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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1946 20 PS NN2 0.1 44 150 127 29 33 5 2 1 16 2 21 .260 .369 .354 .723 102 .355 106 45 1 1 97/54
1947 21 PS NN2 0.2 35 120 114 13 34 4 1 0 13 2 5 .298 .328 .351 .679 85 .322 83 40 0 1 7/8415
1948 22 PS NN2 0.5 45 186 171 29 51 9 1 2 24 2 15 .298 .355 .398 .752 117 .358 117 68 0 0 *8/49
1951 25 CLE AL -0.2 122 382 332 51 76 7 0 7 24 6 4 45 48 .229 .325 .313 .638 77 .304 78 104 7 2 2 3 93H/87
1952 26 CLE AL 2.1 146 607 545 66 145 21 10 10 65 5 3 56 82 .266 .337 .396 .733 110 .335 107 216 10 2 4 11 *938H
1953 27 CLE AL -0.7 82 264 242 25 55 3 1 7 22 0 0 18 27 .227 .284 .335 .618 69 .296 60 81 6 1 3 1 9H/837
1955 29 2TM AL 0.4 115 439 397 43 119 16 7 5 52 3 5 36 61 .300 .358 .413 .772 108 .366 110 164 10 2 1 3 4 8H9/73
1955 29 CLE AL 0.0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 90 .492 188 0 0 0 0 0 0 /H
1955 29 KCA AL 0.4 112 436 396 42 119 16 7 5 52 3 5 34 61 .301 .356 .414 .770 107 .365 109 164 10 2 1 3 4 8H9/73
1956 30 KCA AL 0.7 141 597 543 76 159 22 11 21 105 2 3 47 82 .293 .347 .490 .837 120 .378 113 266 19 1 1 5 8 *938/H AS,MVP-11
1957 31 2TM AL 1.2 125 440 403 51 109 16 9 13 63 1 1 31 64 .270 .321 .452 .773 110 .358 110 182 14 0 4 2 2 39H7
1957 31 KCA AL 1.0 50 193 179 24 53 9 6 6 24 0 1 12 28 .296 .339 .514 .853 129 .382 128 92 8 0 1 1 2 39/H
1957 31 NYY AL 0.2 75 247 224 27 56 7 3 7 39 1 0 19 36 .250 .307 .402 .709 94 .339 96 90 6 0 3 1 0 93H7
1958 32 2TM AL 1.0 102 297 263 22 67 9 2 7 33 0 2 32 45 .255 .338 .384 .722 98 .341 102 101 2 1 1 0 3 3H79
1958 32 NYY AL 0.1 24 58 51 1 11 2 1 0 6 0 0 6 12 .216 .310 .294 .604 71 .303 77 15 1 1 0 0 0 H/97
1958 32 KCA AL 1.0 78 239 212 21 56 7 1 7 27 0 2 26 33 .264 .345 .406 .750 105 .351 108 86 1 0 1 0 3 3H/79
1959 33 3TM 2LG 0.0 55 112 104 9 22 7 1 3 17 0 0 6 20 .212 .259 .385 .644 74 .312 78 40 1 1 0 1 0 H9/37
1959 33 2TM AL 0.0 46 97 89 6 18 5 1 3 15 0 0 6 18 .202 .258 .382 .640 74 .306 74 34 1 1 0 1 0 H9/3
1959 33 KCA AL 0.1 8 18 14 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .286 .389 .500 .889 141 .392 132 7 0 1 0 1 0 /3H
1959 33 CHW AL -0.1 38 79 75 5 14 5 1 2 13 0 0 4 14 .187 .228 .360 .588 60 .286 61 27 1 0 0 0 0 H9/3
1959 33 PIT NL 0.1 9 15 15 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .267 .267 .400 .667 77 .351 107 6 0 0 0 0 0 /H97
WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
11 Yrs 5.3 1012 3594 3241 414 870 119 45 76 434 23 18 312 429 .268 .334 .403 .737 102 .344 101 1307 69 11 18 11 32 938H7/451
162 Game Avg 0.8 162 575 519 66 139 19 7 12 69 4 50 .268 .334 .403 .737 102 .344 101 209 2 3
KCA (5 Yrs) 3.1 389 1483 1344 164 391 54 25 40 210 5 11 121 208 .291 .349 .458 .806 115 .371 113 615 38 4 4 10 17 983H7
CLE (4 Yrs) 1.3 353 1256 1120 143 276 31 11 24 111 11 7 121 157 .246 .323 .358 .681 91 .318 88 401 23 5 9 0 15 93H8/7
PS (3 Yrs) 0.7 124 456 412 71 118 18 4 3 53 6 41 .286 .352 .371 .724 104 .347 104 153 1 2 879/451
NYY (2 Yrs) 0.3 99 305 275 28 67 9 4 7 45 1 0 25 48 .244 .308 .382 .690 90 .332 92 105 7 1 3 1 0 9H73
CHW (1 Yr) -0.1 38 79 75 5 14 5 1 2 13 0 0 4 14 .187 .228 .360 .588 60 .286 61 27 1 0 0 0 0 H9/3
PIT (1 Yr) 0.1 9 15 15 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .267 .267 .400 .667 77 .351 107 6 0 0 0 0 0 /H97
AL (8 Yrs) 4.5 879 3123 2814 340 748 99 41 73 379 17 18 271 427 .266 .331 .408 .739 102 .343 100 1148 69 10 16 11 32 93H87
NN2 (3 Yrs) 0.7 124 456 412 71 118 18 4 3 53 6 41 .286 .352 .371 .724 104 .347 104 153 1 2 879/451
NL (1 Yr) 0.1 9 15 15 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .267 .267 .400 .667 77 .351 107 6 0 0 0 0 0 /H97
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Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1957 31 NYY WS 5 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 2 0 0 0 0 /3H
1 Yr 5 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 2 0 0 0 0 /3H
162 Game Avg 162 389 389 0 32 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 130 .083 .083 .083 .167 32 65 0 0 0 0

