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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

3239

870

.269

414

RBI

434

OBP

.334

SLG

.404

OPS

.738

OPS+

102

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Summary of 76 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 8 tying, 26 go ahead

4 Tms
KCA	40
CLE	24
NYY	7
CHW	2

Platoon
vs RHP	58
vs LHP	15

Home/Road
Home	43
Away	30

Outs
0	29
1	22
2	22

8 Opps
DET	13
NYY	12
WSH	11
BOS	10
CHW	8
CLE	7
PHA/KCA	6
BAL/SLB	6

57 Pitchers
Dave Sisler	4
Duke Maas	3
Bunky Stewart	2
Cal McLish	2
Art Houtteman	2
Mike Fornieles	2
Johnny Kucks	2
Mike Garcia	2
Ray Scarborough	2
Eddie Lopat	2
Pedro Ramos	2
Joe Dobson	2
Billy Pierce	2
Don Johnson	1
Bob Turley	1
Dick Starr	1
Hal Brown	1
Hal Newhouser	1
Camilo Pascual	1
Virgil Trucks	1
Joe Ostrowski	1
Stan Pitula	1
Bob Feller	1
Fred Hutchinson	1
Billy Loes	1
Dick Donovan	1
Ray Moore	1
Mickey McDermott	1
Howie Judson	1
Early Wynn	1
Tom Sturdivant	1
Ralph Terry	1
Ike Delock	1
Ken Johnson	1
Tex Clevenger	1
Whitey Ford	1
Willard Nixon	1
Bob Hooper	1
Chuck Stobbs	1
Jim Wilson	1
Vic Raschi	1
Ted Wills	1
George Brunet	1
Alex Kellner	1
Herb Moford	1
Connie Marrero	1
Sonny Dixon	1
Steve Gromek	1
Don Lee	1
Jack Urban	1
Paul Foytack	1
Dick Brodowski	1
Bob Keegan	1
Don Larsen	1
Ned Garver	1
Fritz Dorish	1
Duane Pillette	1

8 Parks
Munic. Stad (KAN)	27
ClevelandStd (CLE)	20
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
GriffithStad (WAS)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	1

Where Hit
9	28
7	13
89	6
78	6
8	4

5 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	39
1--	15
12-	5
123	5
-2-	5
--3	3
1-3	1

123 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	39
1 on	23
2 on	6
3 on	5
Any on	34

Inning
1	5
2	8
3	11
4	7
5	4
6	9
7	10
8	11
9	6
Extra	2

1-3	24
4-6	20
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	1
+2	7
+1	11
Tied	21
-1	8
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	14

