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Joe Simpson

Joe Allen Simpson

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 31, 1951 in Purcell, OK
High School: Norman HS (Norman, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1975
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Royals/Dodgers 1975-1983

Final Game: October 1, 1983
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Standard Batting

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
1975 23 LAD NL 9 6 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 90 2 0 0 0 0 0 /89
1976 24 LAD NL 23 31 30 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 .133 .161 .167 .328 -6 5 0 0 0 0 0 /987
1977 25 LAD NL 29 25 23 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 6 .174 .240 .174 .414 14 4 1 0 0 0 0 9/873
1978 26 LAD NL 10 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 126 2 0 0 0 0 0 /978
1979 27 SEA AL 120 284 265 29 75 11 0 2 27 6 3 11 21 .283 .312 .347 .659 77 92 5 1 5 2 1 97/8D
1980 28 SEA AL 129 409 365 42 91 15 3 3 34 17 4 28 43 .249 .302 .332 .634 74 121 6 1 12 3 3 *987/3D
1981 29 SEA AL 91 312 288 32 64 11 3 2 30 12 3 15 41 .222 .261 .302 .564 60 87 3 1 6 2 0 *8/9
1982 30 SEA AL 105 324 296 39 76 14 4 2 23 8 14 22 48 .257 .312 .351 .663 80 104 1 2 3 1 4 879
1983 31 KCR AL 91 135 119 16 20 2 2 0 8 1 1 11 21 .168 .248 .218 .467 30 26 1 2 2 1 2 398/71D
9 Yrs 607 1531 1397 166 338 54 12 9 124 45 27 90 190 .242 .289 .317 .607 67 443 17 7 28 9 10
162 Game Avg. 162 409 373 44 90 14 3 2 33 12 7 24 51 .242 .289 .317 .607 67 118 5 2 7 2 3
LAD (4 yrs) 71 67 64 8 12 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 16 .188 .224 .203 .427 20 13 1 0 0 0 0
SEA (4 yrs) 445 1329 1214 142 306 51 10 9 114 43 24 76 153 .252 .297 .333 .630 73 404 15 5 26 8 8
KCR (1 yr) 91 135 119 16 20 2 2 0 8 1 1 11 21 .168 .248 .218 .467 30 26 1 2 2 1 2
AL (5 yrs) 536 1464 1333 158 326 53 12 9 122 44 25 87 174 .245 .292 .323 .615 69 430 16 7 28 9 10
NL (4 yrs) 71 67 64 8 12 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 16 .188 .224 .203 .427 20 13 1 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 23 LAD NL 9 6 -0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /89
1976 24 LAD NL 23 31 -4 -1 0 0 -1 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.5 .475 .496 -0.5 -0.0 -5 $ /987
1977 25 LAD NL 29 25 -3 -0 -0 -2 -1 -6 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .476 .496 -0.4 -0.3 -3 $ 9/873
1978 26 LAD NL 10 5 0 0 0 1 -0 1 0.2 0 1 0.2 .515 .501 0.0 0.1 0 $ /978
1979 27 SEA AL 120 284 -9 1 1 -1 -5 -13 -1.2 9 -4 -0.4 .489 .492 -0.3 -0.5 -3 $ 97/8D
1980 28 SEA AL 129 409 -14 3 2 -2 -4 -16 -1.5 12 -4 -0.4 .487 .490 -0.2 -0.5 -2 $ *987/3D
1981 29 SEA AL 91 312 -15 1 1 4 -0 -9 -1.0 10 0 -0.1 .488 .493 -0.5 0.5 -4 $ *8/9
1982 30 SEA AL 105 324 -8 -5 1 4 -2 -10 -1.0 10 0 -0.1 .490 .494 -0.4 0.3 -4 $100,000 879
1983 31 KCR AL 91 135 -12 -0 0 3 -3 -11 -1.1 4 -7 -0.7 .488 .493 -1.0 0.1 -10 $ 398/71D
9 Seasons 607 1531 -65 -0 5 8 -17 -69 -6.9 47 -22 -2.6 .488 .495 -3.3 -0.4 -31 $100,000
LAD (4 yrs) 71 67 -7 -1 -0 -0 -2 -10 -1.1 2 -8 -0.9 .484 .498 -0.9 -0.2 -8 $
SEA (4 yrs) 445 1329 -47 1 4 5 -12 -48 -4.7 41 -7 -1.0 .488 .492 -1.4 -0.3 -13 $100,000
KCR (1 yr) 91 135 -12 -0 0 3 -3 -11 -1.1 4 -7 -0.7 .488 .493 -1.0 0.1 -10 $

