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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	KCA		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
2	2	Apr 17	KCA		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
3	3	Apr 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
4	4	Apr 20	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
5	5	Apr 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	36	9.2	11	0	1	12	3	1B
6	6	Apr 22	KCA	@	DET	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 23	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
8	8	Apr 24	KCA		CLE	W,17-6	GS	23	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
9	9	Apr 25	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
10	10	Apr 26	KCA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
11	11	Apr 27	KCA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
12	12	Apr 28	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
13	13	Apr 30	KCA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	KCA		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
15	15	May 2	KCA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
16	16	May 3	KCA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
17	17	May 4	KCA		WSH	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
18	18	May 5	KCA		WSH	W,7-2	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	19	May 6	KCA		WSH	W,8-2	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	20	May 7	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	21	May 8	KCA		BAL	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	22	May 10	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
23	23	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	RF
24	24	May 12 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	25	May 12 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	26	May 15	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	27	May 16	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	30 (2)	May 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
29	31	May 19 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	T,0-0	CG	20	5.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
30	32	May 20	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	33	May 21	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	34	May 22	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	35	May 25	KCA		DET	W,5-3	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	36	May 26	KCA		DET	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	37	May 27	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	38	May 28	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	45 (6)	Jun 4	KCA		BAL	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
38	46	Jun 5	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
39	47	Jun 6	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
40	48	Jun 7	KCA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
41	49	Jun 9 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
42	50	Jun 9 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
43	51	Jun 10	KCA		BOS	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
44	52	Jun 12 (1)	KCA		WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
45	53	Jun 12 (2)	KCA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
46	54	Jun 13	KCA		WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	55	Jun 14	KCA		NYY	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
48	56	Jun 15	KCA		NYY	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to New York Yankees
49	55	Jun 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-6		17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
50	57 (1)	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,10-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	58	Jun 20	NYY		DET	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	59	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
53	60	Jun 22	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	GF	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH RF
54	62 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	77 (14)	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
56	78	Jul 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS	45	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF 1B
57	79	Jul 12	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
58	80	Jul 13	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
59	82 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
60	83	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	44	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
61	84	Jul 17	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
62	85	Jul 18	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
63	87 (1)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	88	Jul 21 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
65	89	Jul 21 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
66	90	Jul 23	NYY		CHW	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
67	91	Jul 24	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
68	92	Jul 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
69	94 (1)	Jul 27	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	95	Jul 28 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
71	98 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	99	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	101 (1)	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	102	Aug 4 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	103	Aug 4 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	104	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	106 (1)	Aug 7	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	107	Aug 8	NYY		WSH	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	108	Aug 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
80	109	Aug 10	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	115 (5)	Aug 17	NYY		BAL	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
82	117 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	118	Aug 20	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	119	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
85	120	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-4	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	121	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.1	3	1	0	4	1	LF
87	122	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
88	123	Aug 25	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
89	124	Aug 26	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
90	128 (3)	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
91	129	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	130	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	132 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	135 (2)	Sep 5	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
95	136	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
96	137	Sep 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
97	138	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
98	140 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
99	143 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
100	144	Sep 15 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
101	145	Sep 17	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
102	146	Sep 18	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
103	147	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	GS	22	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
104	148	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	L,3-8	GS	41	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
105	149	Sep 22	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	GS	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
106	150	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
107	152 (1)	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B LF
108	153	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							111gm		885.2	473	38	5	516	40