Ahead	23
Tied	21
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	34
1B	22
CF	12
LF	4
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	34
6th	14
5th	10
1st	6
7th	5
3rd	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1951-06-07	CLE		PHA	Bob Hooper	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.106	62%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1951-06-15	CLE	@	WSH	Don Johnson	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	7	3	0.114	75%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
3	3	3	1	1951-07-15 (1)	CLE		WSH	Connie Marrero	behind 1-7	b 6	0	1--	2	6	9	0.048	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Rosen Scores
4	4	4	1	1951-08-14	CLE		DET	Fred Hutchinson	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.130	69%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1951-08-20	CLE		WSH	Dick Starr	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	---	1	6	9	0.070	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1951-09-02	CLE		SLB	Ned Garver	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1--	2	3	8	0.219	74%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run; B. Ávila Scores
7	7	7	1	1951-09-03 (2)	CLE		CHW	Howie Judson	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	1	3	8	0.006	100%		Home Run
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1952-05-08	CLE	@	NYY	Eddie Lopat	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.107	61%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
9	9	2	1	1952-05-25 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	Duane Pillette	behind 1-2	t 3	2	---	1	1	9	0.120	46%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
10	10	3	1	1952-05-29	CLE	@	DET	Ken Johnson	ahead 7-4	t 8	1	123	4	1	9	0.036	100%		Home Run; M. Combs Scores; J. Hegan Scores; B. Feller Scores
11	11	4	1	1952-05-30 (2)	CLE		CHW	Joe Dobson	behind 0-3	b 8	0	---	1	1	9	0.071	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	5	1	1952-06-25	CLE		PHA	Alex Kellner	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	1	9	0.133	66%		Home Run
13	13	6	1	1952-07-04 (1)	CLE	@	DET	Art Houtteman	ahead 7-0	t 7	1	---	1	6	3	0.004	100%		Home Run
14	14	7	1	1952-07-15	CLE	@	NYY	Joe Ostrowski	ahead 5-0	t 6	0	---	1	1	9	0.017	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep LF-CF)
15	15	8	1	1952-07-22 (1)	CLE		NYY	Vic Raschi	behind 0-2	b 4	1	1--	2	6	9	0.244	53%		Home Run; L. Doby Scores
16	16	9	1	1952-07-30	CLE		BOS	Dick Brodowski	behind 0-4	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.067	20%		Home Run
17	17	10	1	1952-08-17 (1)	CLE		CHW	Joe Dobson	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	12-	3	6	9	0.143	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Easter Scores; A. Rosen Scores
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1953-04-25	CLE		DET	Hal Newhouser	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	1	7	9	0.232	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	2	1	1953-04-26 (2)	CLE		DET	Art Houtteman	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	12-	3	7	9	0.098	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Doby Scores; B. Glynn Scores
20	20	3	1	1953-05-13	CLE	@	NYY	Eddie Lopat	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	9	0.109	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	4	1	1953-06-10	CLE		WSH	Sonny Dixon	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	1	5	9	0.113	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	5	1	1953-06-13	CLE		NYY	Ray Scarborough	behind 2-9	b 9	0	1--	2	6	3	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Kennedy Scores
23	23	6	1	1953-08-20	CLE	@	DET	Ray Scarborough	ahead 7-5	t 6	1	1--	2	6	9	0.129	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Doby Scores
24	24	7	1	1953-08-26	CLE		WSH	Chuck Stobbs	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	9	0.109	78%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1955-06-16	KCA	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	-2-	2	4	8	0.130	93%		Home Run; G. Zernial Scores/unER; H. Simpson Scores/unER
26	26	2	1	1955-06-28	KCA	@	CLE	Mike Garcia	behind 1-7	t 5	2	1--	2	4	8	0.047	8%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Slaughter Scores
27	27	3	1	1955-06-29	KCA	@	CLE	Bob Feller	behind 0-3	t 4	1	1--	2	4	8	0.159	35%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Zernial Scores/unER
28	28	4	1	1955-07-14 (1)	KCA		BAL	Jim Wilson	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	8	0.187	71%		Home Run (CF-RF); E. Valo Scores
29	29	5	1	1955-09-03	KCA		DET	Steve Gromek	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	1--	2	4	8	0.121	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Valo Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1956-04-26	KCA		CLE	Early Wynn	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	8	0.108	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	2	1	1956-04-27	KCA	@	CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 3-5	t 7	2	---	1	4	9	0.105	23%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	3	2	1956-04-27	KCA	@	CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 5-9	t 9	2	1--	2	4	9	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Finigan Scores
33	33	4	1	1956-05-06 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	Pedro Ramos	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	8	0.216	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Slaughter Scores; G. Zernial Scores
