Wayne Simpson
Cincinnati Reds 1970–1972; Kansas City Royals 1973; Philadelphia Phillies 1975; California Angels 1977
Percentile snapshot
1970 season — qualified pitchers
of 79 qualified 1970 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 27 | 70 | 64 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .108 | .094 | .201 | -58.3 | -45.2 | .097 | 3.4 |
| 1971 | 22 | 40 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .031 | .114 | .031 | .146 | -65.2 | -56.1 | .091 | -1.1 |
| 1972 | 24 | 49 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .082 | .083 | .165 | -69.6 | -51.5 | .081 | -0.5 |
| 1973 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.6 |
| 1975 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 48.3 | 45.2 | .265 | 0.5 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.4 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 125 | 59 | 81 | 119 | 15 | 176.0 | 3.02 | 1.170 | 6.09 | 4.14 | 102.4 | 133.9 | 3.4 |
| 1971 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 62 | 77 | 61 | 9 | 117.3 | 4.76 | 1.560 | 4.68 | 4.55 | 134.5 | 71.1 | -1.1 |
| 1972 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 60 | 49 | 70 | 17 | 130.3 | 4.14 | 1.327 | 4.83 | 4.32 | 132.5 | 78.7 | -0.5 |
| 1973 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 38 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 59.7 | 5.73 | 1.693 | 4.37 | 3.64 | 90.9 | 69.8 | -0.6 |
| 1975 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 30.7 | 3.23 | 1.370 | 5.58 | 2.98 | 79.7 | 115.7 | 0.5 |
| 1977 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 79 | 62 | 55 | 14 | 122.0 | 5.83 | 1.770 | 4.06 | 5.03 | 128.0 | 67.4 | -1.4 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-07-01 | ATL @ CIN Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972-07-22 | CIN @ PIT Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970-05-23 | CIN @ HOU Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970-04-09 | CIN @ LAD Gameday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970-06-26 | CIN @ HOU Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-06-12 | CIN @ PHI Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 1970-04-19 | SF @ CIN Gameday | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| 1970-04-14 | SD @ CIN Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 1970-06-21 | LAD @ CIN Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1970-06-26 | CIN @ HOU Gameday | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.