Wayne Simpson
Wayne Kirby Simpson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 2, 1948 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Centennial (Compton, CA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1970
Final Game: September 29, 1977
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 CIN NL 21 P 26 26 176.0 54 22 30 2 2 .963 2.66 2.00 .950 1.85 0.71 AS,RoY-4
1971 CIN NL 22 P 22 21 117.1 35 4 30 1 0 .971 2.61 1.55 .954 1.90 0.78
1972 CIN NL 23 P 24 22 130.1 12 3 8 1 1 .917 0.76 0.46 .950 1.78 0.73
1973 KCR AL 24 P 16 10 59.2 14 6 7 1 0 .929 1.96 0.81 .950 1.86 0.86
1975 PHI NL 26 P 7 5 30.2 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 2.93 1.43 .940 1.85 0.71
1977 CAL AL 28 P 27 23 122.0 21 7 13 1 1 .952 1.48 0.74 .948 1.95 0.84
6 Seasons P 122 107 636.0 146 48 92 6 4 .959 1.98 1.15 .950 1.87 0.78
6 Seasons TOT 122 107 636.0 146 48 92 6 4 .959 1.98 1.15 .909 1.87 0.78

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
1970 CIN NL 21 27 26 27 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 CIN NL 22 22 21 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN NL 23 24 22 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 KCR AL 24 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PHI NL 26 7 5 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CAL AL 28 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 123 74 80 123 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1970 CIN NL 21 750 72% 29% 31 94% 0 20 0 18 29 26 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1971 CIN NL 22 542 75% 24% 36 94% 0 4 0 1 32 28 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1972 CIN NL 23 568 79% 27% 11 82% 0 3 0 2 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1973 KCR AL 24 293 78% 30% 7 100% 0 6 0 5 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 PHI NL 26 133 77% 31% 5 100% 0 6 0 6 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 CAL AL 28 607 80% 26% 15 93% 1 7 0 6 15 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
6 Seasons 2893 76% 27% 105 93% 1 46 0 38 96 80 7 6 0 3 3 3 4 2 3 1 17 100%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* 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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