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Harry
Simpson		  
Nickname: Suitcase
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 3, 1925 in Usa, GA, ATLANTA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 25 BSN NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1952 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8
1953 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1954 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
1955 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
1956 30 BSN NL $ 725,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
1957 31 BSN NL $ 870,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
1958 32 BSN NL $ 870,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1959 33 BSN NL $ 1,300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7
1960 34 BRK NL $ 1,300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6
1961 35 BRK NL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
1962 36 NYG NL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1951 25 AAA   56 214 26 52 6 0 9 20 2 2 19 27 .243 .305 .397 .702 26.4  
    AA   80 319 56 102 20 2 19 47 7 5 36 32 .320 .389 .574 .962 65.4  
1952 26 BSN NL 26 23 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 .261 .320 .261 .581 1.9 0.1
1953 27 BSN NL 52 110 19 30 8 1 2 17 1 0 6 15 .273 .310 .418 .729 13.3 2.4
    AAA   54 206 37 61 14 1 10 31 0 4 30 23 .296 .386 .519 .905 38.5  
1954 28 BSN NL 129 357 51 100 19 1 10 63 3 4 39 43 .280 .348 .423 .771 53.0 9.2
1955 29 BSN NL 90 164 22 42 10 2 0 23 1 0 21 11 .256 .342 .341 .684 18.7 2.5
1956 30 BSN NL 97 192 29 43 10 4 3 20 2 0 31 30 .224 .341 .365 .705 24.4 3.4
1957 31 BSN NL 100 170 32 50 4 0 4 26 1 1 22 22 .294 .375 .388 .763 25.3 4.7
1958 32 BSN NL 143 418 60 115 14 5 8 56 1 2 43 74 .275 .340 .390 .730 55.4 8.2
1959 33 BSN NL 155 573 76 154 28 5 16 71 3 1 52 96 .269 .330 .419 .748 75.2 12.8
1960 34 NYG NL 66 221 29 59 9 1 6 21 0 1 26 44 .267 .344 .398 .742 30.1 5.7
  BRK NL 65 196 27 51 5 0 6 19 0 0 27 40 .260 .350 .378 .727 27.4 5.0
  TOT   131 417 56 110 14 1 12 40 0 1 53 84 .264 .347 .388 .735 57.4 10.7
1961 35 BRK NL 131 327 39 85 9 2 12 59 0 0 26 76 .260 .311 .410 .721 42.2 6.0
1962 36 BRK NL 68 202 19 52 6 4 2 39 1 1 18 49 .257 .320 .356 .676 22.0 3.2
  NYG NL 78 268 25 69 11 1 4 27 2 1 26 68 .257 .324 .351 .675 29.3 4.5
  TOT   146 470 44 121 17 5 6 66 3 2 44 117 .257 .322 .353 .676 51.3 7.7
11 Years Sim 1200 3221 433 856 133 26 73 443 16 11 338 570 .266 .335 .391 .727 418.3 67.7
2 Years AAA 110 420 63 113 20 1 19 51 2 6 49 50 .269 .345 .457 .802 64.9  
1 Years AA 80 319 56 102 20 2 19 47 7 5 36 32 .320 .389 .574 .963 65.4  
3 Years Minors 190 739 119 215 40 3 38 98 9 11 85 82 .291 .364 .507 .872 130.3  
162 Game Average 434 58 115 17 3 9 59 2 1 45 76 .266 .335 .391 .727 56.5  
Career Highs 155 573 76 154 28 5 16 71 3 4 53 117 .294 .375 .423 .771 75.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2307 332 643 101 18 60 354 12 6 252 364 .279 .349 .416 .765 336.0
vs LH   914 101 213 32 8 13 89 4 5 86 206 .233 .300 .328 .628 91.1
Home 587 1553 206 399 60 13 33 211 7 6 159 294 .257 .326 .376 .702 193.4
Away 613 1668 227 457 73 13 40 232 9 5 179 276 .274 .344 .405 .750 233.8
RISP   746 0 225 40 6 20 356 0 0 91 136 .302 .371 .452 .823 124.3
Pinch Hitting   254 40 71 7 3 8 39 0 1 27 48 .280 .348 .425 .773 37.5
Close/Late   423 73 111 15 1 5 48 0 0 40 87 .262 .329 .338 .667 47.7
Mar/Apr 169 399 62 113 22 7 11 60 2 0 46 82 .283 .355 .456 .811 64.0
May 191 554 68 161 26 2 12 88 2 1 58 82 .291 .361 .410 .771 80.6
June 191 487 73 136 19 6 12 84 3 2 49 91 .279 .343 .417 .759 69.6
July 206 560 76 128 19 4 15 65 2 4 46 106 .229 .288 .357 .645 57.7
August 226 623 81 177 24 5 15 93 4 3 74 99 .284 .360 .411 .771 92.7
Sep/Oct 213 598 72 141 23 2 8 53 3 1 65 110 .236 .310 .321 .631 62.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1952 26 BSN NL CF 7 3 28.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 6 2 12.7 11 0 0 1 1.000 7.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 27 BSN NL CF 11 8 72.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 9 8 62.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.44 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 7 58.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 12 1 30.0 30 6 0 2 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1954 28 BSN NL LF 73 68 578.0 136 1 5 0 .965 2.13 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 17 10 105.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 14 12 100.0 29 0 1 0 .967 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 7 0 13.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 29 BSN NL RF 26 22 209.0 34 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 22 7 88.7 113 5 0 14 1.000 11.98 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 5 2 23.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.13 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 10.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1956 30 BSN NL LF 22 18 152.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 29 10 120.0 23 1 3 0 .889 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 13 11 97.0 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 18 5 70.3 79 13 1 6 .989 11.77 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1957 31 BSN NL 1B 33 25 227.0 255 26 1 22 .996 11.14 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 8 4 45.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 19 1 44.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 9 3 43.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