Advanced Batting

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
1975 23 LAD NL 6 4 1 6.7 92 .500 .333 .260 .333 .330 .333 .375 .667 .704 90 .693 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1976 24 LAD NL 31 27 1 1.0 90 .167 .133 .260 .161 .327 .167 .371 .328 .698 -6 .071 -4.2 -0.4 .185 .033 .033
1977 25 LAD NL 25 21 1 1.3 102 .235 .174 .268 .240 .336 .174 .409 .414 .744 14 .088 -2.8 -0.3 .286 .087 .000 .0
1978 26 LAD NL 5 3 1 8.9 94 .667 .400 .261 .400 .329 .400 .384 .800 .712 126 .800 0.1 0.0 .667 .000 .000
1979 27 SEA AL 284 205 28 3.6 104 .299 .283 .272 .312 .337 .347 .412 .659 .749 77 .384 -9.1 -0.9 .540 .117 .064 3.0
1980 28 SEA AL 409 299 39 3.5 100 .273 .249 .270 .302 .333 .332 .401 .634 .734 74 .379 -13.6 -1.4 .574 .195 .082 5.1
1981 29 SEA AL 312 238 24 2.7 92 .251 .222 .261 .261 .326 .302 .379 .564 .705 60 .319 -16.0 -1.7 .487 .163 .080 3.4
1982 30 SEA AL 324 239 30 3.4 101 .300 .257 .268 .312 .332 .351 .408 .663 .740 80 .362 -8.6 -0.9 .519 .149 .095 3.2
1983 31 KCR AL 135 104 7 1.8 98 .202 .168 .265 .248 .328 .218 .401 .467 .728 30 .155 -11.6 -1.2 .386 .143 .050 .0
9 Yrs 1531 1140 132 3.1 99 .273 .242 .267 .289 .331 .317 .399 .607 .731 67 .337 -65.9 -6.7 .506 .152 .075 15.0
162 Game Avg. 409 304 35 3.1 99 .273 .242 .267 .289 .331 .317 .399 .607 .731 67 .337 -65.9 -6.7 .506 .152 .075 4
LAD (4 yrs) 67 55 4 2.0 95 .250 .188 .263 .224 .330 .203 .386 .427 .716 20 .191 -7.0 -0.7 .273 .047 .016 .0
SEA (4 yrs) 1329 981 121 3.3 99 .280 .252 .268 .297 .332 .333 .400 .630 .732 73 .363 -47.3 -4.8 .532 .159 .081 14.9
KCR (1 yr) 135 104 7 1.8 98 .202 .168 .265 .248 .328 .218 .401 .467 .728 30 .155 -11.6 -1.2 .386 .143 .050 .0
AL (5 yrs) 1464 1085 128 3.2 99 .274 .245 .267 .292 .331 .323 .400 .615 .731 69 .344 -58.9 -6.0 .518 .158 .078 14.9
NL (4 yrs) 67 55 4 2.0 95 .250 .188 .263 .224 .330 .203 .386 .427 .716 20 .191 -7.0 -0.7 .273 .047 .016 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1975 23 LAD NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 67%
1976 24 LAD NL 31 0.0% 19.4% 3.2% 3.2% 25% 6.00 5.0 1.50 77%
1977 25 LAD NL 25 0.0% 24.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.8 23.0 3.67 68%
1978 26 LAD NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 5.0 60%
1979 27 SEA AL 284 0.7% 7.4% 3.9% 4.6% 17% 1.91 12.6 132.5 9.8 1.31 86%
1980 28 SEA AL 409 0.7% 10.5% 6.9% 5.1% 23% 1.54 8.5 121.7 10.7 1.08 79%
1981 29 SEA AL 312 0.6% 13.1% 4.8% 5.1% 25% 2.73 7.0 144.0 9.6 0.84 79%
1982 30 SEA AL 324 0.6% 14.8% 6.8% 6.2% 26% 2.18 6.2 148.0 12.9 1.51 76%
1983 31 KCR AL 135 0.0% 15.6% 8.2% 3.0% 20% 1.91 5.7 14.9 1.22 73%
9 Yrs 1531 0.6% 12.4% 5.9% 4.9% 22% 2.11 7.4 155.2 11.3 1.18 79%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.9% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.52 6.9 45.9 8.6 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 23 LAD NL -0.1 -0.0 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .73 -0.1 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.11 -0.4 1.41 1
1976 24 LAD NL -4.2 -0.4 34 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 1.11 -0.4 -0.1 -4.7 -0.5 0.90 -4.7 0
1977 25 LAD NL -2.9 -0.3 28 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .90 -0.2 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2 1.04 -2.3 0
1978 26 LAD NL 0.1 0.0 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .57 0.1 -0.2 1.0 0.1 1.03 0.5 0
1979 27 SEA AL -9.1 -0.9 298 -0.6 4.7 -5.3 1.02 -0.7 0.1 -8.9 -0.9 0.93 -11.1 1.47 9
1980 28 SEA AL -13.6 -1.4 435 -0.9 6.9 -7.8 1.10 -0.8 0.0 -5.2 -0.5 0.96 -9.9 1.71 11
1981 29 SEA AL -16.3 -1.7 331 -0.8 4.8 -5.6 1.01 -1.3 0.5 -10.0 -1.0 0.96 -13.6 1.04 7
1982 30 SEA AL -8.6 -0.9 352 -1.8 5.0 -6.8 1.11 -1.1 -0.5 -12.3 -1.2 0.90 -13.0 1.50 7
1983 31 KCR AL -11.6 -1.2 139 -1.0 1.3 -2.4 .90 -1.1 0.0 -10.1 -1.0 0.94 -12.2 0.25 2
9 Yrs -66.3 -6.7 1630 -6.2 23.4 -29.6 1.05 -5.7 -0.2 -52.4 -5.2 0.94 -66.6 1.40 37

