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Wayne Simpson

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Full Name: Wayne Kirby Simpson Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/220 First Game: April 9, 1970
Birthdate: December 2, 1948 Final Game: September 29, 1977
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on December 2, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, Wayne Simpson (Wayne Kirby Simpson) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies and California Angels over the course of his 6 year career. Simpson broke into the bigs on April 9, 1970 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.02 ERA in 176 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Wayne Simpson's best season was 1970, when he posted a 3.02 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 119 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1970 CIN N 26 26 14 3 3.02 119 73 59 10 2 0 176 125 15 81 3 6 9
1971 CIN N 22 21 4 7 4.76 61 66 62 1 0 0 117.1 106 9 77 5 9 3
1972 CIN N 24 22 8 5 4.14 70 63 60 1 0 0 130.1 124 17 49 4 6 2
1973 KC A 16 10 3 4 5.73 29 39 38 1 0 0 59.2 66 1 35 0 7 1
1975 PHI N 7 5 1 0 3.23 19 11 11 0 0 0 30.2 31 1 11 0 1 1
1977 CAL A 27 23 6 12 5.83 55 90 79 0 0 0 122 154 14 62 3 8 7
Total NL 79 74 27 15 3.80 269 213 192 12 2 0 454.1 386 42 218 12 22 15
Total AL 43 33 9 16 5.80 84 129 117 1 0 0 181.2 220 15 97 3 15 8
Total 122 107 36 31 4.37 353 342 309 13 2 0 636 606 57 315 15 37 23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1970 CIN N P 26 26 176 22 30 2 2 0 4 4 2 0 .963
1971 CIN N P 22 21 117.1 4 30 1 0 0 1 10 1 0 .971
1972 CIN N P 24 22 130.1 3 8 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 .917
1973 KC A P 16 10 59.2 6 7 1 0 0 1 8 2 0 .929
1975 PHI N P 7 5 30.2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 CAL A P 27 23 122 7 13 1 1 0 0 13 8 0 .952
Total P 122 107 636 48 92 6 4 0 6 40 15 0 .959

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1970 CIN N 27 64 4 6 0 1 .094 .108 .094 0 0 1 34 0 5 0 0 0
1971 CIN N 22 32 0 1 0 0 .031 .114 .031 0 0 3 19 0 5 0 0 0
1972 CIN N 24 48 2 3 0 0 .063 .082 .083 1 0 1 31 0 0 0 0 0
1973 KC A 16 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PHI N 7 9 0 2 0 0 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CAL A 27 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 80 153 6 12 0 1 .078 .113 .085 1 0 6 90 0 10 0 0 0
Total AL 43 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 123 153 6 12 0 1 .078 .113 .085 1 0 6 90 0 10 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (8th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Hal McRae to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Roger Nelson and Richie Scheinblum (November 30, 1972).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jim Foor (March 28, 1974).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bill Robinson (April 5, 1975).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to California Angels (April 8, 1976).
  • Released by California Angels (1978).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (March 2, 1978).

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