Wayne Simpson
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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