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Name	Team	Age
Ward Simpson	Retired (1994, Age 37)	Died (2045, Age 89)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5 (1978)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Joe Jackson League	0	13 years (56 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	B	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	C-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	12/2/1956
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	5	6
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)
C  (43.8 %)	D  (18.9 %)	D- (4.5 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1978

Minors

35.00

4 / 5

5 / 5

1 / 3

2 / 4

2 / 4

4 / 5

9 / 9

27 / 35

1979

Minors

52.00

1 / 3

5 / 10

2 / 6

3 / 4

5 / 9

4 / 8

4 / 12

24 / 52

1980

Minors

44.00

1 / 3

1 / 6

4 / 11

1 / 2

2 / 6

6 / 12

3 / 4

18 / 44

1981

Minors

47.00

5 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 4

3 / 11

2 / 4

1 / 7

3 / 8

14 / 47

1982

Majors

63.29

162

150

0

6 / 13

3 / 11

3 / 10

2 / 9

3 / 7

3 / 8

2 / 5

22 / 63

1983

Majors

66.24

156

141

6

3 / 5

2 / 8

2 / 12

0 / 9

2 / 8

3 / 14

0 / 10

12 / 66

1984

Majors

59.06

142

132

20

2 / 14

2 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 8

0 / 11

6 / 59

1985

Majors

65.15

162

150

0

1 / 6

1 / 8

1 / 10

0 / 8

1 / 13

0 / 9

0 / 11

4 / 65

1986

Majors

64.93

162

150

0

1 / 10

1 / 15

1 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 10

3 / 64

1987

Majors

65.33

162

150

0

1 / 12

0 / 8

1 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 12

2 / 11

4 / 65

1988

Majors

65.33

162

150

0

1 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 12

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 8

1 / 65

1989

Majors

61.63

162

149

0

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 14

3 / 8

5 / 61

1990

Majors

64.46

159

148

3

-3 / 6

-1 / 10

-4 / 11

-1 / 11

-6 / 6

1 / 9

0 / 11

-14 / 64

1991

Majors

65.33

162

149

0

-1 / 7

-3 / 6

-3 / 14

-2 / 10

0 / 8

-2 / 10

0 / 10

-11 / 65

1992

Majors

65.33

162

149

0

-4 / 6

-5 / 8

-2 / 7

-5 / 12

-10 / 8

-1 / 14

0 / 10

-27 / 65

1993

Majors

52.57

162

86

0

-4 / 9

-1 / 9

-4 / 3

-2 / 4

-3 / 8

-3 / 9

-1 / 10

-18 / 52

1994

Majors

21.29

162

2

0

-5 / 3

-3 / 2

-4 / 5

-2 / 1

-7 / 3

-4 / 2

-2 / 5

-27 / 21

Total

2077

1706

29

9 / 128

7 / 139

-2 / 131

1 / 127

-9 / 118

14 / 157

23 / 153

43 / 953

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1994-11-01	Ward Simpson has retired from the Kansas City Monarchs
1990-05-12	Ward Simpson of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
1989-05-30	A 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.
1989-05-24	The St. Louis Red Sox have placed Ward Simpson on the trade block.
1984-05-30	Ward Simpson of the St. Louis Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1983-09-04	Ward Simpson of the St. Louis Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1982-03-01	The St. Louis Red Sox have promoted Ward Simpson to the major league team.
1978-07-13	A 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.