How Joe Simpson's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Joe Simpson posted a career Equivalent Average of .641, below the league average of .748 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1978, posting .800, near the league average of .734 that year. The lowest point came in 1976 at .328, well below the league average of .707 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .611 in 1981 to .669 in 1982 and .510 in 1983. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 9 seasons.

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Joe Simpson Equivalent Average Per Season

Joe Simpson's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Simpson Equivalent Average per season line chart

Joe Simpson Equivalent Average by Team

Joe Simpson's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Simpson career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Joe Simpson Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Simpson's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Joe Simpson Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Simpson Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Simpson's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Joe Simpson Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Simpson Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Simpson's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Joe Simpson Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table