American baseball player
Also known as Wayne Kirby Simpson
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Wayne Kirby Simpson was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1970 to 1975 and in 1977. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, and California Angels. Hank Aaron got his 3,000th career hit off Simpson.
6 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Cincinnati Reds | 27 | 64 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | .094 | .108 | .094 | .201 |
| 1971 | Cincinnati Reds | 22 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .031 | .114 | .031 | .146 |
| 1972 | Cincinnati Reds | 24 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .063 | .082 | .083 | .165 |
| 1973 | Kansas City Royals | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | Philadelphia Phillies | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 |
| 1977 | California Angels | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Career | 123 | 153 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 90 | .078 | .113 | .085 | .198 |
6 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Cincinnati Reds | 14 | 3 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 176.0 | 125 | 59 | 15 | 81 | 119 | 3.02 | 1.170 |
| 1971 | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 117.1 | 106 | 62 | 9 | 77 | 61 | 4.76 | 1.560 |
| 1972 | Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 130.1 | 124 | 60 | 17 | 49 | 70 | 4.14 | 1.327 |
| 1973 | Kansas City Royals | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 59.2 | 66 | 38 | 1 | 35 | 29 | 5.73 | 1.693 |
| 1975 | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 3.23 | 1.370 |
| 1977 | California Angels | 6 | 12 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 154 | 79 | 14 | 62 | 55 | 5.83 | 1.770 |
| Career | 36 | 31 | 122 | 107 | 13 | 2 | 636.0 | 606 | 309 | 57 | 315 | 353 | 4.37 | 1.448 |