1958 32 BSN NL LF 117 104 899.0 164 2 4 0 .976 1.66 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 5 3 30.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 0 12.0 10 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 33 BSN NL LF 132 132 1151.3 188 4 2 2 .990 1.50 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    CF 19 17 152.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 8.3 9 2 0 0 1.000 11.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1960 34 NYG NL RF 42 33 323.7 57 0 3 0 .950 1.58 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 15 14 127.5 135 12 1 9 .993 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 4 0 12.4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BRK NL RF 41 33 292.3 51 0 3 0 .944 1.57 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 14 13 115.2 122 11 0 9 1.000 10.39 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 11.2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 83 66 616.0 108 0 6 0 .947 1.58   1.3
      1B 29 27 242.7 257 23 1 18 .996 10.38   0.5
      LF 8 0 23.6 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.43   0.0
      CF 2 0 3.6 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1961 35 BRK NL RF 79 49 493.7 112 3 5 2 .958 2.10 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    1B 16 16 141.3 155 18 0 7 1.000 11.02 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 5 4 39.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 0 21.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 36 BRK NL 1B 42 42 325.8 373 28 3 34 .993 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 8 7 61.6 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 9 5 44.2 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.44 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 6 5 41.6 15 1 0 0 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL 1B 49 49 433.9 496 37 3 46 .994 11.06 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 10 9 82.1 17 0 1 0 .944 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 11 5 58.8 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 7 5 55.4 21 1 0 1 1.000 3.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 402 349 3091.3 584 8 12 3 .980 1.72 0 0 .000 0 7.8
  RF 265 183 1769.0 355 5 11 3 .970 1.83 0 0 .000 0 4.2
  1B 242 174 1605.7 1800 161 9 151 .995 10.99 0 0 .000 0 3.0
  CF 127 68 692.6 181 3 4 1 .979 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1039 774 7163.6 2921 179 36 158 .989 3.89 0 0 .000 0 15.7
Career Highs   154 149 1312.7 963 68 7 81 1.000 8.41 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1957 31 BSN NL 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1959-8-573
 Singles
1959-7-105
 Triples
1958-9-5
1959-10-5
1962-10-5
 Caught Stealing
1954-10-4
1958-8-2
 Strikeouts
1962-10-117
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Gordon Goldsberry (963)
  2. Dick Sisler (959)
  3. Roy Howell (954)
  4. Phil Bradley (947)
  5. Willie Aikens (941)
  6. Sid Bream (935)
  7. Bill Brubaker (934)
  8. Ron Jackson (930)
  9. Joe Cunningham (930)
  10. Len Matuszek (928)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Montreal in 1951
Traded from Montreal to Boston (N) on 7/1/1951 (Going to MON: P Dick Littlefield. Going to BSN: P Don Carlsen, CF Harry Simpson)
Had first career hit on 5/5/1952, off Russ Meers (NYG)
Injured on 5/12/1953 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/18/1953, off Roger Bowman (MON)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/20/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1954, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $725,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1958: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $1,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to NYG: C Carl Sawatski, CF Harry Simpson. Going to BSN: LF Bob Addis, LF Del Ennis)
Traded from New York (N) to Brooklyn on 7/1/1960 (Going to BRK: P Bob Friend, RF Harry Simpson. Going to NYG: RF Wally Post)
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/9/1961
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (N) on 7/1/1962 (Going to BRK: P Humberto Robinson, 1B Gail Harris, 2B Joe Demaestri. Going to NYG: P Bob Priddy, 2B Tom Upton, RF Harry Simpson)
 
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