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Ty Cobb League
8-11-2086
Hank "The Heavy" Simpson Relief Pitcher
Retired (1970, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 3.87 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 60-53 Status Deceased (2013) Option Years 0  
SV 279 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 09-27-1932
K 659 Drafted Round 39, Pick 619
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(7 games)
IP 1052.2
WHIP 1.39
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D- Endurance D-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity A-   Mentor Val A-
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range F  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1950 MIL
0
 0
1
0
0
0
0
 0
0.2
 2 1 1 0 0
1
3.00
13.50
1951 WAS-BAL-PHI
1
 4
28
0
0
0
4
 0
24.0
 32 23 22 0 15
10
1.96
8.25
1952 PHI
3
 3
70
0
0
0
23
 0
70.2
 89 47 45 3 40
30
1.83
5.73
1953 PHI
1
 3
39
0
0
0
5
 0
38.0
 51 32 32 1 17
19
1.79
7.58
1954 PHI-STL
1
 2
50
0
0
0
3
 0
54.0
 63 45 36 2 24
35
1.61
6.00
1955 STL
3
 5
73
0
0
0
1
 0
84.2
 88 54 51 2 41
55
1.52
5.42
1956 STL
8
 6
78
0
0
0
2
 0
91.2
 84 33 27 2 29
49
1.23
2.65
1957 STL
5
 1
67
0
0
0
11
 0
76.2
 83 34 28 0 25
50
1.41
3.29
1958 STL
2
 2
62
0
0
0
1
 0
81.2
 62 30 27 1 31
53
1.14
2.98
1959 STL
2
 3
50
0
0
0
38
 0
53.0
 54 24 19 2 21
55
1.42
3.23
1960 STL
2
 5
56
0
0
0
42
 0
60.0
 49 26 22 0 34
37
1.38
3.30
1961 STL
0
 0
27
0
0
0
24
 0
26.2
 20 7 6 0 12
18
1.20
2.03
1962 STL
6
 1
53
0
0
0
46
 0
56.2
 42 12 11 0 23
34
1.15
1.75
1963 STL
2
 6
53
0
0
0
35
 0
50.0
 60 27 26 2 18
39
1.56
4.68
1964 STL
3
 3
51
0
0
0
0
 0
57.0
 38 11 10 0 18
37
0.98
1.58
1965 STL
2
 1
48
0
0
0
8
 0
48.0
 38 15 15 1 15
28
1.10
2.81
1966 STL
7
 3
43
0
0
0
2
 0
41.1
 41 19 18 2 17
26
1.40
3.92
1967 STL
9
 1
54
0
0
0
0
 0
68.0
 62 34 33 0 24
43
1.26
4.37
1968 STL
0
 0
36
0
0
0
31
 0
32.2
 19 3 3 1 19
18
1.16
0.83
1969 STL-CHA
3
 4
42
0
0
0
3
 0
38.0
 45 22 21 1 15
22
1.58
4.97
2086
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
60
 53
981
0
0
0
279
 0
1052.2
 1022 499 453 20 438
659
1.39
3.87
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Hank "The Heavy" Simpson has retired from the St. Louis Gateway Archers
1969-10-23The Chicago Pale Hose have acquired Hank "The Heavy" Simpson from the waiver wire.
1969-10-03The St. Louis Gateway Archers have designated Hank "The Heavy" Simpson for assignment.
1965-04-16The St. Louis Gateway Archers have renamed "Heavy Rescue" Hank to Hank "The Heavy" Simpson.
1962-04-06The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Doug "Lumberjack" Boisclair to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted "Heavy Rescue" Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have sent Stan Beech to the minors. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have sent Burleigh Valdez to the minors.
1962-04-05The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Stan Beech to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Hensley Robbins to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have sent "Heavy Rescue" Hank to the minors. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have sent Doug "Lumberjack" Boisclair to the minors.
1962-04-05The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Doug "Lumberjack" Boisclair to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted "Heavy Rescue" Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have sent Stan Beech to the minors. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have sent Hensley Robbins to the minors.
1962-04-04The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Hensley Robbins to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Stan Beech to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have sent "Heavy Rescue" Hank to the minors. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have sent Doug "Lumberjack" Boisclair to the minors.
1962-04-01The St. Louis Gateway Archers have renamed Hank to "Heavy Rescue" Hank.
1961-09-01The St. Louis Birds have promoted Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Shawn Hanson to the minors.
1961-07-18The St. Louis Birds have promoted Rudy Hudson to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Hank to the minors.
1958-07-18The St. Louis Birds have promoted Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Kuppie Salazar to the minors.
1958-06-06The St. Louis Birds have promoted Kuppie Salazar to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Hank to the minors.
1955-03-01The St. Louis Birds have promoted Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Darrell Schmidt to the minors.
1954-09-29The St. Louis Birds have promoted Trace Martin to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Hank to the minors.
1954-05-09The St. Louis Birds have promoted Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Darrell Schmidt to the minors.
1954-04-01The St. Louis Birds have acquired Hank from the waiver wire. The St. Louis Birds have waived Chris Blankenship.
1954-04-01The Philadelphia Phillies have waived Hank.
1953-10-03The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Petry to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors.
1953-08-16The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Quinton Creelo to the minors.
1953-07-08The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Keith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors.
1953-06-21The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Mensor to the minors.
1953-06-14The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Waylon to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors.
1953-05-23The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Jon to the minors.
1953-04-29The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Rick to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors.
1953-04-15The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Tony to the minors.
1953-04-11The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Art to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors.
1952-08-29The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hiller to the minors.
1952-08-24The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Keith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors.
1952-05-18The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Keith to the minors.
1952-05-11The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Dewey O"Laskey to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors.
1952-04-01The Philadelphia Tigers have renamed Hank Simpson to Hank.
1951-09-02The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hank Simpson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hiller to the minors.
1951-08-14The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hiller to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hank Simpson to the minors.
1951-07-15The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hank Simpson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hoderlein to the minors.
1951-06-04The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Johnny Frye to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hank Simpson to the minors.
1951-06-01The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hank Simpson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Johns to the minors.
1951-06-01The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Johns to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hank Simpson to the minors.
1951-06-01The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hank Simpson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Johns to the minors.
1951-06-01A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Leviathan and the Philadelphia Tigers. The Philadelphia Tigers receive Waylaen Guidry, Ralph Callahan, Hank Simpson from the Baltimore Leviathan in exchange for Morris.
1951-04-20A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Leviathan and the Washington War Dogs. The Washington War Dogs receive Pedro Vinson from the Baltimore Leviathan in exchange for Hank Simpson.
1951-03-01The Washington War Dogs have renamed Billy Veselic to Hank Simpson.
1951-03-01The Washington War Dogs have acquired Billy Veselic from the waiver wire. The Washington War Dogs have waived Rip McMullin.
1950-04-11The Milwaukee jagmen have promoted Al Pratt to the major league team. The Milwaukee jagmen have sent Billy Veselic to the minors.
1950-04-09The Milwaukee jagmen have promoted Billy Veselic to the major league team. The Milwaukee jagmen have sent Vic Williams to the minors.