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 Pitching

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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
1970 21 CIN NL 14 3 .824 3.02 26 26 0 10 2 0 176.0 125 73 59 15 81 3 119 9 2 6 730 138 1.170 6.4 0.8 4.1 6.1 1.47 AS,RoY-4
1971 22 CIN NL 4 7 .364 4.76 22 21 1 1 0 0 117.1 106 66 62 9 77 5 61 3 0 9 528 69 1.560 8.1 0.7 5.9 4.7 0.79
1972 23 CIN NL 8 5 .615 4.14 24 22 1 1 0 0 130.1 124 63 60 17 49 4 70 2 0 6 555 78 1.327 8.6 1.2 3.4 4.8 1.43
1973 24 KCR AL 3 4 .429 5.73 16 10 4 1 0 0 59.2 66 39 38 1 35 0 29 1 1 7 273 71 1.693 10.0 0.2 5.3 4.4 0.83
1975 26 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 3.23 7 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 31 11 11 1 11 0 19 1 0 1 132 116 1.370 9.1 0.3 3.2 5.6 1.73
1977 28 CAL AL 6 12 .333 5.83 27 23 1 0 0 0 122.0 154 90 79 14 62 3 55 7 0 8 576 67 1.770 11.4 1.0 4.6 4.1 0.89
6 Seasons 36 31 .537 4.37 122 107 7 13 2 0 636.0 606 342 309 57 315 15 353 23 3 37 2794 85 1.448 8.6 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.12
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .537 4.37 36 32 2 4 1 0 189 180 102 92 17 94 4 105 7 1 11 830 85 1.448 8.6 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.12
CIN (3 yrs) 26 15 .634 3.85 72 69 2 12 2 0 423.2 355 202 181 41 207 12 250 14 2 21 1813 94 1.327 7.5 0.9 4.4 5.3 1.21
KCR (1 yr) 3 4 .429 5.73 16 10 4 1 0 0 59.2 66 39 38 1 35 0 29 1 1 7 273 71 1.693 10.0 0.2 5.3 4.4 0.83
PHI (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.23 7 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 31 11 11 1 11 0 19 1 0 1 132 116 1.370 9.1 0.3 3.2 5.6 1.73
CAL (1 yr) 6 12 .333 5.83 27 23 1 0 0 0 122.0 154 90 79 14 62 3 55 7 0 8 576 67 1.770 11.4 1.0 4.6 4.1 0.89
NL (4 yrs) 27 15 .643 3.80 79 74 2 12 2 0 454.1 386 213 192 42 218 12 269 15 2 22 1945 96 1.329 7.6 0.8 4.3 5.3 1.23
AL (2 yrs) 9 16 .360 5.80 43 33 5 1 0 0 181.2 220 129 117 15 97 3 84 8 1 15 849 68 1.745 10.9 0.7 4.8 4.2 0.87

