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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	STL		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	STL		PIT	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	STL		PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 15	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	STL		PHI	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	STL	@	PIT	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	9 (1)	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	10	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
10	11	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	L,12-16	CG	51	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	12	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	13	Apr 25	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	14	Apr 26	STL	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	16 (1)	Apr 28	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	17	Apr 29	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19 (1)	May 2	STL		HOU	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	20	May 3	STL		HOU	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
18	22 (1)	May 5	STL		SFG	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	23	May 6	STL		SFG	W,10-7	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	25 (1)	May 9	STL		LAD	W,15-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	26	May 10	STL		LAD	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
22	28 (1)	May 13	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	29	May 14	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	30	May 15	STL	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
25	32 (1)	May 17	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
26	33	May 18	STL	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
27	34	May 19	STL	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
28	35	May 20	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	36	May 21	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
30	37	May 23	STL		SDP	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
31	39 (1)	May 25	STL		SDP	L,5-11	GS	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF C
32	40	May 26	STL		NYM	W,8-5	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	41	May 27	STL		NYM	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	42	May 28	STL		NYM	L,5-6	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF C
35	43	May 30	STL		MON	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	45 (1)	Jun 1	STL		MON	L,6-7	CG	51	12.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
37	46	Jun 3	STL	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	47	Jun 4	STL	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	48	Jun 5	STL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	49	Jun 6	STL	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
41	50	Jun 7	STL	@	MON	L,1-2	GF	15	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
42	51	Jun 8 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
43	52	Jun 8 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	53	Jun 9	STL	@	ATL	W,8-5	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
45	54	Jun 10	STL	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	55	Jun 11	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	56	Jun 13	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
48	57	Jun 14	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	59 (1)	Jun 16	STL		ATL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	60	Jun 17	STL		ATL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
51	61	Jun 18	STL	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	62	Jun 19	STL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	63	Jun 20	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	65 (1)	Jun 22	STL	@	CIN	W,12-2	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	66	Jun 23	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
56	67	Jun 24	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
57	68	Jun 25	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	69	Jun 27	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
59	70	Jun 28 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
60	72 (1)	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
61	73	Jun 30	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	74	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
63	75	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	44	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
64	76	Jul 3 (1)	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	78 (1)	Jul 4	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	79	Jul 5	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
67	80	Jul 6	STL		PHI	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
68	81	Jul 10	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	82	Jul 11	STL	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
70	83	Jul 12	STL	@	NYM	W,8-6	CG	51	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
71	84	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	86 (1)	Jul 15	STL		SDP	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
73	87	Jul 16	STL		SDP	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	88	Jul 17	STL		SDP	W,15-3	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	89	Jul 18	STL		SFG	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	90	Jul 19	STL		SFG	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
77	91	Jul 20	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	92	Jul 21	STL		LAD	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
79	93	Jul 22	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	94	Jul 23	STL		LAD	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	95	Jul 25	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
82	96	Jul 26	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
83	97	Jul 27	STL	@	SDP	L,2-5	GS	26	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
84	98	Jul 29	STL	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	99	Jul 30	STL	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	100	Jul 31	STL	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	101	Aug 1	STL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
88	102	Aug 2	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
89	104 (1)	Aug 6	STL	@	PHI	W,14-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
90	105	Aug 7	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	106	Aug 8	STL		NYM	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
92	107	Aug 9	STL		NYM	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	109 (1)	Aug 11	STL		MON	W,16-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	110	Aug 12	STL		MON	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
95	111	Aug 13	STL		MON	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
96	112	Aug 14	STL		CHC	W,10-9	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	113	Aug 15	STL		CHC	L,4-5	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
98	114	Aug 16	STL		CHC	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
99	116 (1)	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
100	117	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
101	118	Aug 20	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	50	11.2	9	1	0	10	1	C
102	119	Aug 22	STL	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	120	Aug 23	STL	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	44	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
104	121	Aug 24	STL	@	ATL	L,5-10	GS	33	6.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
105	122	Aug 25	STL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
106	123	Aug 26	STL		HOU	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
107	126 (2)	Aug 29	STL		ATL	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
108	127	Aug 30	STL		ATL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	129 (1)	Sep 1	STL		CIN	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
110	130	Sep 2	STL		CIN	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
111	131	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
112	132	Sep 5	STL	@	HOU	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
113	133	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	HOU	L,5-9	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
114	135 (1)	Sep 7	STL	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	136	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	2	6	1	C
116	137	Sep 9	STL		CHC	W,6-4	GF	27	6.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
117	138	Sep 10	STL		PIT	L,6-7	GS	19	3.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
118	139	Sep 11	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
119	140	Sep 12 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
120	141	Sep 12 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH C
121	142	Sep 13	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
122	144 (1)	Sep 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	147 (2)	Sep 19	STL		MON	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
124	149 (1)	Sep 21	STL		MON	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
125	150	Sep 22	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
126	151	Sep 23	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
127	152	Sep 24	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
128	153	Sep 25	STL	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
129	154	Sep 26	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
130	157 (2)	Sep 29	STL	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	36	8.2	6	3	0	9	0	C
131	158	Sep 30	STL	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
132	159	Oct 1	STL	@	MON	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							134gm		1105.0	528	71	10	609	12