Harry Simpson
1946–1959 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Pirates
1,014G
.268AVG
.334OBP
.403SLG
More career statistics
870H
76HR
434RBI
23SB
0.1IP
0K
27.00ERA
0GS
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,014 | 1,004 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,241 | 3,212 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 18 | 19 |
| Batting · Doubles | 119 | 111 |
| Batting · Hits | 870 | 861 |
| Batting · Home runs | 76 | 79 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,593 | 3,552 |
| Batting · Runs | 414 | 407 |
| Batting · RBI | 434 | 411 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 23 | 22 |
| Batting · Triples | 45 | 44 |
| Batting · Walks | 312 | 300 |
| Pitching · Games | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 1 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,014 | 3,593 | 3,241 | 414 | 870 | 119 | 45 | 76 | 434 | 312 | 429 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1,307 | .268 | .334 | .403 | .737 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 6.000 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1957-04-20 to 1957-05-07
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1957-06-12 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1952-07-01 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1948-08-22 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 521 | 1801 | 434 | 44 | 218 | 169 | 213 | .269 | .335 | .412 |
| Away | 483 | 1751 | 427 | 35 | 193 | 131 | 216 | .267 | .319 | .396 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 55 | 198 | 59 | 10 | 33 | 10 | 27 | .319 | .348 | .519 |
| May | 188 | 685 | 160 | 13 | 65 | 59 | 82 | .258 | .320 | .409 |
| June | 220 | 810 | 191 | 18 | 94 | 66 | 101 | .261 | .317 | .405 |
| July | 200 | 715 | 180 | 17 | 92 | 65 | 87 | .282 | .343 | .417 |
| August | 204 | 699 | 158 | 13 | 75 | 64 | 81 | .250 | .318 | .356 |
| September | 137 | 445 | 113 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 51 | .279 | .335 | .395 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 147 | 539 | 135 | 11 | 70 | 43 | 69 | .276 | .330 | .437 |
| detroit-tigers | 129 | 451 | 116 | 13 | 65 | 32 | 58 | .281 | .328 | .431 |
| boston-red-sox | 116 | 406 | 101 | 10 | 64 | 34 | 44 | .275 | .333 | .436 |
| chicago-white-sox | 116 | 443 | 95 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 58 | .239 | .316 | .337 |
| new-york-yankees | 113 | 397 | 78 | 12 | 46 | 38 | 68 | .222 | .292 | .355 |
| cleveland-guardians | 73 | 254 | 64 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 44 | .282 | .339 | .427 |
| baltimore-orioles | 73 | 260 | 78 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 39 | .322 | .365 | .475 |
| st-louis-browns | 49 | 166 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 19 | .224 | .325 | .308 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Philadelphia Stars | 40 | 118 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Stars | 30 | 99 | 26 | – | 4 | 2 | .263 | – | – |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Stars | 46 | 166 | 54 | 5 | 19 | 2 | .325 | – | – |
| 1951 |  Cleveland Guardians | 122 | 332 | 76 | 7 | 24 | 6 | .229 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians | 146 | 545 | 145 | 10 | 64 | 5 | .266 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians | 82 | 242 | 55 | 7 | 22 | – | .227 | – | – |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics | 115 | 397 | 119 | 5 | 52 | 3 | .300 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Kansas City Athletics | 141 | 543 | 159 | 21 | 105 | 2 | .293 | – | – |
| 1957 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 125 | 403 | 109 | 13 | 63 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1958 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 102 | 263 | 67 | 7 | 33 | – | .255 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates | 55 | 104 | 22 | 3 | 17 | – | .212 | – | – |