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Ty Cobb League 8-18-2086 |
| Hank "The Heavy" Simpson |  Relief PitcherRetired (1970, Age 38) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| ERA | 3.87 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | R/R | |
| W-L | 60-53 | Status | Deceased (2013) | Option Years | 0
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| 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) |
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| IP | 1052.2 | |||||
| WHIP | 1.39 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control | |||||||
| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | --- | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 2 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
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| Year | Type | OS Age | Chances
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Active | GS | Injured | Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Majors | 26 | 0.00 | 1 / 3 | 4 / 28 | 3 / 20 | 8 / 51 | |||
| 1959 | Majors | 27 | 0.00 | 0 / 0 | 4 / 14 | 1 / 19 | 5 / 33 | |||
| 1960 | Majors | 28 | 0.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 16 | 1 / 20 | 2 / 37 | |||
| 1961 | Majors | 29 | 0.00 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 9 | 1 / 16 | |||
| 1962 | Majors | 30 | 0.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 13 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 21 | |||
| 1963 | Majors | 31 | 0.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 20 | |||
| 1964 | Majors | 32 | 0.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 21 | |||
| 1965 | Majors | 33 | 0.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 19 | |||
| 1966 | Majors | 34 | 0.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 16 | |||
| 1967 | Majors | 35 | 0.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 16 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 24 | |||
| 1968 | Majors | 36 | 0.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 13 | |||
| 1969 | Majors | 37 | 0.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 8 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 15 | |||
| 1970 | Minors | 38 | 7.00 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 8 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 9 | 10 / 143 | 6 / 142 | 17 / 294 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1970-11-01 | Hank "The Heavy" Simpson has retired from the St. Louis Gateway Archers |
| 1969-10-23 | The Chicago Pale Hose have acquired Hank "The Heavy" Simpson from the waiver wire. |
| 1969-10-03 | The St. Louis Gateway Archers have designated Hank "The Heavy" Simpson for assignment. |
| 1965-04-16 | The St. Louis Gateway Archers have renamed "Heavy Rescue" Hank to Hank "The Heavy" Simpson. |
| 1962-04-06 | The 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. |
| 1962-04-05 | The 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. |
| 1962-04-05 | The 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. |
| 1962-04-04 | The 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. |
| 1962-04-01 | The St. Louis Gateway Archers have renamed Hank to "Heavy Rescue" Hank. |
| 1961-09-01 | The St. Louis Birds have promoted Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Shawn Hanson to the minors. |
| 1961-07-18 | The St. Louis Birds have promoted Rudy Hudson to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1958-07-18 | The St. Louis Birds have promoted Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Kuppie Salazar to the minors. |
| 1958-06-06 | The St. Louis Birds have promoted Kuppie Salazar to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1955-03-01 | The St. Louis Birds have promoted Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Darrell Schmidt to the minors. |
| 1954-09-29 | The St. Louis Birds have promoted Trace Martin to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1954-05-09 | The St. Louis Birds have promoted Hank to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Darrell Schmidt to the minors. |
| 1954-04-01 | The St. Louis Birds have acquired Hank from the waiver wire. The St. Louis Birds have waived Chris Blankenship. |
| 1954-04-01 | The Philadelphia Phillies have waived Hank. |
| 1953-10-03 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Petry to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1953-08-16 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Quinton Creelo to the minors. |
| 1953-07-08 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Keith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1953-06-21 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Mensor to the minors. |
| 1953-06-14 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Waylon to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1953-05-23 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Jon to the minors. |
| 1953-04-29 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Rick to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1953-04-15 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Tony to the minors. |
| 1953-04-11 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Art to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1952-08-29 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hiller to the minors. |
| 1952-08-24 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Keith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1952-05-18 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Hank to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Keith to the minors. |
| 1952-05-11 | The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Dewey O"Laskey to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Hank to the minors. |
| 1952-04-01 | The Philadelphia Tigers have renamed Hank Simpson to Hank. |
| 1951-09-02 | The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hank Simpson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hiller to the minors. |
| 1951-08-14 | The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hiller to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hank Simpson to the minors. |
| 1951-07-15 | The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hank Simpson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hoderlein to the minors. |
| 1951-06-04 | The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Johnny Frye to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hank Simpson to the minors. |
| 1951-06-01 | The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hank Simpson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Johns to the minors. |
| 1951-06-01 | The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Johns to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Hank Simpson to the minors. |
| 1951-06-01 | The Philadelphia Tigers have promoted Hank Simpson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Tigers have sent Johns to the minors. |
| 1951-06-01 | A 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. |
| 1951-04-20 | A 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. |
| 1951-03-01 | The Washington War Dogs have renamed Billy Veselic to Hank Simpson. |
| 1951-03-01 | The Washington War Dogs have acquired Billy Veselic from the waiver wire. The Washington War Dogs have waived Rip McMullin. |
| 1950-04-11 | The Milwaukee jagmen have promoted Al Pratt to the major league team. The Milwaukee jagmen have sent Billy Veselic to the minors. |
| 1950-04-09 | The Milwaukee jagmen have promoted Billy Veselic to the major league team. The Milwaukee jagmen have sent Vic Williams to the minors. |