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1975 23 LAD NL 0 0 150% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 LAD NL 0 0 40% 9 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 25 LAD NL 0 0 33% 18 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 33% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 LAD NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 27 SEA AL 3 0 32% 119 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 46% 18 10 8 1 1 0 5 2 3
1980 28 SEA AL 4 0 33% 151 17 4 81% 15 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 14 52% 16 9 7 3 1 2 8 3 5
1981 29 SEA AL 3 0 39% 98 12 3 80% 12 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 3 62% 11 9 2 5 1 4 13 1 12
1982 30 SEA AL 5 0 38% 127 8 14 36% 8 13 0 1 0 0 3 3 7 8 54% 18 9 9 4 2 2 13 4 8
1983 31 KCR AL 2 0 49% 62 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 47% 16 8 7 1 0 1 2 1 1
9 Yrs 17 0 37% 592 45 27 63% 43 24 1 1 1 2 11 6 21 39 51% 84 49 34 15 5 9 43 12 30

Situational Hitting*

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
1975 23 LAD NL 6 83% 2 1 0 0 0 1.41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1976 24 LAD NL 31 97% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 14 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1977 25 LAD NL 25 88% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 1 50% 15 1 7% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1978 26 LAD NL 5 80% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1979 27 SEA AL 284 91% 75 9 2 1 1 1.47 2 0 8 1 1 2 0 0 5 5 100% 56 5 9% 28 9 32% 170 26 15% 19 9 47% 8 3 38% 0
1980 28 SEA AL 409 92% 91 11 1 0 1 1.71 3 0 12 3 0 2 1 0 15 12 80% 73 6 8% 42 19 45% 240 34 14% 15 9 60% 16 8 50% 0
1981 29 SEA AL 312 84% 64 7 1 0 0 1.04 2 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 8 6 75% 48 3 6% 33 17 52% 178 30 17% 11 9 82% 16 5 31% 0
1982 30 SEA AL 324 90% 76 7 3 0 0 1.50 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 6 3 50% 38 1 3% 20 12 60% 148 21 14% 20 14 70% 10 9 90% 0
1983 31 KCR AL 135 96% 20 2 0 0 0 0.25 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 25 1 4% 10 4 40% 86 9 10% 8 5 63% 5 3 60% 0
9 Yrs 1531 90% 338 37 7 1 2 1.40 9 0 33 8 1 5 4 0 36 28 78% 248 17 7% 139 62 45% 858 122 14% 77 47 61% 57 29 51% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1975 23 9 6 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 90 2 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 32 37 36 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 .167 .189 .194 .384 10 7 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 61 62 59 7 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 14 .169 .210 .186 .396 12 11 1 0 0 0 0
1978 26 71 67 64 8 12 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 16 .188 .224 .203 .427 20 13 1 0 0 0 0
1979 27 191 351 329 37 87 12 0 2 29 7 5 14 37 .264 .295 .319 .614 66 105 6 1 5 2 1
1980 28 320 760 694 79 178 27 3 5 63 24 9 42 80 .256 .299 .326 .624 70 226 12 2 17 5 4
1981 29 411 1072 982 111 242 38 6 7 93 36 12 57 121 .246 .288 .319 .607 67 313 15 3 23 7 4
1982 30 516 1396 1278 150 318 52 10 9 116 44 26 79 169 .249 .293 .326 .620 70 417 16 5 26 8 8
1983 31 607 1531 1397 166 338 54 12 9 124 45 27 90 190 .242 .289 .317 .607 67 443 17 7 28 9 10

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 23 9 7 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .429 .857 1 9
1976 24 23 31 30 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 .133 .161 .167 .328 1 23
1977 25 29 25 23 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 .174 .240 .174 .414 1 29
1978 26 10 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 1 10
1979 27 121 284 265 29 74 11 0 2 27 6 11 21 .279 .308 .343 .652 28 120
1980 28 129 412 367 44 93 15 3 3 35 17 29 43 .253 .308 .335 .643 38 129
1981 29 138 479 441 53 102 18 5 3 50 19 24 62 .231 .272 .315 .588 38 91
1982 30 105 325 297 40 77 14 4 2 24 8 22 48 .259 .314 .354 .667 33 105
1983 31 91 137 120 18 21 2 2 0 9 1 12 21 .175 .259 .225 .484 7 91
9 Yrs 655 1705 1555 193 380 61 14 10 147 52 101 211 .244 .292 .321 .613 148 607
162 Game Avg. 162 422 385 48 94 15 3 2 36 13 25 52 .244 .292 .321 .613 37 607

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1980 AL  12 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1982 AL  14 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
1980 AL  80.95 (10th)
1981 AL  80.00 (9th)

             

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