Ted Simmons

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 193lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: August 9, 1949 in Highland Park, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (10th) of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southfield HS (Southfield, MI).

High School: Southfield HS (Southfield, MI)

Schools: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

Debut: September 21, 1968 (Age 19-043d, 12,761st in major league history)
vs. LAD 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1988 (Age 39-054d)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2020. (Voted by Modern Baseball Era Committee on 13/16 ballots)
View Ted Simmons's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Himself • Previously: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Ted Lyle Simmons

Nicknames: Simba

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.4

8680

2472

248

.285

1074

RBI

1389

OBP

.348

SLG

.437

OPS

.785

OPS+

118

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	STL	@	CHC	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	STL		SFG	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
4	4	Apr 11 (1)	STL		SFG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 11 (2)	STL		SFG	L,2-7	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
6	6	Apr 12	STL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
7	7	Apr 13	STL		HOU	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	STL	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	STL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 16	STL	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
11	11	Apr 17	STL	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	12	Apr 18	STL	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	13	Apr 19	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
14	14	Apr 20	STL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	15	Apr 21	STL	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
16	16	Apr 22	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	17	Apr 23	STL		PHI	L,6-8	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
18	20 (2)	Apr 26	STL		NYM	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	21	Apr 27	STL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	22	Apr 28	STL		NYM	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	23	Apr 29	STL		NYM	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	24	Apr 30	STL		MON	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	25	May 1	STL		MON	T,2-2	CG	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	26	May 2	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	27	May 3	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	28	May 4	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
27	29	May 5	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	30	May 7	STL	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
29	31	May 9	STL	@	NYM	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	32	May 10	STL	@	MON	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
31	33	May 11	STL	@	MON	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	34	May 14	STL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
33	35	May 15	STL	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	36	May 16	STL	@	HOU	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
35	37	May 18	STL		LAD	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
36	38	May 19	STL		LAD	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
37	39	May 20	STL		LAD	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	43 (3)	May 24	STL		SDP	L,3-12	GF	21	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
39	44	May 25	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
40	47 (2)	May 28	STL		ATL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
41	48	May 29	STL		ATL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
42	49	May 30	STL		ATL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	50	May 31	STL		ATL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	51	Jun 1	STL	@	PIT	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
45	52	Jun 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	6	1	2	9	0	C
46	53	Jun 3	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
47	54	Jun 4	STL	@	CIN	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	55	Jun 5	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	57 (1)	Jun 7	STL	@	ATL	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	58	Jun 8	STL	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	44	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	59	Jun 9	STL	@	ATL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
52	60	Jun 10	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
53	61	Jun 11	STL		PIT	L,4-11	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
54	63 (1)	Jun 13	STL		PIT	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
55	64	Jun 14	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
56	67 (2)	Jun 17	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	49	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	68	Jun 18	STL	@	CHC	L,5-15	CG	51	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	83 (14)	Jul 4	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
59	84	Jul 5	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	5	3	0	8	1	C
60	85	Jul 7	STL	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	86	Jul 9 (1)	STL		HOU	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
62	87	Jul 9 (2)	STL		HOU	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	88	Jul 10	STL		HOU	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	89	Jul 11	STL		HOU	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
65	90	Jul 15 (1)	STL		MON	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	91	Jul 15 (2)	STL		MON	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
67	92	Jul 16	STL		MON	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	93	Jul 17	STL		MON	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	94	Jul 18	STL		NYM	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
70	95	Jul 19	STL		NYM	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	96	Jul 20	STL		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	97	Jul 21	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
73	98	Jul 22	STL		PHI	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	99	Jul 23	STL	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	100	Jul 24 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,8-7	CG	63	14.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
76	102 (1)	Jul 25	STL	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	103	Jul 26	STL	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	104	Jul 27	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
79	106 (1)	Jul 29	STL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	108 (1)	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	63	15.2	10	1	0	11	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	109	Aug 1 susp	STL	@	PHI	W,9-6	GF	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
82	110	Aug 2	STL		SDP	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
83	111	Aug 3	STL		SDP	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	112	Aug 4	STL		SFG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
85	113	Aug 5	STL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	114	Aug 6	STL		SFG	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	115	Aug 7	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
88	116	Aug 8	STL		LAD	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	117	Aug 9	STL		LAD	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	118	Aug 10	STL		ATL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	119	Aug 11	STL		ATL	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
92	120	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
93	121	Aug 13	STL	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	122	Aug 14	STL	@	PIT	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	123	Aug 15	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
96	124	Aug 16	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	125	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	126	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
99	127	Aug 20	STL	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	52	11.2	4	2	0	6	0	C
100	128	Aug 21	STL	@	ATL	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
101	129	Aug 22	STL	@	ATL	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	130	Aug 23	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	131	Aug 24	STL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
104	132	Aug 25	STL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
105	133	Aug 27	STL		CIN	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
106	134	Aug 28	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
107	136 (1)	Aug 30	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
108	137	Aug 31	STL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	138	Sep 1	STL		NYM	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
110	139	Sep 3	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
111	140	Sep 4	STL		CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
112	141	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
113	142	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
114	143	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	144	Sep 7	STL	@	PHI	W,7-5	GF	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
116	145	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	49	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
117	146	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
118	147	Sep 12	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
119	148	Sep 13	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	53	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
120	149	Sep 14	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
121	150	Sep 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
122	151	Sep 16	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
123	152	Sep 17	STL	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
124	153	Sep 18	STL	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
125	154	Sep 19	STL	@	MON	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
126	155	Sep 21	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
127	156	Sep 22	STL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
128	157	Sep 23	STL		PIT	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
129	158	Sep 24	STL		MON	W,10-6	CG	49	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
130	162 (3)	Sep 28	STL	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							130gm		1145.0	747	52	9	808	11