Joe Simpson
Joe Allen Simpson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 31, 1951 in Purcell, OK
High School: Norman (Norman, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1975
Final Game: October 1, 1983
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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 Awards
1975 LAD NL 23 CF 6 1 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 2.50 0.83 .980 2.70 2.43
1975 LAD NL 23 OF 6 1 20.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.0 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 2.25 0.83 .980 2.30 2.02
1975 LAD NL 23 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1976 LAD NL 24 OF 20 8 88.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 5.5 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 1 2.45 1.20 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 LAD NL 24 RF 9 2 34.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.5 0.1 0.6 -0.5 0 2.38 1.00 .978 2.14 1.83
1976 LAD NL 24 CF 6 5 40.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 42.0 0.4 -0.1 0.5 1 3.38 2.50 .987 2.86 2.50
1976 LAD NL 24 LF 5 1 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 -94.3 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.99 1.60
1977 LAD NL 25 OF 28 5 92.2 23 21 1 1 1 .957 -2.5 -32.4 -1.5 -1.9 0.5 -1 2.14 0.79 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 LAD NL 25 RF 14 1 45.2 9 7 1 1 1 .889 -1.6 -42.0 -1.6 -1.2 -0.4 0 1.58 0.57 .978 2.11 1.78
1977 LAD NL 25 CF 9 4 34.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -17.6 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 0 2.38 1.00 .989 2.73 2.34
1977 LAD NL 25 LF 6 0 13.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 0.6 0.0 0.7 -1 4.15 1.00 .967 1.94 1.52
1977 LAD NL 25 1B 1 0 2.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 18.00 4.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1978 LAD NL 26 OF 10 0 26.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 59.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 1 2.73 0.80 .975 2.32 1.94
1978 LAD NL 26 RF 6 0 13.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 184.6 1.0 0.8 0.2 1 4.85 1.17 .971 2.15 1.78
1978 LAD NL 26 LF 3 0 10.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -46.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 0.87 0.33 1.000 2.00 1.53
1978 LAD NL 26 CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1979 SEA AL 27 OF 105 66 634.1 178 162 10 6 4 .966 -1.2 -2.3 -1.2 -0.4 -0.8 0 2.44 1.64 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 SEA AL 27 RF 74 54 495.1 132 118 9 5 2 .962 0.1 0.2 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 1 2.31 1.72 .980 2.25 1.88
1979 SEA AL 27 LF 27 11 113.0 34 32 1 1 0 .971 -2.3 -24.4 -1.3 -0.1 -1.2 -1 2.63 1.22 .979 2.22 1.80
1979 SEA AL 27 CF 5 1 26.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 46.2 1.0 0.6 0.4 0 4.50 2.60 .985 2.91 2.62
1979 SEA AL 27 DH 3
1980 SEA AL 28 OF 119 91 845.2 220 205 10 5 1 .977 -1.5 -2.1 -6.5 -4.2 -2.2 5 2.29 1.81 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 SEA AL 28 RF 63 53 467.1 112 104 5 3 0 .973 -1.9 -4.9 -2.9 -1.7 -1.1 1 2.10 1.73 .975 2.13 1.77
1980 SEA AL 28 CF 37 32 292.1 92 86 4 2 1 .978 1.1 4.5 -1.9 -2.2 0.2 3 2.77 2.43 .983 2.92 2.65
1980 SEA AL 28 LF 23 6 86.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -9.8 -1.7 -0.3 -1.3 1 1.88 0.78 .978 2.35 1.92
1980 SEA AL 28 1B 3 1 14.2 19 15 2 2 2 .895 -0.1 -8.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 10.43 5.67 .995 10.06 8.40
