Harry Simpson

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 3, 1925 in Atlanta, GA us

Died: April 3, 1979 in Akron, OH

Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, GA

Debut: 1946 (10,008th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: April 21, 1951 (Age 25-139d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1959 (Age 33-298d)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1951 season)

Full Name: Harry Leon Simpson

Nicknames: Suitcase or Goody

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

3239

870

.269

414

RBI

434

OBP

.334

SLG

.404

OPS

.738

OPS+

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	4	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	6	Apr 20 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 20 (2)	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
10	10	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
11	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-13	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
12	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	CF
13	13	Apr 29	CLE	@	PHA	W,21-9	GS	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	CF 1B
14	14	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	49	12.1	24	0	0	24	1	1B
16	16	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	17	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS	42	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	1B CF
18	18	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	19	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	20	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
21	21	May 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
22	22	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
23	23	May 10	CLE		SLB	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
24	24	May 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
25	25	May 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
26	26	May 13	CLE		NYY	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
27	27	May 14	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
28	28	May 16	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
29	29	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	30	May 18 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
31	31	May 18 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	34 (2)	May 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	35	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
34	36	May 25 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
35	37	May 25 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	38	May 27	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
37	39	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	40	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	41	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
40	42	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	43	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
42	44	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	45	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,11-13	CG	45	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
44	46	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,14-0	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF 1B
47	49	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-12	GS	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
48	50	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
50	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	53	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
52	54	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	56 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	57	Jun 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
55	58	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
56	59	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
57	60	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	GS	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B RF
58	61	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
59	62	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B RF
60	63	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
61	64	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	65	Jun 24	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
63	66	Jun 25	CLE		PHA	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	67	Jun 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
65	68	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	69	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
67	70	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,7-7	CG	47	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	71	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	70	19.0	28	2	0	30	1	1B
69	72	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
70	73	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
71	74	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
72	75	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
73	76	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	49	13.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
74	77	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
75	78	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
76	79	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
77	80	Jul 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	GS	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B RF
78	81	Jul 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B RF
79	82	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-15	CG	50	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
80	83	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
81	84	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	48	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	85	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	86	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	87	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
85	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
86	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	55	11.2	5	0	0	5	0	RF
88	91	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
89	92	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
90	93	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	94	Jul 24	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
92	95	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
93	96	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	97	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
95	98	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
96	99	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	100	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	101	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	102	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	103	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
101	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
102	105	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
103	106	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
104	107	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
105	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
106	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-9	CG	49	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
107	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	112 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
109	113	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	114	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	GF	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
111	115	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
112	116	Aug 17 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
113	117	Aug 17 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
114	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
115	119	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,18-8	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
116	120	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
117	121	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
118	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
119	123	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS	70	15.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF 1B
120	124	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
121	125	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
122	127 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
123	129 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	130	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-11	GS	33	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
125	131	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	132	Sep 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
127	133	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
128	134	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,8-11	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
129	135	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,2-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
130	137 (1)	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	GF	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
131	138	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
132	140 (1)	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
133	141	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
134	142	Sep 11	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
135	143	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
136	144	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
137	145	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
138	146	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
139	147	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
140	148	Sep 19	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
141	149	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
142	150	Sep 21	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
143	151	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
144	152	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
145	153	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							156gm		1234.0	503	19	5	527	25