Harry Simpson stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 888
- AB
- 2,829
- R
- 343
- H
- 752
- HR
- 73
- RBI
- 381
- SB
- 17
- AVG
- .266
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | CLE | 122 | 332 | 51 | 76 | 7 | 24 | 6 | .229 |
| 1952 | CLE | 146 | 545 | 66 | 145 | 10 | 65 | 5 | .266 |
| 1953 | CLE | 82 | 242 | 25 | 55 | 7 | 22 | 0 | .227 |
| 1955 |  CLE/ATH | 115 | 397 | 43 | 119 | 5 | 52 | 3 | .300 |
| 1956 | ATH | 141 | 543 | 76 | 159 | 21 | 105 | 2 | .293 |
| 1957 | NYY/ATH | 125 | 403 | 51 | 109 | 13 | 63 | 1 | .270 |
| 1958 | NYY/ATH | 102 | 263 | 22 | 67 | 7 | 33 | 0 | .255 |
| 1959 |  ATH/CHW/PIT | 55 | 104 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .212 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- AB
- 12
- R
- 0
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .083
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,137
- TB
- 1,154
- XBH
- 215
- HBP
- 10
- IBB
- 17
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | CLE | 381 | 104 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | CLE | 607 | 216 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CLE | 264 | 81 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CLE/ATH | 439 | 164 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATH | 597 | 266 | 54 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NYY/ATH | 440 | 182 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | NYY/ATH | 297 | 101 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH/CHW/PIT | 112 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 4.0
- RC
- 399.7
- RC/27
- 5.10
- ISOP
- .142
- SECA
- .238
- BB/K
- 0.63
- AB/HR
- 38.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | CLE | -0.2 | 37.6 | 3.9 | .084 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 47.4 | 0 |
| 1952 | CLE | 2.1 | 76.9 | 5.1 | .130 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 54.5 | 0 |
| 1953 | CLE | -0.6 | 24.1 | 3.4 | .107 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 34.6 | 0 |
| 1955 | CLE/ATH | 0.2 | 60.5 | 5.7 | .113 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 79.4 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATH | 0.5 | 93.7 | 6.4 | .197 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 25.9 | 0 |
| 1957 | NYY/ATH | 1.0 | 60.3 | 5.4 | .181 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 31 | 0 |
| 1958 | NYY/ATH | 0.9 | 36 | 4.9 | .129 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 37.6 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH/CHW/PIT | 0.1 | 10.8 | 3.5 | .173 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 34.7 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Harry Simpson's career stats?
Harry Simpson played 8 seasons for the Guardians and the Athletics. He was a career .266 hitter with 752 hits, 73 home runs and 381 RBI. His best season was 1955: a .300 batting average, 5 home runs and 52 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1 postseason, 1951 to 1959
Championships
- 1958 World Series with the New York Yankees