1981 SEA AL 29 OF 88 69 657.2 229 219 5 5 1 .978 4.1 7.5 0.1 -0.5 0.6 4 3.07 2.55 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 SEA AL 29 CF 86 69 653.2 229 219 5 5 1 .978 4.0 7.3 0.0 -0.5 0.5 4 3.08 2.60 .988 2.90 2.61
1981 SEA AL 29 RF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.75
1982 SEA AL 30 OF 97 71 702.0 187 177 7 3 0 .984 4.1 7.0 2.1 3.9 -1.8 2 2.36 1.90 .982 2.47 2.15
1982 SEA AL 30 CF 60 51 485.2 131 126 2 3 0 .977 -0.8 -2.0 -0.8 2.9 -3.7 0 2.37 2.13 .985 2.84 2.49
1982 SEA AL 30 LF 31 13 151.1 40 35 5 0 0 1.000 2.5 19.8 1.5 0.2 1.3 1 2.38 1.29 .980 2.29 1.91
1982 SEA AL 30 RF 11 7 65.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.4 44.3 1.4 0.8 0.6 1 2.49 1.64 .983 2.27 1.90
1983 KCR AL 31 1B 54 8 148.2 182 167 14 1 18 .995 -1.0 -8.1 -1.0 0.7 -1.8 0 10.96 3.35 .992 9.90 8.24
1983 KCR AL 31 OF 38 22 211.2 80 75 4 1 2 .988 4.4 24.9 1.4 -1.0 2.4 3 3.36 2.08 .981 2.50 2.16
1983 KCR AL 31 RF 18 12 99.0 34 32 2 0 1 1.000 2.8 33.9 0.8 -0.9 1.7 2 3.09 1.89 .976 2.25 1.85
1983 KCR AL 31 CF 17 8 91.0 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 1.7 22.4 0.7 -0.2 0.9 1 3.56 2.12 .986 2.93 2.56
1983 KCR AL 31 LF 5 2 21.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 2.49 1.20 .983 2.33 1.90
1983 KCR AL 31 P 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.75
1983 KCR AL 31 DH 1
9 Seasons OF 511 333 3278.1 954 896 37 21 9 .978 9.3 3.4 -5.7 -3.1 -2.4 15 2.56 1.83 .981 2.46 2.13
9 Seasons CF 228 171 1643.2 530 506 14 10 3 .981 7.8 5.7 -1.2 -0.1 -1.2 9 2.85 2.28 .986 2.88 2.56
9 Seasons RF 198 129 1225.1 322 296 17 9 4 .972 4.0 3.9 -2.0 -2.5 0.6 6 2.30 1.58 .978 2.20 1.83
7 Seasons LF 100 33 409.1 105 97 7 1 0 .990 -2.5 -7.3 -2.5 -0.5 -1.8 0 2.29 1.04 .979 2.26 1.83
3 Seasons 1B 58 9 165.1 205 185 17 3 20 .985 -0.9 -6.5 -0.9 0.6 -1.6 0 11.00 3.48 .992 9.92 8.25
2 Seasons DH 4
1 Season P 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.75
9 Seasons TOT 571 342 3446.2 1159 1081 54 24 29 .979 8.4 2.9 -6.6 -2.5 -4.0 15 0 2.96 1.99 .962 2.82 2.74
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 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
1975 LAD NL 23 9 1 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 6 0 1 5
1976 LAD NL 24 23 8 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 9 20 0 0 4
1977 LAD NL 25 29 5 29 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 9 14 28 0 0 6
1978 LAD NL 26 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 10 0 0 0
1979 SEA AL 27 120 66 120 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5 74 105 0 11 15
1980 SEA AL 28 129 92 129 119 0 0 3 0 0 0 23 37 63 119 0 14 5
1981 SEA AL 29 91 69 91 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 2 88 0 8 3
1982 SEA AL 30 105 71 105 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 60 11 97 0 8 14
1983 KCR AL 31 91 30 89 86 2 0 54 0 0 0 5 17 18 37 0 2 26
9 Seasons 607 342 605 559 2 0 58 0 0 0 100 228 198 510 0 44 78
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 -- 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%
1975 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 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 77 45% 88% 30% 9 56%
1976 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 11 10 90.9% 1 0 0.0% 0 191 57% 80% 18% 30 50%
1977 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 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% 0 153 66% 82% 23% 16 56%
1978 LAD NL 26 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 47% 74% 21% 1 0%
1979 SEA AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 1 117 58% 80% 22% 22 55%
1980 SEA AL 28 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 18 11 0 15 2 2 3 1 0 9 4 0 5 3 1 50 21 42.0% 26 3 6.0% 1 1337 56% 78% 21% 178 50%
