Joe Simpson

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: December 31, 1951 in Purcell, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 14th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Norman HS (Norman, OK) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

High School: Norman HS (Norman, OK)

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: September 2, 1975 (Age 23-245d, 13,679th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1983 (Age 31-274d)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Joe Allen Simpson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.0

1397

338

.242

166

RBI

124

OBP

.289

SLG

.317

OPS

.607

OPS+

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

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	SEA		CAL	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
2	3	Apr 11	SEA		CAL	L,4-7	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
3	4	Apr 12	SEA		CAL	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
4	5	Apr 14	SEA		MIN	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
5	6	Apr 15	SEA		MIN	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	7	Apr 17	SEA	@	OAK	L,1-16	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	8	Apr 18	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	9	Apr 19 (1)	SEA	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	10	Apr 19 (2)	SEA	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	CF
10	12 (1)	Apr 21	SEA	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	13	Apr 22	SEA	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
12	14	Apr 24	SEA		OAK	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
13	15	Apr 25	SEA		OAK	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	16	Apr 26	SEA		OAK	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
15	17	Apr 27	SEA	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
16	18	Apr 28	SEA	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	20 (1)	Apr 30	SEA		DET	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	21	May 1	SEA		DET	L,3-7	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	22	May 2	SEA		DET	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
20	23	May 3	SEA		DET	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
21	24	May 4	SEA		MIL	L,5-9	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
22	25	May 5	SEA		MIL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
23	26	May 6	SEA		MIL	W,12-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	27	May 7	SEA		MIL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	29 (1)	May 9	SEA		NYY	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
26	32 (2)	May 13	SEA	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
27	34 (1)	May 17	SEA	@	NYY	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
28	37 (2)	May 20	SEA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
29	38	May 21	SEA	@	CLE	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
30	40 (1)	May 23	SEA		TEX	L,4-6	GF	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	41	May 24	SEA		TEX	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
32	42	May 25 (1)	SEA		KCR	W,7-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
33	43	May 25 (2)	SEA		KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	44	May 26	SEA		KCR	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	46 (1)	May 29	SEA	@	TEX	W,5-4	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
36	48 (1)	May 31	SEA	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	49	Jun 1	SEA	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
38	50	Jun 2	SEA	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
39	51	Jun 3	SEA	@	KCR	L,9-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
40	53 (1)	Jun 6	SEA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	54	Jun 7	SEA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	55	Jun 8	SEA		BOS	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	56	Jun 9	SEA		BOS	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	57	Jun 10	SEA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
45	58	Jun 11	SEA		BAL	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	59	Aug 10	SEA		CAL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
47	60	Aug 11	SEA		CAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	62 (1)	Aug 13	SEA	@	MIN	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	64 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	SEA	@	MIN	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
50	65	Aug 15	SEA	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
51	66	Aug 16	SEA	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
52	67	Aug 18	SEA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	68	Aug 19	SEA		CLE	W,4-3	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
54	69	Aug 20	SEA		CLE	L,5-6	GF	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	70	Aug 21	SEA		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	72 (1)	Aug 23	SEA		BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	73	Aug 24	SEA		BAL	L,8-12	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
58	74	Aug 25	SEA		BAL	L,5-6	CG	53	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
59	75	Aug 27	SEA	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	76	Aug 28	SEA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	77	Aug 29	SEA	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	78	Aug 30	SEA	@	CLE	L,11-17	CG	48	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
63	79	Aug 31	SEA	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	80	Sep 1	SEA	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
65	81	Sep 2	SEA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	82	Sep 3 susp	SEA	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	84	20.0	7	1	0	8	0	CF
67	83	Sep 4	SEA	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
68	84	Sep 5	SEA	@	BOS	L,5-12	GS	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	86 (1)	Sep 7	SEA	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	CF
70	87	Sep 8	SEA	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	88	Sep 9	SEA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	89	Sep 10	SEA	@	TOR	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	CF
73	90	Sep 11	SEA	@	TOR	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
74	91	Sep 12	SEA	@	TOR	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
75	92	Sep 14	SEA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
76	93	Sep 15	SEA		CHW	W,8-4	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
77	96 (2)	Sep 19	SEA		KCR	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
78	97	Sep 20	SEA		KCR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
79	98	Sep 21	SEA	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
80	99	Sep 22	SEA	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
81	101 (1)	Sep 24	SEA	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
82	102	Sep 25	SEA	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
83	103	Sep 26	SEA	@	KCR	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
84	106 (2)	Sep 29	SEA		TEX	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	107	Sep 30	SEA		TEX	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
86	108	Oct 2	SEA		TOR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
87	109	Oct 3	SEA		TOR	L,3-4	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	110	Oct 4	SEA		TOR	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							88gm		657.2	220	5	5	230	1