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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,9-8	GS	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	5	Apr 14	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	7 (1)	Apr 16	MIL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	8	Apr 17	MIL		TEX	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
5	10 (1)	Apr 21	MIL		TOR	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	11	Apr 22	MIL		TOR	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	12	Apr 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	13	Apr 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	15 (1)	Apr 27	MIL		CHW	L,2-11	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	16	Apr 28	MIL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	17	Apr 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	18	May 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	20 (1)	May 3	MIL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	21	May 4	MIL		KCR	W,9-5	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	23 (1)	May 6	MIL		MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
16	27 (3)	May 10	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
17	28	May 11	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-17	GS	31	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
18	37 (8)	May 21	MIL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
19	39 (1)	May 23	MIL		SEA	L,5-6	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	42 (2)	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	43	May 28	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
22	45 (1)	May 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	46	May 31	MIL	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	47	Jun 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	48	Jun 2	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	49	Jun 4	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	50	Jun 5	MIL	@	OAK	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
28	51	Jun 6	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	52	Jun 7	MIL		BAL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
30	53	Jun 8	MIL		BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	54	Jun 9	MIL		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	55	Jun 10	MIL		BAL	W,9-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
33	56	Jun 11	MIL		DET	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	57	Jun 12	MIL		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	61 (3)	Jun 16	MIL	@	BAL	T,2-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
36	62	Jun 17	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
37	63	Jun 18	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	64	Jun 19	MIL	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	65	Jun 20	MIL	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
40	66	Jun 21	MIL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
41	67	Jun 22	MIL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
42	68	Jun 23	MIL		NYY	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
43	69	Jun 25	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	70	Jun 26	MIL	@	BOS	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	71	Jun 27	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
46	72	Jun 28	MIL	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	73	Jun 29	MIL	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	75 (1)	Jul 1	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	76	Jul 2	MIL		BOS	W,14-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	77	Jul 3	MIL		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	78	Jul 4	MIL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	79	Jul 5	MIL	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
53	80	Jul 7	MIL		MIN	L,8-11	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
54	81	Jul 8	MIL		MIN	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
55	82	Jul 9	MIL		KCR	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	83	Jul 10	MIL		KCR	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	84	Jul 11	MIL		KCR	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	85	Jul 15 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
59	87 (1)	Jul 16	MIL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	88	Jul 17	MIL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	89	Jul 18	MIL		CHW	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	90	Jul 19	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	92 (1)	Jul 21	MIL	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
64	93	Jul 23	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	94	Jul 24	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
66	95	Jul 25	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
67	96	Jul 26	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
68	97	Jul 27	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	98	Jul 28	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
70	99	Jul 29	MIL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	53	12.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	102 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	MIL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
72	104 (1)	Aug 2	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-9	GS	29	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	105	Aug 3	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
74	106	Aug 4	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
75	107	Aug 6	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	44	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
76	108	Aug 7	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	109	Aug 8	MIL	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	111 (1)	Aug 10	MIL		TEX	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	112	Aug 11	MIL		TEX	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
80	113	Aug 12 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
81	115 (1)	Aug 13	MIL		TOR	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
82	116	Aug 14	MIL		TOR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	118 (1)	Aug 17	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
84	119	Aug 18	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	39	10.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
85	120	Aug 19	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	121	Aug 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	122	Aug 21	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
88	124 (1)	Aug 23	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
89	125	Aug 24	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
90	126	Aug 26	MIL		OAK	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	127	Aug 27	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
92	129 (1)	Aug 29	MIL		OAK	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	130	Aug 30	MIL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
94	131	Aug 31	MIL		SEA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	132	Sep 1	MIL		SEA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
96	134 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	135	Sep 3	MIL		CAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	136	Sep 4	MIL		CAL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
99	138 (1)	Sep 6	MIL		DET	L,5-6	CG	39	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
100	139	Sep 7	MIL		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
101	140	Sep 8	MIL		DET	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	141	Sep 9	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.1	6	0	0	6	1	C
103	144 (2)	Sep 12	MIL	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	43	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
104	145	Sep 13	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
105	146	Sep 14	MIL	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
106	147	Sep 15	MIL	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
107	148	Sep 17	MIL		NYY	W,14-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
108	149	Sep 18	MIL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	150	Sep 19	MIL		NYY	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
110	151	Sep 20	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
111	152	Sep 21	MIL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
112	153	Sep 22	MIL		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
113	154	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
114	155	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
115	156	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
116	157	Sep 28	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	158	Sep 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
118	159	Sep 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
119	160	Oct 1 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
120	162 (1)	Oct 2	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-11	CG	47	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
121	163	Oct 3	MIL	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							121gm		1065.1	570	62	3	635	8