Value Batting

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1946 20 PS NN2 150 1 0 0 -3 -2 -4 -0.3 5 1 0.1 .492 .498 0.4 -0.4 5 97/54
1947 21 PS NN2 120 -3 0 0 2 -1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .494 .499 0.0 0.0 0 7/8415
1948 22 PS NN2 186 4 0 0 -5 0 -2 -0.2 6 5 0.5 .496 .499 1.0 -0.5 10 *8/49
1951 25 CLE AL 382 -9 -1 1 2 -5 -13 -1.3 12 -1 -0.2 .489 .492 -0.4 -0.3 -3 93H/87
1952 26 CLE AL 607 4 2 1 2 -7 3 0.2 19 21 2.1 .502 .502 1.9 -0.5 19 *938H
1953 27 CLE AL 264 -12 -1 0 1 -3 -14 -1.5 8 -6 -0.7 .482 .491 -0.8 -0.2 -7 9H/837
1955 29 2TM AL 439 5 -4 -1 -9 -1 -10 -1.0 13 4 0.4 .491 .494 1.3 -1.0 13 8H9/73
1955 29 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .508 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /H
1955 29 KCA AL 436 4 -4 -1 -9 -1 -10 -1.0 13 4 0.4 .491 .494 1.2 -1.0 12 8H9/73
1956 30 KCA AL 597 9 -1 0 -13 -6 -11 -1.1 18 8 0.7 .492 .493 1.9 -1.8 20 *938/H AS,MVP-11
1957 31 2TM AL 440 5 0 -2 1 -6 -1 -0.2 13 13 1.2 .499 .499 1.1 -0.5 11 39H7
1957 31 KCA AL 193 6 0 -2 2 -2 4 0.4 6 10 1.0 .508 .502 0.8 -0.1 8 39/H
1957 31 NYY AL 247 -1 1 0 -1 -3 -5 -0.6 8 3 0.2 .493 .497 0.3 -0.4 4 93H7
1958 32 2TM AL 297 1 0 2 2 -4 1 0.1 9 11 1.0 .501 .501 0.8 -0.2 8 3H79
1958 32 NYY AL 58 -1 0 0 1 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 H/97
1958 32 KCA AL 239 2 0 2 1 -3 2 0.2 7 10 1.0 .503 .502 0.8 -0.2 8 3H/79
1959 33 3TM 2LG 112 -3 0 1 0 -1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.0 .495 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 H9/37
1959 33 2TM AL 97 -3 0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.4 3 0 0.0 .493 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 H9/3
1959 33 KCA AL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 /3H
1959 33 CHW AL 79 -3 0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.1 .491 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 H9/3
1959 33 PIT NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /H97
PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
11 Yrs 3594 2 -4 2 -19 -35 -55 -5.8 112 58 5.3 .494 .497 7.1 -5.6 77 938H7/451
162 Game Avg 575 0 -1 0 -3 -6 -9 -0.9 18 9 0.8 .494 .497 1.1 -0.9 12
KCA (5 Yrs) 1483 22 -5 -1 -18 -13 -15 -1.5 45 31 3.1 .496 .496 4.8 -3.1 49 983H7
CLE (4 Yrs) 1256 -16 0 2 5 -15 -24 -2.6 39 15 1.3 .493 .496 0.7 -1.0 10 93H8/7
PS (3 Yrs) 456 2 -1 0 -7 -3 -8 -0.7 16 8 0.7 .494 .498 1.4 -0.9 15 879/451
NYY (2 Yrs) 305 -2 1 0 0 -4 -6 -0.7 9 4 0.3 .494 .497 0.3 -0.4 3 9H73
CHW (1 Yr) 79 -3 0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.1 .491 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 H9/3
PIT (1 Yr) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /H97
AL (8 Yrs) 3123 0 -4 2 -13 -32 -47 -5.1 96 49 4.5 .494 .496 5.6 -4.6 61 93H87
NN2 (3 Yrs) 456 2 -1 0 -7 -3 -8 -0.7 16 8 0.7 .494 .498 1.4 -0.9 15 879/451
NL (1 Yr) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /H97

