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Wayne
Simpson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: December 2, 1949 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
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
1978 28 VAN JL $ 2,100,000   8 8 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1979 29 VAN JL $ 2,100,000   9 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 30 VAN JL $ 2,100,000   8 8 9 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 2,100,000   8 8 9 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000   9 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 31 VAN JL $ 2,100,000 83 14 16 15 10 9 10 14 14 14
1982 32 VAN JL $ 2,100,000 83 14 15 14 9 8 8 15 15 15
1983 33 BIR FL $ 2,000,000 83 13 15 14 9 8 8 15 15 15
1984 34 BIR FL $ 2,000,000 76 12 14 13 9 8 8 15 15 15
1985 35 BIR FL   63 12 14 13 8 7 8 13 13 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings   63 12 14 13 8 7 8 13 13 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000 83 14 16 15 10 9 10 15 15 15
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
1978 28 VAN JL $ 2,100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 29 VAN JL $ 2,100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 30 VAN JL $ 2,100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 2,100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 31 VAN JL $ 2,100,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
1982 32 VAN JL $ 2,100,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
1983 33 BIR FL $ 2,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
1984 34 BIR FL $ 2,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
1985 35 BIR FL     2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9
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
1978 28 VAN JL 12 13 .480 41 27 5 0 0 208.7 200 105 16 125 129 4.53 .253 .355 .376 .731 8.1
1979 29 VAN JL 13 11 .542 43 24 7 5 0 185.3 176 90 7 85 123 4.37 .251 .334 .352 .686 8.1
1980 30 VAN JL 8 12 .400 36 28 1 0 0 164.0 178 98 14 101 113 5.38 .277 .376 .382 .757 3.2
1981 31 VAN JL 11 12 .478 32 32 1 0 0 190.0 207 108 22 69 153 5.12 .277 .340 .421 .761 6.6
1982 32 VAN JL 5 9 .357 45 9 0 0 0 87.3 97 52 10 46 68 5.36 .287 .373 .435 .808 2.1
    AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 9.7 13 9 0 12 11 8.39 .310 .463 .476 .939  
1983 33 HON JL 1 1 .500 21 0 0 0 1 25.7 36 18 1 14 15 6.31 .327 .402 .473 .874 0.0
  BIR FL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 0 6 2 1.50 .238 .407 .333 .741 0.7
  TOT   1 1 .500 26 0 0 0 1 31.7 41 19 1 20 17 5.40 .313 .403 .450 .853 0.7
1984 34 BIR FL 3 4 .429 17 0 0 0 1 20.7 16 6 1 10 12 2.61 .208 .295 .273 .568 2.5
    AAA   2 1 .667 38 0 0 0 7 36.0 21 7 1 17 39 1.75 .171 .271 .220 .491  
1985 35 BIR FL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 5 0.00 .148 .148 .148 .296 1.3
8 Years Sim 53 62 .461 245 120 14 5 2 895.6 919 478 71 456 620 4.80 .266 .352 .386 .739 32.7
2 Years AAA 2 1 .667 43 0 0 0 7 45.7 34 16 1 29 50 3.15 .206 .325 .285 .610  
Season Average 6 7 .462 30 15 1 0 0 112.0 114 59 8 57 77 4.80 .266 .352 .386 .739  
Career Highs 13 13 .542 45 32 7 5 1 208.7 207 108 22 125 153 5.40 .313 .403 .450 .853  
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   450 239 36 245 323   .256 .347 .372 .720
vs LH   469 239 35 211 297   .276 .356 .401 .757
Home 28 34 .452 129 62 8 3 2 475.0 469 237 34 238 326 4.49 .259 .345 .368 .713
Away 25 28 .472 116 58 6 2 0 420.6 450 241 37 218 294 5.16 .274 .359 .407 .766
Mar/Apr 6 8 .429 44 15 0 0 1 136.3 125 48 11 57 112 3.17 .243 .318 .365 .683
May 5 10 .333 37 19 2 0 0 135.6 150 83 15 72 92 5.51 .281 .367 .430 .797
June 16 8 .667 37 22 3 2 0 161.0 153 79 12 78 113 4.42 .246 .330 .371 .700
July 7 13 .350 50 20 2 0 0 141.0 182 100 11 76 100 6.38 .318 .398 .421 .819
August 10 12 .455 41 22 4 2 0 171.7 166 85 7 86 113 4.46 .259 .346 .346 .692
Sep/Oct 9 11 .450 36 22 3 1 1 150.0 143 83 15 87 90 4.98 .251 .350 .393 .743
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
1978 28 VAN JL 41 72 2 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 22 .153 .176 .181 .356 0.9 0.0