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1970 CIN NL 21

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 21 CIN NL 26 730 631 73 125 18 4 15 4 2 81 119 .198 .296 .311 .607 .219 196 19 9 4 5 3
1971 22 CIN NL 22 528 434 66 106 21 4 9 10 1 77 61 .244 .360 .373 .733 .264 162 5 3 11 3 5
1972 23 CIN NL 24 555 502 63 124 17 4 17 5 2 49 70 .247 .316 .398 .715 .258 200 7 2 2 0 4
1973 24 KCR AL 16 273 232 39 66 16 2 1 8 2 35 29 .284 .375 .384 .759 .316 89 7 1 1 4 0
1975 26 PHI NL 7 132 118 11 31 7 1 1 0 0 11 19 .263 .328 .364 .693 .303 43 2 1 1 1 0
1977 28 CAL AL 27 576 500 90 154 32 5 14 13 8 62 55 .308 .389 .476 .865 .322 238 9 7 3 4 3
6 Seasons 122 2794 2417 342 606 111 20 57 40 15 315 353 .251 .341 .384 .724 .271 928 49 23 22 17 15
162 Game Avg. 36 830 718 102 180 33 6 17 12 4 94 105 .251 .341 .384 .724 .271 276 15 7 7 5 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1970 21 CIN NL 26 26 14 3 9 1 1 20 6 .769 0 7 10 2 16 62% 58 87 19 12 5 7 7 6.2 6.4 6.8
1971 22 CIN NL 22 21 4 7 10 1 1 10 11 .476 2 5 1 0 6 29% 47 70 26 17 2 1 9 3.8 3.5 5.4
1972 23 CIN NL 24 22 8 5 9 2 1 13 9 .591 0 3 1 0 10 45% 50 78 12 16 5 1 12 4.9 4.8 5.6
1973 24 KCR AL 16 10 3 4 3 2 0 5 5 .500 0 2 1 0 1 10% 43 67 29 15 6 2 5 4.8 4.8 5.0
1975 26 PHI NL 7 5 1 0 4 0 0 3 2 .600 0 3 0 0 3 60% 51 60 34 5 1 2 2 4.9 3.1 5.3
1977 28 CAL AL 27 23 6 11 6 2 1 9 14 .391 3 2 0 0 7 30% 39 66 8 34 13 8 12 4.2 4.2 4.7
6 Seasons 122 107 36 30 41 8 4 60 47 .561 5 22 13 2 43 40% 48 87 8 99 32 21 47 4.8 4.8 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1971 22 CIN NL 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.157 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1972 23 CIN NL 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0.935 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 12.0
1973 24 KCR AL 16 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 7 0.834 0 0 5 0 0 6 2 4 4 0 4 1 5.0
1975 26 PHI NL 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.263 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1977 28 CAL AL 27 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0.936 0 3 1 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 11.0
5 Seasons 96 15 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 0.999 1 4 9 0 1 14 5 10 13 0 13 1 7.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1970 21 CIN NL 730 44% 2.1% 16.3% 11.1% 5.1% 30% 1.26 69% 138 19 14%
1971 22 CIN NL 528 45% 1.7% 11.6% 14.6% 6.4% 32% 1.06 70% 98 5 5%
1972 23 CIN NL 555 43% 3.1% 12.6% 8.8% 6.9% 31% 1.02 75% 86 7 8%
1973 24 KCR AL 273 43% 0.4% 10.6% 12.8% 7.0% 29% 1.64 75% 48 7 15%
1975 26 PHI NL 132 46% 0.8% 14.4% 8.3% 6.8% 29% 1.40 75% 26 2 8%
1977 28 CAL AL 576 55% 2.4% 9.6% 10.8% 8.9% 33% 1.15 76% 112 9 8%
6 Seasons 2794 46% 2.0% 12.6% 11.3% 6.7% 31% 1.18 72% 508 49 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1970 21 CIN NL 730 125 15 1 13 7 8 7 8 35 15 7 43% 12 6 4 273 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 20 0
1971 22 CIN NL 522 106 9 1 13 3 6 5 4 28 14 2 50% 3 9 1 200 10 1 91% 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 6
1972 23 CIN NL 553 124 17 0 9 8 9 8 9 21 11 2 52% 4 6 0 184 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 2
1973 24 KCR AL 273 66 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 18 13 1 72% 2 7 1 104 8 2 80% 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 0
1975 26 PHI NL 132 31 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 3 2 33% 1 1 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 28 CAL AL 576 154 14 0 12 5 9 8 6 41 21 3 51% 10 8 0 235 13 8 62% 12 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
6 Seasons 2786 606 57 2 57 24 33 29 28 152 77 17 51% 32 37 6 1043 40 15 73% 37 13 3 0 0 2 7 0 79 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1970 21 14 3 .824 3.02 26 26 0 10 2 0 176.0 125 73 59 15 81 3 119 9 2 6 730 138 1.170 6.4 0.8 4.1 6.1 1.47 138
1971 22 18 10 .643 3.71 48 47 1 11 2 0 293.1 231 139 121 24 158 8 180 12 2 15 1258 103 1.326 7.1 0.7 4.8 5.5 1.14 103
1972 23 26 15 .634 3.85 72 69 2 12 2 0 423.2 355 202 181 41 207 12 250 14 2 21 1813 94 1.327 7.5 0.9 4.4 5.3 1.21 94
1973 24 29 19 .604 4.08 88 79 6 13 2 0 483.1 421 241 219 42 242 12 279 15 3 28 2086 90 1.372 7.8 0.8 4.5 5.2 1.15 90
1974 25 29 19 .604 4.08 88 79 6 13 2 0 483.1 421 241 219 42 242 12 279 15 3 28 2086 90 1.372 7.8 0.8 4.5 5.2 1.15 90
1975 26 30 19 .612 4.03 95 84 6 13 2 0 514.0 452 252 230 43 253 12 298 16 3 29 2218 91 1.372 7.9 0.8 4.4 5.2 1.18 91
1976 27 30 19 .612 4.03 95 84 6 13 2 0 514.0 452 252 230 43 253 12 298 16 3 29 2218 91 1.372 7.9 0.8 4.4 5.2 1.18 91
1977 28 36 31 .537 4.37 122 107 7 13 2 0 636.0 606 342 309 57 315 15 353 23 3 37 2794 85 1.448 8.6 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.12 85

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1970 21 12 7 .632 2.91 173.0 123 62 56 15 80 117 9 1.173 6.4 4.2 6.1 1.46 0.8 26
1971 22 3 8 .273 6.25 108.0 117 83 75 10 85 56 3 1.870 9.8 7.1 4.7 0.66 0.8 22
1972 23 4 9 .308 5.54 125.0 145 86 77 20 57 67 2 1.616 10.4 4.1 4.8 1.18 1.4 24
1973 24 2 4 .333 6.43 56.0 67 44 40 1 36 27 1 1.839 10.8 5.8 4.3 0.75 0.2 16
1975 26 2 1 .667 3.30 30.0 31 12 11 1 11 19 1 1.400 9.3 3.3 5.7 1.73 0.3 7
1977 28 3 9 .250 6.71 114.0 161 94 85 15 65 51 7 1.982 12.7 5.1 4.0 0.78 1.2 27
6 Seasons 26 38 .406 5.11 606.0 644 381 344 62 334 337 23 1.614 9.6 5.0 1.01 0.9 122

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1970

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1970 NL--3.017--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 NL--.824--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1970 NL--1.171--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL--6.392--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 NL--9--5th
1977 AL--7--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1970 NL--138--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 9 (1502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Gene Brabender (965)
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