#49 Harry Simpson, Centerfield, 35 yrs, Cincinnati Reds Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Harry Simpson
12/3/1925 35 USA,GA,ATLANTA 6"1 195
Centerfield L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Suffers Prone 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 3,750,000 1961 $ 690,000 (2 year(s)) 10 Year(s), 24 Days (1744 total Days) 172 Day(s) 11 Year(s), 0 Days (1892 total Days) 10 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Talent | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 4 5 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 3 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 5 (Range), .959 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 5 (Range), .970 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 3 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/15 | @PHI | W 6-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/16 | @PHI | W 7-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/17 | @PHI | W 10-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/18 | CHN | L 5-9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/20 | STL | W 11-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/21 | STL | W 8-7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #2 | | |
9/22 | @CHN | L 0-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
9/23 | @CHN | W 10-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/30 | @PHI | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
10/2 | SF | W 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 70 | 89 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | .270 | .337 | .371 | .707 | .642 | .101 |
Projected | 70 | 89 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | .270 | .337 | .371 | .707 | .642 | .101 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 10 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 12.1 | 4.4 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .313 | .333 | .438 | .771 |
vs. RHP | 73 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .260 | .329 | .356 | .685 |
Close/Late | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .238 | .310 | .286 | .596 |
Scoring Position | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .278 | .429 | .706 |
Pinch Hitting | 37 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .351 | .404 | .595 | .999 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 33 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | .293 | .353 | .439 | .792 |
Road | 37 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .250 | .286 | .313 | .598 |
March/April | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
May | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .190 | .111 | .302 |
June | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .267 | .348 | .267 | .614 |
July | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .364 | .556 | .919 |
August | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .467 | .500 | .733 | 1.233 |
Sept/Oct | 13 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .273 | .400 | .673 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1951 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 | CIN |
1952 | 87 | 131 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .305 | .345 | .443 | .788 | CIN |
1953 | 150 | 557 | 179 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 85 | 84 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 4 | 3 | .321 | .387 | .470 | .858 | CIN |
1954 | 143 | 485 | 132 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 65 | 54 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 5 | 1 | .272 | .344 | .406 | .750 | CIN |
1955 | 122 | 361 | 117 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 67 | 70 | 54 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 10 | 2 | .324 | .410 | .504 | .914 | CIN |
1956 | 144 | 490 | 155 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 93 | 85 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 7 | 2 | .316 | .376 | .488 | .863 | CIN |
1957 | 122 | 409 | 142 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 79 | 82 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .347 | .402 | .467 | .869 | CIN |
1958 | 125 | 360 | 115 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 68 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 1 | .319 | .398 | .422 | .820 | CIN |
1959 | 105 | 264 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 46 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | .299 | .366 | .398 | .764 | CIN |
1960 | 82 | 164 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .311 | .356 | .518 | .874 | CIN |
1961 | 70 | 89 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .337 | .371 | .707 | CIN |
Total | 1156 | 3317 | 1036 | 146 | 20 | 95 | 531 | 569 | 360 | 9 | 26 | 364 | 30 | 16 | .312 | .379 | .454 | .833 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1951, AA | 133 | 511 | 164 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 78 | 94 | 93 | 68 | 15 | 8 | .321 | .422 | .538 | .960 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1957 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .462 | .692 |
1959 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 |
1960 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
Total | 9 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .235 | .281 | .517 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 9 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 1.000 | 27.0 | 11.67 | | | | |
Centerfield | 19 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | .964 | 96.2 | 2.61 | | | | |
Rightfield | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.0 | 3.50 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1951... 9/27/1951: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,000,000 per year, for 3 years. Milestones Had first career hit on 9/8/1951, off Woody Main (PIT)... Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1952, off Red Munger (SLN)... Hit 3 homeruns against New York (N), driving in 4 runs on 6/2/1953... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/13/1953... Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/22/1955 to a 3-year deal worth $1,200,000 per year... Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/14/1955... Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 6/26/1956... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1956, hitting .548 with 3 HR, 13 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1956, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... 9/22/1957: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $3,750,000 per year, for 4 years. Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1957... Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1960... 6/13/1961: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $690,000 per year, for 2 years.
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1953 - .321 - 5th
| Hits 1953 - 179 - 8th
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