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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
2	3 (1)	Apr 9	KCR		MIL	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
3	6 (2)	Apr 12	KCR		BOS	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
4	7	Apr 13	KCR		BOS	L,4-18	GF	21	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	11 (3)	Apr 22	KCR		TOR	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
6	13 (1)	Apr 24	KCR		TOR	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
7	16 (2)	Apr 29	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	GS	49	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF 1B
8	17	Apr 30	KCR		CLE	L,1-5	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	18	May 1	KCR		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
10	19	May 2	KCR		NYY	W,4-1		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	20	May 3	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
12	22 (1)	May 6	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	23	May 7	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-7	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
14	24	May 8	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-1	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
15	25	May 10	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
16	26	May 11	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
17	27	May 13	KCR		DET	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	28	May 14	KCR		DET	L,10-11	GF	15	3.2	4	1	0	5	1	1B
19	29	May 15	KCR		DET	L,4-6	CG	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
20	30	May 17	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
21	31	May 18	KCR	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
22	34 (2)	May 22	KCR		CHW	L,3-11	CG	52	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
23	35	May 23	KCR		TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
24	36	May 24	KCR		TEX	T,2-2	CG	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
25	37	May 25	KCR		TEX	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
26	38	May 26	KCR		BAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
27	39	May 27	KCR		BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
28	41 (1)	May 29	KCR		BAL	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
29	42	May 31	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	46 (3)	Jun 4	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-1	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	47	Jun 5 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	PR 1B
32	48	Jun 5 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF 1B
33	49	Jun 7	KCR		MIN	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
34	50	Jun 8	KCR		MIN	W,9-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
35	51	Jun 9	KCR		MIN	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
36	52	Jun 10	KCR	@	SEA	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
37	53	Jun 11	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-1	GS	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	RF 1B
38	54	Jun 12	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
39	58 (3)	Jun 17	KCR		SEA	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
40	59	Jun 18	KCR		SEA	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF 1B
41	60	Jun 19	KCR		SEA	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
42	62 (1)	Jun 21	KCR		OAK	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
43	63	Jun 22	KCR		OAK	W,7-6		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
44	64	Jun 23	KCR		CAL	L,2-7	GF	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
45	65	Jun 24	KCR		CAL	W,11-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
46	70 (4)	Jun 30	KCR	@	OAK	W,7-4	GF	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PR 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	72 (1)	Jul 2	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
48	74 (1)	Jul 4	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
49	80 (5)	Jul 13	KCR		TOR	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
50	81	Jul 14	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 1B
51	82	Jul 15	KCR	@	CLE	W,10-0	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
52	86 (3)	Jul 19	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-2	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
53	87	Jul 20	KCR	@	TOR	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	89 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	18	4.0	5	2	0	7	0	PR 1B
55	91 (1)	Jul 24 susp	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	92	Jul 25	KCR		CLE	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	93	Jul 26	KCR		CLE	L,0-2	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
58	94	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
59	95	Jul 29 susp	KCR	@	DET	L,1-10	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
60	96	Jul 30	KCR	@	DET	L,1-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
61	97	Jul 31 (1)	KCR	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
62	98	Jul 31 (2)	KCR	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	100 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	102 (1)	Aug 3	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
65	103	Aug 4	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
66	105 (1)	Aug 6	KCR		BOS	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
67	107 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	KCR		MIL	W,5-4	GS	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF 1B
68	109 (1)	Aug 9	KCR		MIL	W,8-2	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
69	112 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-12	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF CF
70	115 (2)	Aug 15	KCR		DET	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
71	116	Aug 16	KCR		DET	W,18-7	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PR 1B
72	117	Aug 17	KCR		DET	L,4-10	GF	16	2.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
73	118	Aug 19 (1)	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	119	Aug 19 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	121 (1)	Aug 21	KCR	@	BAL	W,8-3	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	133 (11)	Sep 1	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-12	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
77	135 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
78	138 (2)	Sep 5	KCR		SEA	L,6-13	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
79	143 (4)	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
80	145 (1)	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
81	146	Sep 16	KCR		OAK	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
82	147	Sep 17	KCR		OAK	W,10-1	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
83	153 (5)	Sep 22	KCR		MIN	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	154	Sep 23	KCR		MIN	W,3-2		5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
85	159 (4)	Sep 28	KCR	@	SEA	W,11-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
86	162 (2)	Oct 1 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
							96gm		363.1	239	18	1	258	19