Joe Simpson stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 1983

First Baseman

Age 74 · 6' 3"

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Joe Simpson played 9 MLB seasons, 1975 to 1983.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
607
AB
1,397
R
166
H
338
HR
9
RBI
124
SB
45
AVG
.242
Standard by season
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.
1975LAD9632000.333
1976LAD233024000.133
1977LAD292324011.174
1978LAD10512010.400
1979SEA12026529752276.283
1980SEA129365429133417.249
1981SEA91288326423012.222
1982SEA10529639762238.257
1983KC911191620081.168

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
1,531
TB
443
XBH
75
HBP
7
IBB
10
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
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.
1975LAD6200000
1976LAD31510000
1977LAD25400000
1978LAD5200000
1979SEA28492131100
1980SEA409121211300
1981SEA31287161000
1982SEA324104202400
1983KC1352642200

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
-2.6
RC
134.3
RC/27
3.20
ISOP
.075
SECA
.152
BB/K
0.47
AB/HR
155.2
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
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.
1975LAD0.00.74.4.0000000
1976LAD-0.5-0.3-0.3.0330.00.200
1977LAD-0.60.60.8.0000.10.300
1978LAD0.20.86.9.0000000
1979SEA-0.430.24.1.0640.10.5132.50
1980SEA-0.441.33.8.0820.20.7121.70
1981SEA-0.124.42.8.0800.20.41440
1982SEA-0.130.63.5.0950.10.51480
1983KC-0.76.21.6.0500.10.500

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
74 yearsDec 31, 1951
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1975
Birthplace
Purcell, OK
College
Oklahoma

What were Joe Simpson's career stats?

Joe Simpson played 9 seasons for the Dodgers, the Mariners and the Royals. He was a career .242 hitter with 338 hits, 9 home runs and 124 RBI. His best season was 1978: a .400 batting average, 0 home runs and 1 RBI.

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