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Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability Baserunning
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% SB% XBT% Pos Awards
1946 20 PS NN2 150 .355 106 .254 .094 0.7 14.0 51.9 97/54
1947 21 PS NN2 120 .322 83 .298 .053 0.0 4.2 33.3 7/8415
1948 22 PS NN2 186 .358 117 .290 .099 1.1 8.1 42.2 *8/49
1951 25 CLE AL 382 .304 78 .249 .084 1.8 12.6 11.8 -2.0 -8.0% -22.50 34.6 60.0 53.3 93H/87
1952 26 CLE AL 607 .335 107 .298 .130 1.6 13.5 9.2 0.5 0.5% 11.67 28.1 62.5 56.6 *938H
1953 27 CLE AL 264 .296 60 .231 .107 2.7 10.2 6.8 -0.9 -1.6% -9.54 26.5 44.0 9H/837
1955 29 2TM AL 439 .366 110 .341 .113 1.1 13.9 8.2 1.2 0.0% 15.46 25.0 37.5 38.7 8H9/73
1955 29 CLE AL 3 .492 188 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.1 0.1% 0.49 50.0 0.0 /H
1955 29 KCA AL 436 .365 109 .342 .114 1.1 14.0 7.8 1.1 -0.1% 14.98 24.7 37.5 40.0 8H9/73
1956 30 KCA AL 597 .378 113 .310 .197 3.5 13.7 7.9 2.4 0.0% 24.20 29.6 40.0 39.1 *938/H AS,MVP-11
1957 31 2TM AL 440 .358 110 .293 .181 3.0 14.5 7.0 1.9 5.8% 13.30 29.9 50.0 51.5 39H7
1957 31 KCA AL 193 .382 128 .322 .218 3.1 14.5 6.2 0.6 1.3% 6.36 30.5 0.0 37.5 39/H
1957 31 NYY AL 247 .339 96 .269 .152 2.8 14.6 7.7 1.3 4.6% 6.94 29.4 100.0 64.7 93H7
1958 32 2TM AL 297 .341 102 .284 .129 2.4 15.2 10.8 0.6 1.1% 5.85 16.1 0.0 42.9 3H79
1958 32 NYY AL 58 .303 77 .282 .078 0.0 20.7 10.3 0.1 0.2% 1.32 5.6 14.3 H/97
1958 32 KCA AL 239 .351 108 .285 .142 2.9 13.8 10.9 0.5 0.9% 4.53 18.7 0.0 52.4 3H/79
1959 33 3TM 2LG 112 .312 78 .232 .173 2.7 17.9 5.4 0.6 0.7% 0.63 23.1 28.6 H9/37
1959 33 2TM AL 97 .306 74 .217 .180 3.1 18.6 6.2 0.5 0.7% 0.54 13.6 25.0 H9/3
1959 33 KCA AL 18 .392 132 .300 .214 5.6 22.2 11.1 0.4 0.8% 1.38 0.0 0.0 /3H
1959 33 CHW AL 79 .286 61 .203 .173 2.5 17.7 5.1 0.1 -0.1% -0.84 18.8 50.0 H9/3
1959 33 PIT NL 15 .351 107 .308 .133 0.0 13.3 0.0 0.1 0.0% 0.08 75.0 33.3 /H97
Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability Baserunning
PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% SB% XBT% Pos Awards
11 Yrs 3594 .344 101 .289 .135 2.1 11.9 8.7 4.1 -1.5% 39.08 29.8 48.6 45.7 938H7/451
MLB Average .334 100 .275 .125 2.0 10.6 9.2 30.4 57.5 45.2
Advanced Batting Table
Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% Pos Awards
1957 31 NYY WS 12 .125 .000 0.0 33.3 0.0 -0.4 -17.7% -3.20 0.0 /3H
1 Yr 12 .125 .000 0.0 33.3 0.0 -0.4 -17.7% -3.20 0.0 /3H
MLB Average .243 .136 2.9 14.5 8.6 23.6
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Harry Simpson born?

Harry Simpson was born on December 3, 1925.

Where was Harry Simpson born?

Harry Simpson was born in Atlanta, GA.

How tall was Harry Simpson?

Harry Simpson was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Harry Simpson weigh when playing?

Harry Simpson weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Harry Simpson play?

Harry Simpson played 11 seasons.

Is Harry Simpson in the Hall of Fame?

Harry Simpson has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Harry Simpson play?

Harry Simpson was an Outfielder and First Baseman.

How many hits did Harry Simpson have?

Harry Simpson had 870 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Harry Simpson have?

Harry Simpson had 76 home runs over his career.

What was Harry Simpson's average?

Harry Simpson had a .268 average over his career.

How many teams has Harry Simpson played for?

Harry Simpson played for 6 teams; the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Stars.

How many World Series has Harry Simpson won?

Harry Simpson never won a World Series.

When did Harry Simpson retire?

Harry Simpson last played in 1959.

What are Harry Simpson's nicknames?

Suitcase,Goody are nicknames for Harry Simpson.

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