.6 0.4 0.6 -0.2 0 9.71 8.20 .990 9.85 8.28
1959 KCA AL 33 1B 4 4 31.0 32 30 2 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -7.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 9.29 8.00 .991 9.84 8.28
1959 CHW AL 33 OF 12 11 105.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -0.3 -3.4 -0.3 -1.0 0.8 0 1.54 1.50 .979 2.22 1.96
1959 CHW AL 33 RF 12 11 105.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -0.3 -3.4 -0.3 -1.0 0.8 0 1.54 1.50 .979 1.89 1.64
1959 CHW AL 33 1B 1 1 7.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.6 102.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 11.57 9.00 .990 9.90 8.30
1959 PIT NL 33 OF 3 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 2.50 1.67 .980 2.20 1.90
1959 PIT NL 33 RF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 1.98 1.65
1959 PIT NL 33 LF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.02 1.60
8 Seasons OF 579 294 2609.0 1141 1078 33 30 10 .974 -21.6 -9.9 -10.6 -1.1 -9.5 -11 3.83 1.92 .980 2.33 2.10 44-140-411
8 Seasons 1B 211 123 1066.2 1811 1702 93 16 169 .991 4.1 4.6 4.1 2.0 2.1 0 15.15 8.51 .990 9.60 8.43
5 Seasons (incomplete) RF 174 155 1395.0 273 255 9 9 3 .967 -12.2 -10.5 -6.2 -7.0 0.9 -6 1.70 1.52 .976 2.03 1.74
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 114 107 950.2 302 291 4 7 1 .977 -10.4 -13.1 -5.4 3.9 -9.2 -5 2.79 2.59 .985 2.86 2.54
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 38 32 263.1 63 57 3 3 1 .952 1.0 4.6 1.0 2.0 -1.2 0 2.05 1.58 .979 2.11 1.67
8 Seasons TOT 790 417 3675.2 2952 2780 126 46 179 .984 -17.5 -5.7 -6.5 0.9 -7.4 -11 0 7.12 3.68 .971 4.44 3.79 44-140-411
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1951 CLE AL 25 122 122 122 0 0 50 0 0 0 5 8 58 68
1952 CLE AL 26 146 146 146 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 11 117 127
1953 CLE AL 27 82 82 82 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 62 69
1955 KCA AL 29 112 96 112 112 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 91 10 100 12 0
1955 CLE AL 29 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 KCA AL 30 141 138 141 141 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 23 92 111 3 0
1957 NYY AL 31 75 55 75 75 0 0 21 0 0 0 16 0 26 42 20 0
1957 KCA AL 31 50 48 50 50 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 2 0
1958 KCA AL 32 78 52 78 78 0 0 43 0 0 0 9 0 2 11 24 0
1958 NYY AL 32 24 10 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 9 15 12 0
1959 CHW AL 33 38 12 38 38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 26 0
1959 PIT NL 33 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 0
1959 KCA AL 33 8 4 8 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 Seasons 888 417 888 888 0 0 211 0 0 0 44 140 411 579 112 0
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%
1955 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 9 2 22.2% 6 1 11.1% 0 319 73% 82% 27% 25 72%
1956 KCA AL 30 5 0 5 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 23 11 0 21 2 0 16 11 0 8 4 0 16 9 0 84 37 44.0% 47 0 0.0% 3 3476 63% 78% 26% 287 47%
1957 NYY AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 10 3 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 19 3 15.8% 13 3 15.8% 1 821 70% 74% 26% 63 57%
1957 KCA AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12 4 33.3% 7 1 8.3% 0 750 62% 79% 27% 54 56%
1958 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 234 62% 80% 27% 27 52%
1958 KCA AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 48 54% 79% 33% 9 56%
1959 CHW AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 450 67% 80% 24% 41 44%
1959 PIT NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 46 54% 80% 30% 4 50%
5 Seasons 9 0 9 0 1 9 1 2 2 2 53 20 3 34 3 0 21 13 1 15 5 1 24 13 0 147 54 36.7% 88 5 3.4% 4 6144 64% 78% 26% 510 51%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 KCA AL 29 44 77% 82% 36% 2 100% 0 10 0 10 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1956 KCA AL 30 1175 61% 78% 24% 75 96% 0 270 20 246 4 34 19 11 7 0 1 4 1 3 0 3 31 4 0 0 28 4 3 2 1 7 100%
1957 KCA AL 31 897 66% 77% 26% 49 94% 0 199 16 177 6 9 22 16 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 21 2 0 0 21 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1957 NYY AL 31 725 65% 72% 25% 37 95% 0 144 13 129 2 14 8 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 16 0 2 1 1 3 100%
1958 KCA AL 32 1571 61% 80% 28% 89 93% 0 373 23 347 3 42 17 16 1 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 43 0 0 0 40 0 3 0 3 6 83%
1959 KCA AL 33 128 68% 77% 26% 6 83% 0 27 3 23 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1959 CHW AL 33 29 66% 76% 34% 3 100% 0 9 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 4569 63% 78% 26% 261 94% 0 1032 75 941 16 103 70 51 16 0 3 10 1 8 1 6 117 6 0 0 109 6 8 3 5 20 90%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

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%
1955 KCA AL 29 5 0 5 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 46 27 0 31 5 0 9 6 0 15 2 0 26 21 0 127 61 48.0% 66 0 0.0% 4 3484 60% 80% 30% 442 55%
1956 KCA AL 30 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 17 8 47.1% 9 0 0.0% 0 815 64% 80% 26% 85 58%
2 Seasons 7 0 7 0 3 4 0 1 2 0 57 33 0 34 5 0 9 6 0 16 2 0 28 23 0 144 69 47.9% 75 0 0.0% 4 4299 61% 80% 29% 527 56%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 58%

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%
1955 KCA AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 82 68% 85% 34% 5 40%
1957 NYY AL 31 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 2 529 68% 78% 27% 55 49%
1958 KCA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 11 8 72.7% 3 0 0.0% 1 298 64% 80% 28% 38 50%
1958 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 169 63% 72% 24% 14 57%
1959 PIT NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 42 55% 83% 19% 7 43%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 9 7 0 7 0 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 27 15 55.6% 12 0 0.0% 3 1120 66% 78% 27% 119 50%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 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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