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Wayne Simpson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: December 2, 1948 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (8th) of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Centennial HS (Compton, CA).

High School: Centennial HS (Compton, CA)

Debut: April 9, 1970 (Age 21-128d, 12,962nd in major league history)
vs. LAD 9.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 1977 (Age 28-301d)
vs. KCR 4.2 IP, 11 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Wayne Kirby Simpson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.0

ERA

4.37

122

107

636.0

353

WHIP

1.448

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-6 / in Starts: 20-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	4	Apr 9	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.19	29	15	10	1	1	2	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.630	1.91	0.70%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
2	2	10	Apr 14	CIN		SDP	W,6-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	9	0	0	0.56	1.83	27	6	5	0	1	4	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.282	2.20	0.34%	1.66	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a5
3	3	15	Apr 19	CIN		SFG	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	1	0	0	7	9	0	1	0.36	2.36	36	8	10	0	0	1	87			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	1	.89	0.378	2.07	0.53%	4.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
4	4	18	Apr 24	CIN	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-1)	4	6.0	3	3	1	1	3	1	0	0.58	2.73	23	6	10	1	3	3	60			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	2	.86	-0.022	1.83	-0.03%	0.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	23	May 1	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	GS-7	W(4-1)	6	6.2	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	1.43	3.14	31	8	9	0	5	8	42			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.166	2.19	0.22%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out a2
6	6	27	May 5	CIN		STL	W,5-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	0	1.35	3.30	32	13	8	1	1	3	79			1	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	1	.87	0.335	1.97	0.46%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	7	31	May 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6	GS-6		4	6.0	3	5	5	7	2	2	0	2.05	4.04	27	7	8	0	2	3	41			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.215	2.07	-0.29%	-1.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
8	8	37	May 17(2)	CIN		ATL	W,7-6	GS-7		6	7.0	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	2.11	4.18	27	11	7	0	2	4	59			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	.76	-0.012	2.25	-0.02%	0.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	9	42	May 23	CIN	@	HOU	W,14-3	GS-8	W(6-1)	5	8.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.26	4.04	31	11	9	0	2	5	60			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.078	1.43	-0.12%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out a11
10	10	47	May 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-4	GS-5		3	5.0	3	4	3	4	4	0	0	2.48	4.00	21	8	2	0	1	3	47			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.301	2.68	-0.44%	-1.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	51	Jun 2	CIN		PHI	W,7-2	CG(8)	W(7-1)	5	7.1	6	2	2	2	6	0	1	2.48	3.84	31	8	8	0	2	6	62			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.167	2.60	0.21%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a5
12	12	55	Jun 7	CIN		NYM	W,10-2	CG	W(8-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	4	4	1	0	2.43	3.91	34	11	7	0	4	8	63			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	4	0	0	.64	0.119	1.24	0.14%	2.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
13	13	59	Jun 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(9-1)	4	9.0	8	1	0	5	11	0	0	2.20	3.72	38	8	6	3	1	8	75			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.585	3.10	0.60%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	14	63	Jun 17	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	4	6	1	0	2.34	3.78	28	4	7	1	2	7	48			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.138	2.00	-0.12%	0.02	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
15	15	67	Jun 21(2)	CIN		LAD	W,9-3	CG	W(10-1)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	0	2.39	3.60	36	9	10	0	3	7	67			0	0	0	33	5	0	0	0	1	0	.75	0.161	1.84	0.24%	1.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	16	71	Jun 26	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-9	W(11-1)	4	8.0	4	2	2	5	8	1	0	2.38	3.64	34	10	7	0	4	4	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.63	0.011	2.40	0.01%	1.49	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	17	75	Jul 1	CIN		ATL	W,9-2	CG	W(12-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	1	1	0	2.35	3.72	35	13	12	1	3	6	65			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.344	.99	0.29%	2.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
18	18	80	Jul 5	CIN		HOU	W,3-1	CG	W(13-1)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.27	3.59	33	12	8	0	2	4	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.490	1.06	0.32%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	19	84	Jul 9	CIN		SDP	L,9-10	GS-3		3	2.2	6	9	4	3	2	2	1	2.48	3.82	20	4	4	0	1	6	19			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	2	.85	-0.460	1.01	-0.33%	-6.22	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d6
20	20	88	Jul 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-5	GS-6		2	5.2	7	5	5	2	3	1	2	2.69	3.90	28	9	5	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.357	1.21	-0.24%	-2.34	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d1
21	21	90	Jul 17	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(13-2)	4	8.0	7	4	4	3	2	2	0	2.78	4.03	32	13	7	1	2	7	51			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	2	1	0	1.09	-0.185	.94	-0.10%	-0.10	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
22	22	95	Jul 21	CIN	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-5		3	5.0	6	4	4	4	5	0	0	2.92	4.00	25	5	5	0	2	6	40			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.207	.77	-0.07%	-1.43	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
23	23	100	Jul 26	CIN		STL	W,12-5	GS-8	W(14-2)	4	7.1	6	5	3	1	8	0	1	2.95	3.88	31	9	6	0	1	6	57			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	1	.17	0.123	.06	0.02%	-0.77	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out a7
24	24	105	Jul 31(1)	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	GS-3	L(14-3)	4	3.0	4	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.06	3.91	16	4	2	0	1	4	37			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.27	-0.155	.48	-0.04%	-1.43	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	25	120	Aug 14	CIN		PHI	L,4-5	GS-3		13	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.01	3.89	11	5	2	1	1	2	56			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.157	.27	0.02%	1.57	1t start tie	3t 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	26	149	Sep 13	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS-3		29	2.1	1	3	1	4	3	0	1	3.02	3.93	14	2	3	0	1	1	46			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1b start a 3	3b 123 1 out a2
							20-6		W-L:14-3	3.9	176.0	125	73	59	81	119	15	9	3.02	3.93	730	1.24		3%	12%	125	58		---%	4	2	0	631	18	4	2	19	5	12	1.01	1.689	1.66	2.30%	17.85

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