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Wayne Simpson

Wayne Kirby Simpson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 2, 1948 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Centennial HS (Compton, CA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1970
Teams (by GP): Reds/Angels/Royals/Phillies 1970-1977

Final Game: September 29, 1977
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
1967	18	CIN-min	A-	4	3	.571	2.89	12	12					81.0	59	39	26	4	71								1.605	6.6	0.4	7.9			SXF · NORL
1968	19	CIN-min	AA	7	9	.438	3.92	26	25					131.0	122	70	57	5	86		97						1.588	8.4	0.3	5.9	6.7	1.13	AVL · SOUL
1969	20	CIN-min	AAA	7	13	.350	4.89	27	27		7	1	0	162.0	145	102	88	8	102	7	120	11	1	22			1.525	8.1	0.4	5.7	6.7	1.18	INA · AA
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	139	1.170	*6.4*	0.8	4.1	6.1	1.47	AS,RoY-4
1971	22	CIN-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.71	6	6		1	0	0	34.0	34	16	14	2	21	0	24	0	1	0			1.618	9.0	0.5	5.6	6.4	1.14	INA · AA
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-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.40	3	3		0	0	0	15.0	15	9	9	1	10	0	11	1	0	1			1.667	9.0	0.6	6.0	6.6	1.10	INA · AA
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-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.69	9	9					61.0	57	29	25	3	27								1.377	8.4	0.4	4.0			OMA · AA
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

1974	25	PIT-min	AAA	9	10	.474	3.32	25	24		10	2	1	160.0	139	68	59	12	67	2	109	4	1	8			1.288	7.8	0.7	3.8	6.1	1.63	CHL · IL
1975	26	PHI-min	AAA	12	7	.632	2.17	26	23		11	4	1	170.0	131	58	41	7	56	7	110	8	1	9			1.100	6.9	0.4	3.0	5.8	1.96	TOL · IL
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	117	1.370	9.1	0.3	3.2	5.6	1.73

1976	27	ANA-min	AAA	13	6	.684	4.24	28	28		9	0	0	174.0	189	98	82	19	72	5	131	13	4	8			1.500	9.8	1.0	3.7	6.8	1.82	SLC · PCL
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
1978	29	LAD-min	AAA	8	10	.444	6.18	22	22		1	1	0	118.0	144	103	81	13	74	5	77	16	0	10			1.847	11.0	1.0	5.6	5.9	1.04	ABQ · PCL
6 Yrs				36	31	.537	4.37	122	107	7	13	2	0	636.0	606	342	309	57	315	15	353	23	3	37	2794	86	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	86	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	95	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	117	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	69	1.745	10.9	0.7	4.8	4.2	0.87

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1970	21	CIN	NL	176.0	26	26	73	3.73	4.50	0.16	0.07	102.8	4.54	13	1.4		-0.1	2.7	33	.555	.509	$	AS,RoY-4
1971	22	CIN	NL	117.1	22	21	66	5.06	3.77	0.35	0.05	94.0	3.27	-25	-2.5	.8	-0.1	-1.7	-13	.385	.484	$
1972	23	CIN	NL	130.1	24	22	63	4.35	3.96	0.34	0.05	94.2	3.45	-15	-1.6	.2	-0.1	-0.6	-2	.433	.490	$21,000
1973	24	KCR	AL	59.2	16	10	39	5.88	4.38	-0.36	0.05	104.2	4.99	-6	-0.7	.2	-0.0	-0.1	0	.459	.496	$27,500

1975	26	PHI	NL	30.2	7	5	11	3.23	3.93	0.26	0.07	105.4	3.94	2	0.2	1.3	-0.0	0.5	5	.535	.502	$

1977	28	CAL	AL	122.0	27	23	90	6.64	4.62	-0.22	0.08	95.9	4.72	-26	-2.5	1.0	-0.1	-1.5	-12	.408	.485	$
6 Seasons				636.0	122	107	342	4.84	4.24	0.12	0.06	98.3	4.13	-56	-5.6	.6	-0.3	-0.7	11	.454	.494	$48,500

CIN (3 yrs)				423.2	72	69	202	4.29	4.13	0.27	0.06	97.7	3.85	-26	-2.7	.4	-0.2	0.4	18	.462	.494	$21,000
KCR (1 yr)				59.2	16	10	39	5.88	4.38	-0.36	0.05	104.2	4.99	-6	-0.7	.2	-0.0	-0.1	0	.459	.496	$27,500
PHI (1 yr)				30.2	7	5	11	3.23	3.93	0.26	0.07	105.4	3.94	2	0.2	1.3	-0.0	0.5	5	.535	.502	$
CAL (1 yr)				122.0	27	23	90	6.64	4.62	-0.22	0.08	95.9	4.72	-26	-2.5	1.0	-0.1	-1.5	-12	.408	.485	$

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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*

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	ROE
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	12
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	3
1972	23	CIN	NL	24	554	502	63	124	17	4	17	5	2	49	70	.247	.316	.398	.715	.258	200	7	2	2	0	4	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	2

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	1

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	10
6 Yrs				122	2793	2417	342	606	111	20	57	40	15	315	353	.251	.341	.384	.724	.271	928	49	23	22	17	15	32
162 Game Avg.				36	829	718	102	180	33	6	17	12	4	94	105	.251	.341	.384	.724	.271	276	15	7	7	5	4	10
MLB Averages																.255	.323	.374	.697	.280

