Ralph Simpson

Ralph Derek Simpson
Born: August 10, 1949
Detroit, MI USA
Position: G-F
High School: Pershing / Southeastern
College: Michigan State
Drafted: 1972, Round 1 Pick 11, #11 Overall
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 200
Career: 1970-71-1979-80

Ralph Simpson averaged 16.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in his 705-game career with the Denver Nuggets, Denver Rockets, Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia 76ers. He began playing during the 1970-71 season and last took the court during the 1979-80 campaign.

Denver Rockets

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1970-71	Denver Rockets	81	0	1820	1108	460	60	17	285	215	125	106	231	168	0	0	186	152	1152
1971-72	Denver Rockets	84	0	3006	2000	920	22	3	568	457	171	227	398	258	0	0	266	244	2300
1972-73	Denver Rockets	81	0	2589	1670	732	24	5	556	421	140	231	371	222	127	0	283	241	1890
1973-74	Denver Rockets	75	0	2244	1395	597	24	2	276	208	113	213	326	191	103	12	196	190	1404
1974-75	Denver Nuggets	82	0	2863	1374	694	12	1	402	303	108	283	391	442	166	19	314	214	1692
1975-76	Denver Nuggets	84	0	3121	1211	619	24	4	350	273	121	333	454	597	153	23	360	183	1515
1976-77	Detroit Pistons	77	0	1597	834	356	0	0	195	138	48	133	181	180	68	5	0	100	850
1977-78	Denver Nuggets	32	0	584	230	73	0	0	40	31	26	49	75	72	43	4	48	42	177
1977-78	Detroit Pistons	32	17	739	346	143	0	0	64	54	27	55	82	87	32	3	78	48	340
1978-79	New Jersey Nets	32	0	527	237	87	0	0	71	48	19	42	61	68	12	4	53	30	222
1978-79	Philadelphia 76ers	37	0	452	196	87	0	0	40	28	16	19	35	58	25	1	47	27	202
1979-80	New Jersey Nets	8	0	81	47	18	2	0	10	5	6	5	11	14	9	0	12	3	41
Totals		705	17	19623	10648	4786	168	32	2857	2181	920	1696	2616	2357	738	71	1843	1474	11785

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1970-71	Denver Rockets	81	0	22.5	41.5	28.3	75.4	1.5	1.3	2.9	2.1	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.9	14.2
1971-72	Denver Rockets	84	0	35.8	46.0	13.6	80.5	2.0	2.7	4.7	3.1	0.0	0.0	3.2	2.9	27.4
1972-73	Denver Rockets	81	0	32.0	43.8	20.8	75.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.7	1.6	0.0	3.5	3.0	23.3
1973-74	Denver Rockets	75	0	29.9	42.8	8.3	75.4	1.5	2.8	4.3	2.5	1.4	0.2	2.6	2.5	18.7
1974-75	Denver Nuggets	82	0	34.9	50.5	8.3	75.4	1.3	3.5	4.8	5.4	2.0	0.2	3.8	2.6	20.6
1975-76	Denver Nuggets	84	0	37.2	51.1	16.7	78.0	1.4	4.0	5.4	7.1	1.8	0.3	4.3	2.2	18.0
1976-77	Detroit Pistons	77	0	20.7	42.7		70.8	0.6	1.7	2.4	2.3	0.9	0.1	0.0	1.3	11.0
1977-78	Denver Nuggets	32	0	18.3	31.7		77.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.3	1.3	0.1	1.5	1.3	5.5
1977-78	Detroit Pistons	32	17	23.1	41.3		84.4	0.8	1.7	2.6	2.7	1.0	0.1	2.4	1.5	10.6
1978-79	New Jersey Nets	32	0	16.5	36.7		67.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.7	0.9	6.9
1978-79	Philadelphia 76ers	37	0	12.2	44.4		70.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.6	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.7	5.5
1979-80	New Jersey Nets	8	0	10.1	38.3	0.0	50.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.8	1.1	0.0	1.5	0.4	5.1
Averages		705	17	27.8	44.9	19.0	76.3	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.3	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.1	16.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1971-72	Denver Rockets	7	291	162	70		0	57	47	0	0	32	24	0	0	18	21	187
1972-73	Denver Rockets	5	197	138	51		2	37	28	8	16	24	14	0	0	15	20	132
1974-75	Denver Nuggets	13	471	214	102		1	68	53	18	47	65	74	22	3	55	30	258
1975-76	Denver Nuggets	13	542	217	99		1	64	58	17	44	61	73	21	4	58	33	257
1976-77	Detroit Pistons	2	17	9	0		0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
1977-78	Denver Nuggets	13	225	95	43		0	23	16	5	14	19	38	4	2	21	20	102
1978-79	New Jersey Nets	2	10	5	2		0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4
Totals		55	1753	840	367	0	4	249	202	49	125	206	226	47	9	168	125	940

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1971-72	Denver Rockets	7	41.6	43.2	82.5	0.0	0.0	4.6	3.4	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.0	26.7
1972-73	Denver Rockets	5	39.4	37.0	75.7	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.8	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	26.4
1974-75	Denver Nuggets	13	36.2	47.7	77.9	1.4	3.6	5.0	5.7	1.7	0.2	4.2	2.3	19.8
1975-76	Denver Nuggets	13	41.7	45.6	90.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.6	1.6	0.3	4.5	2.5	19.8
1976-77	Detroit Pistons	2	8.5	0.0		0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
1977-78	Denver Nuggets	13	17.3	45.3	69.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.9	0.3	0.2	1.6	1.5	7.8
1978-79	New Jersey Nets	2	5.0	40.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0
Averages		705	31.9	43.7	81.1	0.9	2.3	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.2	3.1	2.3	17.1

Awards

1971 - ABA All-ABA Second Team
1972 - ABA All-ABA Second Team
1975 - ABA All-ABA First Team