Harry Simpson

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 3, 1925 in Atlanta, GA us

Died: April 3, 1979 in Akron, OH

Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, GA

Debut: 1946 (10,008th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: April 21, 1951 (Age 25-139d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1959 (Age 33-298d)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1951 season)

Full Name: Harry Leon Simpson

Nicknames: Suitcase or Goody

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

3239

870

.269

414

RBI

434

OBP

.334

SLG

.404

OPS

.738

OPS+

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	6	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	9 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	11 (1)	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	12	May 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
11	13	May 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	14	May 3 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-0	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
13	15	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	17 (1)	May 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS	35	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
15	18	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	19	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
17	22 (2)	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	23	May 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
19	24	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	27 (2)	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	29 (1)	May 24 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
22	32 (2)	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
23	34 (1)	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	42 (7)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
25	44 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	45	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PR 1B
27	46	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	47	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	49 (1)	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
30	50	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
31	51	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	52	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
33	53	Jun 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	54	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	48	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
35	55	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	56	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	57	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	59 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	60	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	69 (8)	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	70	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
43	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	73	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
45	75 (1)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	107 (31)	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
47	109 (1)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	110	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
49	111	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	49	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
51	114 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
52	115	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
53	116	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	DET	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
55	118	Aug 21 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
56	119	Aug 21 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	120	Aug 22	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	121	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
59	122	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	123	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	124	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	125	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	134 (8)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	135	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
65	136	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
66	137	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	138	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	139	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,10-7	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	141 (1)	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	142	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	155 (12)	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,3-7	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							72gm		560.0	130	4	4	138	1