34	34	5	1	1956-05-21	KCA		NYY	Don Larsen	behind 0-5	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	0.056	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	6	2	1956-05-21	KCA		NYY	Tom Sturdivant	behind 4-8	b 8	0	---	1	4	3	0.044	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	7	1	1956-05-30 (1)	KCA		DET	Paul Foytack	behind 1-6	b 8	0	---	1	4	3	0.023	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	8	1	1956-05-30 (2)	KCA		DET	Virgil Trucks	tied 0-0	b 7	2	---	1	4	9	0.232	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	9	1	1956-06-12	KCA	@	WSH	Camilo Pascual	tied 2-2	t 12	0	---	1	4	9	0.338	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	10	1	1956-06-19	KCA		WSH	Bunky Stewart	behind 2-9	b 3	0	--3	2	4	9	0.039	11%		Home Run (Deep CF); V. Power Scores
40	40	11	1	1956-06-24	KCA		BOS	Dave Sisler	ahead 3-1	b 3	2	---	1	4	8	0.082	82%		Home Run
41	41	12	1	1956-06-26	KCA		NYY	Whitey Ford	behind 3-8	b 9	0	---	1	4	8	0.011	2%		Home Run (CF-RF)
42	42	13	1	1956-07-19	KCA	@	BOS	Ike Delock	ahead 6-4	t 9	0	1--	2	4	9	0.055	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Slaughter Scores
43	43	14	1	1956-07-25	KCA		BOS	Fritz Dorish	behind 5-6	b 7	2	1-3	3	4	9	0.500	87%		Home Run (LF-CF); A. Pilarcik Scores; L. Skizas Scores
44	44	15	1	1956-07-27	KCA		NYY	Johnny Kucks	behind 1-2	b 3	2	--3	2	4	9	0.210	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. López Scores
45	45	16	1	1956-07-31	KCA		BAL	Hal Brown	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	0.104	66%		Home Run (LF-CF)
46	46	17	1	1956-08-02	KCA		BAL	Mike Fornieles	behind 0-2	b 7	0	-2-	2	4	9	0.267	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Skizas Scores/unER
47	47	18	1	1956-08-11	KCA		CLE	Mike Garcia	behind 1-5	b 5	2	123	4	4	3	0.363	52%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Crimian Scores; V. Power Scores; L. Skizas Scores
48	48	19	1	1956-08-24	KCA	@	WSH	Bunky Stewart	ahead 5-4	t 8	0	---	1	4	9	0.118	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	20	1	1956-09-11	KCA		NYY	Johnny Kucks	behind 2-4	b 6	1	-2-	2	4	9	0.255	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Skizas Scores
50	50	21	1	1956-09-19	KCA		BOS	Dave Sisler	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	123	4	4	9
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1957-04-17	KCA		DET	Duke Maas	tied 3-3	b 3	2	---	1	4	3	0.129	64%		Home Run (CF-RF)
52	52	2	1	1957-04-22	KCA	@	DET	Duke Maas	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	-2-	2	4	3	0.100	87%		Home Run (RF Line); G. Zernial Scores
53	53	3	1	1957-04-23	KCA	@	DET	Don Lee	behind 0-1	t 4	2	1--	2	4	3	0.252	59%		Home Run (LF-CF); T. Thompson Scores
54	54	4	1	1957-04-24	KCA		CLE	Stan Pitula	ahead 9-1	b 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	5	1	1957-05-01	KCA		BOS	Dave Sisler	behind 4-5	b 2	2	1--	2	4	3	0.222	63%		Home Run (CF-RF); G. Zernial Scores
56	56	6	1	1957-06-13	KCA		WSH	Pedro Ramos	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	---	1	4	9	0.108	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	7	1	1957-07-12	NYY	@	KCA	Ralph Terry	tied 1-1	t 8	1	12-	3	5	3	0.360	93%		Home Run (LF-CF); G. McDougald Scores; M. Mantle Scores
58	58	8	1	1957-07-23	NYY		CHW	Bob Keegan	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	0.186	72%		Home Run (CF-RF); M. Mantle Scores
59	59	9	1	1957-08-21	NYY	@	KCA	Jack Urban	behind 1-5	t 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.046	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	10	1	1957-08-22	NYY	@	KCA	Mickey McDermott	tied 2-2	t 3	2	123	4	5	7	0.327	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Bauer Scores; M. Mantle Scores; Y. Berra Scores
61	61	11	1	1957-09-06	NYY	@	WSH	Tex Clevenger	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	---	1	5	9	0.134	82%		Home Run (LF-CF)
62	62	12	1	1957-09-15 (2)	NYY		KCA	George Brunet	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	--3	2	5	3	0.167	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Mantle Scores
63	63	13	1	1957-09-28	NYY	@	BOS	Dave Sisler	tied 0-0	t 6	1	1--	2	4	7	0.265	77%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); J. Collins Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1958-06-21	KCA		BOS	Mike Fornieles	ahead 6-5	b 8	1	1--	2	6	3
65	65	2	1	1958-06-27	KCA		NYY	Duke Maas	behind 0-3	b 2	0	12-	3	6	3	0.213	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Cerv Scores; H. López Scores
66	66	3	1	1958-06-30	KCA	@	DET	Herb Moford	tied 4-4	t 6	0	---	1	6	3	0.163	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	4	1	1958-07-04 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	Ray Moore	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	5	7	0.149	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	5	1	1958-08-10 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	Cal McLish	behind 0-11	t 7	0	---	1	6	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	6	2	1958-08-10 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	Cal McLish	behind 1-11	t 9	0	---	1	6	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	7	1	1958-08-13 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	Dick Donovan	tied 1-1	t 11	1	---	1	5	3	0.388	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1959-04-30	KCA		BAL	Billy Loes	tied 3-3	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.363	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
72	72	2	1	1959-06-21	CHW	@	BOS	Ted Wills	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	9	0.107	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	3	1	1959-06-27	CHW		NYY	Bob Turley	behind 1-2	b 8	2	123	4	5	9	0.615	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Fox Scores; E. Torgeson Scores; S. Lollar Scores

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