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Vernon
Simpson		  
Nickname: Homer
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 2, 1939 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award 1974    1975   
All-Star Selections 1974    1975    1976   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 34 MON FL $ 10,500,000   9 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 9 8
1974 35 MON FL $ 10,500,000   9 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 9 8
1975 36 SLC FL $ 10,000,001   9 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 9 9
1976 37 SLC FL $ 10,000,001   7 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8
1977 38 VAN JL $ 6,000,000   7 8 6 7 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7
1978 39 VAN JL $ 6,000,000   7 8 6 7 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 6,000,000   7 8 6 7 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 10,500,000   9 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 34 MON FL $ 10,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1974 35 MON FL $ 10,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1975 36 SLC FL $ 10,000,001 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1976 37 SLC FL $ 10,000,001 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 38 VAN JL $ 6,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 39 VAN JL $ 6,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 6,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 10,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 34 MON FL 15 3 .833 32 32 1 1 0 223.0 159 70 27 75 216 2.83 .197 .266 .331 .597 20.4
1974 35 MON FL 22 7 .759 34 34 9 3 0 277.3 182 77 17 90 242 2.50 .187 .261 .294 .554 29.0
1975 36 SLC FL 27 2 .931 33 33 14 8 0 272.3 137 40 17 90 258 1.32 .150 .233 .240 .474 38.0
1976 37 SLC FL 20 8 .714 36 36 9 1 0 283.3 213 95 32 98 244 3.02 .209 .279 .352 .632 19.4
1977 38 VAN JL 16 11 .593 34 34 10 0 0 257.0 235 104 24 99 195 3.64 .243 .315 .377 .691 13.7
1978 39 VAN JL 17 13 .567 36 36 8 3 0 262.7 229 106 30 99 211 3.63 .236 .307 .384 .691 15.9
6 Years Sim 117 44 .727 205 205 51 16 0 1575.7 1155 492 147 551 1366 2.81 .205 .278 .331 .608 136.5
Season Average 19 7 .731 34 34 8 2 0 262.6 192 82 24 91 227 2.81 .205 .278 .331 .608  
Career Highs 27 13 .931 36 36 14 8 0 283.3 235 106 32 99 258 3.64 .243 .315 .384 .691  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   911 387 118 429 1095   .215 .287 .346 .633
vs LH   244 105 29 122 271   .174 .240 .284 .524
Home 60 21 .741 105 105 23 9 0 821.0 601 242 69 283 714 2.65 .204 .274 .323 .597
Away 57 23 .713 100 100 28 7 0 754.7 554 250 78 268 652 2.98 .205 .276 .339 .616
Mar/Apr 20 5 .800 31 31 10 5 0 233.6 164 69 19 74 192 2.66 .196 .262 .305 .567
May 22 6 .786 34 34 8 2 0 263.6 208 100 27 100 213 3.41 .222 .297 .362 .659
June 14 8 .636 31 31 7 1 0 230.0 173 81 22 77 217 3.17 .209 .276 .344 .620
July 24 8 .750 36 36 12 5 0 284.3 214 78 21 88 251 2.47 .209 .271 .322 .593
August 22 6 .786 38 38 9 2 0 295.7 207 86 33 104 263 2.62 .195 .267 .330 .596
Sep/Oct 15 11 .577 35 35 10 2 0 268.3 189 78 25 108 230 2.62 .197 .279 .321 .600
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 34 MON FL 32 63 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 20 .063 .076 .095 .171 -1.5 0.0
1974 35 MON FL 34 106 3 7 3 1 0 4 0 0 6 44 .066 .116 .113 .229 -2.3 0.0
1975 36 SLC FL 33 100 4 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 43 .050 .078 .100 .178 -3.7 0.0
1976 37 SLC FL 36 104 8 8 3 1 0 4 0 0 6 35 .077 .127 .125 .252 -2.6 0.0
1977 38 VAN JL 34 92 4 8 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 41 .087 .106 .163 .269 -1.0 0.0
1978 39 VAN JL 36 87 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 37 .057 .109 .069 .178 -3.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 205 552 21 37 12 2 3 21 0 0 23 220 .067 .104 .112 .216 -14.2 0.0
162 Game Average 436 16 29 9 1 2 16 0 0 18 173 .067 .104 .112 .216 -11.2  
Career Highs 36 106 8 8 3 1 2 4 0 0 6 44 .087 .127 .163 .269 -1.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   378 17 23 8 1 3 14 0 0 16 159 .061 .098 .111 .210 -12.0
vs LH   174 4 14 4 1 0 7 0 0 7 61 .080 .116 .115 .231 -4.6
Home 105 279 10 21 10 1 2 15 0 0 8 107 .075 .100 .140 .240 -6.9
Away 100 273 11 16 2 1 1 6 0 0 15 113 .059 .108 .084 .192 -9.7
RISP   130 0 11 2 1 1 17 0 0 8 46 .085 .136 .138 .274 -1.3
Close/Late   53 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 .057 .057 .057 .113 -3.3
Mar/Apr 31 84 3 9 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 32 .107 .138 .167 .305 -0.6
May 34 97 6 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 47 .052 .107 .093 .200 -3.1
June 31 80 3 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 34 .063 .085 .100 .185 -3.3
July 36 98 4 4 1 1 1 6 0 0 5 37 .041 .087 .102 .189 -3.6
August 38 98 2 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 5 35 .092 .136 .143 .279 -1.0
