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Joe Jackson League
4-1-2062
Ward Simpson Third Base
Retired (1994, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .264 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .748 Status Deceased (2045) Option Years 0  
H 1689 Age at Death 89 Date of Birth 12-02-1956
HR 222 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1978)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(56 games)
RBI 937
SB 300
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt Control C-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 2
1B --- LF (18.9%) Arm B- WS Appearances 5
2B D- (4.3%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 6
3B A+ (100%) RF D- (4.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1982 3B STL 150 150 1341.0 456 88 341 27 17 -1 2.88 .941
1983 3B STL 114 114 1031.2 366 77 276 13 19 -7 3.08 .964
2B STL 27 27 242.0 146 56 87 3 15 -4 5.32 .979
1984 3B STL 123 123 1100.0 365 81 276 8 22 -1 2.92 .978
2B STL 9 9 83.0 48 18 28 2 4 +1 4.99 .958
1985 3B STL 143 143 1281.2 428 84 327 17 20 +9 2.89 .960
2B STL 7 7 62.0 32 13 19 0 4 +2 4.65 1.000
1986 3B STL 141 141 1253.1 429 113 293 23 15 -7 2.92 .946
2B STL 9 9 77.2 48 20 27 1 7 -2 5.45 .979
1987 3B STL 150 150 1333.2 428 97 306 25 17 -1 2.72 .942
1988 3B STL 150 150 1336.0 432 84 325 23 20 +3 2.76 .947
1989 1B STL-KC 101 101 904.0 936 905 27 4 65 -2 9.28 .996
3B STL-KC 48 48 429.0 149 31 114 4 9 +11 3.04 .973
1990 1B KC 148 148 1322.1 1377 1332 40 5 107 +14 9.34 .996
1991 1B KC 149 149 1334.2 1367 1334 30 3 92 +3 9.20 .998
1992 1B KC 149 149 1356.0 1381 1336 42 3 93 +5 9.15 .998
1993 1B KC 27 24 213.0 234 228 4 2 23 -1 9.80 .991
2B KC 22 22 194.1 127 48 73 6 12 -8 5.60 .953
LF KC 14 14 118.0 25 24 0 1 0 -2 1.83 .960
CF KC 12 12 115.2 26 25 0 1 0 0 1.95 .962
RF KC 9 9 79.0 23 21 0 2 0 0 2.39 .913
SS KC 5 5 43.0 24 8 13 3 4 -2 4.40 .875
C KC 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1994 1B KC 2 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 1 0 10.00 1.000
LF KC 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
3B KC 4 0 8.1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 1.08 1.000
Pos Total 3B 1023 1019 9114.2 3054 655 2259 140 139 +5 2.88 .954
1B 576 572 5139.0 5305 5145 143 17 381 +19 9.26 .997
2B 74 74 659.0 401 155 234 12 42 -11 5.31 .970
LF 15 15 127.0 26 25 0 1 0 -2 1.77 .962
CF 12 12 115.2 26 25 0 1 0 0 1.95 .962
RF 9 9 79.0 23 21 0 2 0 0 2.39 .913
SS 5 5 43.0 24 8 13 3 4 -2 4.40 .875
C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
Total 1715 1706 15278.1 8860 6035 2649 176 566 0 0 0 NaN% +9 5.12 .980
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1994-11-01Ward Simpson has retired from the Kansas City Monarchs
1990-05-12Ward Simpson of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
1989-05-30A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Monarchs and the St. Louis Red Sox. The St. Louis Red Sox receive Danny Gramly, Dwight Rose, Al Quirico, Draft Pick 1990 Round 1 KC (Jeff Musselman) from the Kansas City Monarchs in exchange for Nick O. Time, Ward Simpson, Brian Ross, Benny Mulligan.
1989-05-24The St. Louis Red Sox have placed Ward Simpson on the trade block.
1984-05-30Ward Simpson of the St. Louis Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1983-09-04Ward Simpson of the St. Louis Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1982-03-01The St. Louis Red Sox have promoted Ward Simpson to the major league team.
1978-07-13A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Red Sox and the Brooklyn Blues. The Brooklyn Blues receive Will Wynn from the St. Louis Red Sox in exchange for Ward Simpson.