Herb Simpson

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{for|the character on The Simpsons|Herb Simpson (The Simpsons)}}

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| name = Herb Simpson

| image = Herb Simpson Baseball.jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|8|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Hahnville, Louisiana

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|1|7|1920|8|29|mf=y}}

| death_place = New Orleans, Louisiana

| bats = Left

| throws = Left

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1946

| debutteam = Seattle Steelheads

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1954

| finalteam = Albuquerque Dukes

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| teams =

• Seattle Steelheads (1946)
• Spokane Indians (1952)
• Albuquerque Dukes (1952–1954)

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Herbert Harold Simpson (August 29, 1920 – January 7, 2015) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played for the Seattle Steelheads in the West Coast Negro Baseball League. He also played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Chicago American Giants. In the Minor Leagues, he played for the Spokane Indians and the Albuquerque Dukes.{{Cite web | url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/106037126/negro-leaguer-herb-simpson-passes-away | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110043810/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/106037126/negro-leaguer-herb-simpson-passes-away | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 10, 2015 |title=Negro Leaguer Herb Simpson passes away |work=MLB.com |date=January 9, 2015 |accessdate=January 9, 2015}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.wwltv.com/story/sports/2015/01/09/herb-simpson-pioneering-black-baseball-player--no-native-dies-at-94/21512381/ |title=Herb Simpson, pioneering black baseball player & La. native, dies at 94 |publisher=wwltv.com |date=January 9, 2015 |accessdate=January 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512191826/http://www.wwltv.com/story/sports/2015/01/09/herb-simpson-pioneering-black-baseball-player--no-native-dies-at-94/21512381/ |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Simpson died in January 2015 in New Orleans. He was 94.