Bill Perkins vs. Harry Simpson — Career Comparison

Bill Perkins
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IICatcherAll-Star
Harry Simpson
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRight FielderAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill Perkins and Harry Simpson are closely matched on the surface stats. Harry Simpson posted stronger numbers in OPS (.740 vs .730) and home run production (76 career HR at a higher rate). Bill Perkins had the advantage in batting average (.279 vs .268). By the career numbers, Harry Simpson had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Bill Perkins and Harry Simpson

Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
526
162.76
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1012
169
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1939
600
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3593
600
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1754
542.75
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3241
541.22
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.751
0.751
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
489
151.32
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
870
145.28
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
364
112.64
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
105.2
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
21.35
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
19.87
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
8.97
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
7.51
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
27
8.35
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
12.69
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
125
38.68
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
40.08
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
241.19
74.63
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
436.59
72.91
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
697
215.68
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1307
218.26
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
630
194.95
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1193
199.22
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.334
0.334
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.73
0.73
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.673
0.673
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
241
74.57
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
414
69.13
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
285
88.19
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
72.47
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
499
154.41
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
772
128.92
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
267.93
82.91
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462.12
77.17
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.48
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
1.84
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
133
41.16
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
52.1
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.01
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.02
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
430
71.81
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149.15
149.15
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
8.36
8.36
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.23
10.23
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.73
0.73
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
13.31
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
3.01
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.31
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
1.84
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
69
11.52
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
6.19
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
3.84
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.01
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
20
6.19
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
6.85
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
56.1
56.1

Fielding Stats for Bill Perkins and Harry Simpson

Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
1.15
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
1.78
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.05
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
1.03
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
12263
27
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13805
27
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4087.2
9
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4601.2
9
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
4.93
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2975
5.82
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
0.72
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.31
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.18
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.12
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2650
5.83
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3195
6.25
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2567
5.65
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3135
6.13
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.87
96.87
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.12
98.12
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.908
4.908
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.445
3.445
Bill Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.59
91.59
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.69
57.69
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.11
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.36
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.07
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
0.5
Harry Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0