Joe Simpson
[edit] Biography
Joe Simpson (Joe Allen Simpson) was born on December 31, 1951 in Purcell, Oklahoma. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1975 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1979, his rookie year, he hit .283 with 2 home runs and 27 RBI. Simpson played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 9 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1975
| LA
| N
| 9
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| LA
| N
| 23
| 30
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .161
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| LA
| N
| 29
| 23
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .174
| .240
| .174
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1978
| LA
| N
| 10
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .400
| .400
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| 120
| 265
| 29
| 75
| 2
| 27
| .283
| .312
| .347
| 11
| 0
| 11
| 21
| 1
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 5
|
| 1980
| SEA
| A
| 129
| 365
| 42
| 91
| 3
| 34
| .249
| .302
| .332
| 15
| 3
| 28
| 43
| 1
| 12
| 17
| 3
| 6
|
| 1981
| SEA
| A
| 91
| 288
| 32
| 64
| 2
| 30
| .222
| .261
| .302
| 11
| 3
| 15
| 41
| 1
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 3
|
| 1982
| SEA
| A
| 105
| 296
| 39
| 76
| 2
| 23
| .257
| .312
| .351
| 14
| 4
| 22
| 48
| 2
| 3
| 8
| 4
| 1
|
| 1983
| KC
| A
| 91
| 119
| 16
| 20
| 0
| 8
| .168
| .248
| .218
| 2
| 2
| 11
| 21
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 71
| 64
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 2
| .188
| .224
| .203
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 536
| 1333
| 158
| 326
| 9
| 122
| .245
| .292
| .323
| 53
| 12
| 87
| 174
| 7
| 28
| 44
| 10
| 16
|
| Total
|
|
| 607
| 1397
| 166
| 338
| 9
| 124
| .242
| .289
| .317
| 54
| 12
| 90
| 190
| 7
| 28
| 45
| 10
| 17
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1975
| LA
| N
| OF
| 6
| 1
| 20
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| LA
| N
| CF
| 6
| 1
| 18
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| LA
| N
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1976
| LA
| N
| OF
| 20
| 8
| 88
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| LA
| N
| LF
| 5
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1976
| LA
| N
| RF
| 9
| 2
| 34
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| LA
| N
| CF
| 6
| 5
| 40
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| LA
| N
| RF
| 14
| 1
| 45.2
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1977
| LA
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| LA
| N
| CF
| 9
| 4
| 34
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| LA
| N
| OF
| 28
| 5
| 92.2
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1977
| LA
| N
| LF
| 6
| 0
| 13
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| LA
| N
| LF
| 3
| 0
| 10.1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| LA
| N
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 26.1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| LA
| N
| CF
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1978
| LA
| N
| RF
| 6
| 0
| 13
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| RF
| 74
| 54
| 495.1
| 118
| 9
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| DH
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| LF
| 27
| 11
| 113
| 32
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| OF
| 105
| 66
| 634.1
| 162
| 10
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| CF
| 5
| 1
| 26
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| SEA
| A
| CF
| 37
| 32
| 292.1
| 86
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1980
| SEA
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1980
| SEA
| A
| OF
| 119
| 91
| 845.2
| 205
| 10
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1980
| SEA
| A
| LF
| 23
| 6
| 86
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| SEA
| A
| RF
| 63
| 53
| 467.1
| 104
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1980
| SEA
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 1
| 14.2
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1981
| SEA
| A
| RF
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| SEA
| A
| OF
| 88
| 69
| 657.2
| 219
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1981
| SEA
| A
| CF
| 86
| 69
| 653.2
| 219
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1982
| SEA
| A
| LF
| 31
| 13
| 151.1
| 35
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| SEA
| A
| OF
| 97
| 71
| 702
| 177
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1982
| SEA
| A
| RF
| 11
| 7
| 65
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| SEA
| A
| CF
| 60
| 51
| 485.2
| 126
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1983
| KC
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1983
| KC
| A
| OF
| 37
| 22
| 211.2
| 75
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1983
| KC
| A
| LF
| 5
| 2
| 21.2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| KC
| A
| RF
| 18
| 12
| 99
| 32
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| KC
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1983
| KC
| A
| 1B
| 54
| 8
| 148.2
| 167
| 14
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1983
| KC
| A
| CF
| 17
| 8
| 91
| 34
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 58
| 9
| 165.1
| 185
| 17
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 100
| 33
| 409.1
| 97
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 198
| 129
| 1225.1
| 296
| 17
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 228
| 171
| 1643.2
| 506
| 14
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 510
| 333
| 3278.1
| 896
| 37
| 21
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1983
| KC
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.00
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Washington Senators in the 14th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1970).
- Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973).
- Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Seattle Mariners (March 28, 1979).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals from Seattle Mariners in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 6, 1982).
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