Sep/Oct 35 95 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 35 .053 .071 .074 .145 -5.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1973 34 MON FL P 32 32 223.0 10 19 0 1 1.000 1.17    
1974 35 MON FL P 34 34 277.3 19 33 0 2 1.000 1.69    
1975 36 SLC FL P 33 33 272.3 14 33 2 2 .959 1.55    
1976 37 SLC FL P 36 36 283.3 17 27 0 2 1.000 1.40    
1977 38 VAN JL P 34 34 257.0 13 35 2 3 .960 1.68    
1978 39 VAN JL P 36 36 262.7 10 28 1 3 .974 1.30    
Career Totals   205 205 1575.7 83 175 5 13 .981 1.47    
Career Highs   36 36 283.3 19 35 2 3 1.000 1.69    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1973 34 MON FL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.3 5 0 0 5 15 0.00 .100 .182 .140 .322
1974 35 MON FL 0 2 .000 2 2 1 0 0 15.0 14 8 1 10 10 4.80 .259 .375 .444 .819
1975 36 SLC FL 1 3 .250 5 5 3 1 0 41.3 29 16 6 16 51 3.48 .200 .280 .386 .666
1976 37 SLC FL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 16.3 14 6 2 6 19 3.31 .222 .290 .444 .734
1977 38 VAN JL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 9 7 2 3 10 9.46 .321 .387 .643 1.030
1978 39 VAN JL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.3 9 9 2 8 9 8.68 .265 .405 .500 .905
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 9 .308 14 14 5 1 0 104.0 80 46 13 48 114 3.98 .214 .303 .401 .704
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 34 MON FL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1974 35 MON FL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
1975 36 SLC FL 5 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 37 SLC FL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1977 38 VAN JL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 39 VAN JL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 14 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1973-3-2.83
1974-1-2.50
1975-1-1.32
1976-9-3.02
CAR-7-2.81
 Wins
1973-9-15
1974-1-22
1975-1-27
1976-4-20
1977-9-16
1978-7-17
 Winning Pct
1973-1-.833
1974-4-.759
1975-1-.931
1976-4-.714
CAR-2-.727
 Games Started
1974-6-34
1976-4-36
1978-5-36
 Complete Games
1974-8-9
1975-4-14
1977-7-10
CAR-17-51
 Shutouts
1973-9-1
1974-2-3
1975-1-8
1978-8-3
CAR-10-16
Innings Pitched
1974-2-277.3
1975-4-272.3
1976-7-283.3
 Homeruns Allowed
1976-7-32
1978-5-30
 Strikeouts
1973-9-216
1974-6-242
1975-10-258
1976-10-244
 Walks Allowed
1976-5-98
1977-9-99
1978-6-99
 Hits per 9IP
1973-3-6.4
1974-2-5.9
1975-1-4.5
1976-4-6.8
CAR-3-6.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1973-9-8.7
WHiP
1973-4-1.05
1974-1-0.98
1975-1-0.83
CAR-15-1.08
 OAVG
1973-3-.197
1974-2-.187
1975-1-.150
1976-4-.209
CAR-3-.205
 OOBP
1973-3-.266
1974-1-.261
1975-2-.233
CAR-15-.278
 OSLG
1973-4-.331
1974-1-.294
1975-1-.240
1976-10-.352
CAR-8-.331
 OOPS
1973-1-.597
1974-1-.554
1975-1-.474
1976-10-.632
CAR-7-.608
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 100    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 46    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Felix Pan (873)
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  4. Ivan Aguilera (844)
  5. Damian Bedgood (841)
  6. Jeff Rosenrosen (828)
  7. Heath Rockefeller (828)
  8. Alonso Cruz (827)
  9. Andy Messersmith (822)
  10. Timothy Regina (819)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Eddie Harris (995)
  2. Larry Gorton (992)
  3. Randy Tomlin (990)
  4. Burke Eschette (990)
  5. Lank Bechard (990)
  6. Williamson Prushnok (989)
  7. Narciso Jarilla (989)
  8. John Mahar (987)
  9. Damon Rutherford (986)
  10. Samuel Smith (985)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Montreal in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1973, off Jim McGraw (BRK)
Earned first career win on 4/1/1973
Pitched NO-HITTER against Des Moines on 9/25/1973, striking out 3
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Golden Arm Award in 1974, going 22-7, 2.50 ERA
Won Frick League Pitcher of the Year Award in 1974
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/14/1975 to a 2-year deal worth $10,000,001 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1975, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1975, going 5-0, 0.62
Won Player of the Week award on 6/11/1975, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1975, going 4-0, 1.23
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1975, going 5-1, 1.06
Hit first career homerun on 8/3/1975, off Jose Abbey (DM)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1975, going 5-0, 0.87
Struck out 16 batters against Montreal on 10/1/1975
Won Golden Arm Award in 1975, going 27-2, 1.32 ERA
Won Frick League Pitcher of the Year Award in 1975
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/6/1977 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1978, winning 2 games with a 2.12 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1978, going 6-0, 1.95
 
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