Harry Simpson

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Full Name: Harry Leon Simpson	Primary Position: OF,1B,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180	First Game: April 21, 1951
Birthdate: December 3, 1925	Final Game: September 27, 1959
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: April 3, 1979
Deathplace: Akron, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Harry Simpson (Harry Leon Simpson) was born on December 3, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on April 21, 1951 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1951, his rookie year, he hit .229 with 7 home runs and 24 RBI. Simpson played for the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Harry Simpson's best season was 1956, when he slugged 21 home runs, hit for a .293 average and knocked in 105 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	CLE	A	122	332	51	76	7	24	.229	.325	.313	7	0	45	48	2	2	6	0	7
1952	CLE	A	146	545	66	145	10	65	.266	.337	.396	21	10	56	82	2	4	5	0	10
1953	CLE	A	82	242	25	55	7	22	.227	.284	.335	3	1	18	27	1	3	0	0	6
1955	KC	A	112	396	42	119	5	52	.301	.356	.414	16	7	34	61	2	1	3	4	10
1955	CLE	A	3	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.667	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	TOT	A	115	397	43	119	5	52	.300	.358	.413	16	7	36	61	2	1	3	4	10
1956	KC	A	141	543	76	159	21	105	.293	.347	.490	22	11	47	82	1	1	2	8	19
1957	NY	A	75	224	27	56	7	39	.250	.307	.402	7	3	19	36	0	3	1	0	6
1957	KC	A	50	179	24	53	6	24	.296	.339	.514	9	6	12	28	0	1	0	2	8
1957	TOT	A	125	403	51	109	13	63	.270	.321	.452	16	9	31	64	0	4	1	2	14
1958	NY	A	24	51	1	11	0	6	.216	.310	.294	2	1	6	12	1	0	0	0	1
1958	KC	A	78	212	21	56	7	27	.264	.345	.406	7	1	26	33	0	1	0	3	1
1958	TOT	A	102	263	22	67	7	33	.255	.338	.384	9	2	32	45	1	1	0	3	2
1959	PIT	N	9	15	3	4	0	2	.267	.267	.400	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1959	KC	A	8	14	1	4	1	2	.286	.389	.500	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0
1959	CHI	A	38	75	5	14	2	13	.187	.228	.360	5	1	4	14	0	0	0	0	1
1959	Total		55	104	9	22	3	17	.212	.259	.385	7	1	6	20	1	0	0	0	1
1959	TOT	A	46	89	6	18	3	15	.202	.258	.382	5	1	6	18	1	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		9	15	3	4	0	2	.267	.267	.400	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		879	2814	340	748	73	379	.266	.331	.408	99	41	271	427	10	16	17	17	69
Total			888	2829	343	752	73	381	.266	.331	.408	101	41	271	429	10	16	17	17	69

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	CLE	A	OF	68	0	0	132	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1951	CLE	A	1B	50	0	0	326	17	4	28	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1952	CLE	A	1B	28	0	0	276	8	2	21	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1952	CLE	A	OF	127	0	0	226	11	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1953	CLE	A	OF	69	0	0	118	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1953	CLE	A	1B	2	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	KC	A	OF	100	0	0	262	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1955	KC	A	1B	3	0	0	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	KC	A	OF	111	0	0	188	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1956	KC	A	1B	32	0	0	269	15	4	32	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1957	NY	A	RF	26	22	192.2	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1957	NY	A	1B	21	19	162	143	8	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	A	OF	42	36	319	55	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1957	NY	A	LF	16	14	126.1	26	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1957	KC	A	RF	21	21	171	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1957	KC	A	OF	21	21	171	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1957	KC	A	1B	27	27	233.2	243	23	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1957	TOT	A	1B	48	46	395.2	386	31	1	39	0	0	0	0	0	.998
1957	TOT	A	OF	63	57	490	84	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1957	TOT	A	RF	47	43	363.2	61	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1958	NY	A	OF	15	10	96	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	NY	A	RF	9	4	54	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	NY	A	LF	8	6	42	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	KC	A	1B	43	42	366	384	18	4	44	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1958	KC	A	RF	2	1	9	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1958	KC	A	OF	11	10	76	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1958	KC	A	LF	9	9	67	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	TOT	A	RF	11	5	63	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1958	TOT	A	LF	17	15	109	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	TOT	A	OF	26	20	172	45	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1959	PIT	N	RF	2	1	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	PIT	N	LF	1	1	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	PIT	N	OF	3	2	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	KC	A	1B	4	4	31	30	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	CHI	A	RF	12	11	105	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1959	CHI	A	1B	1	1	7	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1959	CHI	A	OF	12	11	105	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1959	Total		RF	14	12	115	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1959	Total		OF	15	13	123	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1959	TOT	A	1B	5	5	38	39	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.976
Total			LF	34	30	243.1	55	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.967
Total			OF	579	90	785	1078	33	30	10	0	0	0	0	0	.974
Total			1B	211	93	799.2	1702	93	16	169	0	0	0	0	0	.991
Total			RF	72	60	541.2	100	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.963

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1949).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Athletics (May 11, 1955).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Ryne Duren and Jim Pisoni to New York Yankees in exchange for Billy Martin, Ralph Terry, Woodie Held and Bob Martyn (June 15, 1957).
Traded by New York Yankees with Bob Grim to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Duke Maas and Virgil Trucks (June 15, 1958).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ray Boone (May 2, 1959).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bob Sagers to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Ted Kluszewski (August 25, 1959).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago White Sox (October 13, 1959).

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