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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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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 89 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 .800 125 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 *987/3
1981 29 SEA AL 91 312 288 32 64 11 3 2 30 12 3 15 41 .222 .261 .302 .564 59 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 89 135 119 16 20 2 2 0 8 1 1 11 21 .168 .248 .218 .467 30 26 1 2 2 1 2 398/71D
9 Seasons 605 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. 162 410 374 44 91 14 3 2 33 12 7 24 51 .242 .289 .317 .607 67 119 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) 89 135 119 16 20 2 2 0 8 1 1 11 21 .168 .248 .218 .467 30 26 1 2 2 1 2
AL (5 yrs) 534 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

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1983 31 KCR AL 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 136 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
1 Season 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 136 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
162 Game Avg. 0 0 3.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 102 136 34 34 0 68 0 34 0 0 0 510 136 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50

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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 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

                           

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Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 14th round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

March 28, 1979: Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

December 6, 1982: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Seattle Mariners in the 1982 rule 5 draft.

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