1979 29 VAN JL 43 56 5 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 18 .107 .150 .107 .257 0.0 0.0
1980 30 VAN JL 36 48 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 17 .083 .137 .083 .221 -0.8 0.0
1981 31 VAN JL 32 68 4 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 27 .147 .147 .176 .324 0.3 0.0
1982 32 VAN JL 45 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .158 .200 .158 .358 0.3 0.0
1983 33 HON JL 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
  BIR FL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1984 34 BIR FL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1985 35 BIR FL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
8 Years Sim 245 270 14 34 4 0 0 20 0 0 9 96 .126 .154 .141 .294 0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 178 9 22 2 0 0 13 0 0 5 63 .126 .154 .141 .294 0.1  
Career Highs 45 72 5 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 27 .158 .200 .181 .358 0.9  
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   184 11 24 2 0 0 13 0 0 4 72 .130 .148 .141 .289 -1.6
vs LH   86 3 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 24 .116 .165 .140 .304 -0.2
Home 117 129 5 15 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 49 .116 .129 .124 .253 -2.5
Away 114 141 9 19 3 0 0 12 0 0 7 47 .135 .176 .156 .332 0.8
RISP   73 0 15 2 0 0 20 0 0 3 23 .205 .234 .233 .467 3.4
Close/Late   14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
Mar/Apr 43 34 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .176 .222 .235 .458 1.4
May 29 41 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 11 .146 .167 .146 .313 0.0
June 27 53 2 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 22 .113 .143 .113 .256 -0.8
July 32 37 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .081 .081 .081 .162 -1.8
August 40 57 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .123 .167 .140 .307 -0.1
Sep/Oct 27 48 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 23 .125 .143 .146 .289 -0.5
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    
1978 28 VAN JL P 41 27 208.7 15 35 2 4 .962 2.16    
1979 29 VAN JL P 43 24 185.3 9 45 1 4 .982 2.62    
1980 30 VAN JL P 36 28 164.0 11 37 0 4 1.000 2.63    
1981 31 VAN JL P 32 32 190.0 5 39 0 1 1.000 2.08    
1982 32 VAN JL P 45 9 87.3 4 15 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1983 33 HON JL P 21 0 25.7 3 3 1 1 .857 2.10    
  BIR FL P 5 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  TOT   P 26 0 31.7 4 4 1 1 .889 2.27    
1984 34 BIR FL P 17 0 20.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.61    
1985 35 BIR FL P 5 0 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38    
Career Totals   245 120 895.6 51 181 4 14 .983 2.33    
Career Highs   45 32 208.7 15 45 2 4 1.000 3.38    
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
1978 28 VAN JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.7 3 3 1 7 4 7.38 .214 .476 .429 .905
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.7 3 3 1 7 4 7.38 .214 .476 .429 .905
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
1978 28 VAN JL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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.
Shutouts
1979-2-5
 Hits Allowed
1981-8-207
 Walks Allowed
1978-1-125
1980-1-101
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1981-9-7.2
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  1. Christian Perras (967)
  2. Raz Nugent (963)
  3. Brad Theide (959)
  4. Luther Zick (957)
  5. Lynn Eaves (956)
  6. John Thomas (955)
  7. Dave Magnusson (950)
  8. Richie Lake (948)
  9. John Bracken (944)
  10. Christian Spliemal (943)
History
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/2/1978 to a 5-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
Had first career hit on 4/3/1978, off Juan Verde (VAL)
Earned first career win on 4/26/1978
Won Player of the Week award on 8/6/1979, winning 2 games with a 0.98 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 9/3/1979, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Injured on 9/28/1980 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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