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Dick Simpson
Richard Charles Simpson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 176 lb.

Debut September 21, 1962
  vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 27, 1969
Born July 28, 1943 in Washington, DC

Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 18 LAA AL   6    8    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   3  .250  .400  .375  114    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 20 LAA AL  21   50   11    7   1  0   2    4   2  2   8  15  .140  .259  .280   57   14   0   0   0   0   1
 1965 21 CAL AL   8   27    2    6   1  0   0    3   1  0   2   8  .222  .267  .259   52    7   0   1   0   0   1
 1966 22 CIN NL  92   84   26   20   2  0   4   14   0  1  10  32  .238  .333  .405   97   34   3   0   0   2   0
 1967 23 CIN NL  44   54    8   14   3  0   1    6   0  1   7  11  .259  .339  .370   95   20   0   1   1   0   1
 1968 24 TOT NL  85  233   36   46   7  2   6   19   4  5  28  82  .197  .292  .322   86   75   0   2   4   4   3
         STL NL  26   56   11   13   0  0   3    8   0  1   8  21  .232  .323  .393  116   22   0   1   2   0   1
         HOU NL  59  177   25   33   7  2   3   11   4  4  20  61  .186  .282  .299   77   53   0   1   2   4   2
 1969 25 TOT AL  32   62   10   12   4  0   2    9   3  1   7  23  .194  .275  .355   78   22   0   0   0   0   2
         NYY AL   6   11    2    3   2  0   0    4   0  0   3   6  .273  .429  .455  152    5   0   0   0   0   0
         SEP AL  26   51    8    9   2  0   2    5   3  1   4  17  .176  .236  .333   60   17   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      288  518   94  107  19  2  15   56  10 10  64 174  .207  .299  .338   84  175   3   4   5   6   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        291   53   60  11  1   8   32   6  6  36  98  .207  .299  .338   84   98   2   2   3   3   5
 Career High     92  233   36   46   7  2   6   19   4  5  28  82  .197  .292  .322   86   75   3   2   4   4   3
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 18 LAA AL   10    6    1   4.5   100| .250  .260| .400  .331| .375  .404| .775  .735| 114  .504   0.3   0.0   0%
 1964 20 LAA AL   58   46    4   2.3    87| .140  .244| .259  .310| .280  .379| .539  .690|  57  .267  -2.7  -0.3  50%
 1965 21 CAL AL   30   23    2   2.3    90| .222  .249| .267  .318| .259  .381| .526  .699|  52  .278  -1.6  -0.2 100%
 1966 22 CIN NL   99   68   12   4.8   103| .238  .275| .333  .335| .405  .414| .738  .749|  97  .569  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1967 23 CIN NL   62   43    7   4.4    99| .259  .270| .339  .334| .370  .396| .709  .731|  95  .562  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1968 24 TOT NL  267  197   22   3.0    80| .197  .250| .292  .308| .322  .352| .614  .660|  86  .442  -3.4  -0.4  44%
         STL NL   65   46    7   4.1    81| .232  .251| .323  .309| .393  .354| .716  .663| 116  .583   1.2   0.1   0%
         HOU NL  202  151   15   2.7    80| .186  .250| .282  .308| .299  .352| .581  .660|  77  .391  -4.6  -0.5  50%
 1969 25 TOT AL   69   53    6   3.0    93| .194  .252| .275  .328| .355  .380| .630  .707|  78  .369  -2.0  -0.2  75%
         NYY AL   14    8    2   6.7    91| .273  .250| .429  .326| .455  .377| .884  .702| 152  .714   1.1   0.1   0%
         SEP AL   55   45    4   2.4    93| .176  .252| .236  .328| .333  .380| .569  .708|  60  .274  -3.0  -0.3  75%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       595  436   54   3.4    89| .207  .256| .299  .318| .338  .375| .637  .694|  84  .447  -9.7  -1.1  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 18 LAA AL OF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 1.93 4 0 1 1964 20 LAA AL OF 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.69 1.79 0 16 0 1965 21 CAL AL OF 8 14 0 2 0 .875 .979 1.75 1.77 0 8 0 1966 22 CIN NL OF 64 35 0 3 0 .921 .975 0.55 1.78 9 10 46 1967 23 CIN NL OF 26 34 2 1 0 .973 .976 1.38 1.81 1 4 21 1968 24 TOT NL OF 71 89 3 2 1 .979 .975 1.30 1.82 13 16 45 STL NL OF 22 26 1 0 0 1.000 .975 1.23 1.82 0 0 22 HOU NL OF 49 63 2 2 1 .970 .975 1.33 1.82 13 16 23 1969 25 TOT AL OF 22 26 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.23 1.84 4 18 0 NYY AL OF 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.84 3 2 0 SEP AL OF 17 22 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.84 1 16 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 18 LAA AL OF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 1.93 4 0 1 1964 20 LAA AL OF 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.69 1.79 0 16 0 1965 21 CAL AL OF 8 14 0 2 0 .875 .979 1.75 1.77 0 8 0 1966 22 CIN NL OF 64 35 0 3 0 .921 .975 0.55 1.78 9 10 46 1967 23 CIN NL OF 26 34 2 1 0 .973 .976 1.38 1.81 1 4 21 1968 24 TOT NL OF 71 89 3 2 1 .979 .975 1.30 1.82 13 16 45 STL NL OF 22 26 1 0 0 1.000 .975 1.23 1.82 0 0 22 HOU NL OF 49 63 2 2 1 .970 .975 1.33 1.82 13 16 23 1969 25 TOT AL OF 22 26 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.23 1.84 4 18 0 NYY AL OF 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.84 3 2 0 SEP AL OF 17 22 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.84 1 16 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 211 232 6 8 1 .967 .976 1.13 1.81 31 72 113 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 211 232 6 8 1 .967 .976 1.13 1.81
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1962 AL-18-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3426) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1965: Traded by the California Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Norm Siebern.

December 9, 1965: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jack Baldschun and Milt Pappas to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Robinson.

January 11, 1968: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alex Johnson.

June 15, 1968: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Hal Gilson to the Houston Astros for Ron Davis.

December 4, 1968: Traded by the Houston Astros to the New York Yankees for Dooley Womack.

May 19, 1969: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Seattle Pilots for Jose Vidal.

December 12, 1969: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Steve Whitaker to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bolin.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2006.
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