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1970	21	CIN	NL	19.1	2.0	750	1.7	13.5	-11.8	1.01	2.2	-0.5	18.0	1.8	1.01	23.1	0	0	0
1971	22	CIN	NL	-18.7	-1.9	548	-3.3	9.2	-12.5	1.18	-1.2	-1.5	-20.7	-2.2	1.18	-12.7	0	1	0
1972	23	CIN	NL	-12.1	-1.3	569	-0.8	8.6	-9.4	.91	-0.6	-0.3	-8.9	-1.0	0.91	-5.3	0	0	2
1973	24	KCR	AL	-8.8	-0.9	293	-0.8	3.6	-4.4	.83	-0.8	-0.3	-11.5	-1.1	0.83	-8.9	0	0	5

1975	26	PHI	NL	2.5	0.3	133	0.2	2.9	-2.7	1.27	0.2	0.0	2.4	0.3	1.27	2.2	1	0	1

1977	28	CAL	AL	-27.6	-2.6	607	-2.4	8.8	-11.2	.93	-2.7	0.2	-26.7	-2.6	0.93	-30.2	0	3	1
6 Yrs				-45.6	-4.4	2900	-5.3	46.6	-52.0	1.00	-2.9	-2.5	-47.4	-4.7	1.00	-31.6	1	4	9

Starting Pitching*

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
1970	21	CIN	NL	26	26	14	3	9	1	1	20	6	.769	0	7	10	2	16	62%	57.8	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	6	1	0	6	29%	46.9	70	26	20	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%	49.6	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%	43.4	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%	50.6	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%	39.3	66	8	34	13	8	12	4.2	4.2	4.7
6 Yrs				122	107	36	30	41	8	4	60	47	.561	5	23	13	2	43	40%	48	87	8	102	32	21	47	4.8	4.8	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						55%	52	109	-13					4.1	4.1	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	22	CIN	NL	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1.185	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	.907	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	.826	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	1.272	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	.933	0	3	1	0	0	4	2	2	4	0	4	0	11.0
5 Yrs				96	15	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	6	55%		.998	1	4	9	0	1	14	5	10	13	0	13	1	7.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1970	21	CIN	NL	730	56%	2.1%	16.3%	11.1%	5.1%	30%	1.26	69%	138	19	14%
1971	22	CIN	NL	528	55%	1.7%	11.6%	14.6%	6.4%	32%	1.07	70%	102	5	5%
1972	23	CIN	NL	555	57%	3.1%	12.6%	8.8%	6.9%	31%	1.01	75%	86	7	8%
1973	24	KCR	AL	273	57%	0.4%	10.6%	12.8%	7.0%	29%	1.64	75%	48	7	15%

1975	26	PHI	NL	132	54%	0.8%	14.4%	8.3%	6.8%	29%	1.40	75%	26	2	8%

1977	28	CAL	AL	576	45%	2.4%	9.6%	10.8%	8.9%	33%	1.15	76%	112	9	8%
6 Yrs				2794	54%	2.0%	12.6%	11.3%	6.7%	31%	1.18	72%	512	49	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	13.8%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.10	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	0	20	0
1971	22	CIN	NL	528	106			9	1	15	3	6	5	4	30	16	2	53%	3	9	1	202	10	1	91%	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	0
1972	23	CIN	NL	554	124			17	0	9	8	9	8	9	22	11	2	50%	4	6	0	183	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1
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	0	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 Yrs				2793	606			57	2	59	24	33	29	28	155	79	17	51%	32	37	6	1044	40	15	73%	37	13	3	0	0	2	3	0	79	1
MLB Averages																		51%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	176.0	125	73	59	15	81	3	119	9	2	6	730	139	1.170	6.4	0.8	4.1	6.1	1.47	139
1971	22	18	10	.643	3.71	48	47	1	11	2	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	423.2	355	202	181	41	207	12	250	14	2	21	1813	95	1.327	7.5	0.9	4.4	5.3	1.21	95
1973	24	29	19	.604	4.08	88	79	6	13	2	483.1	421	241	219	42	242	12	279	15	3	28	2086	91	1.372	7.8	0.8	4.5	5.2	1.15	91
1974	25	29	19	.604	4.08	88	79	6	13	2	483.1	421	241	219	42	242	12	279	15	3	28	2086	91	1.372	7.8	0.8	4.5	5.2	1.15	91
1975	26	30	19	.612	4.03	95	84	6	13	2	514.0	452	252	230	43	253	12	298	16	3	29	2218	92	1.372	7.9	0.8	4.4	5.2	1.18	92
1976	27	30	19	.612	4.03	95	84	6	13	2	514.0	452	252	230	43	253	12	298	16	3	29	2218	92	1.372	7.9	0.8	4.4	5.2	1.18	92
1977	28	36	31	.537	4.37	122	107	7	13	2	636.0	606	342	309	57	315	15	353	23	3	37	2794	86	1.448	8.6	0.8	4.5	5.0	1.12	86

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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	2.90	174.0	121	62	56	15	78	118	9	1.144	6.3	4.0	6.1	1.51	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	5	9	.357	5.43	126.0	143	84	76	20	57	68	2	1.587	10.2	4.1	4.9	1.19	1.4	24
1973	24	2	4	.333	6.27	56.0	67	43	39	1	36	27	1	1.839	10.8	5.8	4.3	0.75	0.2	16

1975	26	2	1	.667	3.41	29.0	32	12	11	1	11	18	1	1.483	9.9	3.4	5.6	1.64	0.3	7

1977	28	3	9	.250	6.73	115.0	160	96	86	15	64	52	7	1.948	12.5	5.0	4.1	0.81	1.2	27
6 Yrs		27	38	.415	5.08	608.0	640	380	343	62	331	339	23	1.597	9.5		5.0	1.02	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 3.02 (2nd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1970 NL .824 (1st)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1970 NL 1.170 (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 139 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1970 NL 19 (10th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1970 NL 2.2 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Mike Nagy (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Nagy (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Freddy Garcia (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mudcat Grant (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Omar Olivares (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rodrigo Lopez (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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