Dick Simpson Trades and Transactions

The Dick Simpson trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Dick Simpson has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Dick Simpson

Dick Simpson Autograph on a 1967 Topps (#6)

Dick Simpson Autograph on a 1967 Topps (#6)
 

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Birth Name:   Richard Charles Simpson
Nickname:   Dick
Born On:   07-28-1943  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Washington, D.C.
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Venice High School (Culver City, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   176
First Game:   09-21-1962 (Age 19)
Last Game:   08-27-1969
Draft:   Not Applicable
Dick Simpson

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1961: Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Angels.
12-02-1965: Traded by California Angels to Baltimore Orioles for Norm Siebern.
12-09-1965: Traded by Baltimore Orioles (with Milt Pappas and Jack Baldschun) to Cincinnati Reds for Frank Robinson.
01-11-1968: Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals for Alex Johnson.
06-15-1968: Traded by St. Louis Cardinals (with Hal Gilson) to Houston Astros for Ron Davis.
12-04-1968: Traded by Houston Astros to New York Yankees for Dooley Womack.
05-19-1969: Traded by New York Yankees to Seattle Pilots for Jose Vidal.
12-12-1969: Traded by Milwaukee Brewers (with Steve Whitaker) to San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bolin.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Dick Simpson trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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