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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 12	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 14	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-9	GS	38	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	4	Apr 15	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 16	MIL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 18	MIL		CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	8 (1)	Apr 21	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
8	9	Apr 22	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	11 (1)	Apr 25	MIL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	12	Apr 26	MIL		KCR	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	13	Apr 27	MIL		TOR	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
12	14	Apr 28	MIL		TOR	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
13	16 (1)	Apr 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	17	May 1	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	18	May 2	MIL	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	20 (1)	May 4	MIL	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	21	May 5	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
18	22	May 6	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-12	GS	41	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	24 (1)	May 8	MIL	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	25	May 9	MIL	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	53	11.2	8	2	0	10	2	1B
21	27 (1)	May 12	MIL		CAL	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
22	28	May 13	MIL		CAL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
23	29	May 14	MIL		CAL	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
24	30	May 15	MIL		OAK	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
25	32 (1)	May 17	MIL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	33	May 19	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	34	May 20	MIL		MIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	35	May 21	MIL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	36	May 22	MIL		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	39 (2)	May 24 (2)	MIL		BOS	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	40	May 25	MIL		DET	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
32	43 (2)	May 28	MIL		DET	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	44	May 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	46 (1)	May 31	MIL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	48 (1)	Jun 2	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	49	Jun 3	MIL	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	50	Jun 5	MIL	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	51	Jun 6	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	53 (1)	Jun 8	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
40	54	Jun 9	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
41	55	Jun 10	MIL		TEX	L,5-12	GS	37	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	56	Jun 11	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	57	Aug 10	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	50	13.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
44	60 (2)	Aug 12	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
45	61	Aug 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
46	62	Aug 14	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
47	63	Aug 15	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	64	Aug 16 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	67 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
50	68	Aug 19	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	69	Aug 21	MIL		MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	70	Aug 22	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH C
53	71	Aug 23	MIL		MIN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
54	72	Aug 24	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
55	73	Aug 25	MIL		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	74	Aug 27	MIL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
57	76 (1)	Aug 29	MIL		TEX	L,5-8	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	80 (3)	Sep 2	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
59	81	Sep 3	MIL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
60	82	Sep 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,16-5	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	83	Sep 5	MIL	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
62	84	Sep 6	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
63	86 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	88 (1)	Sep 10	MIL		CHW	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
65	89	Sep 11	MIL		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
66	90	Sep 12	MIL		BAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
67	91	Sep 13	MIL		BAL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	93 (1)	Sep 15	MIL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	94	Sep 16	MIL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	95	Sep 18	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	96	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	W,11-8	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
72	98 (1)	Sep 21	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
73	101 (2)	Sep 25	MIL	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	102	Sep 26	MIL	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
75	103	Sep 27	MIL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
76	104	Sep 28	MIL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
77	105	Sep 29	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	107 (1)	Oct 2	MIL		DET	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	108	Oct 3	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
							79gm		672.1	333	41	8	382	7