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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	May 1	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
2	12	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
3	13	May 4	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
4	14	May 5	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
5	15	May 6 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
6	16	May 6 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
7	17	May 7	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	CG	49	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
8	18	May 9	CLE		NYY	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
9	19	May 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
10	20	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
11	21	May 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
12	22	May 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
13	23	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
14	24	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	GF	13	3.0	2	0	1	3	0	1B
15	25	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	26	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	28 (1)	May 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
18	29	May 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
19	30	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
20	31	May 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,16-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
21	32	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
22	33	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
23	34	May 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
24	36 (1)	May 28	CLE	@	DET	W,9-0	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
25	37	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
26	38	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
27	39	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	40	Jun 1	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
29	41	Jun 2	CLE		WSH	W,12-4	GF	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
30	42	Jun 3 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
31	43	Jun 3 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
32	44	Jun 4	CLE		NYY	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
33	47 (2)	Jun 7	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	GS	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF 1B
34	48	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
35	49	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
36	51 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
37	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
38	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
39	54	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
40	55	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	56	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
42	57	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	58	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	RF 1B
45	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
46	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
47	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
48	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	64	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	65	Jun 27	CLE		SLB	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	66	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	67	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	68	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
54	69	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		DET	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
55	70	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
56	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
57	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
59	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	76	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
61	77	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-2	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF 1B
62	78	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	79	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
64	80	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,8-0	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
65	81	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	RF
66	82	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	83	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
68	86 (2)	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	89 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
70	91 (1)	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	92	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	93	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	RF 1B
73	94	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
74	97 (2)	Jul 31	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	98	Aug 1 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
76	99	Aug 1 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
77	100	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
78	102 (1)	Aug 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
79	105 (2)	Aug 7	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
80	107 (1)	Aug 10	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
81	108	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	110 (1)	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
83	111	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GS	46	10.0	7	0	0	7	2	RF 1B
84	112	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
85	115 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
86	116	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	117	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
88	118	Aug 19 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
89	119	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	120	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
91	121	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	GS	58	14.0	8	1	0	9	1	RF 1B
92	122	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
93	123	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
94	124	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	132 (7)	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	GF	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR CF
96	133	Sep 3 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
97	134	Sep 3 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
98	135	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	136	Sep 5	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
100	138 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
101	141 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
102	142	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	GF	10	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	144 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
104	145	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	147 (1)	Sep 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
106	149 (1)	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-2	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
107	152 (2)	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
108	153	Sep 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
109	154	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	58	13.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
110	155	Sep 30	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							119gm		810.0	460	20	7	487	29