1981 SEA AL 29 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 2 1 1 27 19 0 38 7 1 6 3 0 12 3 0 19 16 0 102 48 47.1% 53 1 1.0% 4 2927 59% 81% 25% 411 54%
1982 SEA AL 30 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 15 8 1 10 1 0 1 1 0 7 4 0 17 10 0 50 24 48.0% 25 1 2.0% 1 2113 58% 76% 24% 221 58%
1983 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 2 416 63% 83% 31% 56 64%
9 Seasons 10 0 10 0 1 14 0 4 2 4 67 44 1 76 15 3 13 7 0 30 12 0 49 35 1 235 113 48.1% 117 5 2.1% 9 7350 58% 79% 24% 944 55%
MLB Averages 43.1% 2.2% 58% 79% 26% 57%

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%
1975 LAD NL 23 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 6 0% 67% 67% 0
1976 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 145 65% 81% 28% 14 64%
1977 LAD NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 210 63% 78% 19% 20 35%
1978 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 55 71% 87% 40% 10 70%
1979 SEA AL 27 5 0 5 0 0 9 0 1 3 3 27 10 3 20 6 2 10 8 0 5 0 1 8 4 0 70 28 40.0% 36 6 8.6% 3 2231 60% 79% 24% 247 50%
1980 SEA AL 28 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 35 20 1 18 4 1 9 7 0 5 0 0 11 6 0 78 37 47.4% 39 2 2.6% 3 2119 56% 82% 24% 241 44%
1981 SEA AL 29 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 67% 73% 47% 1 100%
1982 SEA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 7 6 85.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 270 69% 78% 30% 29 62%
1983 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 13 7 53.8% 5 1 7.7% 1 452 63% 83% 27% 51 65%
9 Seasons 9 0 9 0 1 17 0 2 5 6 78 42 4 41 12 3 21 17 0 13 1 2 23 12 0 176 84 47.7% 83 9 5.1% 8 5503 60% 81% 25% 613 50%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.9% 58% 79% 26% 52%

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%
1976 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 70 70% 83% 26% 2 0%
1977 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 69 71% 78% 22% 16 38%
1978 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 42 55% 86% 26% 6 17%
1979 SEA AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 9 2 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 5 5 0 31 18 58.1% 13 0 0.0% 1 528 62% 81% 22% 77 42%
1980 SEA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 0 4 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 12 85.7% 2 0 0.0% 1 406 64% 82% 25% 44 41%
1982 SEA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 6 3 0 6 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 7 43.8% 8 1 6.3% 4 652 61% 74% 25% 72 56%
1983 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 94 55% 82% 31% 12 50%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 3 1 1 26 20 0 26 9 1 9 6 0 5 1 0 8 8 0 74 44 59.5% 29 1 1.4% 6 1861 62% 79% 24% 229 45%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 58% 79% 26% 47%

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%
1977 LAD NL 25 8 38% 100% 38% 2 100% 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 SEA AL 28 68 44% 72% 28% 9 100% 0 15 2 14 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 31 646 63% 86% 28% 42 98% 0 163 11 151 1 20 14 7 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 0 0 1 18 1 2 0 1 1 100%
3 Seasons 722 61% 84% 28% 53 98% 1 181 13 168 1 24 19 8 5 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 22 1 0 1 20 2 2 0 1 2 100%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1983 KCR AL 31 15 80% 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 15 80% 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* 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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